Oil industry defenses against dismemberment hit Congress
The Monroe News-Star argues that major oil firms are not monopolies and warns that dismemberment bills would spark chaos for workers, investors, and consumers. It cites competition among thousands of suppliers and modest profits, urging Congress to verify facts before acting.
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Congress
Senate
United States
Sen
Henry Jackson
U. S
Harrises
Jacksons
Naders
Deep Seated Alienation and Public Trust in Government
An analysis traces long term views on threats to the country from big business big labor and big government. Gallup polls from 1959 and 1968 show big government rising from 21 percent to 55 percent as the top threat, with big labor and big business accordingly shifting.
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Louis Harris
Gallup
Labor
Harris
George Wallace
East
Public life and private lives of officials under scrutiny
The piece weighs whether private conduct of public officials should be public, prompted by Rep. Wayne Hays and Rep. Wilbur Mills scandals. It notes a federal probe into HaysRay, public demand for accountability, and how polls show varied views on big government versus big business or big labor.
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Wayne Hays
Ohio
Elizabeth Ray
Rep
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Fanne
Washington Star
Hays
Psychohistorical ride through Lyndon Johnson in new book
Doris Kearns Goodwin profiles Lyndon Johnson using psychoanalytic lenses, arguing his actions were driven by his mother, and examines Great Society programs as PR. The critique notes Johnson’s fear of a stampede in 1968, his decline after Tet, and neglect of follow ups.
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Sigmund Freud
Erik Ericson
L.B
L.B.J
Yankton Johnson
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Riot Commission
Robert Kennedy
Johnson
Kearns
Richard Nixon
Woodward
Bernstein
Lyndon Johnson
Debating Who Reached America First
A sweeping list of nationalities claimed to predate Columbus as the first discoverers of the Americas. The article notes many contenders from Arabs to Vikings and others, but says such evidence fails to overturn centuries of tradition granting Columbus the primary place in discovery.
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New World
Hemisphere
Christopher Columbus
Americas
United Nations
America
Treasure Cache Found On Whitfield Farm Near Demopolis
Fifty years ago a buried cache valued at over 200000 dollars was unearthed on the Whitfield farm near Demopolis Alabama. The gold coins from 1800 or earlier were in a power can found through a key left to Cayon Whitfield, with prior finds noted and family delay in investigation.
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Whitfield
Demopolis
Alabama
C. Boaz Whitfield
Cayon Whitfield
Middlesboro
Kentucky
Holy Land
Jordan
No 'Mr. Fixit' Possible
Robert Keatley of the Wall Street Journal argues that no single figure can fix world affairs and warns Americans against assuming they can dominate global events. He cautions that U S persuasion and policies may not alter Middle East, African, or Cold War dynamics and calls for realism about national limits.
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New York City
Robert Keatley
The
Wall Street Journal
Henry Kissinger
Mr. Fixit
Ford
United States
Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
U S
Middle East
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
League
United Nations
Branham Company Ad Agency Directory Entry
A fragmented quote from an AP styled page lists the Branham Company as a national advertising representative with offices in multiple cities including New York Chicago Atlanta Detroit St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis Dallas San Francisco Los Angeles Boston and Miami, indicating its role in distributing national advertisements.
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Branham Company National
New York
New Orient
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
51. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San F
Charlotte Boston
Miami
Rancisco
Los Angeles
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Richard Goodwin
White House
Defense Department
Highway Trust Fund
Department of Labor
Lyndon
Manchester University
Israel-Jordan
Sead Sea
Gerald Harding
Harding
Social Security Administration
Robert M. Ball
Small Society
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la Douce
France
Golda Meier
Israel
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Algeria
Britannia
Che Monroe
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Monroe
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Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown Jr
Rober Ewing 111
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Jonsen
Kenneth C. Barrenger
Tovimir Hunter Brown
Jonn C. Ewing Jr
Jonn A Hendrick
Haller Jackson, Jr
David J. Garrett, Jr
Dez Ray
Associated Press
Jobe D Ewing
Wilson & Wing
Rovert & Wing Jr
William H Bronson
Robert & Wing Brown Board
Charny d Jacks
Cam Nell
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