One Voice on Vietnam War Deescalation Stance
The piece argues that the Soviet Union China and North Vietnam reject any de escalation offer as a peace gambit. It urges the United States to threaten or use decisive force including nuclear deterrence to compel a halt to fighting and secure a decisive victory rather than concede. It cites past confrontations with Cuba Korea and China as examples of deterrence and urges a hard line to protect American troops.
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Arthur J. Goldbergs
Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
North Vietnam
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Goldberg
United States
Cuba
Berlin
Greece
Lebanon
Korea
Russia
Americas
Haiphong
Eisenhower
Johnson
War Savings Certificates and the Great Society Clash
President Johnson proposed war savings certificates with higher interest to fund the Vietnam War and potentially Great Society programs. The plan risks mixing politics with war, risking waning public support if both aims are tied together. supporters point to patriotism while critics urge financing through taxes and ongoing congressional review.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Mital
America
Randolph plan envisions wide free society budget
The article reports A Philip Randolph circulating a 54 page draft outlining a broad free society budget to transform the U.S. economy by 1975. It discusses removing slums, rebuilding cities, modernizing transit, funding $27 billion for education and $50 billion for housing, and creating 22 to 27 million jobs for white and Black poor.
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Philip Randolph
Randolph
White House
America
A Water Solution Proposed For Maryland Ponds Network
A reader argues against costly desalination plants and outlines a plan to create ponds every 15 acres to store and percolate rainfall. He estimates Maryland’s 7 trillion gallons annual precipitation and urges Federal and State funding for soil conservation pond construction to stabilize water tables and prevent floods without high cost or military risk.
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Maryland
Soil Conservation Service
Poultry Exhibit at Frederick Fair Promises Record Show
Yesterday’s News-Post item notes the Frederick poultry exhibit as a highlight of the cattle show with many local and out-of-state birds. Frederick businessmen and the Agricultural Society add special prizes to the regular premiums. The Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Board approved a county wide electric rate reduction effective November 1. November bills will reflect the lower charges after filing with the Public Service Commission.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Retired Staten Island engineer W Ordeman leaves city life
Twenty Years Ago note recalls Herm an W Ordeman, a Frederick native and long time borough consulting engineer, who retires after 37 years in engineering and moves to Frederick City. He served under two presidents and continued duties through wartime despite ill health. The Frederick Fair catalogue for 1946 announces October 1 to 5 dates and a large premium list, with initial distribution to advertisers and Life Members of the Frederick County Agricultural Society.
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Herman W. Ordeman
Frederick
Daniel T. Ordeman
Staten Island
Johnson reshuffles Cabinet amid salary cut and speculation
Washington discourse centers on Katzenbach moving from Attorney General to Deputy and the new role at State. Johnson defends the shift as serving national interests while observers question readiness, foreign policy experience, and potential successors including Ramsey Clark. The debate touches on Justice and State leadership, with talk of Rusk, Goldberg, and possible Supreme Court conflicts of interest.
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Washington
Johnson
Katzenbach
Department of State
Department of Justice
Department
Kennedy
Robert F Kennedy
University of Chicago
Foreign Service
Rusk
Ambassador Goldberg
Ramsey Clark
Texas
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
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