Editorial says GOP bankrolls incumbents in Illinois Senate
The piece argues Republican senators have raised between 150000 and 175000 to fund a closed primary style finance committee aimed at keeping incumbents in office. It notes the plan, defended as strengthening the last GOP bastion, and warns the move risks unhealthy politics as 1966 elections demand heavier campaigning and wider districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Senate
Frank Maier
Rockford Morning Star
GOP
Senate
Russell Arrington
William Damish
Kane County
Sen
Arrington
Dennis J. Collins
R-De- Kalb
AFL-CIO Reaches Middle Age as Labor Shift Grows
The AFL-CIO, ten years after merger under George Meany, presses Capitol Hill as a growing lobbying force and gains in collective bargaining while white collar workers resist unionization. Internal feuds fade to intramural ones, but nonunion membership declines and white collar organizing looms as the next test for a potentially shrinking labor base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Meany
Capitol Hill
Aflcio
Qantas Name Explained and Mormon History in Illinois
Dave Felts discusses why Qantas, the Queensland and Northern Territories Air Services, is not a regular Q word. He surveys Mormon history in Illinois noting Nauvoo’s rise, decline, and a new book by Robert Bruce Flanders, plus archaeologists claiming a larger pyramid site near Cholula and sport updates on Iowa coach Jerry Burns being replaced by Ray Nagel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qantas
Queensland
Northern Territories
Bush
Illinois
Nauvoo
Mississippi
Robert Bruce Flanders
Graceland College
Lamont
Iowa
University of Illinois Press
Joseph Smith
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Carthage
Flanders
Seaboard
West Coast
Mountain States
England
Norway
Jerry Burns
University of Iowa
Ray Nagel
University of Utah
Johnson's Talks With Khan Focus on Kashmir and Aid
President Johnson faces two days of talks with Pakistan's President Ayub Khan to revive nearly 900 million dollars yearly aid and ease tensions over Kashmir. Both leaders differ on some issues but must show flexibility to secure continued Western-aligned funding and support for Asia's emerging nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Pakistan
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Kashmir
United States
Washington
India
Asia
Khan
China
Shastri
America
Pax America and the restraint in revolutions
A long editorial argues against American imperialism abroad, urging Johnson to favor diplomacy over force as revolutions erupt in Africa Asia and Latin America. It warns against enforcing a Pax Americana on unwilling nations and supports U N mediation and measured intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Frank Church
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Johnson
Viet Nam
India
Pakistan
United Nations
U.S
United States
Great Britain
Africa
Asia
NATO
Europe
Western Europe
Latin America
U S View on Vietnam War Stresses Chinese Influence
The article argues nationalism drives global Communism, warning U S policy in Vietnam aids Mao and China. It calls Vietnam a Balkans of Asia, notes China’s expanding influence in Southeast Asia, and fears prolonged conflict undermines U S interests and regional stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Asia
Red China
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Indochina
Kremlin
Hitler
Balkans
China
Southeast Asia
Caribbean
United States
South
Burma
Cambodia
Philippines
Japan
India
Pakistan
Singapore
Malaysia
Sukarno
Indonesia
Hanoi Ji
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Dave Felts
Mexico
Associated Press
Cholula
New York Times Magazine
Didaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Yorktown
George Washington
Cornwallis
Sen. Fulbright
Fulbright
Vicky
London Evening Standard
Russia
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