Punctuating the Year with a Labor Day Reflection
A reflective piece on Labor Day marking the shift from summer to fall. It notes the holiday origin with the Knights of Labor, state adoption timelines, and national recognition. The column surveys schools opening, travel congestion, and outdoor life, urging a pause for rest and a push to enjoy outdoor furniture and lingering summer tasks.
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Noble Order of the Knights of Labor
Colorado
Massachusetts
United States Congress
Herald Tribune Names Maine Man To Editorial Page
Dwight E. Sargent of Pembroke Maine will edit the Herald Tribune editorial page. The Portland Maine papers and Nieman Fellow at Harvard are noted credentials. Sargent was announced in London by Ambassador John Hays Whitney and in New York by Robert M. White II.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Dwight E. Sargent
Sargent
Pembroke
Mass
Portland
Maine
London
John Hays Whitney
Robert M. White II
The
Herald Tribune
Conley College
Waterville
Biddeford
Journal
New Bedford
Standard Times
Portland Papers
Nieman
Harvard University
Fisherman Flips 44-Pound Striped Bass on Rhode Island Beach
Dr Donald Johnson of Cranston swam at a SOUTH KINGSTOWN beach when a 44 pound striped bass brushed his leg. He grabbed the fish by the tail and flipped it onto the sand after a brief struggle. He weighed the catch and debated whether to stuff or eat it.
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South Kingstown
Donald Johnson
Cranston
Johnson
Sam Neua: A landscape of beauty and looming war
The Laos town of Sam Neua sits in a narrow valley ringed by mountains and an air strip. Refugees crowd its riverfront, yet locals remain calm as North Vietnamese invasion looms five miles away. The town serves as Laos army base amid scattered posts and jungle fortifications.
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Sam Wneua
Southeast Asia
Sam Neua
Sam N
Viet Nam
Laos
Thailand
China
Amkha
Sam Neva
Eruptions on Indian border loom beyond international order
The piece argues that the Indian frontier and Laog eruptions matter because Red China lies outside the existing world order. It notes tense Soviet Chinese ties, the isolation of China, and the risk of relying on the Soviet Union to manage the Chinese revolution while urging cautious talks with Khrushchev to pursue a Berlin modus vivendi to help contain China.
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Red
China
Laog
Soviet Union
United Nations
Red China
Asia
United States
Mr. Khrushchev
Europe
South Asia
Hynes Eyes Kennedy Campaign Push for Nationwide Support
Boston Mayor John B. Hynes plans to back Senator John F. Kennedy for president in 1960. He mailed letters to 25,000 top Democrats urging Kennedy’s nomination and cited polls showing Kennedy as the strongest nationwide candidate. Hynes, retiring this year, may assist Kennedy’s pre convention effort but did not commit to a campaign role.
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Boston
UPI
John B. Hynes
U. S
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Democratic National
Massachusetts
Hynes
Richard Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Sen. Kennedy
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Pittsfield Supply
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Joseph Alsop
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Merry
WBEC
Moscow
Peiping
Russia
By Walter Lippmann
Germany
NATO
Shearson, Hammill & Co
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Pittsfield
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Wall Street
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