Word: birthday
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Lyndon Johnson thus perhaps was within reach of a wider public consensus on the Viet Nam war than he had yet been able to achieve. Some Administration officials have hinted that this may presage some kind of peace bid. This week Buddha's birthday offers the President an opportunity to announce an extended bombing pause to determine whether North Viet Nam will really begin meaningful negotiations once its territory is no longer under air attack. There is widespread speculation in Washington that Johnson will seize the opportunity, despite its high political risks and though he is under intense pressure...
...assault on the DMZ itself began on the eve of Ho Chi Minh's 77th birthday. Dawn broke over a formidable invasion fleet steaming slowly off the coast. Two cruisers and five destroyers turned broadside to begin the softening-up bombardment of the shore line in the heaviest concentration of naval gunfire since the Korean War, while the amphibious assault boats swarmed in. Waves of troop-packed helicopters rose from the deck of the carrier Okinawa. The amphibious troops and their tanks, tractors and guns came ashore, meeting with little resistance. For the heliborne assault forces, it was another...
...Advocate seems to have finished celebrating its 100th birthday. During the last year, the magazine has published, in recognition of its advancing antiquity, a Centennial Anthology and a Centennial Issue, both glorying in the Advocate's illustrious alumni, and both--if only because of the literary notables collected on their pages--interesting reading. Unfortunately, the Advocate has been content to put out no regular issues during the festivities. With the May issue, the Advocate has overcome nostalgia to produce an ambitious and enjoyable collection of poems, stories, and essays...
...mine and you all will live as long as I have." The 450 guests at the reception in Columbia, S.C., would all have to be pretty optimistic to hope for both. Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes had a double holiday with his wife, Maude, celebrating his 88th birthday and their 61st wedding anniversary...
...bind Negro prisoners over to them. In 1955 fate intervened with the death of the U.S. judge for Alabama's Middle District. Johnson drew up a modest resume, won the support of state G.O.P. leaders, met Ike in Washington and got the job one week past his 37th birthday...