Pressure on Johnson to Seek Vietnam Peace Negotiations
The Atlanta Journal notes that public and press pressure helped push President Johnson toward negotiations in Vietnam. Editors nationwide faced unofficial White House pressure to soften criticism while returning veterans and public unhappiness influenced policy, with 200000 troops in place before shifts appeared.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Southeast Asia
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Dicker
Washington
White House
Capitol Hill
Viet Nam
Lyndon Johnson
Atlanta Journal
Roswell Faces Walker Base Closure with Local Planning Drive
Al Stubbs reports on Roswell discussions with Washington officials over Walker Air Force Base closure set for July 1 1967. Bradford's group, citing Salina Kansas results, urged hard nosed local action while Roswell's Industrial Development Commission benefits from early planning and a 100 million industry prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Stubbs
Don Bradford
Office of Economic Adjustment
Department of Defense
Roswell
Bradford
Washington
Walker Air Force Base
WAFB
Homer Glover
Salina, Kan
Ageless Servant Averell Harriman Leads Duty in Vietnam Era
Washington marks Averell Harriman at 74 as a tireless envoy guiding peace efforts in Vietnam. The former ambassador to the Soviet Union, twice snubbed for office, remains a steadfast public official whose integrity and experience bolster U.S. diplomacy under Johnson.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Averell Harriman
Johnson
America
Harriman
Harry Truman
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
State Department
John F. Kennedy
Ernest King
King
Ernie King
Retirement Center at Walker AFB Site Suggested
A Roswell reader argues the Walker Air Force Base could become a large retirement center to boost the local economy after its 1967 closure. He lists site assets and contrasts California Florida issues, urging community consideration and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
Walker
California
Florida
eleven years of gas price regulation confusion urged
The editorial argues federal regulation of natural gas producers has caused eleven years of confusion and frus tration. It contends production firms operate in open competition and should be freed from federal control to ensure future gas supplies at fair prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Blanca Mountain
Sierra Blanca
Federal Power Commission
Freedom Under Attack by Hoover On Freedom and Communism
FBI director J Edgar Hoover called freedom under attack at home and abroad in a Grand Cross of the Scottish Rite address. He linked worldwide communist expansion to a home growing problem among American youth and campus outreach, urging faith, unity, and law to preserve liberty and justice.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Southeast Asia
Europe
Near East
Central
South America
Mr. Hoover
Communist Party
U.S.A
Kremlin
Moscow
South
Viet Nam
Santo Domingo
Hoover
Berlin Wall
East Germany
Committee of Congress
America
St. Marys Hospital to Build New ThreeStory Main Building
Hospital officials announced plans to erect a new three story main building at St. Marys Hospital. Construction will begin once plans are completed and the brick structure will match the color of the existing building while keeping it intact.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Roswell Daily Record Ad Manager and Editor Details
The Roswell Daily Record lists Jimmy C. Cox as Advertising Manager and Albert A. Stubbs as Managing Editor. It notes the paper’s address at 424 North Main Street Roswell New Mexico and its weekday evening publication schedule.
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North Main Street
Roswell
N.M
Senate apportionment sparks leadership shakeup in capital
State Senate faces a potential upheaval as moves aim to unseat Senate Majority Leader Bill Gallagher and install Ike Morgan amid a heated debate over reapportionment. The plan under consideration would redraw districts by population, possibly creating multi county lines and altering the 32 member body.
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Charles Cullin
Senate
Bill Gallagher
D-Colfax
Ike Morgan
D-Roosevelt
Gallagher
Jack Campbell
Gene Lusk
Santa Fe
Franklin Jones
Boston Witt
Campbell
Morgan
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McCarthy Nolen
George Kelley
John Kavanagh
Claude Wood
Clinton P. Anderson
C. W. Bullock
Bureau of
Denver
Colo
Kavanagh
Industrial Development Corp
Wood
Senator Anderson
Les Miller
Bob Blaun
City
Chamber
Gail Harris
Charlie Fowler
Glover
William S. White
Truman
Soviet Union
Congress
Leonard L. Turnage
West
3Rd Street
N. M
Tere
Jimmy C. Cox
Advertising Manager
Albert A. Stubbs
R. M. Higginbotham
Chaves County
Trade
Roswell, N.M
Associated Press
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