British Labour curb on wages shocks American readers
The piece analyzes Britain’s Labour Party wage price controls under Harold Wilson, contrasting with U.S. voluntary guidelines under President Johnson. It notes Parliament’s move from voluntary to mandatory restraints, public interest as the third party, and union reactions. It asks if the U.S. welfare state could face similar drastic limits to curb inflation.
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Labor Party
Britain
Trade Union Congress
Harold Wilson
Democratic Party
Johnson
Wilson
Labor
Frank Cousins
Transport Workers Union
Sus
Sid Weighill
National Union of Railwaymen
Weighill
Labor Congress
Food aid split over nations aiding North Vietnam and Cuba
A Senate House conference battle over the Food for Peace bill pits relief aims against wartime allies. The House crewed to bar any nation trading with the enemy from receiving food shipments, risking the program that would fund vast overseas aid. The clash centers on whether embargoes should extend to arms, oil and strategic goods, with implications for medical and agricultural aid amid Vietnam and Cuba disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North Vietnam
Cuba
Senate House Conference Committee
House
State Department
Agricultural Department
Senate
Rep
Page Belcher
Oklahoma
Republican
Yugoslavia
India
Poland
United Arab Republic
Johnson campaign pause fuels questions about motives
The Johnson White House hides the reason for a month long campaign pause after Labor Day with no firm explanation. White House insiders cite plans for a Manila trip possibly two October weekends and one in November, provoking debates on political impact and public perception.
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Johnson
White House
Manila
Far East
U.S
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Rhode Island
New Hamp
Shire
Vermont
Maine
Idaho
Colorado
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Ohio
Lyndon Johnson
Southeast Asia
Senate
Everett Dirksen
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
LBJ
Viet Cong face leadership gap amid middle class farmer antagonism
Sources warn Viet Cong leadership fears growing middle class farmer disaffection, key to Viet Nam's future cadres. Mao Tse tung and many past leaders hailed from this class, and the movement risks withering without fresh, vigorous local economic leadership. Propaganda and terror have displaced rich peasants, widening internal rifts.
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Viet Cong
Viet Nam
Mao Tse - Tung
China
Communist Party
Communists exploit abandoned farms as Viet Cong gain rely on poor farmers
Ray Cromley notes landlords levy taxes exceeding crop value driving farmers to flee. Communists seize abandoned farms, redistribute or rent them, winning support by taxing heavily and promising land after substituting absentee owners. VC undermine middle-class peasants, eroding credit access and productivity, while urging poor farmers to fight the government.
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Hus
Red China
North Korea
Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Superbabs Win World Series Opener at Brooklyn Field
Fifty years ago the Superbabs slugged their first world series victory beating Boston 4 to 3 at Ebbets Field. Rallying Robins powered the win as fans celebrated wildly with banners and singing in Flatbush. Also a special meeting awarded policeman overcoat contracts to B Rosenour and Sons at 18 dollars per coat and approved street lighting on B C Avenue and Klinehart's alley. Girl's High School drill plans were discussed for East Church street in front of the building.
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Superbas
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Boston
Flatbush
Robins
B. Rosenour and Sons
C. Avenue
Klinehart’s Alley
Charles H. Lewis
East Church Street
Hood College Campus Day draws 1300 visitors Saturday
Hood College expects 1 300 visitors for the twenty eighth annual Campus Day ceremonies on Saturday with a noon luncheon in the Y Hut. The event is sponsored by the Hood College Alumnae Association under Mrs. Charles Heck and Miss Bess Castle. The Historical Society of Frederick County hosted a Lions Club talk by president Charles F. Bowers about its founding on December 31, 1892 and early membership limits at 40.
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Hood College
Raymond Ford
Charles Heck
Bess Castle
the Historical Society of
Frederick County, Inc
Charles F. Bowers
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key
Charles W. Hoffman
Central Bank
Frederick
Soviet Troops Aid Vietnam War Under Soviet Press Admission
Washington notes Moscow claims officers and enlisted men have trained North Vietnamese troops in anti aircraft missile use. U.S. State Department acknowledges possible Soviet technical help. The piece discusses whether the U.S. should declare a state of war, and notes international law precedents and the Southeast Asia Treaty actions.
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Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Moscow
United States
Department of State
Russia
Washington
State Department
United Nations
Korea
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Red China
Congress
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Free
Australia
France
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Thailand
Great Britain
South Vietnam
Saigon
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