Barter Grain Mystery Stirs U S Interest in 135 Million Trade
The United States bartered 135 million dollars worth of grain and other farm commodities for strategic materials from Austria. Only 16 million bushels of 40 million shipped reached Austria. the rest is unaccounted. Austrian officials were indicted for plotting with West German merchants to profit from the grain. West Germany unloaded much of the grain at Hamburg and Bremen. Senator Williams pushes for full investigations into Public Law 480 deals to see if surplus grain profits benefited foreign dealers rather than hungry people.
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United States
Austria
West Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
John J. Williams
Delaware
Senate Policy Committee
Boundary Treaty Ends Rio Grande Dispute at El Paso
President Kennedy and Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos agree to redraw borders after the river changes course. The United States will surrender 437 acres to Mexico and receive 193 acres in return with compensation for U.S. land, while about 3700 Americans will return home. A river rechanneling plan aims to prevent future shifts.
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Rio Grande
United States
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Kennedy
Adolpho Lopez Mateos
Rockefeller blasts Young Republicans over fringe tactics
The article describes Nelson Rockefeller’s fury as Barry Goldwater leads the 1964 Republican field. Rockefeller calls the Young Republican National Federation in San Francisco radical and compares right wing tactics to the radical left. He says the party needs balance and a turn to the right without alienating moderates.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Republican Party
Young Republican National Federation
San Francisco
Rockefeller
Hungarian Ex‑POW Leader Seeks Kazakstan Prisoner Exchange
The article profiles Dr Bela Fabian head of the Federation of Hungarian Former Political Prisoners. It notes his wartime escapes from Nazi camps and later Soviet exile. Fabian warns 63 000 Hungarian prisoners in Kazakstan could be forgotten in any east west amity deal with Khrushchev. He urges exchanging Kazakstan Hungarians as a bargaining chip.
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Hungary
Lucky
Patton
Siberia
Lenin
Bela Fabian
Auschwitz
Fabian
Soviet
Russia
China
Kazakstan
Soviet Asia
Khrushchev
Europe
Robert Frost
Stalin
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
West
Moscow
Dr. Fabian
Svetlana Tukashevsky
Marshal Tukashevsky
U.N
Kadar
Hubert Humphrey
Mikoyan
Washington
Dear Abby Ham Radio Interference Letters
A collection of reader letters discuss television interference blamed on ham radio operators. Citizens advise faulty TV sets and shielding fixes, urging viewers to contact manufacturers and the FCC. A friendly note explains amateur radio as public service and urges proper remedies.
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Abby
FCC
Hamland
Curley
Personal Cases Girls Get Feminine Hint
Case Q 407 discusses social advice to Colleen B. and other young women on femininity, opposing masculine trends, and maintaining attraction by avoiding rivaling male traits. It critiques fashion, speech, and behavior seen as de masculine and urges readers to request a rating scale for sweethearts.
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Colleen B
Mao and Khrushchev rivalries echo Stalin and Trotsky split
The piece argues Khrushchev imitates Stalin in facing Mao Zedong and China with restraint and a push for peaceful coexistence rather than permanent revolution. It compares 1920s Russia, the rise of Stalin, and the ongoing Sino Soviet split, noting shifts in theory and practice, including Leninist flexibility.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Tze-Tun
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Khrushchev
Mao
Trotsky
Stalin
Lenin
Russia
Europe
China
United States
Frederick L. Schuman
Marx
Donald S. Zagoria
Soviet Union
Straitsville Social Visits Highlight Weekend Tale
Mr and Mrs Floyd Coursey and son Michael of Dearborn Michigan visited Mrs Walter Thomas and Karen Meredith in Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Harry Witschy of Logan visited here recently. Carol Tracey of Columbus spent her vacation at her home here.
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New Straitsville
Floyd Coursey
Michael
Dearborn, Mich
Walter Thomas
Karen Meredith
Cincinnati
Mae Dawley
Harry Witschy
Logan
Carol Tracey
Columbus
Social Notes From Syracuse Grandson's Birthday Party
Mrs. Mary Hubbard hosted a party at her home honoring her grandson David Hubbard on his birthday with a large list of attendees from Minersville, Guthrie, Lipcscomb, Winebrenner, Eynon, Roush, Hubbard and others. Weekend visits included families from Lee wood East Bank Gallipolis Coshocton Milwaukee and Cleveland. John Slack David Hendrix returned from Milwaukee after two weeks with relatives. Ray Roush and the Hayman family joined Camp Great Bend vacation.
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Syracuse
Mary Hubbard
David Hubbard
Tammy
Sandra
Ricky Stewart
Jeff Davis
Minersville
Kenneth
Karen Guthrie
Randy Lipscomb
Steve Winebrenner
Bobby Eynon
Pat Arnold
Bruce Cottrill
Mike
Charessa Watkins
Diane Ables
Jeff
Jimmy Hubbard
Rose Leadingham
Sandra Roush
Debbie Harden
Charles Hendricks
Angela
Robyn
Ricky
Rose Hubbard
Tony Pierce
Carol Moore
Bob’ Stewart
Earl Watkins
Willis Leadingham
Larry Hubbard
Clinton Pierce
J. C. Ferrell
Rucker Carr
Leewood
Nancy Damron
East Bank
Pete Burdette
Gallipolis
Bill Winebrenner
Carl Duckworth
Coshocton
Agnes
Richard Duckworth
Albert Duckworth
John Slack
David Hendrix
Milwaukee
Wis
Ada Slack
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U.s.-Mexico Treaty
Rocky Sounds
John Chamberlain
Dear Abby
Abigi al van Buren
George W. Crane
Khru’s
James Marlow
Communist Party Congress
Hitler
N. Straitsville
Gladys Lines
Syracuse News
Margaret Cottrill
Woodrow Hendrix
Ray Roush
Thomas Hayman
Samuel Barnhart
Cleveland
Great Bend
John Crooks
Barbara
Patricia
Orville Crooks
Wilmer Circle
Cassius Canady
J. W. Weatherby
James S. Quick
Thomas J. Quick
Athens Messenger
Mali
Athens
Associated Press
Mat the Messenger Publishing Co
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