Abandon Oil Import Quotas Said to Aid New England
The article argues that keeping oil import quotas harms New England by raising residual oil prices used for heating. It notes the shortage affects hospitals schools and apartments and that quotas benefit independent U.S. producers while hurting foreign competition. It urges gradual abandonment of oil quotas and rescission of residual oil limits, especially before winter.
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West Germany
Japan
Conte
New England
U. S
U.S
Jargon in the Schools and its impact on readers
Fred M Hechinger argues in the New York Times Magazine that educator jargon obscures meaning and weakens language. He warns specialists overuse terms that alienate the general public and urges clear communication to parents and citizens.
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Fred M. Hechinger
New York Times
Webster’s Dictionary
Hechinger
Supreme Court splits five to four over free speech and party registration
The piece notes a recurring five to four division on the Supreme Court over key civil liberties and constitutional questions. It discusses Justice Frankfurter's majority ruling upholding the Communist Party registration issue and the dissenters led by Chief Justice Warren asserting the core right to free speech and assembly under the Bill of Rights. It also covers nutritionists challenging high meat diets at training tables for athletes, advocating a balanced or high carbohydrate approach to optimize performance.
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Supreme Court
Communist Party
Felix Frankfurter
Soviet Union
Frankfurter
Securities and Exchange Act
Earl Warren
Hugo Black
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Justice Black
Jean Mayer
Harvard School of Public Health
The
Atlantic
Mayer
National Labor Relations Board
Justice Department
Congressional Committee
Robert Shelton
New York Times
Public debate on Straton Mountain stream dispute and free speech
A letter urges support for residents facing stream depletion from Stratton Mountain development. The piece references funding a lawyer, and names Mrs Charmion Bodies. The remainder discusses Justice Black and Douglas on free speech and anti-Communist laws, plus Subversive Activities Control Act implications for party members and prosecutions looming as cases proceed before federal courts.
Khrushchev erases Stalin from Moscow painting artwork gains fame
The Wall Street Journal notes Khrushchev’s removal of Stalin from a Metropole Hotel mural in Moscow. Lenin remains in the scene reading his writings to an empty chair as Stalin vanishes, prompting art-world chatter and potential collector interest.
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N. Khrushchev
George Orwell
J. Stalin
Moscow
Metropole
V. Lenin
Khrushchev
Central Committee
Stalin
Out-of-town motorist challenged by town sheriff
A speeding motorist from a proud Virginia family quarrels with a small town sheriff who denies arresting him for any noble lineage. The sheriff retorts that they are not arresting him for breedin purposes.
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Virginia
Women’s Direct Action Project urges nonviolent path on nuclear war
Mrs. Stephen W. Sharmat, leader of the Women's Direct Action Project, says they are not politicians or experts but urge men to seek an alternative nonviolent solution to nuclear war. They acknowledge not knowing all answers yet stress that nuclear war is not the answer.
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Stephen W. Sharmat
Women’s Direct Action Project
Castro
Cuba
Laos
South
Vietnam
Lumumbists
Congo
U.N
Katanga
Best Answer to Rightists Is Cold War Victories
The column argues that McCarthyism arose from public unease over Cold War events including Czechoslovakia, Korea, and Berlin and notes Eisenhower and Kennedy eras shaped the public mood. It warns that right wing extremism will grow if the U.S. cannot reverse the Communist tide and dampen fear.
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Czechoslovakia
Europe
China
Berlin
Korea
Eisenhower
FBI
Ike
Harry Truman
Kennedy
Congo
Laos
South Vietnam
Khrushchev
Florida
U. S
Cuba
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Edward Murrow
Truman
J. Edgar Hoover
Hibernation Promise May Lengthen Human Life
The National Geographic Society notes true hibernation is not simple deep sleep but a suspended life state. While scientists see only a slim chance of inducing it in humans, bats show possible lifespans of 20 life times, or about 1 400 years, with dormant humans needing far less food and oxygen.
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National Geographic Society
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