Governors lose clout as federal power grows
Southern governors defend their rights but acknowledge they are no longer national policy makers. Rockefeller’s push to force a civil rights stand through the Governors Conference backfires, showing the body’s consultative role. The piece argues governors retain influence only as state delegations to conventions, not as presidential contenders.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Kennedy
Congress
Federa
Mortgage unemployment insurance urged to curb foreclosures
A Housing and Home Finance Agency survey finds 80,000 Americans lost homes last year due to job losses or reduced work weeks. It notes deaths illnesses and marital issues as other causes and proposes mortgage unemployment insurance, possibly funded via unemployment compensation, to protect homes and shift costs to employers.
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Housing and Home Finance Agency
House Raises Service Academy Officer Strength and Training
The House increased Army and Air Force academy officer strength from 2,529 to 4,417 matching the Navy’s Annapolis. It funds required construction, overhauls cadet selection, and extends service obligation for graduates from three to four years. All three services gain a larger officer corps with enhanced professional training at West Point, Colorado Springs, and Annapolis.
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Army
Air Force
House of Representatives
Navy
Annapolis
West Point
Colorado Springs
Wiesner says schools underprepare students in all subjects
Dr Jerome B Wiesner Kennedy adviser told a House subcommittee that grade and high schools fail to prepare youngsters adequately. He argued capacities to learn are underestimated and that students can learn more earlier and correctly the first time, with later understanding optional and not a discard of prior learning.
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Jerome B. Wiesner
Kennedy
House
The West in a World Without War analyzed
The author critiques Neil Chamberlain’s view of a nuclear world led by the UN peacekeeping force. He warns that Afro Asian dominance and a global income tax could erode Western prosperity and freedom, arguing for a balance of terror instead. He questions surrendering national sovereignty to a central authority and fears Mao Tse-tung's potential dominance.
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Neil W. Chamberlain
Yale Economics
McGraw-Hill
Moscow
Khrushchev
Neil Chamberlain
England
North Sea
Kipling
West
America
Soviet Union
Nuclear Club
United Nations
UN Peace Club
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
United States
Britain
Asia
Africa
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Reverse Strategy to Tire Out Grandchildren on Trips
A personal anecdote advises grandparents to wear out young grandchildren quickly by shifting activity to the children. It suggests letting the kids pull the adults on outings, handle oars, seek pennies for scavenger hunts, and conserve energy through active games to reduce disruption during long trips and gatherings.
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Cathy
Philip
Arlene
Michigan
Susanna
Public school funding and private schooling in Ohio debated
A Athens reader argues against using public funds for private school transportation, urging parental self-pay for nonpublic schooling and stressing the need to keep church and state separate. The letter notes current tax strains and questions adding taxes to support private institutions.
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the Messenger
Ohio
Dear Abby Advice From A Troubled Reader
A 13 year old asks for living with her dad after parents divorce while mom pushes for her choice. Abuser replies that daughters usually live with mothers and to avoid complicating her mother. Also letters discuss marital tension and trust in a husband. Other notes reflect jealousy and a elopement memory.
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Abby
Life Begins At 40 Founder of retired consultant group
Maurice duPont Lee, 78, founded Consulting and Advisory Services in 1950 to recruit retirees as free business consultants for small firms. The program aims to reduce small business failures, citing Lee's 2000 case log and success stories across dry cleaning, drug stores, filling stations, and gift shops. He suggests retirees can also aid youth programs and community recreation, urging readers to seek out opportunities to volunteer.
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Wilmington
Del
Maurice duPont Lee
Lee
duPont Company
National Digest
Sohio Posts Strong First-Half Rise In 1963 Earnings
Standard Oil Co of Ohio reports a 16 percent rise in net sales and operating revenue for the first half of 1963, driving earnings up 49 percent from the same period in 1962. In Moscow Khrushchev hosted an Indian Embassy luncheon for Indira Gandhi, daughter of Nehru.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Moscow
Khrushchev
Indira Gandhi
Nehru
Kanauga Young Adult Class Social at Mull Creek Road
The Kanauga Young Adult Class met at Mrs. Ella Fife’s Mull Creek Road home with eight members. Several visitors joined relatives from Mason City Gallipolis Point Pleasant South Point Rutland and nearby areas for visits and gatherings over meals and a weekend stay.
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Dave Ward
South Point
Paul Fife
Coleman, Jr
Rutland
Berkley Wright
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