Cloture Invoked on Civil Rights Bill Marks Historic Senate Step
The Senate invoked cloture on civil rights legislation for the first time in history. President Johnson and the Attorney General backed a strong bill amid fierce debate, with supporters optimistic about final passage though amendments remain uncertain. Opponents fear constitutional overreach and federal intrusion into private business. The move is a milestone in American history, viewed with mixed pride.
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Ile
Senate
Attorney General
Johnson
Thomasville Eyes One Million Rose Bushes
Thomasville officials and local groups push to plant a million new rose bushes by 1965 to revive the city’s rose heritage. The effort includes private yards city parks sidewalks and public buildings with roses featured in recent events to boost publicity.
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Chamber of Commerce
Thomasville
Rebecca Lanier
Comstock Lode Found Sparks Nevada Silver Boom
Today in history notes key events on June 11 including the 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode in Nevada which unleashed massive silver and gold wealth over two decades. Other items reference royal deaths, school openings, lend lease pacts, and political cautions.
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Comstock Lode
Nevada
Johnson and Foreign Aid Game Ends With Johnson Gain
Washington observers note a break in a 17 year pattern as President Johnson secures near full approval of a $3.5 billion foreign aid request. The House backed the amount. the Senate and final appropriation remain to decide, marking a rare rapid outcome in a long running budget ritual.
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Philippines
United States
Russia
United State Senate
Office of Price Administration
Truman
Case Labor
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Cuba
State Department
Kennedy
A-Nation
Washington
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Clay Committee
House
Johnson
Senate
Observations on Vietnam Cuba and global communism
A reader questions U S policy in Vietnam Laos Cambodia and Korea and criticizes aid without victory arguing the nation bleeds workers and treasure while communism expands from Cuba to the Orient The piece condemns half measures and calls out hypocrisy in Western powers relations with Cuba France and Britain.
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Laos
Cambodia
Korea
Orient
Cuba
France
England
European Press Misreads Barry Goldwater on Vietnam Policy
Washington writer John Chamberlain argues European papers distort Goldwater's stance on war and NATO, noting his San Fernando Valley speech advocates intensified pressure on supply lines and cautions against overreliance on missiles, while denying calls for atomic bombing. He urges reading the full texts to avoid misinterpretation.
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Goldwater
California
London Daily Telegraph
the Times
Amsterdam Christian Democratic Volkskrant
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Frankfurter Rundschau
Union
Europe
NATO
United States
Southeast Asia
David Lawrence
Washington
Vietnam
San Fernando Valley
South Vietnam
Thailand
Malaysia
Australia
New Zealand
Barry
Red China
Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Remembering Way Back When by Hal Boyle
HAL BOYLE reflects on bygone eras contrasting life then and now. He recalls movie prices, Broadway seating, straw cuffs, Isinglass cur tains, home births, hospitals for the sick, lax dieting, early weights, the phrase lets make whoopee, strong epsom salts, social norms, rail travel nuisances, Fairbanks Pickford marriage ideal, Coolidge presidency, icebox beverages, pails greased with butter, and seeds sent to constituents.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Calvin Coolidge
Resurrection of the body affirmed by scripture
The piece argues that heaven involves a resurrected body, not a mere spirit, citing Jesus’ post resurrection appearances. It notes Jesus walked, talked, ate, and was recognized by disciples, and that the mortal will put on immortality so we will know as we are known.
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Jesus
Thomas
Senate Bill Sees Jury Trial Amendment Gain Support
Proponents of a civil rights bill aim to assure jury trials for those charged under its sections. An amendment passed grants the right to trial by a jury of peers, countering the original bill which would have denied this protection and labeled the measure radical.
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Senate
Crossword Style Clues Puzzle Fragment
A jumble of numbered clues for a crossword style puzzle including succulent plant for 1 across and various other hinted terms such as old soldier, bread spread, plant of Emerson's poem, and several others, with gaps and partial phrases suggesting a cryptic or themed list.
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Emerson
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