New Transportation Head Is Qualified
President Johnson names Alan S. Boyd as the first secretary of the new Department of Transportation. Boyd brings decades of leadership from the Civil Aeronautics Board and state commissions, and is praised for broad experience in transportation. The article notes the department will oversee 31 agencies and faces growing national transportation challenges.
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Book of the Month Club funds 14 writing fellowships
The program awards 14 writing fellowships of 3000 dollars each to college seniors with exceptional talent. A distinguished panel will judge and select recipients, offering motivated young writers a chance to develop their craft and perhaps produce a great American novel.
Nixon Campaign Effort Leaves Nixon Largely Unrewarded
Washington report surveys Richard Nixon’s massive 1968 campaign across 86 GOP candidates. Nixon gained name recognition and goodwill with delegates but did not secure convention commitments and faces a costly, limited path to a possible 1968 presidential bid.
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Nobel Prizes Founded by Alfred Nobel's Will
Factographs note that the Nobel Prizes were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish dynamite inventor. Other items include geographic distances on the Panama Canal and travel by car, with historical trivia on Cincinnati meat packing, Buckingham Palace, the Colosseum, and global telephony.
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Conservatives See Subdued Johnson Challenges in Congress
David Lawrence argues Johnson has lost real control of the House despite a 30 vote margin as many southern Democrats and some Republicans defect on liberal spending and Great Society programs. Union support declines, signaling a bipartisan shift against Johnson on major issues. the era may drift toward a conservative liberalism.
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William Rogers
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Leonard Hall
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Afl-Cio Committee
Two Fronts War Woes For U S In Viet Nam And Paris
Columnist Bob Considine notes the U S faces Charlie in Viet Nam and Charlie de Gaulle in Paris. He argues Red China would refrain from missile warfare, while asserting U S and Soviet missiles could deter a potential Chinese attack. He recalls Gen Hap Arnold on the value of the typewriter for communications in war and cites a Catholic Parish bulletin on sainthood as social humor.
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Viet Nam
Paris
Charlie de Gaulle
RED China
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Baltimore Orioles
L. A. Dodgers
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Soviet Union
China
Peking
Hap Arnold
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
New York Reports Population of Eight Million Rats
A recent article claims New York hosts a rat population of eight million, equating to a rat for every man woman and child. The piece markets the startling figure as a symbol of urban pest challenges facing the city.
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New York
Christmas Ahead and The Journal Christmas Edition
A Middletown Christmas edition of The Journal is planned for Thursday featuring gifts and seasonal offerings. The piece notes the rush of holiday prep from shopping and ads to cards and meals, stressing the workload on housewives and the effort to balance home duties with festive plans.
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Middletown
the Journal
Mom
Reagan's Image and convictions under the packaging critique
The piece argues Reagan was not a mere Goldwater acolyte but had his own conservatism formed by New Deal disillusionment. It challenges liberal scripts portraying him as a mere PR creation and notes his stance on a voluntary military draft and stable Social Security. Reagan is portrayed as having substance inside the packaging.
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Suart Spencer
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Spencer-Roberts
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