Johnson's ascent after Kennedy's assassination in 1963
The account recalls Lyndon B. Johnson becoming the 36th president after Kennedy's death on November 22, 1963 in Dallas. It notes his swift actions on Air Force One, the oath, and early efforts to push civil rights and domestic programs through Congress, with a few missteps and a growing credibility gap.
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Associated Press
Kenneth O'Donnell
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Kennedy
Dallas
Texas
United States of America
Ming Lyndon Johnson
Parkland Hospital
Johnson
Ladybird
John Kennedy
Air Force One
Jacqueline Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
LBJ Brandh
US Observes Truce With Global Peace Tests
The nation marks the Vietnam cease fire with bells tolling flags flying and services across states. A flame of Hope will be dedicated at Albuquerque Airport for POWs and MIAs while cities from Lorain to Paris plan bells and prayers. Rogers travels to Paris to sign the pact with peers, ceasing hostilities at 7 p.m. EST Saturday and pledging further peace.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Albuquerque International
Lorain
Ohio
Paris
Tex
Tell City
Ind
American Legion Post
Midland
Mich
Bach Mai
Hanoi
Philadelphia
Crawfordsville
Euclid
Maryland Council of Churches
John West
South Carolina
Rowley
Mass
New Hampshire
War Report: U.S. Casualties Rise in Saigon Area
AP reports two American deaths and nearly 400 Vietnamese casualties as heavy air strikes surge across South Vietnam. At Bien Hoa Air Base a security guard was killed and others wounded as rockets hit. a helicopter was shot down near Phan Thiet with one crewman killed and another wounded. U.S. and South Vietnamese losses mount amid ongoing fighting despite cease fire rhetoric.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Bien Hoa
Phan Thiet
U. S
da Nang
United States
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
SJC Endorses Liquor Measure
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously endorsed a liquor by the drink constitutional amendment with local option. If approved by both chambers, it would go on the 1974 general election ballot. The panel reported favorable and debated the plan amid opposition from Baptist and Methodist leaders citing highway deaths.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Robert F. Bennett
Pete McGill
Bob Talkington
R-Iola
Docking cites federal highway crisis imperiling Kansas roads
Gov. Robert Docking told a Topeka conference that federal bureaucracy threatens Kansas highway success. He warned trust fund impounds under obligation controls and Congress inaction on a new highway bill endanger $20 million in ready projects, with Kansas needing $3.5 million to begin. A third risk is growing support to divert highway funds to mass transit.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Docking
Docking
Congress
Highway Trust Fund
County Forecast Shows Cool, Cloudy Weather Ahead
Mostly cloudy and cool tonight with lows 44 to 42. Intermittent rain and colder Saturday, highs in the 40s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Tonight precipitation 10 percent, 60 percent Saturday. High Thursday 59, today 39, with past highs and lows noted. Barometer 27.95.
Budget plan: Nixon requests 268.7 billion in next year deficit 12 billion
Senate leader Mike Mansfield briefed newsmen after a White House budget briefing. He said the next fiscal year would run 268.7 billion with a 12 billion deficit, and current year deficits at 25 billion. He stressed Congress must stay within the White House ceiling and that 202 billion of outlays are uncontrollable while 66 billion are controllable. He noted a Pentagon budget rise due to volunteer army costs and salaries.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Newsmen
Mansfield
Congress
White House
Pentagon
POW Exit Starts Soon in Project Homecoming
Secretary Laird announced that more than 100 prisoners of war would be home within two weeks, with flights from Hanoi to Clark Air Base and then California. The plan, named Project Homecoming, includes first med exams at Clark and dispersal to 31 hospitals, while mine clearing Operation End Sweep will start after the cease fire.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Hanoi
Laird
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Vientiane
Laos
United States
Jlaird
Clark
Travis Afb
California
North Vietnam
Western Pacific
Vietnam
Pentagon
Burial On LBJ Ranch Reflects Johnsons Values
The 50 minute LBJ Ranch funeral drew about 10,000 mourners in near freezing weather for a service at the family cemetery led by Billy Graham and John B. Connally. Johnson, 64, died of a heart attack at the ranch after prior major attacks in 1955 and 1972.
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Stonewall
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ
Pedernales
Billy Graham
Secret Service
Johnson
Lynda
Luci
National City Christian Church
Washington
U.S. House
U.S. Senate
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
White House
John F. Kennedy
Mr. Johnson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mrs. Johnson
Connally
Anita Bryant
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Wilbur Mills
Ways and Means Committee
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William P. Rogers
Andrews Air Base
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Provisional Revolutionary
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SJC
Fred Thompson
Parsons
Kansas Area
John E. Stumbo
Kansas East Conference
The
United Methodist Church
Hank Parkinson
Richard E. Taylor Jr
Parkinson
Wichita
Modern Alcoholic Beverage Control, Inc
Mr. Taylor
Kansas United Dty Forces
Senate Judiciary Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Indochina
Southeast Asia
LBJ Ranch
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