Congress Reform Proposals Urged by American Assembly
The American Assembly proposes drastic changes to Congress including altering committee chairmanship seniority rules, limiting terms for speakers and floor leaders, granting caucus control, annual financial disclosures, banning reserve commissions, and ending DC governance by Congress. They warn reforms could shift power to the presidency but deserve trial.
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Senate
Center Sparks Boston Area Fight Over 61 Million Space Center
U.S. News & World Report notes a proposed 61 million space research center for Cambridge Massachusetts has sparked a congressional clash over its site. The plan would displace 4000 private workers and leave the Watertown Arsenal unused, while NASA cites MIT proximity as a reason for the costly relocation.
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Boston
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Minnesota
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Pentagon
Senal
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
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Arsenal
White House
Khrushchev Lays Low After Fall From Power
Khrushchev reportedly lives in a Moscow suburb dacha under close watch and without a telephone. Unlike ousted leaders who faced liquidation or prison, this marks a gentler regime approach and hints at a precedent for humane treatment should the new rulers fall from power.
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Khrushchev
Moscow
Glenn’s Flight Recall: Self Mastery Over Risk
John Glenn, famed astronaut and veteran, faced a 1960s era test of courage as a February ear injury threatened his flying career and political prospects. Doctors later declared him fit and he retired from the Marines January 1, reaffirming his lifelong drive to push his limits in jet and spaceflight. In parallel, the Black Hawk County vote reflected the presidential race’s pull, with Democrats sweeping legislative seats while Messerly narrowly defeated a Waterloo opponent in a senate race seen as a 1966 Republican omen.
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Waterloo
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Finchford
Iowa
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Fred White
Austin Minnesota subscription rates and delivery zones
Community newspaper billing details show subscription rates for Austin Minnesota with mail zones and delivery areas. It lists weekly and yearly costs, zone based pricing, and mail delivery terms for Austin and distant zones.
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Austin
U. S
United States
A.P.O
N.P.O
Turn Back The Clock 30 Years Ago
Jeanette Vollum of Hayward models her state champion costume at the International Livestock Exposition. Clarence Dugan and Milo D. Morse are elected to the Mower County Board of Commissioners. Victor Christgau, former local congressman, speaks at the Mower County Farm Bureau annual meet.
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Hayward
Clarence Dugan
Milo D. Morse
Mower County
Sonar to evaluate cattle fat and lean at agr college tests
The New York State College of Agriculture conducts sonar tests on cattle to differentiate fat from lean tissue using echo-sounding equipment similar to submarine use. Dr. J. R. Stouffer leads the trials to guide prime steer selection. The report follows other market notes on business and sports topics.
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New York State College of Agriculture
J. R. Stouffer
Castro’s Labor Law Tightens Grasp On Cuban Work Centers
Documentary evidence shows Castro’s regime cracking down on unions after a new Labor Justice Law takes effect next January. The five man labor councils replace independent bargaining, with administrators empowered to punish workers for minor to very serious offenses across more than 8,000 work centers.
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Labor Movement
Oppressive admin controls workers in Castro era
Berry's World outlines dockable pay penalties from one to fifteen percent for early offenses and twenty five percent for third category crimes. The Administrator can move workers between grades and departments, sending some to criminal courts and prison. Underground saboteurs taunt Castro's industrial headmen as warning shots hit the roads and rails.
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Workers Council
Underground
Castro
Leland
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Slip and fall liability in markets explained
An American Bar Association public service feature explains how shoppers injured by debris on store floors may claim damages. It outlines the store’s duty to keep floors reasonably safe, the timing of debris, and how shared responsibility can affect outcomes.
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Katherine Mansfield
American Bar Association
Will Bernard
Vietnam editor urges northern push as war shift
Ray Cromley reports Tran Van Son a Saigon publisher now urges moving north to weaken the South Vietnamese regime. Son proposes underground political infiltrators to undermine the North Vietnamese, win public support, and deter reinforcements. He cites refugee flows, guerrilla experience, and tribal dissatisfactions as entry points for a long term covert campaign.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
NEA
Tran van Son
Saigon
North
Viet Nam
Lon
Latin America
Son
Diem
Neng
Ho Chi Minh
Red Army
Red
Today in History December 1 1964
Today is December 1 1964 the 336th day of the year with 30 days remaining. Highlights include the restoration of habeas corpus by President Johnson in 1865 and milestones such as the first hydrogen balloon ascent in 1783 and gas rationing beginning in 1942.
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Associated Press
Andrew Johnson
Paris
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Quick quiz style trivia questions and answers
A set of Q A style trivia covering peacetime draft signing by F D Roosevelt on Sept 16 1940 geophagy as eating earthy substances mistletoe on pine family trees with occasional oak sycamore and mesquite and the governments fiscal year beginning July 1 Fort Washington on the Maryland shore is noted as a fort blown up by its own defenders facing a hostile flotilla.
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Washington
Maryland
Hero Goes Downhill All the Way review
G. H. Friedman’s Hero Goes Downhill All the Way centers on Arthur Skelton a bridge prodigy turned drifter lacking purpose. The tale unfolds amid clubs nights and drugs with sharp bridge talk and a thin broadened appeal.
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Friedman
Miles A. Smith
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