Reds Push Domino Theory Across Southeast Asia
The article argues the domino theory drives North Vietnamese and Chinese influence into Laos Cambodia and Thailand amid Viet Cong Tet offensive. It cites 40000 North Vietnamese in Laos and guerrilla activity near the Thai Laotian border, with Prince Norodom Sihanouk warning of outside rebellion in Cambodia. The piece portrays the Free World facing a difficult struggle to counter these moves.
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South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
North Vietnam
Red China
Vietnam
United States
South
Norodim Sihanouk
Battambang
Rockefeller declines bid for GOP presidential nomination
Rockefeller says he will not run for president as Nixon is the front runner while most delegates favor a Nixon nomination. The 1968 convention is expected to lean conservative with many 1964 delegates, and Rockefeller acknowledges past split caused by Goldwater bid.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Northeast
Rocky
Gov. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Miami Beach
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater. These Delegates Regard Mr. Nixon
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Sen. Goldwater
GOP
Kennedy’s Labor Clash Shapes Kennedy Run
Vested labor power challenges Bob Kennedy as he launches his bid. Lou Stulberg of ILGWU needles the candidate, signaling labor’s political machine may oppose him. Kennedy taps contacts, weighs union blocs, and plans strategies to win crucial labor support at primaries and the convention.
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Washington
New York
Bob Kennedy
Kennedy
Lou Stulberg
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
New York State
Stulberg
Sen. Kennedy
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Johnson
Letters to the Editor Praise for Vietnam reporting and civil rights oped
A reader commends Citizen Reporter John Riddick for accurate Vietnam articles and urges wider publication. The Anti-Defamation League lauds the Senate civil rights bill but notes housing access, jobs, and education as ongoing barriers for African Americans. The piece ends noting contrasting presidential receptions for Khrushchev and Kennedy.
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Vietnam
Citizen
John Riddick
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith
Senate of the United States
Record of Indian attacks and frontier violence reported
A period summary details attacks on camps and ranches from the 8th to the 20th including an Indian lance wound at Camp Apache, a train raid near Grant to Infantry Camp with one soldier and a Mexican killed, two herders killed at Infantry Camp, a guard post firing, Hughes Ranch at Crittenden looted and a murder, and L B Wooster killed near Tubac with a hostage and Bosque Ranch sacked.
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Camp Apache
Perry Redmond
Grant
Infantry Camp
Hinds & Hooker
Infantry
Hughes
Crittenden
William Cook
L.B. Wooster
Tubac
Yndia Smalley Moore
Citizen Historical
Kennedy Rivalry Recasts a Family Presidential Hope
A 42 year old Robert Kennedy announces for president in the Senate Caucus Room, presenting a stance distinct from his brother John Kennedy. He contrasts his approach with Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, arguing for new strategies on Civil Rights, the War in Vietnam, and national security while reflecting on past crises and his own qualifications.
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Kennedy
Senate
John Kennedy
Johnson
Bob Kennedy
Commission On Civil Disorders
Lyndon Johnson
Interior
Vietnam
John Kennnedy
Bob
National Security Council
Don Maclean II questions open housing compromise
The piece contests the Senate open housing compromise, arguing it oddly halves rights by permitting homeowner discrimination but banning broker actions. It notes a defeated amendment that would allow sales to Negroes only if buyers are servicemen or veterans, calling the approach nonsensical and mocking Congress.
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Jack Miller
Iowa
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W. Pennington St
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Khrushchev
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Tito
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Rhodesia
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