Symington counters end fighting in Vietnam debate
Six Senate doves pressed to halt bombing North Vietnam to push peace talks. Senator Stuart Symington pressed to halt all fighting, urging targeted limits while critics argue for continuing air and ground actions. Fulbright signaled willingness to back a concrete endgame, as Johnson defended military spending and readiness.
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Symington
Senate
Washington
Vietnam
New Calla
North Vietnam
Sen
Stuart
S. Symington
D-Mo
Mansfield
United States
South Vietnam
Missouri
U.S
Fulbright
Johnson
GOP Rosily Optimistic of Wresting Senate Seats in 1968
In 1968 Republicans, trailing 64 to 36, project gains in several Senate seats. Potential targets include Democrats Carl Hayden, Ernest Gruening, and George McGovern, with figures like Barry Goldwater and Govs Knowles, Hellman, Hughes, King, and Wallace mentioned as possible challengers or influencers. The piece surveys vulnerable incumbents amid Vietnam policy debates and rising party strategy.
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GOP
Senate
William T. Peacock
Washington
Irisk
Barry Goldwater
Hayden
Alaska
Elmer E. Rasmuson
Anchorage
Gruening
Johnson
Frank Chruch
Idaho
Wayne L. Morse
Oregon
Joseph S. Clark
Pennsylvania
George McGovern
South Dakota
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Thomas J. Dodd
Rib
Trusting love lives cited as reason doctors emigrate
London report quotes Labour MP Laurence Pavitt on how married doctors face unit curfews and secrecy in hospital quarters. He recounts a doctor’s wife sneaking to meet her husband and a hospital punishing matron staff for alleged overnight stays.
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London
Yong
Pavitt
LBI Urged to Fire FAA Chief
A group claiming to represent 1000 air traffic controllers urged President Johnson to fire FAA head William F. McKee. NAGE said McKee should be replaced with someone with more air traffic control knowledge. Boyd backed McKee, calling the demand irresponsible. An AEG blast test in Nevada triggered 1600 feet underground produced no radiation into the atmosphere.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Federal Aviation Administration
William F. McKee
National Association of Government Employer
NAGE
McKee
Transportation
Allan 8
Boyd
AEG
Yucca
Desert
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
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Clifford P. Cast
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Defense Department
Pentagon
Cooper
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Nest Gruening
Edward V. Long
Dmo
Long
Morris A. Shenker
St. Louis
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Jack B. Olson
Oklahoma
Mike Monronay
Henry Hellman
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Daniel 3. Brewster
Maryland
Harold Hughes
Vows
Bourke B. Hickentopper
John W. King
New Hampshire
Norris Cotton
Akee
George Smathers
Florida
Orval Fau- Bus
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Lister Hill
Senate Labor Committee
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James D. Martin
Herman E. Talmadge
Georgia
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Russell “B. Long
Louisiana
Alan Bible
Nevada
Sam J. Erwin
North Carolina
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Warren G. Msignuson
Thomas H. Kuethel
California
Peter Dothinick
Colorado
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinis
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Thruston
Morion
Kentucky
Jacob Javits
New York
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Hayden’ Goldwater
LBI
FAA
Uaov
Searman
South Street
Hear Corner
Paramount
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Westinghouse
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