Handcuffing the Hoffa Editorial Warns Union Funds Misused
The court ruling limits union officers from using dues to fund their defences against fraud charges. Hoffa and allies spent large sums from the treasury over five years, while members tolerant of this behavior. The piece argues unions should be run democratically with accountability to members.
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Treasury
Teamsters Union
U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffas
Dave Becks
A Swede Looks At the U S Economy
Gunnar Myrdal the Swedish economist argues the United States should tax foreign aid by emphasizing shared burdens with wealthy Europeans and urges drastic anti-poverty programs. He calls for abandoning balanced budgets, public works, slum clearance, and tax cuts for business with concessions on wages for a year and a half.
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Gunnar Myrdal
Belgium
France
Italy
Myrdal
Brussels
Paris
Rome
Bennington
Pittsburgh
Rutland
Russia
Our Daughter Joins the Union
A family discusses their 17 year old daughter joining Local No. 2 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Allied Workers. They note the closed shop summer job, mention organizing sausage makers and other trades, and question how the union verifies truth on the application about communism while expressing wary humor.
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AFL
S.g.t
Local No. 2
Caesar
Shepilov
Toward Self-Government in Backward Peoples
The piece argues that true self-government is hard to achieve in Asia Africa and Latin America and links progress to mass living standards and reform. It cites Congo Algeria and Southeast Asia emphasizing great power influence and the need for U.N. support and potential constitutional reform to sustain the United Nations.
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Peru
Algeria
Congo
Viet Nam
Asia
Africa
Americas
Latin America
Argentina
Alliance For Progress
United States
Caribbean
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Soviet Union
NATO
Adoula
Leopoldville
Tshombe
Katanga
Great Britain
Belgium
London
Brussels
Washington
France
Southeast Asia
Russia
America
South
Red China
Kennedy speech on reverse freedom rides draws criticism
The piece notes a garbled exchange at a presidential press conference about segregation experts and Kennedy's impromptu remarks. It highlights terse quotes on public attention, regional movement, housing and employment worries, and a defense of New Orleans reputation. It also mentions newspaper quips on spelling Caroline and a quip about women keeping secrets.
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
The Pets Who Came to Dinner
A mother recalls decades of family pets from rabbits and turtles to a beagle puppy and a dishwasher trapped cat. The piece notes the challenge of pet raising, pet shop rabbits, and a vigilant dog rabbit chase, ending with a long history of dogs including a Dalmatian and a tiny pinscher, and a nod to avoiding a goat.
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Mother
Kipling
The Ideal Husband and Why HeRemains Elusive
Hal Boyle surveys the notion of the perfect mate through women’s fantasies of a flawless husband. He lists ideal traits such as constant devotion and grand gestures, then questions whether any real man can satisfy these demands. The piece blends humor with social observation on marriage.
Quotes on education and committee pleasures spark debate
John H. Fischer warns that teaching communism as opposite to democracy confuses students about Soviet history and appeal. Sen Thruston B Morton jokes about a delightful committee and Senate baths making re election easier, amid remarks on tax exemptions.
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Russia
John H. Fischer
Columbia University
Teachers College
Senate
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Senate Finance Committee
Letter warns of fallout risk to Albany area children
A reader cites Dr. Ralph Lapp warning that 1953 Nevada nuclear tests may have exposed about 10 000 Albany Troy Schenectady area children to iodine-131 via milk. The letter urges halting Nevada tests, monitoring milk iodine-131, accelerating federal research, and surveying past test hotspots.
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Albany-Troy- Schenectady
Nevada
Ralph Lapp
Utah State University
Lapp
Simon
Troy - Albany - Schenectady
Nevada Test Site
Herbert M. Clark
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute At
Troy
Letter to editor on Medicare defeat and 1963 coverage
Byron A. Harrington of Bennington denounces AMA and insurance opposition to the King-Anderson Medicare bill defeated 52 to 48 in Congress. He predicts Medicare via Social Security in 1963 and appeals to voters to expect coverage for those not in Social Security.
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Manhattan
Palm Beach
Isle of Capri
Congress
Senate
American Medical Association
Gerald L. K. Smith
AMA
Great Dane Lost Prompt Calls In Meat Dept
A loud supermarket loudspeaker blares a desperate plea to locate a missing Great Dane in the meat department. The remark is quoted by Bill Gold in a Washington Post and Times Herald feature.
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Meat Department
Tom Bell
Bill Gold
Washington Post & Times Herald
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The
Bennington Banner
U.S
By Walter Lippmann
Moscow
World Court
U.N
Gaza Strip
General Assembly
Holyoke Transcript
New Orleans
Caroline
Belhaven
N.C
Post & Herald
Uncle Mat
Hal Boyle
New York
Timbuktu
Dr. Lapp
the Public Health Service
Federal Radiation Council
Sheila Malloy
Henderson Road
Williamstown
Mass
Benner
Byron A. Harrington
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