Editorials Our Opinions Potential Air Pact Lets Congress Off Hook
The House escaped a vote on a Senate bill to force airline strikers back to work as a five airline settlement awaits union ratification. The piece blames Congress for political calculations and urges pre election committee action to address labor disputes for the public good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Rank and File
Lyndon Johnson
House
Nation debates tax free bonds for private industrial finance
The piece notes growing use of tax free municipal bonds to fund private industry, citing $200 million yearly totals and $324 million in early 1966. It cites Rep. Henry S. Reuss proposing a national ban, Illinois current prohibition, Treasury consideration, and debate over fairness and public subsidy of private growth.
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Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Illinois
Rep. Reuss
Treasury Department
Ently
House
Ways and Means
Congress
War May Get Much Worse
The piece warns the Vietnam War could expand to a major U.S. operation. Sen. John C. Stennis estimates 400,000 troops in Vietnam by year end, potentially topping Korea’s 1953 high. Johnson aides project manpower near 750,000 soon, with overall forces possibly half to three quarters of a million next year.
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Southeast Asia
America
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Viet Nam
U.S
Johnson
Sec. of Defense
Robert McNamara
Second Look Reflections on Tax, Natures Peace and Public Life
The piece contemplates Thoreau jailed for tax resistance to enjoy nature. It recalls Hamilton mowing the White House lawn on a Saturday. It notes New York blackout era candlelight romance and a cello player wearing a practical mini skirt.
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George Hamilton
White House
Ashtray Emptiers and Hollywood Entourage Inside 1960s Memoir
Column surveys John O Hara take on Ernest Hemingway and other icons in a Holiday magazine essay. It notes ashtray emptiers who service the rich and famous, cites Kennedy and Roosevelt eras, and mentions Fred Waring, Pat Boone, Will Rogers, and NBC Today host changes. Reference to Lake Michigan pollution and Genev a estate trips conclude the column.
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Holiday Magazine
John O'Hara
Papa Hemingway
A. E. Hotchner
Ernest Hemingway
Peter
Judas Iscariot
Kennedy
O’hara
Hemingway
Scott Fitzgerald
Warren G .Harding
Edward VIII
Mussolini
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lucy Mercer
Associates
Pat Boone
Will Rogers
Tanglewood Symphony Orchestra
Brahms
Tschaikowsky
Thunderbird
Bears
Packers
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Little Point Sable
Pentwater
Mich
Felts
Wisconsin
Lake Geneva
Jack Lescoulie
NBC
Lescoulie
Dave Garroway
John Chancellor
Hugh Downs
Costs and Potential Benefits of the Viet Nam War
The Johnson administration weighs short term costs against possible long term gains in a global gamble over Viet Nam. Analysts caution that outcomes hinge on war results and America’s political and military standing, with detente delays and strained East West diplomacy shaping incentives and priorities.
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Max Frankel
New York Times
Washington
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Europe
America
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Saigon
Senate
Moscow
United States
Outer Mongolia
China
Peking
Red China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Algeria
Korea
Philippines
West Germany
Greece
Viet Nam War Costs and Global Reactions
The piece assesses Vietnam War's economic impact including a $750 million foreign exchange cost this year and gold outflows to France. It notes defense spending may rise or shrink with peace, offset by tax cuts or domestic spending, while world opinion remains varied and status quo is seen as preferable to a wider Communist challenge.
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United Nations
U Thant
Senate
Asia
Wilson
Britain
Labor Party
Viet Nam
Washington
Hanoi
Haiphong
India
New York Times
France
U.S. Treasury
Wall Street
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Henry D. Thoreau
New York City
Dave Felts
New York
Fred Waring
Altoona
Banjazzatra
Poley McClintock
Waring
Treasury
Goves
Latin America
Africa
U. S
South Viet Nam
Manila
Japan
Ottawa
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Israel
Middle East
South
Laos
Thailand
Burma
Cambodia
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