Kennedy reshuffles top U S military leadership
President Kennedy replaces Norstad with Lemnitzer as Europe commander and drafts Taylor as new joint chiefs chair. LeMay and Anderson are Kennedy picks, while Shoup stays as Marine commandant. Norstad's deputy Wheeler becomes Army chief as Decker retires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauris Norstad
Europe
Kennedy
David M. Shoup
Marine Corps
Eisenhower
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
George W. Anderson
Naval Operations
George Decker
Army
Norstad
George G. Wheeler
Lyman Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
World Court orders all UN members to pay peacekeeping assessments
The World Court ruled 9 to 5 that all United Nations members must cover assessments for special forces including Congo and Gaza operations. It aims to strengthen UN peacekeeping and limit a few states from vetoing by withholding payments. The advisory opinion urges moral compliance and hints at possible sanctions for two years of nonpayment. The US intends to push the penalty in upcoming sessions. the Soviet bloc is noted among defaulters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Congo
Gaza Strip
World Court
United Nation
General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Not Negotiable Berlin Stand Speech by Kennedy
President Kennedy holds a one on one talk with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin to press the U S position that Western forces must remain in West Berlin and to urge a nuclear test ban treaty and ending the arms race. He also urges support for Laos neutral government efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs
Taylor
Eisenhower
Kennedy
United States
George C. Marshall
Secretary of Defense
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Dobrynin
Laos
Comes Down to California New York Nixon Rockefeller Kennedy
Analysis of 1962 congressional election dynamics notes how California and New York outcomes could decide Kennedy's fate. It highlights candidates like Ted Kennedy George Lodge Nelson Rockefeller Jacob Javits and Frank Hogan James Farley and discusses party splits and strategic bets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
Kennedy
California
Massachusetts
Ted Kennedy
George Lodge
Connecticut
Abraham Ribicoff
New York State
Nelson Rockefeller
Jacob Javits
United States
Bernard Botein
Supreme Court
Botein
Judge Botein
Arthur Levitt
Rockefeller
Levitt
Charles Breitel
New York
Alex Rose
Liberal Party
Rose
Frank Hogan
James A. Farley
Farley
Coca-Cola Company
Nixon
American Medical Association
John Smith
Bill
Tom
Dear Abby on rings and accidents in the workplace
Dear Abby warns readers about the danger of wearing rings around machinery after multiple incidents including a husband losing a finger. The column shares stories of fatalities from rings in gloves and electrical contact, urging caution and insistence on safety. It also answers reader questions on kissing routines and unannounced visitors, offering humorous, practical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Personal Cases and a Newspaper Editor’s Distance Dilemma
A feature writer Tom X finds a match within 200 miles but a 500 mile radius yields a perfect candidate, leading to marriage within six months. The editor in chief rejects matches beyond 100 miles, while three ideal widows for him lie in New Orleans Tulsa and St. Louis over 500 miles away, illustrating a clash of mobility in matrimonial scouting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Tom X
Scientific
IBM
Tom’s City
New Orleans
Tulsa
St. Louis
Perry County extends second half real estate tax deadline
Perry County Treasurer Mrs. Eva M. Bradley announces the second half real estate tax collection is extended to August 3. Personal taxes for the first half of 1962 rose by 13 833 50 to a total of 169 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Eva M. Bradley
Perry County
New
Lexington
M. Bradley
Kennedy Takes His Lumps
A retrospective look at President Kennedy 18 months into office notes optimistic forecasts met with mixed results. It cites congressional resistance to key programs, wage and price control debates, steel settlements, unemployment trends, and stock market volatility through early 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
White House
Congress
Department of Urban Affairs and Housing
United States
From Laughs to Limestone: The Tuckaleechee Caverns Story
Harry Myers and Bill Vananda built Tuckaleechee Caverns from a valley joke into a thriving tourist site. After starting in 1949 they spent years hauling sand cement and gravel to create access and rooms. Today the cave attracts about 30,000 visitors annually and faces the risk of souvenir rock damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Myers
Bill Vananda
Tuckaleechee Caverns
Tom Sawyer
Myers
Maryville College
Alaska
Vananda
Harry
Nature
New Haven Events and Visitors Highlight Local Life
Johnnie Randolph, surgical patient in Columbus Hospital, receives family updates. Viola Puckett of Columbus visits the Randolphs. Phil Johnson and sons from Circle Pines stay with Henry and Mrs. Johnson as Henry recovers from a stroke. WSCS July meeting at Ken and Mrs Ridge's home. Funeral attendances include Cesil Worrell and Vesta Roush Beckley. Canada fishing trip by Dodd, Armstrong, and Roush. Weaver family on two week vacation. Goodnight family from Cabin Creek Junction visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Stewart
New Haven
Johnnie
George Randolph
Columbus
Viola Puckett
Phil Johnson
Circle Pines
Minn
Johnson
Henry Johnson
WSCS
Methodist Church
Ken Ridge
Don Baily
Cesil Worwees
Mount Lookout
Gertrude Roush
Beckley
Vesta Roush
F. A. Batey
George Sayre
Arthur
Harry Ruth
Reedsville
Charles Dodd
Bill Grinstead
Rhyter Roush
Canada
Foster Weaver
William Goodnight
Cabin Creek Junction
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Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
George W. Crane
Dr. Crane
Mellett
Indiana
Crane
James Marlow
Hal Boyle
S Messenger
Ally, Secest
D. del
Romaene
Athens
Ohio
Post
the Messenger
W. Union &T
Athenst
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