Old Fogies Reflect On Youth and Work Ethic in America
In a Wall Street Journal style column, Ribicoff recalls his youth when summer jobs required little paperwork. He critiques modern laws and welfare, notes youth aversion to work, and questions government overreach while urging practical, worthwhile tasks to build responsibility. The piece ends by contrasting past and present attitudes toward work and public policy.
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Ourselves
Mr. Ribicoff
Newburgh
New York
State Employment Agency
Our
Great Welfare Services
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Ribicoff
Ideas And Facts In A Nation Needs Real Checks
The piece argues that idea men enrich presidents but calls current evaluation methods lacking. It cites Kennedy and Reeves facing tax liens, Morgenthau criticizing Kennedy’s advisory group, and stresses the need for idealists tempered by factual oversight to prevent ill-considered policy. It endorses balanced, fact driven leadership over purely clever argument.
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Kennedy
Idea
Washington
White House
Frank Reeves
District of Columbia
Hans J. Morgenthau
State Department
The Problem Is Urgent in Juvenile Delinquency
Attorney General Robert Kennedy warns the delinquency issue will be unbeatable in ten years without immediate, full scale action. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover notes youth make up a large share of offenders, citing poverty, unemployment, schools and therapy as factors. He warns of calamitous consequences if delays persist.
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Robert Kennedy
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Jim Bishop's Berlin Honeymoon Tale and Family Jokes
Jim Bishop outlines his plan for a Berlin assignment amid marriage, book work, and TV talks. He jokes about Berlin 1961 and notes his wife Kelly, her two daughters, and how his family reacts to travel. He teases friends, agents, and his lawyer as he plots the trip.
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Rome
Madrid
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Warsaw
Beatnik
Zotro
Harriet Pilpel
MCA
Kelly
Karen
Kathleen
Ray Stone
Big John
Father
Dear Abby Advice From a Midwestern Couple
Dear Abby answers a letter about keeping a husband faithful amid temptations from other women. She advises focusing on happiness at home and a light humorous approach to temptations, with practical dating and family guidance. The column also addresses kissing a fiancé outside, a child sleeping with a doll, and defining motherhood in a personal reply.
Clash Over China Soviet Ties In Moscow Debates
The article surveys Soviet and Chinese portrayals of their alliance, listing five key disputes. It notes Chen Yi praising unbreakable fraternal unity while Moscow stresses a flexible, peaceful, staged path to socialism and global influence through economic and political means.
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Izvestia
Peiping
Chen Yi
Chen
China
Soviet Union
Ently
United States
Yugoslavia
Tito
Egypt
India
Enterprising Fort Wayne diaper service offers 25c incentives
A quirky Fort Wayne diaper service owner offers a 25 cent tip to any child who tells him when a mother is expecting a new baby. The note hints at local oddities and stray philosophical observations as the column weaves through brief vignettes and oddities from town to town.
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Lan Macmahon
Fort Wayne
Kennedy Critics Charge Ambassadors Lack Language Skills
The Washington Report notes the Kennedy administration replaced Eisenhower appointees but maintains several new envoys still lack minimum language proficiency. It cites John Rice in the Netherlands and other ambassadors in Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Finland, Luxembourg, Yugoslavia, and multiple nations as examples of limited language ability despite political contributions.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Foreign Service of
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Tyler Thompson
The
Foreign Service
Netherlands
John Rice
Pennsylvania
Sweden
Careeman J. Graham Parsons
Switzerland
New Mexico
Robert McKinney
Truman
Berne
Czechoslovakia
Edward T. Wailes
Denmark
Adlai Stevenson
William Blair
State Department
France
James Gavin
Kennedy Campaign Fund
Finland
Bernard Gufler
Luxembourg
James Wine
National Council of Churches
Yugoslavia
George Kennin
Titoland
Turkey
Malaya
Korea
Burma
Spain
Norway
Iceland
Peru
Colombia
Morocco
Upper Volta
Albany News Notes
Mr and Mrs Paul Davis spent several days in Cleveland visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Harold Baughman of Fairborn were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Baughman. Their daughter Bor is Gay returned home with them.
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Cleveland
Harold Baughman
Fairborn
Wilbur Baughman
Boris Gay
W. C. Trainer
Howard Bean
Winter Park
Fla
George Bean
Larry Hoover
Columbus
Effie Lawson
Julia Robinson
Dayton
Waldo Poston
Frank Pugh
Edward Pugh
Washington, D.C
Leslie Lasch
Mount Clemens
Mich
Edna Lasch
Harold Cunningham
Hamden
Louisville, Ky
Lasch
Howard J. Schlerth
Guy H. Hewitt
Larchmont
N. Y
Carl Wharton
Ruth Lucas
Wellston
Whartons
Public Forum urges arms for civil defense and ready defense
A letter advocates broad gun ownership and ammunition stockpiling for Civil Defense arguing the Second Amendment rights, readiness for enemy attack, and the need to keep firearms sighted and accessible. It urges readers to prepare now and cites survival manuals and missile gap concerns. Local notes list visitors and guests at multiple Ohio households and relatives visiting from Missouri, Florida, Michigan, and New York.
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the Messenger
Europe
U.S.A
Lees
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