Inept Leadership in Congress Adjourning Speech
Representative Clarence Cannon blasts wartime taxation and peacetime spending. He warns the $115 billion budget plus a $302 billion debt mark shows biased leadership and calls out a sale of justice for political support. He condemns the House leadership as inept after a long, unproductive session.
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Clarence Cannon
Dem
House Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
American Congress
United States
Four Party Politics in America Analyzed by Burns
Political scientist James Mac Gregor Burns argues the US functions as four parties two in each chamber, creating executive legislative deadlock. He cites Kennedy era clashes and Eisenhower’s cross party cooperation, predicting continued stalemate through 1964 as policy stalls persist.
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James MacGregor Burns
Williams College
Massachusetts
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy
Burns
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Red China aims for expansion through Asia to Bay of Bengal
The text argues that Chinese nationalism and Sun Yat-sen’s lectures frame China’s imperial aims as destined for expansion. It contends China seeks the Ladakh region, Nepal, Bhutan, and Kashmir, with a goal of reaching the Bay of Bengal, and suggests this threatens India and regional stability. Nehru’s attempts to placate Beijing are deemed futile.
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Red China
Southeast Asia
India
Chun Kuo
Middle Kingdom
China
Chienlong
Chienlung
Sun Yat-sen
Republic
George Washington
San Min Chu I
Dr. Sun
Japan
Annam
Vietnam
Burma
Ussuri
Ili
Khokand
Russian
Siam
Borneo
Indonesia
Ceylon
Nepal
Amur
Himalayas
China Sea
Szechwan
Tibet
Sun
Ladakh
Bhutan
Kashmir
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
Canton
Europe
Germany
Tsingtau
Hongkong
Great Britain
Nehru
Dr Crane counsels on buck passing and marital strain
Ethel G a 20 year old coed asks how to save her quarreling parents amid a nagging wife and menopausal tensions. Dr Crane explains projection and teaches husbands to show affection to offset their wives’ perceived loss of romance.
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Ethel
Ethel G
Dr. Crane
Dear Abby readers share wedding woes and odd hints
A reader asks Abby to tell Mrs. Brown to improve her marriage or risk losing her husband. Other letters share nail polish debates, a rugged man’s deer hunting excuse, and Maude’s quick advice. Readers are invited to write for a personal reply.
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Abby
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Cuba, Tax Cuts Loom Amid Global Uncertainty
The editorial outlines how a promised tax cut faces shifts due to Cuba's crisis and global tensions. It notes uncertain sizes and beneficiaries, possible defense spending boosts, and how outcomes in Berlin or Khrushchev’s decisions could influence treasury revenues and tax reform. It discusses upper versus lower bracket cuts and the broader economic stakes.
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Cuba
Treasury
Congress
Berlin
Khrushchev
U. S
Community Notes From New Straitsville Society Roundups
The Gleaners Class of the Meth odist Church met at Marian Fosters with Miriam Witschy Goldie Whitmer Elizabeth Mills Della Arnett Delores Van Gilder Emma Phipps and Lena Grandy in attendance. WSCS guests included Myrtle Wallace Ona Dell Wilson Anna Frasure Jenny Galloway Anna Abram Fay Harris Kate Lines and Emma Evans. Jolly Eight bridge club gathered at Marguerite Spicer with Mildred Thompson Genevieve Hartman Anna Lillico Grace Leake Garnet Peart Alice Faine and Jean Williams. Visits by Jack Wilson Malta and Charles Evans to relatives and a daughter’s home in Logan, plus Dorothy Fitzgerald Walbridge visitors.
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New Straitsville
Gleaners
Methodist Church
Marian Foster
Miriam Witschy
Goldie Whitmer
Elizabeth Mills
Della Arnett
Delores van Gilder
Emma Phipps
Lena Grandy
WSCS
Stockport
Myrtle Wallace
Ona Dell Wilson
Anna Frasure
Jenny Galloway
Anna Abram
Fay Harris
Kate Lines
Emma Evans
Jolly Eight Bridge Club
Marguerite Spicer
Mildred Thompson
Genevieve Hartman
Anna Lillico
Grace Leake
Garnet Peart
Alice Faine
Jean Williams
Jack Wilson
Malta
Charles Evans
Logan
Dorothy Fitzgerald
Walbridge
Health and Happiness Parents and child feeding habits
The text argues many overweight adults could regain normal weight by stopping between meal eating. It notes early beginnings of this habit and the difficulty of stopping children from eating between meals when parents model the behavior. Begin with the very young child and avoid feeding between meals.
Erie Canal opened linking Lake Erie to Hudson River
On this day in history the Erie Canal began operations in 1825 linking Buffalo and Albany as a 360 mile waterway, with a note of related events including the first Continental Congress adjournment in 1774 and other milestones through 1945.
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Associated Press
Erie Canal
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Hudson
Albany
N. Y
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States
Jerome Park
New York
Westchester County
Empire
Mass Immunization Plan Approved by Kennedy
President Kennedy authorized a three year mass immunization campaign against polio diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus. The program backed by 36 million dollars in federal funds will begin next July under legislation signed Wednesday.
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Washington
Kennedy
Boiler Explodes At Telstar Center In Andover Maine
An exploding boiler at the Telstar tracking station damaged no vital equipment but injured six maintenance men, two seriously, in the Weiler room. The incident disrupted the control center during satellite communications work at the Telstar facility in Maine.
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Andover
Maine
Telstar
Weiler
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Business Mirror
By Sam Dawson
N. Straitsville
Gladys Lines
Garry C. Myers
Telstar Center
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