Goldwater Call for Broad War Aims Sparks Vietnam Debate
The piece reviews Barry Goldwater's push for presidential broad aims guiding Vietnam policy and compares it to Korea era debates. It notes constitutional duties of the president as commander in chief and the tension between strategic directives and battlefield realities. It highlights criticism of day to day White House decisions and the likelihood that victory becomes the decisive factor amid mounting American casualties.
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Goldwater
Air Force
White House
Washington
City disappoints agitators over school integration and astronauts
The piece notes mixed civil high school integration protests in Chicago, opposing calls to oust School Supt Benjamin C Willis. It cites recent Federal Court rulings upholding neighborhood concepts for pupil assignment and Chicago police actions against disturbers, warning against disrupting celebrations for astronauts Jim McDivitt and White.
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Jim McDivitt
Benjamin C. Willis
Willis
Chicago
Faraway Problems column questions future predictions
A columnist notes many scientists and social thinkers claim to glimpse the year 2000 and beyond. He suggests experts avoid present problems by making educated guesses about distant futures to dodge scrutiny from contemporaries.
Free Americans Should Not Be Forced To Join Union
Ruth Montgomery argues against compulsory union membership as a threat to individual freedom. The piece links right to work with historic American rights and critiques 1965 proposals to repeal Taft Hartley 14 B, calling for personal choice in joining unions and highlighting political and labor influences.
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89Th Congress
Wayne Morse
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Strom Thurmond
Senate
America We
Samuel Gompers
Organized Labor Movement In
America
Patrick Henry
Congress
U.S
Asia
House Labor Committee
Right To Bear Arms Debate Faces Congressional Hearings
Kenneth Dixon argues that new gun controls could criminalize many citizens and cites history from before the Revolution. He warns against broad limits beyond two core rules, criticizing registration as a route to a police state and urging preservation of the right to own firearms.
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Houston
New York State
Dickinson seeks $1 million South PR war chest
Rep. William Dickinson proposes a $1 million all Southern fund to hire top Madison Avenue public relations firms to repair the South’s national image after charges of immorality in the Montgomery march. He urged Southern Governors to contribute $125,000 each for a coordinated campaign.
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Washington
Montgomery
Ala
William Dickinson
Alabama
Dickinson
Madison Avenue
Mason- Dixon Line
Manhattan
New York
Deep South
Bill Dickinson
History and politics clash over wars and civil rights
Washington columnist argues against academic appeasers who favor appeasement of communism and warns that history shows freedom requires decisive action. The piece also critiques Alabama Congressman Dickinson for misrepresenting the Selma to Montgomery march and political optics in Congress.
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Lowing
Dickinson
Speaker
Night Fireball Falls From Western Sky over Lubbock
A fearsome fireball described as a long white smoke train dropped earthward around 9 30 p m yesterday, startling residents of Lubbock during evening leisure. Gen Arnold says US bomber force will reach 2 000 000 tons per year by July 1 with 520 B 29s dropping 3 000 tons of incendiaries on Osaka and Amagasaki in a first anniversary raid. Brunei river port and capital of the North Borneo sultanate fell to bombardment. infantry kept the town flattened two days ago. Lyndon Johnson and his wife notified a hospital operation in Washington for June 13.
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Japan
Gen
H. H. Arnold
Osak
Amagasaki
Manila
Brunei
Ant Caital
North Borneo
Wultanate
Brufi
Aie
Oaee
Austin
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Mee
Tom
Washin
Dodd bill sparks strong gun rights debate in editorials
An editorial takedown of the Dodd bill argues it would disarm citizens, threaten rifle and gun culture, and erode the nation’s military readiness. It cites the Sullivan Law and fears, warning that Viet Nam era conflicts could demand armed defense and training for youth.
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New York
United States
Viet Nam
United Kingdom
Dunique
Artists overstep with letter to president on arts festival
A guest editorial from the St. Petersburg Times criticizes 20 artists for sending a telegram to President Johnson supporting Robert Lowell and opposing the administration's policies. The piece argues the White House festival should stand apart from political endorsement and condemns self serving publicity.
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Robert Lowell
Johnson
Mr. Lowell
White House
Lowell
Kennedy
St. Petersburg
Fla
Times
El Paso Rep White Helps Cut Tourist Duty-Free Limit
The House lowered the duty-free import limit for tourists from Mexico and other countries to 100 dollars retail value, down from 100 wholesale. Proponents cite border trade realities and aim for a fair, compromise limit amid Johnson administration aims to curb dollar flight.
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Richard White
el Paso
United States
Mexico
Europe
el Paso Times
Voice Locked Door Opens Only to Master’s Call
Dr Irvin Sher claims a door lock can be opened only by the master’s voice encoded into the lock’s brain and will not respond to imitators. The mechanism supposedly works whether the user speaks a password while drunk or cold, guaranteeing access only to the true owner’s voice.
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Irvin Sher
Dr. Sher
Sea Au Star
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