Who Are Our Diplomats A Belgrade view on ambassadors and personal diplomacy
The piece notes Adlai E Stevenson as US Ambassador to the United Nations may meet Tito at Brioni while praising George Kennan in Belgrade as highly knowledgeable. It contrasts official diplomacy with personal diplomacy tied to Kennedy, Salinger, Mrs. Kennedy and others, arguing overdone extra‑curricular diplomacy harms regular foreign missions.
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Belgrade
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
United Nations
Tito
Brioni Island
George Kennan
Robert F. Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
India
Pakistan
Pierre Salinger
Moscow
Khrushchev
Izvestia
G. Mennen Williams
Africa
Averill Harriman
Chester Bowles
Latin America
Stevenson
Brioni
New York Proposes State Regulation Of Radioactive Materials
New York proposes a contract with the AEC to regulate radioactive isotopes natural uranium thorium cobalt 60 and other fissionable materials under state control. As of Nov 1961 the state licensed 683 users 348 medical 210 industrial 125 miscellaneous with most reactor licensees to transfer. This represents a broader shift of authority towards state regulation in peaceful atomic power use.
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Atomic Energy Commission
California
Kentucky
Mississippi
New York
AEC
New York State
Dear Abby Dated Advice From The Small Town To College Love
Dear Abby answers readers on love across small town and college life. A young man considers marrying a girl from a 16000 population town while he lives 260000 in a 300 mile distance. She wants him to relocate. Abby advises against leaving her town. Another reader asks about a red light ticket crush and Abby suggests the officer may be married or uninterested and to move on. A nosy neighbor warns of a girl’s bedroom window intruder and Abby says notify the mother immediately. A note to Learned A Lesson ends with Abby as the reply source.
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Abby
Cast a Giant Shadow and a Soldier’s Headstone Story
A long meditation on Mickey Marcus, the Brooklyn boxer and West Point graduate who led Jewish forces in Jerusalem. Ted Berkman’s Cast a Giant Shadow is cited as the source, detailing Marcus’s courage, death, and the lasting memory etched on a headstone at West Point.
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West Point
The
Hudson
George Custer
Winfield Scott
Robert Anderson
Mickey Marcus
David Marcus
Brooklyn
Marcus
Hildring
Eisenhower
Normandy
Dachau
Mediterranean
Ted Berkman
Jerusalem
United Nations
Ernie Pyle
Israel
Europe
Thomas Dewey
Henry Morgenthau
City of
New York
Maxwell Taylor
Telstar frequency dispute and Cold War jamming attempt
The United States proposed two microwave bands totaling about 3000 megacycles for satellite systems while the Soviet Union urged a narrower 950 megacycle band to sit within U S radar frequencies. The aim was to jam U S radar with satellite communications, reflecting Soviet tactics to impose its terms worldwide.
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Telstar
United States
Soviet Union
Union fine case tests church attendance clash
A Milwaukee County judge upheld a union fine for missing three of five meetings held on Sunday. Richard Humphreys of the Civil Liberties Union argues the issue centers on a private union matter, not conscience or church attendance, raising questions about court enforcement of private associations.
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Civil Liberties Union
Don L. Short
Richard Humphreys
Milwaukee
The
Robert Miech
Milwaukee County Court System
Humphreys
Question of church on Sunday in union meetings sparks debate
The Benson case prompts a Civil Liberties Union critique of a Milwaukee unit. Critics argue unions should not impose church hours on members and that the union ought to accommodate religious concience. The letter questions the scope and mission of the Civil Liberties Union and the political use of secular power.
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Congressman Short
Richard Humphreys
Civil Liberties Union
Benson
The
Representative Short
Milwaukee Unit
Congress
Humphreys
Personal Cases Federal Gifts Fuel Taxpayer Debate
A 34 year old village postmaster Bill B praises a new post office building while critics warn that government funded post offices erase taxes on property deprive private landlords of income and shift a $60,000 cost to taxpayers overnight. CASE M-490 highlights fears of socialism and hidden taxes behind public gifts.
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Bill B
Crane
Uncle Sam
Sam
Porters and guests gather in Marion and Columbus
Weekend visits unfold among the Russells and Collins families in Marion and Clark Chapel Road, with Eileen Walters taking a staycation. Geneva notes Communist China claims progress on a nuclear bomb, while critiquing Uncle Sam’s tax-exempt federal corporations and urging voters to back private ownership and tax reform.
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Geneva
Chen Yi
Red China
Congress
Uncle Sam
Joseph
Egypt
When Parents Face The Car Dilemma For Teens
An Iowa mother shares a 15 year old son who is spoiled and selfish with health issues and unemployment in a letter seeking advice on whether to grant a car and license. The columnist urges parents to refuse the car and driver’s license request, noting the parent signature makes the decision theirs and warns of public hazards and financial risk.
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Iowa
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Sunda
Ally & Mine
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