Editorials Our Opinions Congress Junkets and the Balance of Payments
Congressmen defend trips abroad as using counterpart funds and foreign currency. A Treasury official says replenishing these funds is costly and limits exist. If travel is not essential for the public good, most trips should be cut to set a standard for responsible use of public resources.
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Rome
Lon
Treasury Department
Los Angeles Times
U.S
Burma
Ceylon
Guinea
Israel
Pakistan
Poland
Tunisia
Arab Republic
Yugoslavia
India
Illinois lawmakers tied to horse track stock holdings
Legislators and families in Illinois reportedly hold stock in Chicago and East St. Louis race tracks with legalized mutual betting. Some officials defend holdings as legitimate, while a Cook County suit alleges the racing board issued 75 000 passes yearly to gain gate revenue, with passes routed through politicians.
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Illinois
Chicago
East St. Louis
Cook County
Egyptian Trotting Association
Chicago Thoroughbred Enterprises
State Legis
Hope comes to Bottom Creek Christmas gifts lift town
The cross-eyed eight-year-old Richard Church of Bottom Creek West Virginia receives widespread charity after a national news feature. About 2,000 pieces of mail arrive with gifts totaling thousands in toys, trucks, clothes, and $8,500 in cash placed in a trust. Local officials hope the generosity spurs long term improvements in health care housing and opportunity for the family and community.
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Tom Trede
NEA
Bottom Creek
W. Va
Richard Church
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Richard
Duke University Medical School
Patricia
Was there an attack on Aug 4 in Tonkin Gulf inquiry
U.S. Senate inquiry into the Tonkin Gulf incidents examines whether an August 4 attack occurred after North Vietnamese forces allegedly attacked the Maddox and Turner Joy on August 2. New testimony and Defense Department details are weighed against conflicting radio, sonar, and eyewitness reports while the broader context of 1964 actions is analyzed.
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Dwight Connelly Lindsay-Schaub
Tonkin Gulf
Pearl Harbor
North Vietnam
Washington
Congress
Johnson
U.S
Sen. Goldwater
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Committee
Department of Defense
Department
Pentagon
Defense Department
Pine Island
J.g
John W. White
Maddox
Turner Joy
Comdr
Herbert Ogier Jr
The
Associated
Senate
Wayne Morse
Hanoi
International Control Commission
United States
Administration
Sen. Morse
Sen
Fulbright
Florida
U.S. Naval Academy
Yemen
Aden
Adlai Stevenson
U.N
United Nations
Jackworth
State Department
War Department
Nguyen Khanh
South Vietnam
Tonkin Bay
Bay of Tonkin
North
Letters to the editor coordinate community outreach in Murphysboro
Readers respond to the editorial Lack of concern in Murphysboro noting efforts by OEO Field Representatives Mary Harris and Jessie May Harris plus local volunteers. The Murphysboro Action Committee coordinates housing food bedding clothing transportation and job training aid while seeking an OEO office and a Thrift Shop space for future projects. George Ensweller chairs the committee with Rosemary Levinson as secretary.
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Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Albert Brooks
OEO
Mary Harris
Jessie May Harris
Murphysboro Action Committee
George Ensweller
Rosemary Levinson
Bicentennial Plans and 1960s Political Comment
The article notes Ili nois statehood bicentennial not until 2018 with sesquicentennial memorabilia ahead. It also ponders Defense McNamara leaving the Johnson Cabinet and possibly returning to a Republican party registry.
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Ilinois
Defense McNamara
Johnson
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