Presidential Succession Law Needs Immediate Revision
The article argues the 1947 succession law is outdated and impractical. It notes Speaker John W. McCormack would become president if Johnson died but cannot return to the speakership, urging a system allowing a temporary president to appoint a vice president with Senate approval for a smoother transfer of power.
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D-Mass
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D-Ariz
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Johnson's Unity Call Shapes Cuba Policy Debate
Before Kennedy's death anti-Castro Cubans pushed a Cubans for Goldwater plan spanning Florida to New York in hopes of pressuring action against Castro. Johnson weighs Cuba policy with labor leaders and civil rights figures as 1964 politics flare and unity rhetoric clashes with factional demands.
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Florida
New York City
Fidel Castro
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Cuba
Dallas
Walter Reuther
David Dubinsky
George Meany
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
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Whitney Young
The
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Kennedy to Stay On for the Duration Says Riesel
Victor Riesel reports Robert Kennedy will remain in public life at least until 1965 with unfinished business. He will pursue cases including Teamsters Hoffa trials and Chicago racketeering probes while aligning with President Johnson for political leverage and a future power base.
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Bob Kennedy
U.S
James Hoffa
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Nashville
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Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
We Have Conventionitis
Charley Jones riffs on conventionitis as doctors, druggists, teachers, plumbers, and others all attend conferences away from home. A chain of misdirected remedies and meetings in Atlantic City Boston Miami Chicago Paris St Louis Detroit San Francisco Los Angeles Syracuse.
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Which is more important letters to the editor
A set of letters to the editor debating priorities in Tucson. Readers compare funding for a White House choir trip versus overseas aid, question naming streets after Kennedy, and urge funding for Arizona water projects against golf course interests.
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Tucson
White House
Washington, D. C
Arizona
California
Ari
What If A President Is TO
Senate floor debate urges immediate constitutional fix after Eisenhower era illnesses. Kenneth Keating leads charge for clear rules on presidential disability and line of succession to prevent government paralysis.
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Congress
Kenneth Keating
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Gifts of Christmas in Galilee Vision of Mary and Angel
Mary a betrothed teenager in Nazareth receives divine news from an angel. The Holy Spirit will enable her to bear a son named Jesus, hailed as the Son of the Highest, despite Roman rule and Herod as puppet king. The text frames Mary's piety and royal lineage within a biblical nativity narrative.
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