The Price Of War And The Cost To End The Conflict
The piece argues the Vietnam War costs will rise beyond requests with a price in money and men. It cites $700 million then $17 billion added to a defense bill, likely needing at least $2 billion more if the tempo continues. It warns larger asks could spur cuts to Great Society programs and questions sustaining normal government finance while funding the war.
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Free States of Asia
Asia
House
Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
China
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Appalachia
Lke
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Melvin Laima
Wisconsin
Pacific
Treasury
Time For A Change to Metric System Worldwide
The piece discusses shifting from names to the metric system, noting 254 centimeters and over 4 millimeters as examples. It references the United States and Britain, predicting gradual conversion over the next decade and potential impacts on trade and standards.
World Law Day Focused Conference Aims for Global Peace
The September conference in Washington gathers 26 legal leaders from 13 counties to advance World Peace Through Law. It seeks to foster international cooperation, new courts, and unified private law to prevent war, with funding from the Ford Foundation and bar associations.
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Washington
United Sates
Charles Rhyne
United Nations
European Supreme Court of Justice
NATO
South America
Ford Foundation
South Dakota
World Peace Through Law Center
American in Moscow Loses Pants in Sleek Hotel Ordeal
Hal Boyle recounts an American visitor in Moscow who ordered his coffee stained trousers cleaned. After hours of wrangling, pants were left at a service desk wrapped in Izvestia. Three days later no pants. Intourism and the U.S. ambassador in Warsaw were mobilized to locate the garment and return it washed and pressed.
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Presidium
Soviet Union
Irteunist Bureau
Teole
Izvestia
Warsaw
Mondas
Rome
Oman
Randes
Ar Employe
U.S
Fifty Years Ago Picnic Vaudeville At Mount Pleasant
Two vaudeville acts will headline the annual Mount Pleasant picnic and tournament at Houck's Grove, marking a distinct shift in country programs. News-Post files recall events from August 11, 1915.
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News-Post
Mount Pleasant
Houck’s Grove
Federal voting rights law misuses federal power
Washington correspondent David Lawrence critiques the August 6 1965 voting rights act as unconstitutional overreach. He argues the bill infringes state powers over voter qualifications by suspending tests and prohibits reading requirements, while approving a poll tax ban via the Twenty Fourth Amendment. He warns that federal control over state election standards undermines the Constitution and warns against the end justifying the means.
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United States
Congress
Virginia
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