OSU Controversy Shows Football Focus Over Education
The Ohio State University community lingers on Rose Bowl debates while concerns about education quality, teaching, research, and service to higher education lag. Faculty mainly praise the bowl vote yet warn of a deep split, as alumni push for athletics driven advancement, risking cultural aims and governance.
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Ohio State University
OSU
For the Advancement of
Ohio State University”—sounds
Free Press and Conscience Pushes on Media Rights
Bernard Kilgore argues that freedom of the press cannot apply to government licensed radio and TV, warning it would blur the concept of press freedom. In Brooklyn a grand jury asked how to define pornography, with Judge Leivowitz saying newspapers mirror the conscience of decent people.
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Bernard Kilgore
The
Wall Street Journal
Brooklyn
Leivowitz
Farmers' Root Cellars Now Shield Rural Shelters From Fallout
Century old dugout cellars built as vegetable stores are being revived as cheap fallout shelters. Termed root cellars, they are dug into hillsides, covered with sod, and equipped with blowers and air filters. As towns grew, many farms left them idle, but modern families repurpose them for radiation protection.
Restriction Call After Hartford Hospital Fire
Fire chiefs urge hospital smoking bans and immediate fire reports after a deadly Hartford blaze that killed 15. They note eight of ten hospital fires are linked to smoking and slow reporting worsens outcomes. Prohibiting smoking may be medically and fire safety justified.
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Hartford
Hartford Hospital
Gift books of famous 1961 figures and moments
A suggested gift list pairs well known 1961 figures with book titles. Highlights include Nehru, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Churchill, Castro, Bardot, Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Mao, among others, offering light summaries and cheeky captions for holiday giving.
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Lassie
Nehru
David Susskind
James R. Hoffa
Arthur
Kennedy links aid to reform in Latin America and Vietnam
President Kennedy ties U S aid to reforms in Latin America and warns that without tax and land reforms the poor may rise in revolt. He outlines a 10 year Alliance for Progress costing about 20 billion dollars with emphasis on self help and leadership by Latin American industrialists and landowners.
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Kennedy
Latin America
South Viet Nam
Alliance For Progress
Congress
Bogota
Colombia
Dear Abby Columns on unfinished project and family loss
Readers share a trio of concerns in this Dear Abby column. A wife asks how to persuade her husband to finish a marble topped table started three years ago. A woman ends an affair and seeks guidance on moving forward with family obligations. A mother asks how to honor her late husband on her daughter’s birthday without causing distress on the anniversary.
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Abby
Spain
Doctor Crane column helps Frank gain happiness and social growth
In a Dr Crane educational column, Frank K 24 reports transformation from fear and loneliness to social activity church attendance and reading uplifting novels aided by a psychological approach. Ohio unemployment claims rise week to Dec 16 total 18679 with 97821 continuing.
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Frank
Aladdin
Young People’s League
Columbus
Ohio
Christmas Prayer for Peace and Faith in a War-Torn World
A written Christmas prayer asks for understanding of God over man and mercy for the world troubled by war. It pleads for belief in Christ’s return as a king, guidance away from hatred, care for orphans and the grieving, and hope through spiritual light. Almeda Martin Portland
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Abby
Mrs
Laurel Cliff Christmas Events and Community Notes
Laurel Cliff community updates include a Christmas program at Free Methodist Church on Christmas Eve and a Laurel Cliff Health Club party at Rocksprings Grange Hall. Mr and Mrs Orville Allen moved from the Thomas Parker property to their new home. Mr and Mrs Lew Diehl hosted a family dinner with Paul Archer Columbus, Charles Diehl Lewis and Charles Ball Run.
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Orville Allen
Thomas Parker
Laurel Cliff
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf 1961 humor column
A humorous vignette from Bennett Cerf's 1961 collection describes a magazine editor at odds with a young writer over handwriting and typing. It pokes fun at a girl who rejects typing and a performer who jokes about his matinee idol lifestyle.
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Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Public service power and foreign policy in focus
George Sokolsky argues retired officials form a powerful group, Dacor, to influence State Department policy and protect members with lobbying and pension benefits. He cites Cuban and China episodes showing how unelected cliques can constrain presidents and secretaries. About 125 unassigned officers linger for jobs, pressuring Kennedy and Rusk.
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Foreign Service
State Department
United States
John F. Kennedy
DACOR
Department of State
American Foreign Service Association
Truman
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Robert Hill
Mexico
Earl E. T. Smith
Cuba
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Congress
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Mansfield
Grandma Moses
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Almanac
Allen Dulles
Harry S. Tru
Brigitte Bardot
Republican Party
Marlene Dietrich
Ike
Mamie Eisenhower
Eleanor Roosevelt
Elsa Maxwell
James Marlow
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Air Force
Steve
Maggie
Nellie
Doctor Crane
George W. Crane
Frank K
the Public Forum
God
Man
Devil
Christ
Santa Claus
Jesus
Father
Portland
Mrs. Pearl Parker
Free Methodist Church
Athens Messenger
Messenger
W. Va
Dions
Athena
Associated Press
W. Union St
Jackie Gleason
George Sokolsky
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