Power struggles cited in Congress over military and VA closings
In a series of actions the House shows it will curb executive decisions on base and hospital closings while the Senate faces a looming veto. A National Planning Association study warns the Great Society costs could hit 1.127 trillion annually by 1975, far exceeding projected GNP. Other items note pay raises for new military recruits and calls for ethics policing in the Senate.
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Potomac
House of Representatives
Congress
Veterans Administration
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Bill House
Senate
White House
Johnson
House
Veterans’ Affairs
Navy Yard
Ail
Executive Branch
Missouri
Mont
Missoulian
National Planning Association
Great Society
U.S
Association
Center For Priority Analysis
America
Helena
Traveling to Europe prompts summer rush for Cunard ships
A long standing travel trend shows a mass push to Europe with berths on Cunard packets for the next four steamers reportedly fully engaged. The note reflects a heightened interest in transatlantic voyages this season.
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Europe
Cunard
Baptist Mission Sabbath School
Isett
D. D. Webster
Ab Gould
Davenport Blue Sox
A. F. Gould
Seventh Street
Letter to Aunt Sadie from Gil Diets on teens and mission work
Gil Diets writes from Muscatine on June 26 1965 praising teens amid flood relief and a missionary stint at Embudo New Mexico. He notes Dr J Bernard Blough 30s medical director at Embudo Mission Hospital and a staff of 40 including nine nurses and two lab techs. Diets highlights teen potential, cites a local youth trip, and contrasts cynicism with the positive, capable character of today’s youngsters.
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Sadie
J. Bernard
Blough
Muscatine
Mulford
Hershey Avenue
Brough
Embudo §S Mission Hospital
United Presbyterian Church Board of National Missions
Embudo
New Mexico
University of Iowa Medical School
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Robert Buscher
United Presbyterian Church
Jeff
Deanna Koch
Mary Joiner
Mary Fishburn
Linda Smith
Maribeth Woolsey
Chris Altenbernd
Ken Williams
Dixon
Embudo Hospital
Mississippi
Kansas
Gil Diets
Further International Travel Due for Humphrey
President Johnson outlined plans to send Vice President Humphrey to Bonn and Berlin after the September elections to discuss The Great Society. He may visit Latin America next while Paris ties improve, as De Gaulle is expected to run again and could be softened by Humphrey’s briefing on U.S. aims in the Dominican crisis.
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Johnson
Erhard
Humphrey
Bonn
Berlin
White House
Latin America
de Gaulle
Oliver Quayle
America
United States
Paris
Lyndon Johnson
United Nations
France
Dominican Republic
U.S
Dominican
So Long Fraternity and the Worry Clinic
A column recounts Tony Crane aged 10 drowning during a family hike and links grief to the idea of a So Long Fraternity. It cites Dr John Thompson’s funeral address for Will Dixon and urges a cheerful view of death, presenting life as a cosmic classroom where graduation awaits in heaven. It encourages lifting sights and widening horizons beyond fear of loss.
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Tony
Dr. Crane
John Thompson
Chicago
Will Dixon
God
Moses
Earth
Dear Abby and Curious Questions on Social Conduct
A collection of reader questions and Abby’s replies on language barriers in romance, gender double standards in morality, and balancing social life with a spouse. Advice covers communication without language, fairness in judging men and women, and encouraging genuine friendships beyond business networking.
Ex-Pilot Now a Chaplain in Viet Nam
Lt. George M. Sheldon, former naval aviator with 71 Korea missions and five Air Medals, serves as chaplain to Mobile Construction Battalion 10 in Chu Lai. He left active duty in 1959 to study divinity, rejoined the Navy, and now preaches, teaches, and counsels amid hot tents and Seabee labor, finding intangible rewards in ministry.
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Hal Boyle
Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
Seabees
George M. Sheldon
Olympia
Wash
Korea
Philippine Sea
Navy
Annapolis
Mobile Construction Battalion 10
Sheldon
Divinity School of the Pacific
Berkeley
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
Salt Lake City
Oxnard
Prayer devotion echoes Christ in every person
The note urges living by love grounded in God and reflection of Christ in all touched lives. It cites John 4 20 and offers a Father God prayer asking for closeness to Thee and a transformed life that reveals Thy love to children, youth, and adults.
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Bor
Traian
London
John
God
Christ
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