Womb Like Unit and Lone Americans in a Material World
Editor notes excerpted from The Sunday Times of London examining how American homes embody security through gadgets and credit. The piece contrasts isolation of the lone individual with the warmth of a large, consumer-driven family, arguing material abundance shapes national identity and global perception. A brief San Francisco item reports Coast Guard skindivers saving taxpayers by swapping cutter propellers in minutes, with 1962 figures.
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U.S
United States
New York
Toledo
U.S.A
San Francisco
Coast Guard
John Ginsburg
Paul Houk
Ed Hanson
Richard Boron
Corregidor Surrender Shaped Early War Strategy
Army Col. Burton R. Brown recalls the Corregidor surrender as a pivotal moment marking America’s weakest wartime position in the Pacific. He describes brutal Japanese bombardment, scant rations, and the sense of not being abandoned by the United States amid long captivity.
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U.S
Army
Burton R. Brown
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Philippines
Pacific
West Pointer Brown
Erie
Pentagon
Manila Harbor
George F. Moore
Bataan
Brown
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Kenya votes this month for first home rule regime
Nearly 3 million Kenya tribesmen and about 60,000 white residents will vote May 18 to 26 to elect a first home rule government. Three African nationalist parties KADU KANU and APP contend amid fears of land grabs and ethnic tension.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Congo
National Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
East Africa
Kenya African Democratic Union
KADU
Ronald Ngala
Kenya African National Union
KANU
Mau Mau
Jomo Kenyatta
Rican People’s Party
APP
Paul Ngei
Africa Rifles
Ngei
Granite shipment from Sweden and Finland reaches Portland port
An 80 ton shipment of Swedish and Finnish granite arrived in Portland on the Swedish freighter Sparreholm destined for Vermont. The owner was not disclosed. Maine and Vermont are noted for fine native granite. In another item, Pennsylvania State University reports a research program with over 2000 projects and about 3000 scientists and scholars.
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Portland
Maine
Vermont
Sparreholm
University Park, Pa
UPI
Pennsylvania State University
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Sunday Times of London
Susan Cooper
America
State Department
Washington
Lucy
North Street
South ST. Bennington
Marty-Moore
Sage ST
NO. Bennington
Edward J. Dwight Jr
Sue
Tina
Edward III
Oakland
Calif
Clyde Dennis
Dwight
Kansas City
Kan
Edwards Air Force Base
Peter
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Elm ST
Newcastle
Zenith Hoa
Langton
Hunt Street
Williams
Bennington
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