Domestic Peace Corps project underway aims for 500 by midsummer
Washington AP reports a new domestic peace corps concept dubbed Bobby Kennedy's baby. A study group plans pilot projects in New York City South Dakota Massachusetts Kentucky and California seeking 200 to 500 corpsmen by midsummer to work with migrant families, schools, mental health and community development.
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Radio Free Europe Fight Against Communism
A call to support Radio Free Europe urges readers to donate. The text frames 80 million Eastern Europeans as oppressed by Communism and credits Radio Free Europe with delivering truths through 28 transmitters. It highlights private American funding and appeals for contributions to strengthen the anti communist effort.
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Romania
Radio Free Europe
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Clemson Admits First Negro Student Entering Campus
Clemson College prepared to enroll Harvey Gantt 20 the Negro architectural student as the state moves to be last in the nation to integrate public schools. State police in plain clothes aided by highway patrolmen protected the campus amid calls for peace after the U.S. 4th Circuit directed admission. Gantt planned to enroll in the afternoon with his father and attorney present.
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Brotherhood of Man
Christopher Gantt
Charleston Navy Yard
Matthew J. Perry
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Clemson
U.S. Supreme Court
Donald S. Russell
A. W
Red) Bethea
Dillon
California Republicans clash with Birch Society over control
In Los Angeles, California Young Republicans head Harry J. Keaton accuses the John Birch Society of trying to take over Republican groups including the Volunteer California Republican Assembly and women's clubs. Birch Council member Paul H. Talbert calls for more homework and defends constitutional Americanism amid intra party divisions.
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National Council
Variety list of 1962 top film earners titled West Side Story leads
Hollywood reports from Variety rank 1962 film grosses with West Side Story at 19 million, Spartacus 14 million, El Cid 11.5 million, Doris Day titles Lover Come Back and That Touch of Mink at 8.5 million, plus titles like King of Kings and Music Man in the top list.
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Hawaii
Mr. Hobbs
Woolen Mills Closes Hit Yale Michigan Hard
Yale Michigan faces economic fear as the Woolen Mills, sole local industry employing 300 workers and supporting a 1 million dollar payroll, closes amid long term competition from imports and synthetic fibers. Town wrestles with tax and infrastructure needs including a 400000 sewage plant, a 1 million school bond vote, and rising strain on residents.
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Yale, Mich
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Andrea
Donald Winkler
Textile Workers Union of America
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Yale
Port Huron
State Health Department
Tree Farm System Enters 1963 With Large Base
Washington (UPI) The American tree farm system ends 1962 with about 25 000 tree farmers and 60 500 000 acres certified as tree farms The system has increased sixfold over the past decade according to the American Tree Farmer and Forestry Direct.
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UPI
American Tree Farm
American Tree Farmer and Forestry Direct
Electronic-Age Dog Obeys Walkie Talkie
Mucho the police dog in Alexandria can be commanded via a walkie talkie attached to his harness. Pvt. Eugene Yoakum demonstrates the dog’s responsive sit, stay, and come actions from 40 feet away, marking a novel training method for the K 9 unit.
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Mucho
Eugene Yoakum
Alexandria
Yoakum
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K-9
Cecil Kesler
K-9-1
Disarmament Would Pose Severe Problems In Replacing $50 Billion Defense Outlay
Washington AP reports disarmament could trigger economic chaos but may be manageable. It would stop or cut defense production affecting 6.5 million workers and 100 billion annual federal spending, reshaping jobs, markets, and civilian needs nationwide.
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U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
United States
Kefauver Opens Probe Into Identical Bids in Industry
Sen. Estes Kefauver announced a new inquiry by the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee into pricing practices in the electrical equipment manufacturing sector. He said rivals bidding to supply the Tennessee Valley Authority submitted identical bids within a hundredth of a cent, while noting such bids do not prove price fixing.
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee Democrat
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Kefauver
U.S
Bishop Swain Plans to Stop Church Wine Making
Nashville bishop Bernard Swain, a 6 foot 4 inch self ordained Negro spiritualist who meditated in a coffin, says he will stop making wine in church coffeepots and begin buying holy wine after a Nash ville court fined him 50 dollars for fasting and meditation to resolve the moonshine dispute.
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Tenn
St. Psalm
Bernard Swain
PSU economists study property values around highway construction
University Park researchers at Pennsylvania State University with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads study how property values change before and after major highway projects. The findings will feed a national data bank of such information.
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UPI
Pennsylvania State University
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
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