LBJ and Pentagon Papers On Vietnam Compared
AP story contrasts Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam decisions with the Pentagon Papers and Johnson memoirs. It notes alleged early consensus to bomb North Vietnam in 1964, Johnson's gradual shift to backing air strikes, and doubts about peace talks. The pieces diverge on motives for the 1968 pause and subsequent escalation.
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Washington
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Vietnam
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Pentagon
North Vietnam
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Middletown club honors speakers and crowd
Bell Hecklers named The Stuff That Made as best speaker with Stephen Baker earning top honor. Walt Turner won most improved speaker for the talk What Makes the Sky Blue. A Pentagon study is cited describing U S aims in Vietnam as defeat of the enemy in the South and broader non communist South Vietnam goals.
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Stephen Baker
Middletown
Ofie Bell Hecklers Club
Walt Turner
Pentagon
U.S
Souh Vienam
North Vietnam
U S Soviet Space Experts To Meet In Moscow
Washington AP reports U S and Soviet space officials plan a Moscow meeting to explore possible joint space ventures and the conditions under which such work could proceed. This would be the second meeting after initial talks in Houston in June 1971.
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