Reluctance to Act in Viet Nam Shapes Southeast Asia Policy
Editorial argues that U S officials in Honolulu reaffirmed continued military aid to South Vietnam and shied from new offensives against North Vietnam. It notes White House silence, election-year concerns, and the risk that events may force new action before November.
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Sion
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White House
Honolulu
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Washington
Johnson
U. S
Southeast Asia
United States
Indochina
Hutchins Era at Fund for the Republic and Center for Democratic Institutions
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins led the Fund for the Republic for a decade, directing a $315 million endowment to establish the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions and to define how the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights are interpreted today, while the impact of those efforts overlapped with key Supreme Court decisions.
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Fund For the Republic
Ford Foundation
Henry Ford, Sr
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Yale Law School
University of Chicago
Center For
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Center
L. A. Supreme Court
He Heeded Duty's Call William J Green Leaves Villanova
William J Green elected congressman from Pennsylvania Fifth District after his late father. He did not graduate from Villanova Law School, leaving two weeks before the April 22 primary. He cited congressional duties as the reason, highlighting vocational training over a college degree for some students.
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Pennsylvania
Villanova University
Mr. Green
Villanova
Philadelphia Democratic Organization
Second Look at a Veteran's Graduation and Political Quips
A veteran representative reflects on graduation, school funding, and a shrinking birth rate. The article notes the House vote to expand its police force, references Illinois politics, and comments on political figures. It quotes a veteran about a tomato plant and mentions a candidate named Gigemonse Deer running for public office.
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Hoover set for possible San Francisco GOP convention
In New York Herbert Hoover, approaching his 8th decade, is described as “up and about” after surgery. Observers note potential attendance at next month’s Republican national convention in San Francisco, with Republicans hoping for a return to “good old days” and strong delegate support for the front runner.
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New York City
United States
Herder’ Hoover
White House
San Francisco
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Nothing Exotic About It In A Recents Columns
Dave Felts surveys oddities from Madras textiles to Readers Digest ads and U S politics. The piece riffs on Madras cloth, calico, and Bearden’s in Johnston City, plus college athletes who double as wrestlers and public roles for Jim McMillen and Clarence Ems. The column closes with images of Dust Bowl life, Kentucky Wonders vines, and Goldwater’s Senate pause.
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India
Calcutta
Bearden
Geneal
Johnston City
University of Illinois
Iinois
State Public Information Bureau
Springfield
Jim McMillen
Clarence Ems
Department of Agriculure
Bedlam Of Obscurities in the 1964 GOP Primary
James Reston reviews three months of the 1964 presidential primaries highlighting a disorderly contest that avoided major issues. Goldwater and Rockefeller battled strains within the Republican Party while voters grow skeptical of both front runners and the primary system. Scranton emerges as a modest alternative with limited support but staying power.
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Rockefeller
California
Republican Party
Olsen
Salinger-Cranston
Rockefeller-Goldwater
New Hampshire
Johnson
Ambassador Lodge
Scranton
Revenue shift eyed for refuge lands in Congress
A bipartisan move in Congress would change how national wildlife refuges distribute revenues to localities. Currently 25 percent of refuge receipts stay with governments. proposed rules would be based on land value, giving about 1 percent annually. In Louisiana, gas and oil on refuge land yielded over 250 000 last year, while Orleans and Genesee counties in New York saw only 275 versus an expected 3 900. Rep. Harold C. Osterway argues locals are saddled with revenue losses from a national program, noting the refuge system brought in 2.3 million last year and may boost waterfowl hunting.
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New York
Orleans
Genessee
Troquois National Wildlife
Genessee Counties
Harold C. Osterway
RNY
Oak Orchard
U.S. Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Laser insights spark glow from sight to cancer cures
Ralph McGill reports in a New York setting after dinner notes on laser science. A physicist explains how light amplified by stimulated emission can weld retinas and metals and even reach the moon, while early melanoma research shows lasers heating and destroying cancer cells. Researchers see future uses in medicine and communications as funding grows to about fifty million dollars.
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Atlanta Notes
New York
Ate
Academy of Science
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