Anti-Business Label Misleading in Kennedy Era Debate
The Bennington Banner argues that claims of an anti business stance by the Kennedy administration are unfounded. It notes President Kennedy wooed business groups, backed private enterprise in satellites, and faced stock market declines for reasons beyond anti business policy. The piece cites Wall Street trends and inflation fears as the real factors.
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Wall Street
Kennedy
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Harvard
Dillon
Treasury
Hodges
Commerce
White House
Walter Lippmann
Old Dishonor Not Yet Lifted From American Indians
The Times highlights ongoing injustice toward American Indians, noting unequal policing and discrimination against Indians attempting assimilation. It cites Pine Ridge and Rapid City shacks lacking water and sanitation, while tribes struggle with broken promises and land losses despite efforts by groups like the Association on American Indian Affairs to awaken public conscience.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
Custer
Little Big Horn
Dakotas
Times
James Fenimore Cooper
Happy Hunting Grounds
South Dakota
Senate
Pine Ridge
S.D
Rapid City
Nelson Miles
Plains
The
Association On American Indian Affairs
Thant’s Ten Year Plan Aims Low but Far Reaching
Secretary General U Thant proposes a decade long program to lift more than a billion people in Asia and Africa from extreme poverty by raising average incomes by five percent. He urges universal cooperation and giving spirit, not political or financial motives, as the UN seeks to reduce hunger and unrest.
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U Thant
Thant
Asia
Africa
United Nations
Civil Rights Unit Seen as Permanent Massachusetts Asset
The Massachusetts Civil Rights Division in the attorney general’s office, created in 1959 by McCormack, earns bipartisan support to become permanent. The panel’s work on fair housing and employment spurs widespread imitation, backed by lawmakers, NAACP Boston chapter, prison association, and law school deans. The group credits Gerald Berlin for its results and cites the recent Supreme Court ruling on private housing discrimination as a milestone.
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Massachusetts
McCormack
Legislative Committee On State Administration
United Prison Association
Boston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Erwin R. Griswold
Harvard
Leading bankers view Kennedy policies as harmful to business
A survey of more than 50 leading bankers nationwide finds near unanimous belief that Kennedy policies hurt business and threaten economic confidence. Attendee remarks at a luncheon with Robert F. Kennedy hint at cautious openness to cooperation between government and finance to avoid a recession.
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Kennedy
Kennedy Brothers
Teddy
Bobby
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Elsie the Cow and the Luxurious Life Behind Dairy Ad Magic
A nostalgic piece on Elsie the Jersey cow, mascot of the dairy industry, her lavish Freedomland residence in New York City, and the advertising world that keeps her in the public eye. It notes multiple past Elsies, Elmer the mate, Calves Larabee and Lobelia, and references to World’s Fair history and market culture.
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Chicago
O’leary
America
Elsie
Miss Rheingold
Elmer
Beulah
Beauregard
Mahatma
Mehitable
Larabee
Lobelia
Billy Rose
Albany
N. Y
Vermont
Vassar
Freedomland
New York City
William Pahlmann
Duchess of Windsor
Waldorf Astoria
Wall Street
Balancing the Budget Debate Opens New Fiscal Questions
The article introduces a national budget debate as Congress and the public reassess federal spending and deficits. It notes the administrative budget covers only part of fiscal activity, excluding programs like Social Security, which still drive economic impact through workers' deductions and recipients' spending.
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Kennedy
Treasury
Congress
Budget Bureau
Uncle Sam
Invidiously Unbalanced State Voting Systems Debate Rages
Supreme Court agreed to hear a Georgia county unit challenge as urban and rural voters seek fairer representation. The case may shape state reapportionment rules and echoes the U S Electoral College variance. Maryland, Alabama, and other states push reforms amid court actions and political clashes.
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Supreme Court
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Georgia
Democratic Party of Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court
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Bennington Banner
Loin T
Louis Fast DisPatch
New York Times
Troy
N.Y
Berkshire
George Boaz
Johns Hopkins University
Business
Stewart Udall
Fred Seaton
Estes Kefauver
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
By Sam Dawson
Washington
Europe
Raymond J. Crowley
Associated Press
Alaska
Maryland
House of Delegates
Sen
O. Bowie Duckett
Alabama
John Patterson
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