Wheat Sale to Soviets Prompts Debate on Costs and Gains
President Kennedy explains that selling American wheat to the Soviet Union and allies would cash in on markets and ease surplus costs, benefiting farmers and taxpayers. Critics note unresolved debts and strategic tensions, while West Germany's Adenauer urged linking the deal to Berlin Wall conditions.
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Soviet Union
Europe
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Justice Department
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Pacific
Cuba
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Berlin Wall
France tests independent nuclear strike force
France reveals six Mirage IV bombers armed with 40 kiloton plutonium bombs as part of an independent nuclear program. Allied sources say the plan could grow to 90 bombers, challenging Western defense cohesion and possibly widening rifts with the United States and allies. De Gaulle seeks leadership of Europe amid Washington tensions.
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France
United States
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
Hiroshima
DeGaulle
Britain
Soviet Union
Maurice Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Free World
Life Expectancy Progress Through the Centuries
Observers note 1850 births in the United States had a life expectancy around 41 years while current Americans average about 70. With medical advances, a 29 year gain occurred in a century, suggesting centenarians may become common in the next hundred years.
Spencer Heath 86 Aviation Pioneer Dies in Virginia
Spencer Heath, noted aviation inventor and early mass producer of propellers, died at 86 in Virginia. He built Baltimore factory output reaching 250 propellers daily and pressured wartime government for manufacturing reform. His Paragon propeller powered early Navy flights and a 1919 Trepassey to Azores voyage.
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Upton Sinclair
Book World
Corporation Tores
World of Business
Spencer Heath
Heath
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
United States
Baltimore
Eddie Rickenbacker
Mr. Heath
Trepassey
Newfoundland
Azores
Texas
Bendix Aviation Co
Yale University Press
Science of Society Foundation, Inc
Dear Abby: Prideful husband and neighbor baby-sitting woes
Dear Abby letters discuss a boastful husband who claims he could win any woman if introduced. A daughter laments babysitting for neighbors for free, and a wife questions why men wear darned socks. Abby replies on confidence, fair pay, and equal rights, ending with instructions for a personal reply.
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Abby
Life Begins At 40 Opinion On Retirement And Travel
An opinion piece questions why 52 percent stay home at night. It cites retirement rituals, gifts, and a charity tribute for Roger Burman who declined a dinner, asking for donations to the Association for Crippled Children and Adults, with over $10,000 raised. Readers are invited to request a book by sending a modest fee and self addressed envelope.
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Cousin Clara’s
Smiths
Joneses
Larry Schloss
Saskatchewan
Seattle
Samara
Roger W. Burman
National Cash Register Co
Burman
Association For Crippled Children and Adults
Private colleges show path to profit without tax burden
Dr. D. Walker of Milligan College argues private liberal arts and business colleges run efficiently without relying on taxpayers. He notes Milligan dropped football to cut costs, relaunched athletics via private funding, and could increase revenue by expanding enrollments with current faculty.
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Prexy Walker
America
Case
D. &. Walker
Milligan College
Tennessee
Milligan
City High Schools
Local Notes From Guysville And Milligan College
Various local items report Mrs Nao mi Graham moving her beauty shop to the Guysville Post Office building and neighbors visiting. birthdays and visits involving the Bretz family. new teachers and home purchases in Athens and Parkersburg area. college sports praise for Milligan College highlighting strong 1962 tennis golf football seasons and argument for private colleges funding themselves. Armco Steel Corp raises two week price increases adding six to eight dollars per ton to pipe costs.
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Guysville
Naomi Graham
Athens
Route 4
Middletown —P
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Health and Happiness in Schools Reading Lists
A reader questions why modern elementary readers lack literary value compared to classic children's books. The piece argues that vocabulary grading tied to word lists stifles imagination, turning writers into robots, and notes a shift toward here and now realism that bores young learners.
Queen Juliana Ends State Visit To Iran
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands wraps up an 11 day state visit to Iran and departs for Bangkok Thailand accompanied by Prince Bernhard and Princess Beatrix in a royal tour continuation.
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Juliana
Iran
Tehran
Netherlands
Bangkok
Thailand
Prince Bernhard
Beatrix
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Lessen Nee
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Camden Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Clifford Bretz
Debbie
Phyllis Barnhart
Sandra Dixson
Judy Ashcraft
Tawn Wright
Charlene Sanger
Becky Brown
Ronnie
Christie Bretz
Carl Bretz
Marilyn Conrath
Ralph Wells
P. G. Chapman
Charles Baker
Garry C. Myers
Athens Messenger
Caturcdayve
Messenger
Ohio
W . Vaily
Coro Wook
U. S
Possessions
Post Cff Ice
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Messenger Publishing Co
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