Brasilia’s Bold Gamble Brings Brazil to Financial Brink
The article notes Brasilia built as a grand national project under Juscelino Kubitschek costs over $1 billion and strains Brazil’s finances. It describes the modernist capital’s stark architecture, its shantytown pioneers, and ambivalent hopes for moving industry inland from Rio de Janeiro.
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United Press International
New Delhi
Canberra
Chandigarh
Islamabad
Brasilia
Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek
South America
N H Lakes Iceless After a Hard Winter
Concord AP reports most New Hampshire lakes and ponds have shed ice with First Lake at Pittsburgh last to clear. The Lake of the Clouds on Mt. Washington may keep ice for about 30 days, per Appalachian Mountain Club hut master George Hamilton.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Division of Economic Development
Pittsburgh
Mt. Washington
George Hamilton
Appalachian Mountain Club
Laos Bridge Link of Rice to Food Short Communists
The piece describes Laos as a pivotal but poor bridge to rice for hungry Communists in China and North Vietnam amid Cold War tensions. It emphasizes the strategic value over wealth.
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Laos
China
Viet Nam
Tle
Southeast Asia
Burma
Thailand
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Saigon
United States
Dick Van Dyke Show Wins Renewal After Viewer Shortfall
The Dick Van Dyke Show narrowly survives for another season after a price and sponsor rethink. Star Dick Van Dyke says the show needed 10 million viewers but drew about eight, influencing sponsor decisions and renewal timing on Wednesday nights against Perry Como. The piece also touches on Laos with context on geography, politics, and war in Southeast Asia.
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Dick van Dyke
Iffy
Perry Como
Bedford Standard-Times Wins Public Service Plaque
The New Bedford Standard-Times received the Sevellon Brown Memorial Public Service plaque from NEAP NEA for its waterways project coverage. Rep. William Cramer spoke at Ft Banks as J Richard Early accepted the award for the paper’s investigative series.
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Boston
New Bedford
Mass
Standard - Times
Sevellon Brown
New England Associated Press News Executives Association
Neapnea
William Cramer
R-Fla
House
Massachusetts
J.richard Early
Standard Times
Edward B. Simmons
Massachusetts Division of Waterways
Ft. Banks
Connecticut
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Cramer
Wes Sprange
Pawtucket
R.I
Norwich Trinity College Glee Clubs Plan Joint Concert
Norwich University Glee Club and Trinity College Glee Club of Burlington announce a 3:30 p.m. concert Sunday at the Norwich Armory. No admission charge. Norwich Brass Ensemble will accompany and perform separately. Trinity’s Dorothy Hunt directs the Trinity group. Borowicz leads the Norwich program.
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Northfield
Norwich University Glee Club
Trinity College Glee Club
Burlington
Jon Borowicz
Norwich Armory
South Main Street
Trinity Girls
Dorothy B. Hunt
Norwich Brass Ensemble
Borowicz
Martin Shaw
Buxtehude
Delius
Lerner and Lowe
Trinity Group
Norwich
Air Force Launches Secret Satellite From Vandenberg
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California the Air Force launched another secret satellite Tuesday. The military craft appears to be part of the Discoverer series amid limited details on its mission and payload.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Vermont 17th in pledging federal road funds
Vermont ranks 17th among states in pledging federal road funds, per a Bureau of Public Roads letter quoted by Highway Commissioner Russell A. Holden. Through 1961 and the first quarter of 1962 Vermont allocated $46.5 million for road projects, about 71 percent of available federal funds, with Rhode Island the only New England state higher at 76 percent.
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Montpelier
Russell A. Holden
Vermont
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Holden
Rhode Island
New England
Vermont Friend of Dijilas Concerned Over His Health
Stoyan Christowe, Macedonian-born author and friend of Milovan Djilas, fears the jailed Yugoslav critic’s health will worsen after a five year sentence for divulging state secrets. Christowe notes Djilas has a severe stomach ulcer and questions how he will endure prison life.
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Vermont
Dijilas
Stoyan Christowe
Milovan Djilas
Christowe
Djilas
New York Times
Stalin
United States
Christone
Medical society leader argues for physician accountability
Dr. William E. Badger of Hobbs, retiring president of the New Mexico Medical Society, urged during the 80th annual meeting that medicine must accept controls and accountability. He said physicians should criticize and judge fellow practitioners when necessary.
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Hobbs
N.M
The
New Mexico Medical Society
William E. Badger
Understanding child behavior from pediatric guidance
A parent may mislabel unheeded requests as defiance. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that children may be confused by expectations or conditioned not to obey, leading to misinterpretation of disobedience as stubbornness.
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Chicago
UPI
American Academy of Pediatrics
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