Two-Party System Remains Strong in U S Politics
Two veteran operatives Farley and Hall say the two-party system is too entrenched to be toppled by this fall’s national campaign. They note the GOP faces fundraising hurdles but expect parties to mobilize once candidates are named, leaving the system intact despite primary outcry.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Leonard W. Hall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Hall
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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India picks Shastri as Nehru’s successor in unity move
The Indian Congress unites to back Lal Bahadur Shastri for Prime Minister after Nehru’s death. Indira Gandhi rejects divisive tactics while Morarji Desai retreats. Shastri’s aim is to continue Nehru’s policies and improve living standards for about 500 million Indians.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Indra Ghandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Morarji R. Desai
Shastri
Nehru
Mrs. Gandhi
Swedish aviation safety chief warns of daily major disasters
Bo K O Lundberg head of the Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden argues global aviation will see about one major crash per day by the late 1980s, predicting 15,000 deaths as air travel expands. He seeks a radical safety policy to cut accidents by ten percent and urges industry and public to accept the hard rate as a reality.
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Bo K. O. Lundberg
Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden
Lundberg
Monsanto Aviation Safety
Drain Off Ohio River Flood Water Into Lake Erie
Opinion piece argues for a public works plan to divert flood waters from the Ohio River into Lake Erie via five spillway tunnels or dredging to Youngstown. Proposes using large mining moles, estimates cost around a quarter million dollars per mile, and suggests interstate cooperation with possible federal matching funds to avoid dam building.
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Monroe Worthington
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News Register
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Pennsylvania
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Youngstown
Chicago
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West Virginia
Washington
Dear Abby Advice Column Nuggets From A 1960s Letterbag
A collection of reader inquiries covers worries about marital finances and tax evasion, teen romance, and a wife unsettled by her husband’s late wife portrait. Abby counsels the worried spouse to pressure the husband to address legal issues, while advising patience and social cues for the teen, and suggesting moving the photo. Answers include practical steps and invitations for future letters.
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Abby
Winning a Sweetheart Is a Simple Sales Job
Case S-486 profiles Molly T a 20 year old coed who asks how to win a husband. The guide urges viewing beauty as packaging and emphasizes inner charm and flattering a boy to boost his ego. It treats romance as a scientific sales process with a Sunday follow up and a booklet offer.
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Molly
Molly T
America
New England
Jenny Lind
Queen Elizabeth Mother Named Keep Britain Tidy Patron
The Queen Mother serves as the honorary patron of Keep Britain Tidy in England, the counterpart to Keep America Beautiful. Her name appears prominently on the group's literature.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
Keep
Major milestones in the conquest of infectious disease
In 1930 the I G Farben firm synthesized prontosyl, starting modern chemotherapy. Sulfa drugs followed, then Penicillin in the 1940s, enabling mass production and antibiotics. Dr Selig Waksman later isolating Streptomycin advanced TB treatment, leading to broad spectrum antibiotics and new drugs. Private U S firms spent about 250 million dollars last year on drug research, helping lift life expectancy. 60 percent of postwar new drugs originated in the United States.
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Benjamin Schneider
M. R. Thompson, Inc
I. G. Farben Chemical
Germany
Mr. Schneider
Farben
Lobarand
Alexander Fleming
Selig Waksman
Rutgers University
Benjamin Duggar
Messenger
Offering Choice That's Unusual In 1964 Presidential Debate
The essay argues the 1964 election will present a real choice between two distinct governing philosophies as represented by President Johnson's liberalism and Goldwater's conservatism. It notes past elections showed voters mainly chose individuals over party platforms and predicts a clearer party difference this year to guide voter decisions.
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Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Goldwater
Johnson and Goldwater
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