First 100 Years Since Emancipation Highlighted
A retrospective notes the 100th anniversary of the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments adopted after the Civil War. It recalls slavery's origins in 1619 Virginia and the road to abolition with Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. It cites ongoing racial inequality despite constitutional progress.
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United States
Union
Congress
Continental Congress
Virginia
Maryland
North
South
Lincoln
Hanukkah Festival of Lights Begins Tonight
Christians note an approaching holiday as Jewish families begin Hanukkah the Festival of Lights. The eight day celebration starts at sundown with one candle tonight and adds one each evening. The piece links Hanukkah to religious freedom and extends a Happy Hanukkah greeting.
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Europe
Negro Delegates at AFL-CIO Summit Praise and Picketing
Inside the sixth AFL-CIO convention in San Francisco only about 20 Negro delegates attend amid picketing by pacifists and strikers. A. Philip Randolph remains the lone Negro vice president among predominantly white labor leaders, reflecting ongoing civil rights tensions within the federation.
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San Francisco
New York
Ladies’ Garment
A. Philip Randolph
NAACP Pressure at AFL-CIO Meet on Local Union Exclusion
Dr Bruce H Green Cincinnati NAACP president urged AFL-CIO leaders at a December convention to dispatch a team to Cincinnati to enforce equal job rights. He cited no Negroes in several construction unions and noted intensified efforts to win apprenticeship and journeyman status for Black workers amid arrests and protests since August.
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National Union
White House
George Meany
Bruce H. Green
Cincinnati
NAACP
Mr. Meany
Afl-Cio
Dr Green
Labor Federation
Washington merry go round Wilson boxed in on Rhodesia
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and President Lyndon Johnson discuss two crises Vietnam and Rhodesia. The article examines Wilsons limited options as British and African pressures mount, with the United States backing shared aims but facing perilous political constraints and near impossible compromises.
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Washington
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Rhodesia
Africa
Lyndon Jonson
Wilson
Viet Nam
United States
United Kingdom
Presidential dilemma forces budget prioritization in Johnson era
In Washington the Johnson administration faces a tough choice between accelerating space efforts, continuing military action in Vietnam, and maintaining Great Society programs without tax hikes. Experts urge clear priorities to avoid an unbalanced budget and potential inflation, with space, defense, and domestic programs competing for funds.
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Washington
Johnson
Outer Space
Viet Nam
Congress
Harphong
Great Society
National Committee For
White House
U.S
Federal Reserve Board
Texas
Wright Patman
William Jennings Bryan
Federal Reserve System
Woodrow Wilson
The President and the Fed
The piece argues Johnson hesitates over unpopular policy calls and uses the Fed as a shield. It says Martin and three Fed members acted to curb easy money, while Johnson pretends independence. The author predicts Johnson will avoid packing the Fed to keep inflation in check.
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United States
Johnson
Martin
Federal Reserve Board
LBJ
Treasury
Humphrey
Grandpappy set and Santa myths in American politics
Readers reflect on St Nick and political loyalties as Americans debate Santa Claus origins from the North Pole versus Washington. The text juxtaposes childhood belief with grown up skepticism about political influence on tradition.
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Santa Claus
The
North Pole
Washington
Christmas gift list mocks top Washington figures in wit
The column lists imagined gifts for Johnson and McNamara, Rusk and Bundy, Nixon and Kennedy, plus figures like Hoover and Dirksen. It lampoons politics by treating public figures as recipients of whimsical items from escalators to stock tips, ending with a tease to mail it to Santa Claus.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Defense
Robert McNamara
Dean Rusk
State Department
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
McGeorge
Richard Nixon
Bobby Baker
John J. Williams
Del
Hubert Humphrey
George Lincoln Rockwell
Bobby Kennedy
N.Y
New York
John Lindsay
Sen
Wayne
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Martin Luther King Jr
Federal Reserve
William McChesney Martin
Interior
Stewart Udall
Jack Valenti
Capitol
J. George Stewart
Disneyland
Capitol Hill
Newsweek Magazine
Everett Dirksen
R. Ill
Santa Claus
Johnson City
Texas
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George Hamilton
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