Urban Affairs Department Should Aid Not Oversee
The piece argues President elect Kennedy should study urban affairs carefully, stressing local and state initiative and warning against a large federal bureaucracy. It urges closer coordination of existing programs, notes planned joint use of highway and urban planning funds, and cautions against a bloated new agency.
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Kennedy
Department of Urban Affairs
Washington
Commerce Department
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Civil Defense Debate Signals Split Over Shelter Spending
Congress debates civil defense funding as defense planners warn adequacy gaps and factions split between expanding shelter programs and investing in offensive weapons. A $60 million federal push and 1,300 new state civil defense workers aim to bolster readiness, while analysts warn that even with advances in weapons, recovery after a nuclear attack would be very difficult.
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Congress
Toto
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Ruble Revaluation Aims To Lift Soviet Currency Status
The Soviet Union announced mid November a ten to one revaluation of the ruble, scrapping a dual official and tourist rate. One new ruble will replace 10 old rubles, with prices adjusted accordingly. The ruble’s dollar value shifts to about 1.11, but real convertibility remains limited and barter still dominates Soviet trade.
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Soviet Union
Russia
Vasily F. Garbuzov
Paul Einzig
Communist Bloc
Khrushchev
Paris
International Monetary Fund
Lenin
Senator Sparkman urges large scale home building plan
Senator Sparkman. head of the Senate Banking subcommittee on housing, says a major home building program for modest incomes could lift the economy. He predicts Congress will enact a bill with little delay and notes a million homes a year would create about 2.5 million construction jobs. He expects Kennedy administration recommendations before he acts.
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Washington (Ap
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Congress
Inen
Kennedy
Stop Look and Listen on Laos Crisis and Policy
Walter Lippmann warns the end of one administration risks a dangerous Laos crisis. He urges backing Britain and India to recall the International Control Commission and seek a neutral government to avert a wider confrontation with China and the USSR.
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Great Britain
India
Vientiane
International Control Commission
Indo-China
Canada
Poland
Laos
Burma
United States
Britain
France
New York Herald Tribune
Wise money moves after a death mortgage vs invest
A reader asks if paying a 40 percent mortgage is wise given limited income. The advisor advises against full payoff to avoid cash strain, suggests building a savings reserve and investing part of funds in stocks like Consolidated Edison and Federal National Mortgage Association for income and inflation protection. Also notes Revion share splits are likely but not a sole reason to buy.
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B.W. A
Consolidated Edison
NYSE
Federal National Mortgage Association
OTC
Revion
S.A. A
Spear
General Features Corp
Anderson Street Department Eyes New Year Activity With Budget
With 1961 funds untouched, the Anderson Street Department could see a burst of work after election delays. Critics suggest pre election spending drained funds while political motives drive complaints against a department official. County Democrats seized four more offices at the courthouse including surveyor and coroner, signaling a party sweep and fueling talk of the 1962 elections and primaries.
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Anderson Street
South District
DSA Will Be Selected Jan 12 At Jaycees Founders Day
The 1961 Distinguished Service Award winner will be chosen at the Anderson Junior Chamber of Commerce Founders Day banquet on January 12 at the Anderson Country Club. A Citizen Award Committee will nominate three finalists for the award, with the winner announced that night. Commander Malcolm D Ross, a balloonist and atmospheric physicist, will be the principal speaker.
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DSA
Jaycees
Anderson Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jack Pihl
Phillip Philbrook
James Peters
Carl Erskine
Anderson Country Club
Malcolm D. Ross
Office of Naval Research
Washington
Ross
Montreal Area Feeds Great Lakes and Canada
The St Lawrence river drains about 500000 square miles, including the Great Lakes and southeastern Canada, shaping regional drainage and watershed boundaries.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Canada
Aussie air traffic falls amid 1958 domestic slump
Australia’s domestic airlines carried 2,148,000 passengers in 1958, down 1.1 percent from 1957, with freight cargoes falling 11 percent. International airlines rose with 88,000 passengers, up 14 percent, and freight hauled climbing 14 percent.
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Canberra
Australia
Australian International Airlines
Snow melting boost reported by Engineering News Record
Engineering News Record reports Chinese Reds spread coal dust and burned vegetation on Killen Mountains to accelerate snow melt for irrigation. The added particulates increase heat absorption from sunlight, hastening the melt of snow and ice.
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New York
Engineering News Record
Killen Mountains
Impotence fears in troubled husbands warned by psychologist
A psychologist outlines how worry and inferiority can cause platonic marriages and impotence in young and middle aged men like Tony. He explains mental tension, fear of failure, and drinking as risk factors and urges wives to seek his booklet How to Prevent Impotence with a stamped return envelope and 20 cents for guidance.
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Tony
Hire
Iodine ration touted to boost memory in elderly mother case
Dr Brady’s health column recounts a 91-year-old mother praised for vitality after long use of iodine ration. Readers are urged to request the pamphlet The Iodin Ration and send stamped self addressed envelopes for personal health letters.
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S.H.M
Great Lakes Basin
Dr. Brady
William Brady
el Camino
Beverly Hills
Calif
Estimating the Value of Praise to God
The text weighs temporal and financial values yet questions why praise to God is not similarly valued. It argues for careful estimation of spiritual worth, contrasting secular measures with worship.
Folklore Reflections On Language Meaning And Everyday Absurdities
Folklore by William Wade explores how language meaning, not logic or convenience, governs associations. It presents examples such as undressed chicken, silk worms as cater pillars, and Panama hats not from Panama, with reflections on education, religion, and father son art dynamics.
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Columbia
Ecuador
Panama
Paris
Senator Capehart May Attend Opening Session in Wheel Chair
Illness may keep Senator Homer Capehart of Indiana from attending the Senate opening in his wheelchair. He entered Bethesda Naval Medical Center for pains in the left hip and back, hoping to be released in time to participate.
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Washington
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Senate
Capehart
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda
Navy policy history and evolution from 1899 to 1911
J B Martin notes Rickenbacker criticism of Cuba policy and recounts the U S Navy’s early show of force from Samoa to Mexico between 1899 and 1911. He highlights shifts from coal to fuel oil, iron to steel, radio use, and the rise of trained personnel, plus submarines reemerging after a slump in maritime commerce. He ends by reflecting on changing protections for Americans abroad.
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J. B. Martin
Rickenbacker
Cuba
U. S. Navy
Samoa
China
Panama
Nicagua
Mexico
Holland
How far can a coast watcher see at sea three miles
A reader asks about the historic three mile sea limit. The rule originated from coastal gun protection and reflects the maximum line of sight from shore in practice.
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Russia
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