Frost Library Dedication at Amherst Honors Robert Frost and Art
President John F. Kennedy spoke at Amherst College dedicating the Robert Frost Library. Three thousand attendees heard Kennedy and Archibald MacLeish praise artists for shaping national spirit and warned power without restraint harms liberty. The address urged free artistic vision, national renewal through culture, and rewarding achievement in the arts.
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Robert Frost
America
Amherst
Archibald MacLeish
Librarian of
Congress
Kennedy
United States
John F. Kennedy
Amherst College
Calvin H. Plimpton
Robert Frost Memorial
Democratic ideals and responsibility for the nation
The speaker urges expanding cultural opportunities for all citizens and calls for a respected, civilized America. He emphasizes art free of ideology, the duty of graduates to reinvest talent in society, and the need to create 10 million jobs while leading in world relations. He stresses racial and creed harmony and diversity as essential to freedom.
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America
Free World
News Secrecy Said on Rise
Chicago reports that a journalist committee files a 1963 finding criticizing the Defense Department for secrecy. The Sigma Delta Chi group faults several agencies and Congress for spreading secrecy over government records, especially on spending, accusing McNamara and Sylvester of creating an oligarchy of information control.
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Chicago
Advancement of Freedom of Information Committee
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalistic Society
Defense Department
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Arthur Sylvester
Department of Defense
Westinghouse IUE Pact Backed by Muncie Local
In Pittsburgh on Saturday Westinghouse Electric Corp reached a three year wage contract with the International Union of Electrical Workers ending the threat of a companywide strike. In Muncie Indiana 600 Local 917 members voted to continue their 10 day strike over seniority rights while talks continue. The pact mirrors a General Electric agreement and increases include an immediate 44 cent hourly raise and a 7 cent raise starting April 19 1963. The deal adds vacation time for certain service years and enhances hospital life insurance and layoff benefits while preserving seniority for all service years. The company still negotiates with UE and IBEW unions.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse ‘Electric Corp
International Union of Electrical Workers
HUE
IDE
Westinghouse Transfromer
Muncie
Ind
Westinghouse
TUE
General Electric Co
IUE
Westinghouse Conference Board
United Electrical Workers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Fulbright Urges Full Foreign Aid Budget
Senator William J. Fulbright urges passage of the full 4.2 billion dollar foreign aid program, warning that deep cuts would risk foreign policy. He chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as debate opens, with final action hoped by weekend and amendments expected to tighten eligibility standards. The measure exceeds the House approved 3.5 billion, though Kennedy asked for 4.5 billion.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Group
House
Kennedy
Bolivian Leader Heads to Mexico After U.S. Stop
Bolivia's President Victor Paz Estenssoro and his cabinet wrapped a U.S. visit with talks in Washington and a Disneyland stop in Los Angeles before flying to Mexico City. They previously met with President Kennedy in Washington and toured San Francisco.
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Mexico Los Angeles
UPI
Victor Paz Testenssoro
Bolivia
Mexico City
United States
Disneyland Amusement Park
San Francisco
Washington, D.C
Kennedy
Crash Kills Four in Chino California Teens Die
Four Southern California teenagers were killed when their car lost control, plummeted over a 50 foot embankment, and landed 10 feet up in a tree. The Sunday crash occurred in Chino, with UPI reporting the fatalities.
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Chino, Calif
Pasadena Quakes Report a Sequence of Shocks
At least 20 earthquakes rattled the Pasadena area and surrounding Southern California, eight strong enough to cause damage, with no damages reported. Seismologist Dr. Charles Richter of Caltech said shocks centered within an 180 mile radius of Los Angeles.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
California
Charles Richter
California Institute of Technology
Los Angeles
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Woolworth’s
Inc
Pittsfield Association of
Jager Rd
Ion
Oak Street
Lincoln
Pittsfield
Mass
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