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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1966
Page
4
A new drug store opens in Washington offering every item from prescriptions to cosmetics at wholesale prices to members. A $10 family or $6 couple over 62 membership grants access to discounts and a 25 cent bottle and label charge on prescriptions.
Lyle Wilson reports that Republicans will run on three main issues in coming elections the high cost of living the high cost of government and President Johnsons conduct of the Vietnam war They are expected to push rising prices and government spending while avoiding direct confrontation over the war and will argue for a tougher prosecution of Vietnam and an end to the war with honor if public fatigue grows The piece notes a rising wholesale price index and questions about the true deficit under LBJ including potential gimmicks in the budget and a projected shortfall well beyond 1.8 billion dollars.
John Hodell notes a Regis ter feature gathering favorable feedback while exposing how some inquiries lack clarity. Examples range from tax questions on widows to musings about monitoring officials, relationships, and wage fairness, illustrating the odd mix of questions and the limits of answering the unanswerable.
A devotional prayer urges seeing God in nature and in the street market and insists God judges and blesses wherever decisions and relations arise. The text names Morley Mays from Huntingdon Pennsylvania and mentions Juanita College.
Hollywood report notes Charlie Chaplin harshly directs the Countess from Hong Kong set while Edgar Bergen recalls Viet Nam artifacts and Candy Bergen's film work. Hazel exits. Ray Fulmer criticizes weak scripts as Shirley Booth's manager observes talent. Vietnam casualty figures rise as U S officials project years more of war with Laos and Thailand tensions highlighted.
Washington analysis warns that if Vietnam war policy drives intraparty friction, President Johnson could face a weakened House majority in 1966 and possible isolation in 1968. It catalogs key Democratic critics like Fulbright, Morse, Clark, Church, McGovern, Nelson, Gruening, and speculates on Kennedy as a rival.
A Raleigh Register item from 25 years ago in 1941 quotes a Tokyo spokesman stating that wartime preparations by Britain and the United States caused anxiety or misgivings in Japan. He argues the situation would ease if such preparations were limited to the western hemisphere.
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