Sweden and Ireland Off Foreign Aid List Says Editorial
The editorial argues only Sweden and Ireland have truly left the list of nations receiving U.S. foreign aid. It criticizes aid waste and recipient complacency, notes opposition from senators Fullbright and Morse, and questions the value of continuing large aid despite past Marshall Plan successes. It warns aid may become coercive or counterproductive.
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Sweden
Ireland
J. William Fullbright
Wayne Morse
Europe
Government debt and inflation contrasted by economist
The piece recalls a Depression era line that debt is what we owe ourselves and cites University of Michigan economist W H Locke Anderson who argues government debt differs from personal debt. He warns excessive debt fuels inflation and reduces the dollar’s purchasing power while noting calls that debt is a noble tool are unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Michigan
W. H. Locke Anderson
Life Guards Sought to Protect Rural Swimmers
An Austin area report notes the first drowning of the year in a gravel pit near Elkton and compares pool safety to unprotected waters. The Mower County Red Cross advocates a county quarry or pool with lifeguards to serve rural residents, but the plan has not yet gained support.
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Austin
Elkton
Mower County
Presbyterians Cheer Government Limits on Religion
Editorial cheer from the United Presbyterian Church convention in Des Moines urges government stay out of church affairs. Opposes Sunday closing laws, government funded religious functions, tax exemptions for churches, and state censorship of religious materials, urging the church to do its work without state power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
Iowa
Mankato Free Press
Babylonian King Orders Destruction of Wise Men
A king in Babylon grows irate over a quotation from Daniel 2 12 and decrees the execution of all wise men, reflecting ancient royal peril toward learned counselors.
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Babylon
Daniel
Austin Newspaper Offers Home Delivery Rates
The ad lists home delivery options for Austin readers with prices for mail and zone deliveries. It includes post office delivery within 50 miles, 50 to 150 miles, and outside 150 miles, with rates for monthly and yearly terms and payment in advance. It targets readers in Austin and areas served by the paper and armed forces abroad.
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Austin
U. S
United States
A.P.O
N.P.O
Eenee
Turn Back The Clock for Mower County Farm Bureau Picnic
A retrospective roundup notes events from 30, 20, and 10 years ago including alleged Austin bootleggers in federal court with Judge Molyneaux, gas ration book applications not yet received, Sgt Milo Northwess recovering from Attu, Frankford grange wins, Hormel payment for cattle to Sioux City, George Company ceasing operations, hospital cost concerns at St Olaf Hospital, and Todd Park as a new site choice.
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Mower
C. W. Hildreth
St. Olaf Hospital
Todd Park
New Minnesota Annexation Law Spurs City County Rift
A little publicized 1962 annexation law requires township and county objections within 30 days before annexations proceed. If objections arise the Minnesota Municipal Commission decides, potentially delaying projects for months. Rochester faces petitions stalled pending clarification of notification duties and objection procedures.
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Minnesota
Minnesota Municipal Commission
Rolvaag
Johnson cites southern labor gains in Negro skilled workers
Lyndon Johnson told 300 union chiefs at the White House conference that southern building trades had higher Negro employment than the North, with Brooklyn at just three percent. He cited city-by-city figures from a government survey and implied unions must practice their messages. Bob Kennedy’s sharp remarks then stirred the room.
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Victor Riesel
Washington, D. C
East Room
White House
Lyndon Johnson
South
North
Johnson
Brooklyn
Mason-Dixon Line
Texan
Willard Wirtz
Kennedy
John Kennedy
Bob Kennedy
Afl-Cio
William Sc
Today in History highlights from 1931 to 1963
The Associated Press notes key dates including Hoover’s 1931 one year moratorium on World War I reparations, the 1782 adoption of the Great Seal, West Virginia’s 1963 statehood, Rimsky Korsakov’s death, Roosevelt’s 1940 cabinet nominations, Patterson’s 1960 boxing title, and 1965 Soviet East German announcements and Swope’s death with Kennedy Menzies talks in Washington.
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Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
United States
William Barton
West Virginia
Rimsky-Korsakov
Franklin Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Henry Stimson
Floyd Patterson
Ingemar Johansson
Sweden
Soviet Union
Herbert Bayard Swope
New York
Kennedy
Robert G. Menzies
Washington
Britain
Kennedy cuts back on fair employment push amid union talk
In a terse exchange President Kennedy, Senate leaders and labor chiefs debated a Fair Employment Practices Law. A. Philip Randolph pressed for action while Walter Reuther urged a self investigative AFL CIO committee to probe unions excluding Negroes and differing apprenticeship and dispatch systems.
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Afl-Cio
A. Philip Randolph
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
United Auto- Workers
Walter Reuther
Wirtz
Labor Department
Reuther
Aflcio
New York City
Northern Union
South
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Doctor S Sums Boxing Rules For Safety
Medical experts urge reforms in boxing to reduce brain injuries and deaths. Recommends pre bout exams plus physician on site, end of fights after multiple knockdowns, automatic suspensions, shock absorbing padding, headgear and mouthpieces, and trained referees to guard fighters health.
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Francesco Valesquez
Commission On Medical Aspects
American Medical Association
O. K
Red Captain Ivanov under fire in London spy saga
Washington reports link Soviet Naval Captain Yevgeniy Ivanov to Col. Penkovskiy in a London espionage circle. His recall to Moscow followed fears he aided Soviet secrets, not his drunken reputation, amid talk of compromised security and high-level Soviet marriages aiding postings.
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Washington
NEA
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Yevgeniy Mikhailovich Ivanov
Ivanov
London
Oslo
Norway
Yevgeniy M. Ivanoff
Moscow
Oleg Penkovskiy
Russia
Col. Penkovskiy
War Diary of Civil War Prisoner John Ransom Reviewed
Review notes John L. Ransom a Michigan cavalry quartermaster captured in East Tennessee in 1863, imprisoned at Richmond and Andersonville, twice escaped. The diary, republished with Bruce Catton intro, reveals prisoner resilience, Southern care, and prisoner-raider chaos, offering overlooked Civil War details.
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John Ransom
Paul S. Eriksson, Inc
John L. Ransom
Michigan
East Tennessee
Richmond
Andersonville
Georgia
Bruce Catton
Catton
Quick Quiz: Bird Vision, Leap Years, Boz and Reservations
Q why do most birds peer at an object with one eye A in most birds the eyes are placed at the sides of the head Q why are there sometimes eight years between leap years A years marking the close of centuries are not leap years unless divisible by 400 Q what author wrote under the name Boz A Charles Dickens O Q Are American Indians forced to remain on reservations A No 0 Q Does the federal government operate any colleges for Indians
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Atkinson
Kan
Miss Earhart
Uncle Sam
W. G. Brandstadt
M.D
Ransom
Robert D. Price
Boz
Charles Dickens
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