Editorials Our Opinions Court Uses Wrong Means Against Committee
The House Un-American Activities Committee is criticized as a witch hunt and due process violator. The piece argues Congress must hear hearings to perform its legislative function and that federal courts should rule cases on the Bill of Rights without blocking Congress from considering laws. It labels the committee un-American and urges individual-case constitutional grounding.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Congress
John Marshall
Supreme Court
High Court
House UN- American Activities Committee
United States
Harry Truman
General Greene Clarifies Vietnam War Timing Remarks
Gen Wallace Greene said reports from Saigon speculating eight year duration or troop levels were not correct. He disassociated from such estimates and noted no finished studies on war length or troop numbers, despite attending Pentagon press briefings and Joint Chiefs meetings.
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Wallace M. Greene
U. S. Marine Corps
Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S
Greene
Marine Corps
Pentagon
Johnson
Washington
New York Times
Wallace Greene
Green
LBJ as Peacemaker or War Machine Target of Debate
The piece weighs LBJ against Orwellian labels in a 1960s context. It cites WWII veterans who awarded Johnson for peace while critics warn of the military industrial complex. Eisenhower’s warning on cold war influence is echoed as society debates power and policy today.
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George Orwell
Johnson
National Broadcasting Association
Eisenhower
Hitler
Saigon
Louis Harris
Tojo
U.S
Southeast Asia
Lloyd
Suzanne Rudolph
Government Department
University of Chicago
Time For Law To Decide Jack Ruby Fate
The article argues Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV, awaits final appeals to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal and the U S Supreme Court. It urges prompt, final disposition, condemns capital punishment as barbaric, and questions due process and motives in the absence of a trial.
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Jack L. Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Texas Court of Criminal Appeal
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Texas Trial Court
Kennedy
Unclear Snippet Teases Cultural Imagery in Retail and Space
A fragmented passage contrasts Venus De Milo in modern attire with shoppers in a supermarket while noting rain favors neither the just nor the unjust. It hints at astronauts who are considered truly "in" only after being "out" in some sense.
The Great Year 1876 in Dave Felts Column
Dave Felts reviews Dee Brown’s The Year of the Century 1876, noting its scope from the Declaration centennial to Exposition marvels and key figures. The piece highlights Custers Little Bighorn, Hayes-Tilden politics, women’s suffrage, Moody and Sankey, and postwar Reconstruction as defining threads.
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United States
Dee Brown
University of Ilinois
Scribners
Brown
Grierson
Philadelphia
Ulysses S. Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Porter
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Custer
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Samuel J. Tilden
Viet Nam War Effects On Youth Draw Draftees To Reassess
The piece surveys how the Viet Nam conflict shapes young Americans views on duty and choice. It notes deferments delay careers and marriage plans, rising enlistment among Black youths, and a shift toward accepting dissent as part of public life. It quotes scholars and doctors on changing attitudes toward war and national service.
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Joseph A. Loftus
New York Times
Viet Nam
United States
Johnson
Kennedy
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Army
Credibility gap looms in war coverage and politics
Washington observers note a cadre of Republican candidates will press the Vietnam issue by stressing a credibility gap between Administration statements and war facts. The piece weighs evidence of misstatements by past administrations and current officials, and suggests that some gap is near inevitable given the war’s complexity and reporting challenges.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Washington
Kennedy
Johnson
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
South
Rusk
Saigon
Charles Mohr
The
Times
Viet Nam
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Venus de Milo
Dave Felts
National Party
Dwight L. Moody
Ira D. Sankey
Reconstruction
Buffalo Bill
Billy the Kid
James Brothers
de Brown
George Armstrong Custer
Britain
Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer
de Miller
Marines
Joseph T. English
Peace Corps
William James
Korea
John Hay
Nicholas Hoffman
Harvard
Southern Illinoisan
Lindsay- Schaub
Illinois
California
Ilinois
James B. Davis Hurst
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