Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most go-go feature of the week was Johnson's urban message, which went to Congress while he was at his Texas ranch for a Washington's Birthday retreat. The message contained an ambitious program to provide 26 million new homes and apartments for low-and middle-income families in the next decade, more than ten times the number of such units built in the past decade under federal programs. In hopeful theory at least, the plan should eliminate all substandard housing in the nation. If Congress approves, the construction of 6,000,000 of the homes...
...effect on the 1968 election. "If you dismiss him out of hand as a clown in an Uncle Sam suit," said Political Analyst Richard Scammon, "you make a grievous error. He is a tough, competent, shrewd politician who has support within the guts of the American electorate-the low income white voters...
...battlefield itself, swift jet fighter-bombers flash in under the low-hanging clouds to dump napalm and explosives on enemy positions that are now as close as 300 yards to the base perimeter. The Marines are, in fact, relying on air to do the job of pinpoint destruction that their own artillery would normally undertake. Reason: they lost so many shells when their ammo dump was hit three weeks ago that they are conserving ammunition for the big attack...
...costly in lives. Time after time, whole companies were pinned down against their rubble shields by a single, well-placed machine-gunner. A persistent drizzle socked in their air cover for most of the week. Even when air support came in, Communist artillery made the most of the low-flying weather: in 446 sorties by U.S. helicopters, Communist guns scored strikes against no fewer than 60. Said Lieut. General Robert E. Cushman Jr., commander of 1 Corps forces: "The gods of war were in their favor...
...week's end they had gained nearly 500 precious yards inside the Citadel, pinning an enemy force of about 350 men to three small strongholds. The most important advance came when low-crouching U.S. Marines swept onto the long south wall overlooking the Perfume riverbank, a position that finally gave the allies sturdy positions on each wall of the Citadel. The Marines celebrated by triumphantly running up the Stars and Stripes in full view of modern Hué, across the river. The death toll was among the most expensive of the war: nearly 450 allied dead, including some...