Tobacco Cut Harshly Hits Thomas County Farmers
The 1964 10 percent tobacco acreage reduction will cut Thomas County tobacco from about 1620 to 1450 acres, costing roughly 200000 dollars in lost income. Ware County faces similar losses, while Georgia Florida Flue cure Belt tobacco remains in demand. Officials cite surplus reasons but farmers urge exemption for Carolina and Florida leaf. The overall economic impact is framed as a regional crisis and a national policy failure.
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Thomas County
Agriculture Department
Johnson Strategy for 1964
Washington AP reports that Johnson faces a rapid presidency with limited time to shape his Cabinet. He is likely to preserve top Kennedy appointees like McNamara and Rusk while reshuffling below the top tier to build his own record for 1964. Public moves include base closures to cut costs and secure tax-cut support, signaling tough leadership amid congressional pushback.
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Washington
Johnson
Truman
Kennedy
Congress
Old Thoughts Reveal Years of Youthful Second Childhood
iBOYLE'S NOTEBOOK ponders aging with humor and insight as small signs spark a feeling of youth. It notes facial mirrors recalling grandchildren, digesting new tech costs, surprising late-night clarity, and odd joys like stair climbs and bifocals guiding romance.
Reapportionment By Voter Registration Counts
The piece discusses reforming reapportionment to base representation on the number of registered voters rather than total population. It argues this could reward civic participation, encourage turnout, and address inequities between cities with different voter registration rates. It notes federal court pressure to act and questions extending the principle to both state and federal levels.
Overcoming Self-Consciousness in Public Service
The speaker describes self consciousness as a natural inhibiting foe. He recounts enduring nervousness in public, yet stresses that faith in Christ strengthens performance. By shifting focus from self to God, fear diminishes as creative life flows and public duties are fulfilled.
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Christ
Kennedy Library Planned Near JFK Memorial on Harvard Campus
The Harvard Kennedy Library project to house John F Kennedy papers moves forward after his assassination, with a $6 million memorial library chosen on a site near the Charles River. The site near MIT and Boston University aims for broad access while honoring Kennedy's wish to delay land near the library.
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Cambridge, Mass
John F. Kennedy
Harvard University
Kennedy
New England Book Deposit Library
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Harvard
Nathan M. Pusey
Pusey
Charles River
Winthrop House
Fidel Castro Seeks to Mend Ties With Soviet Russia
A Havana report says Fidel Castro aims to repair ideological fences with Moscow amid hints of U S skepticism over Oswald linked Fair Play for Cuba. The piece argues Castro may risk Khrushchev’s trust after past double dealing and notes Guevara’s cautious stance on Trotskyism.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Lyndon Johnson
Lee Harvey Oswald
Fair Play For
Cuba
Soviet
Russia
Khrushchev
Castro
Fidel
Communist Party
Gome
Trotskytes
Che Guevara
Guevara
Polio Immunization Call Urges Complete Vaccination Series
Dr J S Palmer county health commissioner warns that one Sabin dose and one to two Salk shots do not protect against polio. A full series of three Salk shots or two Sabin doses is required. Only about 60 percent of October inoculations have returned for follow up.
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J. S. Palmer
Thomas County
Khrushchev Faces Blame From Progressive Labor Movement
The Progressive Labor Movement's publication Marxist Leninist Quarterly accuses Khrushchev of crude handling of the Cuban crisis and a blow to proletarian internationalism. It argues his "eyeball to eyeball" stand with Kennedy aided Cuban allies and may allow Fidel Castro to exploit the rift for leverage.
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Fidel
Khrushchev
U. S
Cuba
Progressive Labor Movement
Mao Tse-tung
Marxist-Leniniss Quarterly
Kennedy
Hare
Today in History Dec 18 1968
Highlights include 1775 Congress authorizing 13 ships of war founding the U.S. Navy and Drake’s round the world voyage in 1577. Also noted are 1781 prayer day after the Revolution, 1944 Nashville sinking with 153 dead, and recent political and agricultural references.
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Second Continental Congress
U.S. Navy
United States
U.S
Nashville
Installment Buying Seen Driving Economy and Foiled by Overextend
The article notes installment selling powers billions in yearly sales and most buyers meet payments. Yet some overextend and make small payments on multiple accounts to avoid repossession, seen as signals of good faith though risky.
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A.S.C.P
Senate Finance Committee
Waycross Journal-Herald
Ware County
Journal-Herald
South Georgia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Carolinas
World Today
James Marlow
Roosevelt
Uice Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
McNamara
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Iboyle
New York
Hal Boyle
Georgia
JFK
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston University
John Chamberlain
Batista
Sierra Maestra
Alice Leone Moats
Mexico
Hig
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Associated Press
Sir Francis Drake
Plymouth
England
Herbert Brownell Jr
International Teamsters Brotherhood
Thomas Hickey
Florida
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