Smooth Transition of Power in India Foreseen by Ex-envoy John Galbraith
Cambridge Massachusetts AP reports John Kenneth Galbraith, Harvard economist and former ambassador to India, predicts a smooth transition when Nehru steps down. He cites possible successors Lal Bahadur Shastri Kamraj Nadar and Indira Gandhi, noting continuity with United States policy and Kennedy era aid boosts Indian leadership expectations.
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India
John Galbraith
Cambridge, Mass
Nehru
John Kenneth Galbraith
But Galbraith
Harvard
England
United States
Galbraith
Harvard Square
U. S.-India
John F. Kennedy
Congress Party
Lal Bahadur Shastri
New Delhi
Shastri
Russia
Madras
Kamraj Nadar
Nadar
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Kennedy
Soviet Fishing Sparks New International Tensions
A Senate Commerce Committee task force warns that rapidly expanding Soviet fishing fleets are moving into United States and other nations’ waters, creating a dangerous new source of conflict. The report, prepared for Chairman Warren G. Magnuson, describes Russian fleets as prowling and ravenous and cautions that continued expansion would cause further havoc to fishery resources and raise tensions.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
America
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
United States
Composer Marc Blitzstein Killed in Martinique Crash
Marc Blitzstein the operatic and theatrical composer died in a car crash on Martinique in the West Indies at age 58. He had been there since November 1 for swimming and composing, leaving several operas unfinished including Sacco and Vanzetti slated for the Metropolitan Opera House. Born March 2 1905 in Philadelphia, Blitzstein studied at Penn, Curtis, and Berlin. He rose to fame with The Cradle Will Rock and No for an Answer, and spent time at Tanglewood in 1951 with Leonard Bernstein.
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New York
Marc Blitzstein
Martinique
West Indies
Blitzstein
Marc Blitzstein Was
South Philadelphia
Samuel M. Blitzstein
Anna Levitt
Pelitastein
Offenbach
Mendelssohn
West Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Curtis Institute
Akademie der Kunste
Berlin
Philadelphia
Eva Goldbeck
Edward Goldbeck
Lina Arabanell
Mr. Blitzstein
New York City Opera Company
Tanglewood
Leonard Bernstein
No Bricks for Kelly Statue Base in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia art commission rules out a brick pedestal for a statue honoring the late John B. Kelly, father of Princess Grace of Monaco. The base must be black granite, rejecting sculptor Harry Rosin's brick proposal for the Olympic sculler famed for his rowing.
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Philadelphia
The
Art Commission
John B. Kelly
Kelly
Princess Grace
Monaco
Harry Rosin
Supplementary data on Soviet economics supplied to committee
Prepared for the committee by Leon M. Herman specialist in Soviet economics at the Library of Congress. Supplementary data was supplied by Prof N T Ziekeev of the library s science and technology division and by William F. Royce director of the Fisheries Research Institute at the University of Washington.
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Leon M. Herman
Library of Congress
Prof
N.T. Zikeev
Library
Science and Technology
William F. Royce
Fisheries Research Institute
University of Washington
Indicted Ad Agency Pushed Worthless Diet Pills
A Brooklyn grand jury charged Eastor Hilton Chesley Clifford and Atherton Inc plus Drug Research Corp and New Drug Institute with fraud for a multimillion campaign promoting Regimen diet pills. The firms allegedly rigged demonstrations and falsified tests to sell about four million boxes valued at sixteen million dollars. Arraignment set for next Thursday in Brooklyn federal court.
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New York
Brooklyn
Eastor, Hilton, Chesley, Clifford and Atherton, ‘Inc
U.S
Madison Avenue
Drug Research Corp
John Andreadis
Saul Miklean
New Drug Institute
Arthur D. Herrick
Brooklyn Federal Court
Poliner
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Gamwell
Gamwell Coal CO
Fourth St. Tel
General Electric
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