Time runs out on Congress on Colorado River project
Interior Secretary Udall warns time is nearly gone in this session for the 1.7 billion Colorado River Basin Development Project. The House Interior Committee backed the bill by over three to one but no floor scheduling exists and Senate action before adjournment seems unlikely.
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Stewart Udall
Congress
House Interior Committee
House
Senate
White House
Colorado River Basin Development Project
Iowa Faces Johnson Reaction Across State Politics
Des Moines reports a broad Johnson reaction in Iowa though anti war sentiment is not strong there. Farmers enjoy a prosperous harvest while industry expands. Democrats fear the president’s image, with Kennedy and Goldwater seen as potential contenders in 1968.
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Des Moines
Johnson
Iowa
Barry Goldwater
Hubert H. Humphrey
Orville Freeman
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Towa
Midwest
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Dams in CAP bill opposed as wasteful critics say
A letter from Joel Rodack, ARIZONANS FOR WATER WITHOUT WASTE, argues the Central Arizona Project dams are unnecessary and wasteful, and that removing them would speed water delivery. The piece cites Commissioner Floyd Dominy and HR 4671 as pivotal, urging faster passage without dams.
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Commissioner of Reclamation
Floyd Dominy
Colorado
Arizona
Joel Rodack
Arizonans For Water
Red China's Children’s Crusade Under Mao Stirs Global Debate
James Marlow argues that Red China mobilizes youth under Mao to intimidate dissent as foreign observers note political immaturity behind aggressive Red Guard campaigns. He cites the party’s vanity, clashes with neighbors, and setbacks in Asia, amid mixed modernization progress.
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Mao
New China News Agency
Red China
Red Chinese
Italian Communist Party
China
Asia
Indonesia
India
Viet Nam
Europe
Albania
Peking
Shanghai
Red Guard
Short Vietnamese election campaign highlighted
The article notes official campaigning for South Vietnam's September 11 election to fill 117 seats ends September 10 after 16 days. It contrasts with long local campaigning in Tucson, where signs and tub-thumping persist while Tucson's primary follows two days after the Vietnamese vote and nominees race into November.
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South Viet Nam
National Assembly
Read Me A Poll Marvin and the Kennedy Antique White House
A humorous exchange imagines White House aides reading a cascade of polls on Kennedy’s popularity. The spoof sketches how various polls from Gallup Lou Harris Elmo Roper and others reflect public opinion on Vietnam Alaska Montana and Kennedy’s image. The piece ends with a punchline noting the latest Gallup poll results.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
White House
Great Society
White ‘House
Marvin
Lurleen
Alabama
Adam Clayton Powell
Lou Harris
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Elmo Roper
Alaska
George Romney
Sonny Liston
South America
Sombrero Organization of Public Opinion
Venezuela
Voice of America
Sukarno
Gamal Nasser
Montana
Wall Street Journal
Ralph Nader
George Meany
Arthur Schlesinger
Norman Thomas
Nielsen
Luci Baines
Polls Questioned In The 1968 Presidential Talk
A dialogue recalls Gallup polling on the 1968 presidential race. Marvin notes Bobby Kennedy received more mentions than the speaker, who dismisses polls as often wrong. The exchange ends with a casual remark about polling unreliability.
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Marvin
Gallup
Bobby Kennedy
C C Drake disputes Prescott census attributions and out-of-state entries
Local notes report C C Drake of Tucson challenging a Prescott census marshal over repeated name entries for Yavapai. officials certify the return despite nonresidency concerns and even San Francisco names appearing on the roll. Also: Walter L Vail and H R Hislop buy I N Fish Co mescal ranch near Camp Crittenden to stock cattle and pursue ranching.
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C. C. Drake
Tucson
Yavapai
Prescott
Drake
San Francisco
Walter L. Vail
H. R. Hislop
I. N. Fish & Co
Meseal Ranch
Old Camp Crittenden
Arizona
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