Peace Corps volunteers wrap up two year Ghana service
Forty eight U S Peace Corps volunteers completed final medical checks before leaving Ghana in 1961. Many reflect on challenges and cultural lessons while noting limited Ghanaian gratitude and occasional criticism. George Coyne says the experience boosted understanding of African and world affairs.
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Dennis Neeld
Accra
Ghana
Seijing
Peace Corps
United States
West Africa
University of California
George
Coyne
Plainfield
N.J
Sunyani
Winneba Secondary School
Newell
Flather
Lowell
Mass
Margot Schmidt
George Coyne
Zengakuren Groups Are Almost Extinct Flaws in postwar student movement linger
AP report chronicles the decline of Zengakuren once dominant in Japan with leaders like Hiroshi Kuwahara increasingly displaced by comfortable industrial careers. The piece notes internal splits with the Communist Party, loss of influence, and nostalgia for 1960s street protests as the movement fades amid a rising tone of youthful apathy and commercial culture.
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Peace Corps
Tokyo
Ghana
Robert Klein
West Music
Glenn Miller
Hempstead
N.Y
Aords
Sefwi Wiawso Secondary
Blein
Hiroshi Kuwahara
Japan
Kuwahara
Zengakuren
U.S
United States
Revolution
Japan Communist Party
Yoji, Ikegami
Zeneakur 1 Fe Feneral
Washington
TOLSA
Kennedy
Nobusuke Kishi
Tion
Texas Eastern Expands System and Gas Supply
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp announces a major expansion using gas from Gulf Oil to supply 4.4 trillion cubic feet under a 26 year contract. Executive VP B D Goodrich says applications will be filed with the Federal Power Commission to authorize the sales and new facilities for customers.
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Houston
Texas Astern Transmission Corp
Gulf Oil Corp
B. D. Goodrich
Texas Eastern
Federal Power Commission
Goodrich
Gulf
Blind Youth Meets President Kennedy in San Diego
Eleven year old Joey Renzi, blind since birth, wrote a Braille letter to President Kennedy and met him at the Marine Corps recruit depot in San Diego. Officials including Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth arranged the handshake before Kennedy’s flight to an aircraft carrier.
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San Diego
Calif
Kennedy
Fred Korth
Secretary of the Navy
Joey
White House
Rome in mourning as pope John XXIII dies
AP reports Rome shuts schools theaters clubs and museums in mourning for Pope John XXIII. Vatican City’s tiny population observes bereavement while city life slows. traffic intensifies and pickpockets flourish amid crowds filing past St Peter’s Square.
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Rome
John Xxiie
Vatican Walls
Vatican City
St. Peter's Square
Pres
Pope
St. Pete’s Square
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