President Kennedy and the two great tests of leadership
The Wall Street Journal evaluates President Kennedy by two enduring tests: preservation of a society in the face of barbarism and the solvency of the United States within a global system. His first year shows him confronting Khrushchev, Cuba, Berlin, and Congo while grappling with economic restraint and domestic promises.
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Lincoln
Warren Harding
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Korea
Kennedy
United States
Khrushchev
Berlin
Congo
Treasury
Europe
Vienna
Cuba
Venezuela
Gallup
The
Wall Street Journal
Decisive Political Year Promises High Stakes
The piece foresees 1962 as a pivotal political year with Kennedy set to speak at a January 20 fundraising dinner in Washington. It notes major campaigns—House and Senate races, state contests, and leadership battles—featuring Johnson, Truman, Bailey, Ribicoff, Halleck, Goldwater, Rockefeller, and Nixon as key players. The analysis frames the era as driven by a conservative wave and strategic ambitions for the White House and Capitol.
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Kennedy
National Guard
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
John M. Bailey
House
Charles A. Halleck
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Richard M. Nixon
California
White House
Story of a big family dinner at Shadowbrook restaurant
Jim Bishop recounts a lively table for ten with six children at Shadowbrook. The night includes highchairs, shared meals, spilled milk, and a priest’s blessing as relatives gather, kiss, and promise to dine together again. Ginny and Charlie plan more children. the family cherishes chaotic warmth and enduring bonding.
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Shadowbrook
Bishop
Kelly
Karen
Kathleen
Ginny
Charlie
Virginia Lee
Robin
Pamela
Jim Bishop Frechette
Kevin
Gayle
Frank
Elinor
Jimmy
Stone
Robbie
Monmouth County Bar Association
God
Rod Keller
Dear Abby column tips and reader questions
A reader asks about a husband who wants jail as an escape and how to handle a jealous, volatile partner. Abby warns if serious, seek help. if joking, treat as light. Other letters discuss a suitcases locked during visits, engagement ring plans, and a lover returning to his wife.
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Abby
Doctor Crane on Introverts and Sales Courage
Dr. Crane discusses Andrew W. a shy introvert facing a house to house encyclopedia sale. He urges embracing feared tasks to unlock opportunity, noting the Law of Negative Adaption and urging persistent practice to build confidence. He promotes an Introvert-Extrovert Test with a stamped envelope and small fee.
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Andrew W
Dr. Crar
Dr. Crane
Andrew
Try and Stop Me ACE Anecdotes and Quick Witted Lines
Benny praises Fontainebleau waiters as the most cultured yet notes many arrived as guests a week earlier. A haunted house family packs a van and jokes about moving with the ghost asking if all are present. A caller asks a vet for his dog and quality responds that it is not a personal call.
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Ace
Benny
Miami Beach
Fontainebleau Hotel
Christmas Visits Trace Through W Va and Ohio Families
Mrs. Eleanor White reports varied holiday calls across Parkersburg St Albans Bidwell Rutland Columbus Toledo and Columbus again as families gather for Christmas with relatives including the Painters Johnsons Taylors Whites and Chasteens. G P Ewing returns home after surgery in Columbus.
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Eleanor White Vinton
Orie Painter
Leman Johnson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lee Tyler
Keith Tyler
Basil Harris
St. Albans
Chester White
Anna Higgins
Mattie Chasteen
Junior Chaste
Pearl Osler
Junior Scott
Toledo
G. P. Ewing
Columbus
Ewing
State Department needs drastic reforms says Kluckhohn
George Sokolsky discusses Frank L. Kluckhohn's Readers Digest piece arguing the State Department's faulty mechanism blocks top leaders. He cites 23 000 payroll, 3628 Foreign Service officers, and a culture of avoiding personal responsibility that harms policy and risks disaster.
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Frank L. Kluckhohn
State Department
Kluckhohn
Kennedy
Foreign Service
Early Reading Boost From Older Siblings Studied
A California test of 5 103 first graders found 49 children (29 girls 20 boys) read at near second grade level before entering first grade. The study notes many early readers come from blue collar families and that older siblings often teach reading.
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California
The
Elementary School Journal
Dolores Durkin
Teachers College
Columbia University
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Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
United States Senate
Connecticut
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Jim Bishop
Burt
Junior
Agloo
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Beverly Hills
Calif
Doctor Crane
George W. Crane
By Bennett Cerf
George Sokolsky
State
CIA
Secretary of State
Hull
Raymond Moley
Morgenthau
Eisenhower
Milton
Foreign Office
Garry C. Myers
Kenneth B. Keating
N. Y
Robert F. Kennedy
Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Malfi
Ohio
U. S
Athens
Associated Press
Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Atone
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