Appeal to Reason on Foreign Aid Policy Critique
The Citizens Foreign Aid Committee writes to President Johnson arguing foreign aid is Marxist and harms U.S. interests. They cite failures in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Cuba, Turkey, Laos, Cambodia, South Vietnam, and South Korea and urge cuts to aid and defense spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Foreign Aid Committee
Johnson
Brazil
Bolivia
Argentina
Cuba
Turkey
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
South Korea
Peter
Paul
U.S
NATO
West Germany
West Berlin
Orient
Reading Maturity Shifts Reading Tastes Nationwide
The American Library Association notes growing interest in serious books across cities, with small towns favoring politics and world movements in fiction while larger cities favor non fiction on history biography politics psychology and mystery. Science and technology travel health education and business rise in appeal. Books help shape national thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Library Association
Library
Overseas Teachers Refuse $100 Raise Insulted Service Staff
The Defense Department operates 285 schools serving 150000 children of service members in 28 countries. It employs 7500 teachers overseas who earn an average 4720 dollars plus housing allowances, well below the national average of 5963 dollars. After a 100 dollar raise this year, many returned the money, saying the raise was insulting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Department
Department
Grass roots Goldwater pull from an iron peddler
Connecticut columnist notes Ben Gilmore of Enfield as a leading example of grass roots support for Barry Goldwater. The piece traces his shift from amateur organizer to a pro as Newman Marsilius forms a formal committee, and discusses how insider distrust and Goldwater’s humor affect momentum.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Ben W. Gilmore
Enfield
Springfield
Mass
Ben Gilmore
Corpus Christi
Texas
Cameron Iron Works
Houston
Ben
Lyndon Johnson
New England
Newman Marsilius
Bridgeport
Republican Party
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Marsilius
Arizona
Ray Bliss
Ohio
Searle Pinney
United States
John F. Kennedy
Alf Landon
Linus Pauling
Pauling
Dear Abby Advice Column Highlights From Readers
A seventeen year old seeks to quit school and smoke, parents offer a car for staying in school and quitting smoking, Abby cautions on keeping promises. A 59 year old complains about being called Grandma and is advised to speak up. A reader praises self-reliant childhood, contrasting with modern pampered youth. Morey in Oakland shares memories of walking to school and streetcar rides.
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Abby
California
Morey
Oakland
Beverly Hills
Calif
Oxygen the life line during heart attacks case study
Personal Case details how Myrna M 28 of Pennsylvania followed a newspaper advised breathing technique during a heart attack. The article stresses rapid deep breathing to supply oxygen before hospital care arrives, plus lying still and staying conscious to improve survival. It notes heart disease causes many deaths annually.
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Myrna
Liberal Arts College
Myrna M
Pennsylvania
Daddy
Local Family Birthday Gathering in Lancaster
Mr and Mrs Harold Rowland and children of London recently visited Mrs Edith Hardgrove. Mr and Mrs Homer Carter and Mr and Mrs Roy Crothers joined a birthday supper at Ray Carter’s home in Lancaster for Jake Carter s ninth birthday.
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Bernice Carter Haydenville
Harold Rowland
London
Edith Hardgrove
Homer Carter
Roy Crothers
Ray Carter
Lancaster
Jake
Panama and Suez Canal Crises Compared in Editorial View
The piece compares the 1956 Suez crisis with Panama's bid for canal control. It notes rising nationalism, lingering foreign presence, and postwar colonial fatigue. It contrasts Egyptian seizing Suez with Panama's lack of formal limits on American control and the canal’s economic and military roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Suez
Dean Rusk
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Rusk
Canal Company
India
Farouk
Egypt
Col
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
Britain
Nile
Soviet Union
Nasser
France
Israel
Canal
How to Help Shy Children Speak Up in Class
A teacher recounts a method for shy students starting in kindergarten. By forming small concert-reading groups the quiet girl gained confidence and began speaking, a strategy parents and teachers can adapt to help Keith and other shy youngsters engage more in class and social settings.
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Michigan
Keith
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Garry C. Myers
Ted
Athiens Messenger
SUN
Messenger
Dell
Ohio & W. Valy
Reese Wm Gee
Athen Fo
Eco Anne Matter
Act
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