Silent Center backs Vietnam war stance by famed leaders
The Great Silent Center gathers Eisenhower Truman Bradley and others to defend U S actions in Vietnam. They warn that peaceful nations in East Asia must resist communist subversion and invasion. The group argues war aims are to deter aggressors and protect freedom across Korea Japan Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
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United States
Peking
Hanoi
Vietnam
Committee For Peace With Freedom
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Japan
Taiwan
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Southeast Asia
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Malaysia
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
Adolf Hitler
Mao Tse-tung
America
Savings industry eyes $69 billion urban rebuilding plan
Bart Lytton proposed a 12 year effort by the savings and loan sector to revitalize central cities at a San Francisco convention. Senator Sparkman urged using industry resources to address housing for lower income residents amid concerns over urban decay.
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National League of Insured Savings Associations
San Francisco
Bart Lytton
Lytton Corporation
John Sparkman
Alabama
Senate Banking Committee
Lytton urges federal guarantees to rebuild ghettos
He cites ghetto housing needs in poorer cities and blasts a $1 billion insurance pledge as tokenism while proposing a $60 billion program. The plan would use federal guarantees tax exemptions on loan interest and 60 year repayment to cut monthly costs, with the savings and loan leagues joining insurers to fund nationwide rebuilding.
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Lytton
National League
Savings and Loan Trade
U.S. Savings and Loan League
We Came In From A Nation In Nonsense Says Alsop
Joseph Alsop argues that America risks a third world war if it repeats 1930s errors. He criticizes liberal opponents of Korea and Vietnam, contrasts stakes in the Pacific with past policy, and warns against complacent slogans. He cites Truman, MacArthur, Taylor, and Revere while urging sober policy choices.
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United States
America
Korea
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Johnson
Douglas MacArthur
Maxwell Taylor
Vietnam
Hawaii
Pacific
Taylor
Atlantic
Richard Revere
New Yorker
Revere
Vienna hosts IAEA and UNIDO as neutral capital center
Vienna, the sole wartime Central Powers capital to remain neutral, now houses the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization at its International Center. The city competes with Geneva to lead in diplomacy and international affairs.
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Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Geneva
Plague of Too Much in Federal Grants Critique
James Kilpatrick critiques a House report on waste and mis management in health research grants. He notes growth from 14 million in 1950 to 1.4 billion today, 27 percent of which goes to NIH grants. The piece warns grantsmanship stifles criticism and funds indiscriminately, urging reform of federal grant practices.
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Public Health Service
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Republic
NIH
United States
W. C. Davison
Duke University School of Medicine
Office of Economic Opportunity
South Carolina primary shows Culbertson seeks new coalition
John Bolt Culbertson, defeated in last year’s Senate bid, tries to unite poor whites and Negroes as a liberal Democrat to challenge conservative Sen. Ernest Hollings. If successful, he could signal a new Southern coalition.
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John Bolt Culbertson
Senate
South Carolina
Ernest F. Hollings
Culbertson
South
Defending 500 Murder Suspects Lawyer James Murray Dies
James D. C. Murray, who represented more than five hundred defendants in murder cases, died recently. He once said that every person deserves legal defense, asserting that justice is ultimately a pursuit approximated by lawyers, not a certainty known by God.
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James D. C. Murray
Proposed 26th Amendment would grant DC full congressional seats
The plan would add two Senators and two Representatives for the District of Columbia, signaling a move toward greater self rule for the federal capital, which currently has an appointed Mayor and City Council. It faces better odds in the House than in the Senate where a filibuster could stop it.
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House
Senate
Lukens Defends Pardons Rise Across Administrations
Rep. D E Lukens Ohio Republican notes presidential pardons climbed from 125 annually under Eisenhower to 274 under Johnson. He argues the increase is not due to lax courts, contending that court laxity would hinder convictions.
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Eisenhower
Johnson
D. E. Lukens
Ohio
Poverty Help Will Reach Low Earners Say Critics
A fervent public remark argues that aid will extend to those earning ten thousand dollars annually, framing it as only a matter of time before poverty level workers gain support from government or charitable programs.
Mailbag Nuggets On Diets Cars and Marriage Quips
HAL BOYLE offers light observations drawn from reader mail. Diets often proceed without doctor input. car thefts total about half a million annually. marital hostility may predict arthritis for wives and ulcers for husbands. Other notes cover signatures, Dutch bread lore, age guessing in Louis XV era, a humorous hotel sign, and smoking patterns among blue collar workers.
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Vermont
Maine
University of Michigan
France
Louis XV
Wilkie accuses administration of lack of leadership
The Messenger quotes Wendell Wilkie criticizing the administration for weak leadership and cites the recognition of the Vichy Government as example. F J Taylor, ex Athens school superintendent, becomes president of the Southeastern Ohio Education Association. Washington goes dry in a historically quiet manner. An escape attempt from Athens jail by two men is foiled by Sheriff Lowery and Deputy Parker.
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Wendell Wilkie
F. J. Taylor
Athens
Ohio University
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Lowery
Parker
House votes to curb federal spending by seven billion
The House authorized level spending for the year ending June 30 at the prior fiscal level, voting 238 to 164 to cut seven billion in expenditures while exempting Social Security and other items. The move signals pressure on the Senate and White House, and could affect the surtax if approved.
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House
Senate
White House
Congress
The Athens Messenger Publication and Delivery Rates
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday editions with varying delivery options by carrier or mail. Rates include weekly, three weeks, six weeks, fifteen weeks, six months, and one year for local and mail delivery to the US and possessions, with prices in cents and dollars. The paper is a second class matter and accessible through The Messenger Publishing Co at 43 W Union St, Athens, Ohio.
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US & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
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Athens
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