Action Against Cuba Seeks World Boycott to Halt Soviet Build Up
National Maritime Union president Joseph Curran urges the International Transport Workers' Federation to organize an immediate worldwide boycott of all non communist ships loading or sailing to Cuba with Soviet supplies and technicians. Senate leaders discuss using armed forces if needed to counter the Soviet threat, while calls grow for an international police force under the Organization of American States to stabilize Caribbean nations.
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Cuba
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
International Transport Workers’ Federation
Uba
ITF
Helsinki
Finland
Caribbean
United States
Senate
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Amed Services Committee
Robert S. McNamara
Berlin
Formosa
Viet Nam
Iran
Congo
Russell
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Organization of American States
Castro
Soviet proposal to end Congo unrest targets Katanga
The Soviet Union presents a plan to end Congo dissension by using the United Nations Force to arrest foreign personnel in Katanga and tax foreign monopolies, while excluding aid to Katanga and pressuring its regime. The plan aims to topple Tshombe with Communist leverage, drawing U S scrutiny over aims and costs.
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Soviet Union
United Nations
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United States
Africa
Monroe Doctrine in the Latin American sphere and postwar shifts
The text traces the Monroe Doctrine from Roosevelt’s expansion to the Havana Act and its postwar evolution through the Rio de Janeiro and Bogota conferences. It highlights the Charter of Bogota and the Rio Treaty redefining intervention limits, the rise of the OAS, and tensions with Communist expansion versus democratic ideals. It notes Cuba's special status andU S reliance on legal formalism amid geopolitical shifts.
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Havana
Organization of American States
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Western Hemisphere
United States
Latin America
Rio de Janeiro
Bogota
Rio
International Organization
A. A. Berle
Dear Abby by Request Abigail Van Buren
Reader letters reflect on parenting and remarriage. A broken home exposes challenges and rewards, with Abby advising parents let children struggle and advising on real motherhood. A bachelor seeks guidance on finding a wife, urging readers to stop pressuring.
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Abby
Personal Study Method Improves Lola from D to B
Lola G a college freshman improves from a D to a B by using a self quiz method while reading. She reads swiftly first then notes streaks of lean and creates true false quizzes with page references to self test. The plan speeds reading, boosts alertness and grades at term end.
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Lola
Lola G
T. F
James Marlow on the Parties and Public Mood
James Bryce and Wilfred E. Binkley figures are cited to explain that voters decide largely by non logical factors tied to family opinion and broad emotional climate. The piece predicts an unexciting campaign unless a crisis or a health care dispute stirs voters, noting both parties are broadly conservative and complacent.
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James Bryce
American Commonwealth
Wilfred E. Binkley
Kennedy
Bill
Eisenhower
Truman
Memory slips become its own defense in middle age
A humorous essay argues memory loss in middle age is normal and protective. It contrasts parrotlike recall with selective forgetting, noting memory fades as a defense against pressure from others, while allowing focus on important tasks and personal happiness.
Liberty Bell Removed From Philadelphia in 1777
On this day in 1777 British troops neared Philadelphia prompting the first removal of the Liberty Bell. The bell has since been taken down nine times for exhibitions and celebrations. Also noted is the birth of Samuel Johnson in 1709.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Johnson
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Abigail van Buren
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Assembly of the League of Nations
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Has Boyle
Athens Messenger
the Sun AY Messenger
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