U.S Planes Over Laos Signal Wider Southeast Asia War
Editorial argues U S reconnaissance flights over Laos inform on Communist forces and deter aggression. It links Laos to Vietnam and Korea, urges decisive air actions if diplomacy fails, and warns against prolonged entanglement or surrender to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Plaines Des Jarres
Laos
Viet Nam
Souvana Phouma
Truce Commission
Southeast Asia
China
Korea
South Viet Nam
Cambodia
North Viet Nam
Purchasing Power and Inflation Shrink Family Budgets
The National Consumer Finance Association links 1939 incomes of 3000 to 5000 to today’s needs, showing tax bites and inflation cut purchasing power. A 3000 to 5000 income in 1939 yields 2970 after taxes then, requiring 7431 or 12 743 today to match those levels, with taxes and inflation eroding gains though real incomes rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Consumer Finance Association
Wartime strategy debate on Viet Nam and Willoughby proposal
The piece argues for reconsidering Far East options amid South Viet Nam struggles. It critiques Gen Willoughby and Gen Wedemeyer for urging nuclear or conventional attacks, cites French Indochina lessons, and questions current policy while noting Liebman and Tuthill efforts and criticism from McNamara era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Viet Nam
Albert Wedemeyer
Seato
Chiang Kai-Shek
Charles Willoughby
MacArthur
Willoughby
Congress
Daniel Flood
Pennsylvania
Southeast Asia
Flood
Europe
Morocco
French Indochina
Dienbienr Hu
Viet Nam
France
Foreign Legion
Kennedy
Asia
Truman
Hiroshima
Private Business Colleges: A Tax Cut for Education debate
Dr George W Crane argues that private business colleges offer more practical 2 year training at lower costs and should be tax paying institutions. He advocates extending college hours with evening shifts to expand capacity and reduce public expense while opposing liberal arts expansion. He cites Senator Byrd and criticizes the Presidents budget tactics. Readers are invited to request his booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Ryan
Pennsylvania Association of Private Business Schools
Business Colleges
Ryan
Congress
Byrd
Dear Abby Letters Stir Navy Youth Debate
Readers defend military service and discipline in response to an Abby column about a 17 year old in the Navy. They argue Navy life reflects home training, praise service, and note underage drinking laws apply off base and that soldiers become men through duty. An Ex Sgt signs as R. S. D. urges Peace Corps option.
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Abby
Navy
Sam
Armed Services
Fort Leonard Wood
Peace Corps
State Fire Marshal Pushes for Sprinkler Laws in Nursing Homes
Columbus. State Fire Marshal Fred Rice urged stiffer Ohio laws requiring automatic sprinklers in all nursing homes, saying elderly patients cannot always escape fires. He argued homes unable to provide protection yet remain profitable should be closed, noting nursing homes are a form of hospital and should meet higher standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Fred Rice
Ohio
Rice
Code Suggests Self Ethics Rules for Congress
A Senate Rules Committee report on the Baker affair urges Congress to adopt a self directed code of ethics to curb conflicts of interest. It notes Baker's wealth while employed by the Senate and criticizes the Senate for delaying action while acknowledging ongoing resistance from lawmakers. The piece questions what else might be occurring in the chamber and calls for disclosure of outside income.
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Congress
Bobby Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
Senate
Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mailbag Musing Brims With Curious Facts and Folklore
The column surveys misc items from life and lore from life insurance totals to bicycle injuries and long races, mixing numbers about the transcontinental run, hair morale boosters, social habits, and quirky beliefs. It notes the Eiffel Tower's age, book-reading in school, pole ice depth, and car theft by teens with implied risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
Los Angeles
Johnny Salvo
South Pole
Lake Erie Declared Declining Health By Official
Cleveland report cites Health, Education and Welfare official James Quigley saying Lake Erie is deteriorating and could become America sDead Sea due to pollution He notes the lake is the shallowest Great Lake and most vulnerable to abuse during a television program.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
America
Red Sea
James Quigley
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Great Lakes
Quigley
Sunslay
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North
Hanoi
Nape
Khami Keu
Chepone
Attopeu
Marvin Liebman
Young Communist League
Liebman
Joe McCarthy
Charles Tuthill
Charles Edison
New Jersey
McNamara
George W. Crane
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Old Sarge
Army
Calif
Hal Boyle
Will Durant
America’s Dead Sea
Athens Messenger
Ally
Ohio & W
Vaily
Eassenger Publishing Co
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