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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were unable to judge under fire, to find out how he would react under pressure. Here, again, the press will find that the country may be paying dearly for guilt and a responsibility to stability. A final example is how journalists completely ignored the last-ditch chicaneries of Lyndon Johnson (oil deals, airline deals, judgeships to pals) after he announced his abdication on March 31. It was an abdication that many members of the press believed they had forced, and they felt deeply guilty over...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: The Washington Monthly | 2/19/1969 | See Source »

Sophomore Walter Johnson led all scorers with a victory in the broad jump at 22'1/2", a second place in the hurdles, and a leg of the winning mile relay...

Author: By Richard T. Howe, | Title: Cindermen Dump Punchless Bruins | 2/18/1969 | See Source »

Running in only his second meet of the season, Johnson has rapidly developed into Coach McCurdy's most versatile performer and could be a contender in several events this weekend...

Author: By Richard T. Howe, | Title: Cindermen Dump Punchless Bruins | 2/18/1969 | See Source »

Little Chance. Now the beleaguered agency has a new chief, the first woman ever to boss a U.S. regulatory commission. She is Virginia Mae Brown, 45, a lively brunette and loyal Democrat who was appointed to the eleven-member commission in 1964 by Lyndon Johnson. Having succeeded to the ICC's annually rotating chairmanship this year, she leads a staff of 1,784 that processes about 6,000 cases a year. "Peaches" Brown, as the ICC's $29,500-a-year chairman is known, also manages to take care of two children and make frequent trips home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transportation: New Scenery for the ICC | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

Last July, President Johnson signed the Bank Protection Act, which requires federally insured financial institutions to take at least minimal precautions. The first regulation goes into effect this week, when banks must appoint security officers or risk $100-a-day fines. By 1970, banks must supply tellers with marked "bait" money, keep cash on hand to a "reasonable minimum," and install alarms as well as tamper-proof locks on exterior doors and windows. Banks are also urged to install cameras that take thieves' pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking: Outdoing Bonnie and Clyde | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

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