Defeat of Taft Hartley repealer ends filibuster fight
Senate ends the fight to repeal Section 14 B of the Taft Hartley Act as Senator Mansfield abandons further action after two close cloture votes. Dirksen led a solid Republican labor backed coalition despite White House pressure, leaving right to work a state choice.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett McKinely Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Organized Labor
Johnson
Dirksen
Mansfield
White House
Open Letter Urges Father DePauw to Preserve Catholic Inflexibility
A reader appeals to Father DePauw and editors to publish a letter opposing Protestantization of the Church. The author argues language changes are minor and insists the Church must remain unchanging and obedient to the Holy See, urging prayer for the recipient to realize their error.
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Father DePauw
Father
Photo prompts global protests on war and killing
Readers react to a January 20 1966 photograph showing discarded battle gear from Operation Harvest Moon. The letter urges antiwar outrage and warns of a future nuclear catastrophe if killing continues. Virginia Bates praises local Good Samaritans Ray and Gene Zimmerman who sheltered a fire-displaced family, highlighting community rescue.
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United States
Russia
Virginia Bates
Zimmermans
Kennedy’s cautious path in New York politics after 1964 election
A year after his election Senator Robert F. Kennedy remains a cautious figure amid New York Democratic factionalism. He faces rivals for the gubernatorial nomination while attempting to build unity and expand influence in a turbulent state party.
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Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Leonard Farbstein
Manhattan
John Lindsay
Democratic Action
Wilson approves use of name for renomination in Ohio primary
President Wilson formally gives consent for his name to be used in the Ohio Democratic primary. He states he will not enter the contest but allows the party to express its preference. In Frederick a local demand calls for city audits like county books. Frank K. Schmidt announces Jack Morrison will manage the Frederick Blue Ridge League team this season, arriving in late April.
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New York
John Cassese
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Johnson
Cassese
Wilson
Charles Q. Hildebrandt
Ohio
Frederick
Frank K. Schmidt
Frederick Baseball Association
Jack Morrison
Howling winds tear through city and a returning major recalls shipwreck
Twenty years ago severe winds up to sixty miles per hour disrupted services and snow squalls created drifts. Major Foster K. Burker and his wife Elizabeth Pyles survived Crown Reefs wreck near Adak after an Aleutians duty and return to the States. In Fraser Scott Key District scouts banquet hosted by Evangelical Lutheran Church drew 250 attendees with Rev. Dr. W. V. Garrett giving the invocation and Frank H. Lewis as toastmaster.
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Aleutians
Foster K. Burker
Elizabeth Pyles
East Second Street
Adak
Scouting
Francis Scott Key
Evangelicalutheran Church
W. V. Garrett
Frank H. Lewis
Taylor urges steady pressure for Vietnam cease fire hope
General Maxwell D. Taylor argues in U S News interview that war endings can arrive suddenly, citing Berlin and Korea as examples. He says sustained pressure, not dramatic moves, compels a cease fire while outlining a four point U S strategy including ground warfare air power nonmilitary aid and diplomacy. He also notes 1200 U S civilian volunteers in Vietnam to aid development and voter education for postwar elections.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
Vietnam
Johnson
Honolulu
U. S. News & World Report
Korea
Taylor
Berlin
U.N
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Vietnam
Clausewitz
United States
South Vietnam
Free World
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