Falling Domino Effect: U S Disapproval of Peru Coup Threatens Latin Democracy
The United States condemns the Peru military coup and arrest of President Prado, warning of a domino effect across Latin America. With Alliance for Progress aid suspended and sugar quotas under review, Washington signals its readiness to employ punitive measures unseen in prior Latin American policy.
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United States
Peru
Manuel Prado Y Ugarteche
Alliance For Proby
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Ecuador
el Salvador
Latin America
Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
United States Navy
Dominican Republic
Baltic coast tightened as escape routes closed
East German authorities barred access to three mile Baltic Sea zones and required passes for shore residents within 500 feet. Lodgings near the coast must obtain police passes, and large pleasure craft are kept docked along Poland to West Germany border. Authorities say escapes will continue but timers will be sealed.
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Baltic Sea
Berlin Wall
Baltic
Poland
New Car Racket Claims Queens Buyers
More than 20 complaints to the Queens District Attorney describe buyers receiving cars labeled new that had miles as high as 12 000. Victims report speedometers altered plus worn pedals upholstery and tires renewed to mimic fresh vehicles. The scheme centers on late model used cars sold as new with a local dealer recommendation urged.
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Queens
New York City
Lenin
Mediterranean
Rome
Rumania
Mme. Lupescu
Hungary
Gabors
Mamma Julie
Magda
Eva
Zsa Zsa
Cardinal Mindszenty
Albania
Khrushchev
John XXIII
Mao Tze-tung Ha
Marriage trends cut across nations in early communist era
The piece traces shifts in marital policy across Soviet Russia East Germany Poland Romania Hungary and China. It notes cooling off periods criminalized divorce delays and long lovers of marriage while lampooning clerical and nationalist stereotypes. It mocks both communist and capitalist attitudes toward family and lists diverse cultural references and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Russia
East Germany
Poland
Bulgaria
Dear Abby Letters Challenge Life Insurance Beliefs
A reader chorus challenges Dear Abby on life insurance for wives and widows arguing wives need protection. Other inquiries ask how to verify a husband’s status with his separated wife and whether knitting in company is proper etiquette. Abby responses urge practical fairness and social manners.
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Abby
Psychic study on widows and romance in clergy cases
Personal Cases discusses how married men and professionals, including a Congregational pastor Case M-481, seek new partners through the Scientific Marriage Foundation to avoid bias and church schisms. It notes the foundation’s ethics, charitable aims, and requests readers to write with a stamped envelope for materials.
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Samuel G
Crane
SMF
Norman Vincent Peale
Gerald Kennedy
Red Cross
Perry County Court Notes and Probate Values
Perry County court notes list couples Vernon G. Sowers with Brenda E. Ebert and Jerry Lee Christensen with Betsy Jean Lehman. Probate records show Gladys C. Heskett estate valued at 9000 dollars with 6000 in real estate and 3000 personal property, and David Morgan Watkins estate valued at 9000 dollars with 5500 real estate and 3500 personal property. Common Pleas Court records note Dorothy Pierce of Crooksville filing for divorce from Graydon Pierce citing neglect and cruelty.
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Vernon G. Sowers
Crooksville
Brenda E. Ebert
New Lexington
Jerry Lee Christensen
Worthington
Betsy Jean Lehman
Rushville
Gladys C. Heskett
David Morgan Watkins
Common Pleas
Dorothy Pierce
Graydon Pierce
New Haven Engineer Bailey Joins Kroger Company
New Haven will hire Don Bailey as an engineer for the Kroger Company. Bailey previously worked as an employee of Kaiser Aluminum.
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Don Bailey
Kroger Company
Mr. Bailey
Kaiser Aluminum
Story-Teller Editors Left Their Marks by Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop reflects on editors who shaped his career from Frank Carson to Charles Collier in war reporting and magazine work. He praises fearless independent editors, recalls mentors and flawed figures, and honors unsung press veterans who steered his craft.
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Frank Carson
Carson
Harvey Deuell
New York
Arthur Brisbane
Jack Lait
Wendell Wilkie
Charles Colebaugh
Collier’s Magazine
William Chenery
Collier’s
Ben Hibbs
Saturday Evening Post
Liberty
Fulton Oursler
William Lengel
Fawcett
Cosmopolitan
Paris
the Kid
Hemingway
Tommy Thompson
King Features
Evan Thomas
Harper
George Beebe
The
Miami Herald
Paul Schoenstein
Eddie Mahar
Don Shoemaker
Jack O’connell
Glenn Neville
Eddie Markel
Encouraging Reading Poetry Over Jingles for Children
A reflection on parents reading nursery rhymes and poetry to children. The author urges guiding kids from jingles to meaningful poems and suggests prose as a better outlet for early creative writing.
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A. A. Milne
Robert Louis Stevenson
Eugene Field
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Vorced
Myrtle
Food
George W. Crane
Samuel
Scientific Marriage Foundation
Perry County
New Haven
Jim Bishop
Garry C. Myers
Jaye
Athens
D. del
Ohios
Ohio
Associa Agarose
We Union
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