Kennedy Seeks Fruitful Summit Stance on Khrushchev
Editorial notes President Kennedy clarifies his position toward a summit with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. He will not meet soon unless there are iron clad guarantees of results, signaling a firmer U S resolve than past leaders. The piece compares Truman and Eisenhower experiences and argues Kennedy could advance peace by credible diplomacy.
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John F. Kennedy
Nikita Ekhrushchev
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Truman
Potsdam
Josef Stalin
White House
Harry
Washington
Stalin
Eisenhower
Geneva
Paris
Atlantic
United States
Suffrage Hurdle Grows for DC Residents
The District of Columbia, the only U S continental area without voting rights in presidential elections, faces a fresh barrier as Congress pushes a constitutional amendment for ratification. With 38 affirmative states needed and only five approving so far, Arkansas' recent rejection signals potential trouble if southern states follow suit. Census data note Washington DC’s population is 53 percent colored.
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District of Columbia
Continental United States
Congress
Arkansas
Census Bureau
Washington, D.C
Kennedy picks national staffing across states with DC leading
The Kennedy administration has drawn top level appointees from more than half the states and the District of Columbia, with Washington DC leading at 23, New York 15, Massachusetts 13, Virginia 13, California 10, and Illinois 10. No appointees yet from Hawaii or Alaska, likely to change soon.
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Kennedy
Washington, D.C
New York
Massachusetts
Virginia
California
Ilnois
Hawaii
Alaska
Oil Operators Interest Aroused By JFK Pledge
Oil operators show interest as President Kennedy signals a message to Congress on expanding natural resource development. The potential national fuels policy, tied to the 1960 platform, faces previous congressional hurdles and opposition to government market allocation of energy resources.
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Houston
API
Kennedy
Congress
House
Crimen
National Coal Policy Conference
San Marcos College To Get New Dormitory
A $7,179,000 loan from the Housing and Home Finance Agency funds a new dormitory at Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos for 232 men, housing for 250 married students, and a college center. The college will contribute 32,002 of its own funds to the project.
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Washington
Southwest
Texas State College At
San Marcos
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Baytown Sun Contact and Rates Notice
Publisher and office details listed for The Baytown Sun including address Pearce and Ashbel Baytown Texas and staff names. Rates show subscriptions at 1.4 per month or 17.40 per year with mail rates and Dayton Texas references.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
T. Bowling
Merriweather lands Export-Import Bank post amid scandal claims
Drew Pearson reports Charlie Merriweather, Alabama finance director and former Patterson campaign aide, is named director of the Export-Import Bank amid allegations of trying to raise a land appraisal from 1 to 180000 for political debt. Blatnik committee and FBI inquiries are noted, with tampered hotel records and denials aligning to a broader Alabama highway corruption claim. The piece also flags Virgin Islands gubernatorial intrigue, with Lyndon Johnson backing Bill Daniel despite regional pushback from Gruening and local leaders.
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Washington
Charlie Meriweather
Alabama
John Patterson
Kennedy
Charlie Merriweather
White House
FBI
Merriweather
Adm
John Crommelin
Lister Hill
Blatnik
Way Committee
Export- Import Bank
Bill Delaney
Mobile
Uncle Sam
Merrin
Charles Trimmier
Congressman Blatnik
Minnesota
Nevada
Congress
Seaton
Rosenblatt
Lyndon Johnson
William Daniel
Gov
Price Daniel
Texas
Bill Daniel
Virgin Islands
Caribbean
Diary excerpt and campus tale mix sharp humor
Samuel Pepys records a 1659 scene at Charing Cross where General Harrison is hanged and the crowd cheers as his head and heart are shown. A Cambridge student introduces his father to the ivy covered campus and the famed mistress Mixa Exhart of Ridsley Hall, prompting questions about the hall’s identity.
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Samuel Pepys
Charing Cross
Harrison
Cambridge University
England
Mixa Exhart
Ridsley Hall
World’s saltiest water and historic figures trivia
A quick grab bag of questions asks which body of water holds the highest salt density, which state Sen. Vance Hartke represented, and the founder of Rhode Island’s profession. It also asks who was seen as America’s patron saint during the Revolution, and what state is nicknamed the Beehive State. The item then blends dated quotes and a brief literary clue about a 1937 author.
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Sen
Vance Hartke
Rhode Island
America
Palermo
Sicily
London
Paris
The Prince of Naples and Sicily and the Bourbon Power
A historical sketch identifies a Bourbon ruler of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies who reigned from 1830 to 1859, earned the nickname Bomba for bombing Sicily’s majorities, granted and later suspended a constitution, and faced Garibaldi’s patriots in 1859.
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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Naples
Sicily
Garibaldi
Italy
Bomba
Nemes
Market divides as earnings slide and prices rise
New York AP reports a volatile market with rising prices since October despite slipping 1960 earnings. Mixed earnings signals, Washington views, and inflation risk float alongside hopes for a midyear upswing. Dow and S&P gains contrast with varied industry results.
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New York
Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Department of Commerce
Associated Press
Ben
American Telephone & Telegraph
Motors
Southwestern Life to buy Atlantic Life for 29 million
Dallas based Southwestern Life Insurance to acquire substantially all capital stock of Atlantic Life Insurance Co of Richmond from Life Companies Inc in a 29 million deal awaiting stockholder and regulatory approvals. Southwestern reports over 2.1 billion in insurance in force, Atlantic over 500 million, with strong Best's ratings.
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Dallas
Southwestern Life Insurance of
Atlantic Life Insurance Co
Richmond
Life Companies, Inc
Life Companies
Insurance Commissioners of
Texas
Virginia
John D. Murchison
J. Ralph Wond
Southwestern Life
R. V. Hatcher
Atlantic Life
Southwesterm Life
Best
Life Insurance
Life Canpees
How Do You Stand Barry Goldwater On Coalitions
US Senator Barry Goldwater argues against claims of a Halleck Democrat Republican coalition. He contrasts liberal critics with Senate Republicans and Democratic allies, noting consistent party voting while evaluating Kennedy era veto dynamics and coalition politics in France and New York.
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Ariz
Washington
House
Charles Hal- Jeck
Halleck
Republic
Congress
Democrat Party
Senate
New Jersey
New York
Nebraska
South Dakota
Arizona
Michigan
Cal Liberals
United States
Hill
Kennedy
John Kennedy
Republic of France
Republic of the United States
Democratic Party
Liberal Party
New York State
Britain vs Belgium in European Championship Bridge 1968
Great Britain fell to Belgium in an European Championship match after bold bidding and missteps. At one table North-South vulnerability shaped a dramatic 6NT bid and a costly diamond lead. Sharples at the other table could have forced a slam but misplayed, allowing Belgium to gain 3,030 points in total.
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North East South
TNT
Great Britain
Belgium
Savostin North
Brandeghen
Truscott and Gray
King Feat
Wands Truscott
Truscott
Diamond
Brandeghesa
Trimscott
Ding
Robert Share Plex
Sharples
Ten Rex Syndicate, Inc
Daily Crossword Clue Pack
Crossword clues run in sequence with a theme. Oriental nurses hints at an ethnic term for nurses from the East. Final indicates last or decisive. Born signals birth. Fuse it synonyms unite join meld. Confer knighthood upon means dub as Sir or knight.
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Oriental Nurses
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