Editorial on Ford Foundation's 1960s global aims and risks
The Ford Foundation plans to broaden its impact in less developed nations and strengthen Atlantic partnerships while funding urban living improvements and educational innovation at home. It will also expand arts support, focusing on neglected public needs, yet risks shaping culture and values through its concentrated, private influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edsel Ford
Ford Foundation
Canada
Foundation
Lloyd’s of London
Forest Fire Hazard Warns in Dry Summer Weather
Roy Marsden notes exceptionally dry conditions raise forest fire risk. He cites dead fish from high temperatures and low water, urges careful campfire practices after a June 28 blaze in the Long Trail area. He also shares two educational booklets on outdoor cooking and safety from Joe Bates Jr. and Nestle/Sterno publishers.
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Farm Journal
Frantz
Upper Burgess Road
Joe Bates JR
Longmeadow
Mass
Mr. Bates
America
Nestle Company, Inc
White Plains
N.Y
The Dandelion and The Spray Controversy
The New Yorker pieces by Rachel Carson spark garden centered debate on spraying to curb pests. The piece argues for avoiding poisons that harm birds and bees and suggests digging or removing dandelions as safer control methods in backyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Carson
The
New Yorker
Official Prayers in Vermont Schools Sparks Deliberation
The Caledonian Record weighs Supreme Court ruling on official prayers and Bible readings in public classrooms. The 6 1 ruling warns government not to compose prayers, urging preservation of nonsectarian public education and separation of church and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Vermont
Hugo Black
Europe
Supreme Court School Prayer Ruling Threatens College Aid Plan
As debate over the High Court decision on school prayer cools, experts warn the conference committee may abandon the college support package. Senate proposes 900 million in scholarships plus 50 million for public junior colleges and 300 million for construction. House offers 180 million annual grants and 120 million loans, omitting scholarships.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
House
Abraham Lincoln
Cornell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atomic Energy Commission
Notre Dame University
Operation of Boyle's Law (Tracy's That Is) Shown
New York AP recalls a father's long running battle over his daughter Tracy Ann's weekly allowance. The tale tracks her growing demands from 50 cents at age seven to a dollar at nine with piggy bank savings and parental concessions. The narrator jokes about future teen asks and plans to share Social Security with Tracy.
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Boyle
Tracy
New York
Tracy Ann
Susie
Markie
Mark Stumpf
Sam
Stop the Cold War Options Face Two Paths
Quotes from Hugh Seton Watson and Alf M. Landon present two routes to ending the cold war. Watson argues Soviet aims must change or the West concede. Landon warns economies must embrace free market competition or accept government control.
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Hugh Seton Watson
Russia
Alf M. Landon
Washington, D.C
Bar Association
Kennedy praises Foreign Service amid heat of criticism
Washington AP report says President Kennedy defended diplomats from the State Department to 3,700 Foreign Service officers. Historians note improved quality of U.S. diplomacy since McCarthy era, with Kennedy appointing many career officials to top posts while sometimes naming outsiders for key capitals.
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Washington
Pres Dent Kennedy
State Department
Foreign Service
Joseph McCarthy
John Foster Dulles
McCarthy
New York Times
Diplomatic Service
Kennedy
Dulles
White House
Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
Moscow
Bonn
Rome
London
Paris
New Delhi
Dean Rusk
Hugh Alexis Johnson
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Bennington
Saskatchewan College OF Physicians and Surgeons
Maron
Rod and
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Remington Arms
Pany
Sterno
P.O
Grand Central Station
N. Y
St. Johnsbury Caledonian Record
Marquis Childs
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Smith
Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
World Today
James Marlow
Norman A. Graebner
John Randolph
Randolph
Edward Livingston
President Jackson
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