McNamara defense remarks reveal U S nuclear strength and arms race tension
The released testimony shows the United States possessing about 650 bombers on 15 minute alert, 200 plus ICBMs on launchers, and 144 Polaris missiles in submarines ready to retaliate. A 1850 missile and 1000 bomber force would be adequate for five years, underscoring need for disarmament talks amid China’s rising threat.
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
United States
House
Armed Services Committee
Soviet Union
Tactical
McNamara
Congress
America
China
Soviets
Taxpayers urged to keep faith with self assessment
Commissioner Mortimer M Caplan includes a 1962 tax letter to taxpayers praising honesty and self assessment. He notes $99.4 billion paid last year, 97 percent through self assessment and withholding, calling it a tribute to Americans and their democratic duties.
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Mortimer M. Caplan
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Caplan
Cancer viruses and the hunt for cancer causes
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute and the College of France report a tadpole shaped virus that may cause cancer and could lead to vaccines. Swedish studies show how ordinary viruses might harm cells, hinting at cancer development. Leukemia rises after measles epidemics, suggesting linking agents merit further study.
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National Cancer Institute
College of France
Paris
Union Shop Debate Quieted by Lockheed Contract
A columnist lauds the International Association of Machinists for accepting a contract with Lockheed Aircraft that drops the union shop clause. Lockheed, with 25 years of bargaining history, opposed compulsory unionism, stressing anti-compulsion but pro-union. The Kennedy administration backed the Taylor board’s push toward mandatory unionism in aerospace.
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Labor News
International Association of Machinists
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Lockheed
George Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Courtlandt S. Gross
Gross
California
Cuba
Kennedy
Taylor Board
Arthur Sylvester
Lockheed Union Drive Puts Strike Threat On Hold
The piece argues that federal control over Lockheed contracts could threaten the company if a long strike idleized plants from California to Cape Canaveral. It credits the machinists union for easing compulsion pressure after management offered non coercive joiner incentives and notes anti compulsory sentiment in California aerospace labor. It cites Goldwater and quotes David Dubinsky on the closed shop as a naturally anarchic stance.
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Lockheed
California
Cape Canaveral
Hawaii
Machinists’ Union
California Aerospace
General Dynamics
North American
Ryan
Cleveland
Washington
Barry Goldwater
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers
Dear Abby Indignation Letters Col A Buren
Readers vent about postage increases and government service defense. Letters discuss public service deficits, barber wages, and the fairness of higher rates. Abby replies with views on national priorities and the value of service.
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Abby
R.F.D
Post Office Department
Post Office
Citizen
Personal Cases and The Case of Tom Z
A 19 year old identified as homosexual attempts to become a normal male. The text argues homosexuality reflects juvenile emotional development and urges growth to a true adult level. It questions whether engaged couples would break off for medical reasons and notes many do not choose to change.
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Tom
Tom Z
Therapy and courtship in a case of sexual orientation
The article recounts Dr. Carne's case of Tom who, urged to date and kiss by compulsion, initially resists but later grows to enjoy dating and kissing, marries a year later, and remains happily married for seven years with three children. The piece argues homosexuals can change with inner drive and proper dating but stresses personal decision and family life as key. It also notes a separate accident story in Birmingham, Alabama, where Willie Spencer fell from a moving house mounted on a truck, suffering minor injuries.
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Tom
Carne
Life at 40 and the burden of possessions
A woman aged 82 recalls gifting her stocks real estate and her home to five children to please them. The family split her assets and she ended up in a nursing home, feeling abandoned and poorer in status. She notes the tension between independence and care and offers a booklet for home care.
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Hopital
the Messenger
Success Tale With Puzzle
Two Midwest graduates, one stays home while the other seeks Broadway luck. Thirty years later they meet in Manhattan for dinner and compare fortunes. The big city man enjoys banking and a $20 million last year while the hometown friend runs a transportation firm with seven children. Puzzle: which man reached the top.
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Midwest University
America
Broadway
Mr. Metropolis
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Benjamin Franklin
John Chamberlain
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
McGee
Sue
Beverly Hills
Calif
George W. Crane
Birminghan
Ala
Willie Spencer
Spencer
Hal Boyle
New York
Europe
Athens Messenger Ricenes Cally
Qpe
Mall
Énio
Sunviay
Mati
Athen Ohio
Adirens
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