Kennedy’s Cuba crisis choices Amid Khrushchev’s brinkmanship
Theodore Sorensen recounts President Kennedy weighing if Soviet ships and missiles would push to war in 1962. Kennedy avoided pressuring Khrushchev after U S U 2 loss and halted plans for a single strike. Moscow agreed to withdraw missiles in exchange for a pledge not to invade Cuba. Kennedy felt the odds of war ranged from one in three to higher.
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New School Year Brings Hope Of Fewer Dropouts
The United States anticipates 54.2 million students at school and college openings in September. Attendance is up in grade schools and overall costs reach about 42.9 billion dollars, with federal aid and desegregation funds shaping the funding landscape. A major strike threat looms in New York amid AFL-CIO teachers and NEA tensions, but most districts prepare for timely openings as students resume education nationwide.
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Part-Time Prison Sentences Adopted by New York Family Court
Family Court judges in New York began issuing part time jail terms for fathers who disobey court orders to support dependents. Defaulters spend nights and weekends in jail while keeping daytime employment to provide for their families, easing relief burdens on the community.
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Erhard Moves Mountains in a Small German Town
West Germany's Ludwig Erhard campaigns in Bad Durkheim amid mixed reception. The chancellor, likened to Father Christmas, delivers routine pro prosperity lines while observers note his quiet effectiveness in reshaping the economy and challenging socialist orthodoxy ahead of Sept. 19 elections.
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Boston School Crisis Sparks Fear Of Racial Unrest
Inside report notes rising overcrowding in Roxbury and North Dorchester as Boston schools reopen amid non white in migration. It cites Mrs Louise Day Hicks as School Committee chair and warns of potential demonstrations and tensions tied to Puerto Rican and Negro communities and possible unrest.
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Boston Schools Face Fresh Crisis Over Busing Sparks
Watts memories haunt Boston as 500 children risk no start on Thursday. The School Committee backs reopening an abandoned private Jewish school to house overflow, while officials reject it as impractical. Boston plans to bus 600 pupils to outside districts until new schools or lines are drawn. Critics warn of potential de facto segregation and $3 million in federal subsidies risk, while a two shift system is dismissed. Mrs. Hicks advocates against busing stirring white suburb fears and politics. Demonstrations loom as city officials seek federal aid and caution against violence.
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American Free Enterprise Myth Dying Slowly
James Marlow argues that the idea of unlimited free bargaining is a dying myth. He traces labor law history from the Norris LaGuardia Act of 1932 to Taft Hartley in 1947 and Kennedy era reforms, noting presidents’ interventions in big strikes. He cites Eisenhower Truman Johnson and Kennedy actions to prevent strikes in vital industries to protect the public welfare.
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Say No to Invitations That Menace Peace of Mind
The piece argues a man survives by a negative stance against enticements and invites that lead to debt or regret. It cites common examples from social pressure to risky choices and urges turning a deaf ear to such solicitations to preserve time, money, and dignity.
Dear Abby Housewarming Harvest Etiquette Question
A reader asks if gifting at a self hosted housewarming is proper after one guest spread that gifts are improper. Dear Abby says etiquette is common sense and gifts at first calls are customary, then advises the party’s motive should not be gift harvesting. In a separate letter, a reader asks about divorce after 62 years. Abby replies that is unlikely a record and offers perspective.
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