Foreign aid policy under global gaze and critique
Virginius Dabney critiques U S foreign aid since 1945 noting large totals and mixed results. Justice Douglas warns aid widens wealth gaps and aids communists. Toynbee argues for redirecting aid to the world’s poorest, while critics warn against buying friends and inefficient administration.
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United States
Virginius Dabney
The
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Saturday Review
Europe
U. S. Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Asia
Middle East
Africa
Dabney
Arnold Toynbee
Fallout shelters and nuclear war fears shape public talk
The resumption of Soviet test explosions spurs U S concern about fallout shelters. Public interest soars as thousands seek hiding places and makers rush to sell air pumps, Geiger counters, and prefabricated shelters. Experts warn shelters are not panaceas and a nuclear war would be vastly more horrific than imagined.
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Soviet Union
United States
Edward Teller
Dr. Teller
Malaya seeks Greater Malayia by 1963 under Rahman
Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman of the Federation of Malaya pushes for a larger Malaya by 1963. He wants to add Singapore and other northern territories to balance demographics and counter perceived communist influence. The plan hinges on London review of Singapore’s status in 1963.
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Malaya
Tengku Abdul Rahman
Federation of Malaya
Penang
Malacca
Straits Settlements
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Singapore
North Borneo
Sarawak
Brunei
Rahman
London
Story Teller Jim Bishop Remembers Dr Milton Berliner Eye Doctor
The piece describes ophthalmologist Dr Milton Berliner of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. It shares personal visits for subacute conjunctivitis, patient anecdotes, and warnings about glaucoma. It notes tests, treatment with special shampoo and cortisone drops, and a respect for the eye as a fragile but durable organ.
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Milton Berliner
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
New York
Medical Arts Building
Berliner
Rochester
Bausch and Lamb
Dear Abby Why The Rush
Dear Abby offers guidance on pressuring a daughter to marry and why rushing romance can backfire. The column notes adult choices and the desire for grandchildren, advising patience. It includes reader questions about weight loss and a privacy issue with a sitter and a towel incident.
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Abby
Dr Crane’s Personal Cases and the SMF Matchmaking Effort
Horace Z 58 once a professor now blind widower applies to the Scientific Marriage Foundation for an introduction to a congenial woman. The SMF narrates its interfaith, nonprofit work pairing 1500 certified people monthly with broad screening by 2000 priests rabbis and ministers to ensure capable matches.
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Horace
CMF
Scientific Marriage Foundation
SMF
Dr. Crane
Our
Suspicious Salesman Questions New Restaurant Steak
A salesman in a new eatery questions a chef’s steak quality. He accuses the dish of horse meat while wagering $50 the steak is not horse. The proprietor defends the filet and the wager. A light farce tone frames the exchange.
New Law Forces Headlights During Dark Hours
In Columbus a new Ohio law took effect at midnight restricting driving with parking lights by night. The statute requires headlights during legal darkness and extends darkness hours from one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise, changing the previous one hour after sunset rule.
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Columbus
Ohio
Local social notes and editorials mix with a Kennedy club report
A collage of social visits from Columbus and nearby towns at the Rowan and Lemley homes, plus remarks on school reading programs, a reader letter about a slow reader, and parenting tips. A Boston Globe Washington dispatch notes Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy resigning from the Metropolitan Club said to resist Negro guests.
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Washington Dispatch
Robert F. Kennedy
Capital
Senate Passes Espionage Law Extension To Citizens Abroad
Senate approves legislation extending espionage law reach to American citizens abroad by a voice vote and forwards it to the White House. The Athens Messenger publishes daily except Saturdays with pricing and delivery details and notes mailing class and office info.
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Senate
White House
Athens Messenger
D&s
Eevens
the Messenger Publishing Co
Ohio & W. Va
Eton Sommer Sadik
Ckcookous
Athens
Ohio
Associates
Union St
Matthews Apologia on Cuba Fiasco and Senate Hearings
The piece examines Herbert Matthews of The New York Times and his Cuban coverage, noting his defense of critics and the Eastland Dodd Senate subcommittee hearings. It questions State Department handling, press briefing of Earl Smith, and calls for full public release of testimony to reveal the truth about Cuba policy and the Batista-Castro outcome.
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Herbert Matthews
New York Times
Cuba
Matthews
Fastland-Dodd Committee
George Sokolsky
William Buckley
The
National Review
American Legion Magazine
Brooklyn Tablet
Eastland- Dodd
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Judiciary Committee
Tablet
Brooklyn
Long Island
Matthew
Bill Buckley
Earl E. T. Smith
State Department
Earl Smith
Senate
Arthur Gardner
Smith
Sourwine
Mr. Smith
Cor
William Wieland
Caribbean
Mexico
Herbert Matthew
United States
Gardner
Eastland
Dodd
Hill
Ed Pachey
Batista
Castro
Roy H. Rubottom
Roy R. Rubottom
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