The Johnson Years End in War and Turmoil
A retrospective on Lyndon B Johnson's fall from power driven by Vietnam. The piece recalls his 1964 pledge, the Kerner Commission critique, McCarthy and Kennedy challenges, and his reluctant departure from the presidency. It notes his post presidency solitude, memoirs, and final public appearance.
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Associated Press
White House
Lyndon Baines Johnson
United States
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Bedford-Stuyvesant
Newark
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Kerner Commission
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McCarthy
Bobby Kennedy
Vietnam
New Hampshire
Chicago
Oval Office
Theodore H. White
American House
North Vietnam
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Hill
Texas
Lady Bird
University of Texas
Austin
Washington
Ladybird
Lynda Robb
Charlottesville
Vietnam War Costs in Lives and Dollars Across Indochina
A concise tally shows 45,928 U S combat deaths and 300,000+ wounded in Vietnam, with 180,676 South Vietnamese and up to 921,350 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed. Civilian deaths 415,000 in South Vietnam, refugees exceeding 6 million, and U.S. costs near 137 billion dollars. Americans serving total about 2.8 million with 700,000 elsewhere. U.S. aircraft losses reach 4,900 helicopters and 3,700 planes, and bombing totals around 7.1 million tons across Indochina.
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Associated Press
Pentagon
U.S. Senate Subcommittee On
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Edward Kennedy
Mags
Senate
Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
United States
Indochina
Waste Water Session Held Here In Mexico Training Event
Eleven operators from Vandalia Paris Centralia Laddonia Farber and Mexico enroll in an all day training session on sewage treatment plant operation in Mexico. The third of four EPA funded sessions aims to upgrade laboratory skills with instructor Harry R. Becker assisting in each city afterward. The program is supported by a 21900 grant from the U S Environmental Protection Agency. Separately the Mexico Audrain County Library bookmobile visits Community A six elementary school Thursday and Friday 9 am to 3 pm with Cedar Grove visit Thursday 3 45 to 4 30 pm.
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Mexico
Missouri Clean Water Commission
Vandalia
Paris
Centralia
Laddonia
Farber
Harry R. Becker
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water Programs
Mexico-Audrain
Old May 12 1914 Golden Apple operetta program found
In the Landmark Building during remodeling Jerry Brauer uncovered a 1914 May 12 program for the Golden Apple operetta written by Maude Orita Wallace and performed by elementary pupils in the old McMillan High auditorium. Listed pupils include Rosalie Smith and several Pratt, Phillips, Wright, Green, Staley, and Bezner family members now in Mexico.
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Jerry Brauer
Butz Sees Decline in Food Costs by Year End
San Francisco AP Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz forecast a year end drop in food prices from current record highs while warning public pressure over farm chemicals like DES could reduce efficiency. He cited rising farm incomes as key to the trend and argued consumers should not expect farm producers to earn 20 percent less.
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San Francisco
Earl 1
Butz
Buzz
National Canners Association
Agriculture Department
Wife Sues Merv Griffin in Divorce Case
Julann Griffin files for divorce from Merv Griffin in Los Angeles Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences. The 14 year marriage totals about $4 million in assets including two California homes a New Jersey farm stake radio interests and a New York office building. They have son Anthony Patrick Griffin aged 13.
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Merv Griffin
Superior Court
Julann Griffin
California
New Jersey
New York City
Griffins
Anthony Patrick Griffin
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