Senate calls troop drawdown in Europe amid Asia peace bid
Senate Majority Leader Mansfield and Defense Secretary McNamara push trimming U.S. forces in Europe. Mansfield cites nearly one million troops and dependents in Germany and W Europe as unnecessary. He backs France troop pulls and a 10 percent cut elsewhere, while McNamara vows no cut to U.S. fighting strength in Germany. Meanwhile Asia leaders form a Peace for Asia Committee to urge a conference involving Japan and Indonesia to end Vietnam fighting.
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United States
Germany
West Europe
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Democratic Policy Committee
Robert 5. McNamara
North Atlantic Alliance
Paris
McNamara
NATO
Soviet Union
Europe
France
Charles de Gaulle
Vietnam
Thailand
Malaysia
Philippines
Japan
Indonesia
Asia
South Vietnam
Thanat Khoman
Bangkok
National Scene On Race Painfully Mixed Across U.S.
A national view warns that both whites and Negroes misread progress on civil rights. It argues few leaders grasp that meaningful gains will be slow and that urban unrest could rise if urgency fades. The piece cites Watts and Cicero incidents, calls for realistic goals, and notes economic strains from Viet Nam.
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Watts
Cicero
Ill
Wilkins
Orange County
Calif
Johnson
White House
Viet Nam
Double talk in schools rings through the halls
Hal Boyle mocks campus gobbledygook as a rising share of Americans head back to class. He notes students and teachers face constant double talk from kindergarten to post graduate seminars, arguing it glosses ignorance while sounding wise.
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New York
Mare Ried
Government guideposts on wages and prices questioned
Washington Today reviews how Johnson administration guideposts for wages and prices are seen as inflexible. It notes Treasury and Commerce secretaries pushing for flexibility while President Johnson defends the guidelines. The piece argues government spending and policy influence inflation and calls for impartial tribunals to resolve disputes over rates, wages, and dollars.
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Johnson
Commerce Conner
Secretary of the Treasury
Fowler
The
Wall Street Journal
Secretary of Commerce
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News Post Files
Fifty years ago in the News Post items describe heat and heat waves in mid August. C Lee Ordemat, a Fredericksonian now in Greenville Texas, crossed into Mexico at Eagle Pass to visit Company A friends and Piedras Negras across the Rio Grande. He reports on conditions and life in the war ridden republic, offering a timely account amid ongoing conflict.
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Camp Ord
Eagle Pass
Texas
Mexico
C. Lee Ordemat
Greenville
International Bridge
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande
Mr. Ordeman
Republic
Twenty Years Ago Mems From The News Post Files
The twenty-sixth annual convention of the BPO Ellis Associations for the tri state area continues at the Francis Scott Key hotel with opening sessions at ten. The Decontrol Board heard 99 witnesses as four days of hearings begin on lifting price lids, led by Chairman Roy L Thomson who vows an unbiased stance. The Paris Peace Conference votes to invite Albania Mexico Cuba and Egypt to hearings on the Italian treaty.
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Thanat
Geneva
Vietnam
Asia
Vietcong
National Liberation Front
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Peace For Asia Committee
United States
Hanoi
Peking
Sihanouk
B.P.O. Ellis
Decontrol Board
Roy L. Thompson
Paris
Albania
Mexico
Cuba
Egypt
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NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Bruce Shanks
Buffalo Evening News
Hal Boyle
Jimmy
Cortex
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Bigchips
Washington Today
David Lawrence
News-Post
Braddock
Pwn AE
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