Gandhi and Nehru Compared as India’s Paths Diverged
James Marlow reports on Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru as India’s leaders shaped by different visions. Gandhi emphasized nonviolence and cottage industry, while Nehru pushed secular, industrial modernization though he preferred centralized decision making. Nehru’s death leaves a leadership gap in a vast, diverse nation.
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New Medical Discoveries May Alter Church Stand
Vatican City AP reports medical discoveries may prompt Catholic moralists to rethink birth control limits while not justifying a church stance change. Cardinal Ottaviani cautions only the Pope can decide. The L Osservatore Romano weekly hints a Vatican council discussion in September could reopen birth control debate. The article notes oral contraceptives are not acceptable for Roman Catholics and cites ovulation timing as a debated method.
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149 Refuse To Fight In Viet Nam Ad Signatories
An advertisement in the New York Herald Tribune lists 149 draft age men from 18 states and the District of Columbia who refuse to fight in Vietnam. Phillip Abbot Luce, treasurer of the ad hoc committee, says he gathered names by writing to friends nationwide. Signers describe themselves as young Americans obje cting U S involvement in the war as suppressive of the Vietnamese struggle for independence.
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