McNamara eyes new lease for Portsmouth Yard
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara visited the Portsmouth Navy Yard and urged cost cuts to make government facilities competitive with private ownership. He signaled the yard could avoid shutdown if efficiency improves, while stressing management responsibility to fix production issues and reduce wasted materials. The White House backs the push to lower costs, though no long term guarantee of continued operation is given.
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kittery Yard
McNamara
Navy Department
White House
Portsmouth
Rally Around the Grand Old Game of Baseball
An appeal calls on every American kid to rally to baseball, praising its role as both sport and business, a social equalizer, and a source of emotional release. It urges attending games or watching broadcasts, joking that if anger is needed it should be directed at an umpire.
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Joe Miller
Penn Station
Grand Central Terminal
Empire State Building
New York City
Ruth Millett
Country boys in orbit in Gemini flight picks
Air Force Maj. Virgil I. Grissom and St. Cmdr. John W. Young were named to lead the first Gemini mission later this year. Both describe themselves as country boys who enjoy woods and family style meals, though their selection rests on capabilities beyond folksiness.
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Air Force
Maj
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
St. Cmdr
John W. Young
Grissom
Young
Proposals For The Draft Review In Congress
Congress explores alternatives to the draft despite the law not expiring until 1967. Rep. Curtis seeks a joint committee to study options while Sen. Keating calls for a presidential commission to propose a better system. Military leaders cite manpower shortfalls and high costs of training under the draft.
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Congress
Thomas B. Curtis
Missouri
Joint
Congressional Committee
Kenneth Keating
New York
Armed Services
Serenity grows as wealth eases American worries
A psychiatrist marking the 10th anniversary of tranquilizers says Americans are calmer due to rising living standards and lower tensions among the wealthy. He notes the belief that affording a psychiatrist means there is little to worry about reflects a broader comfort with wealth and health.
Arlington dropout study raises national interest
Washington reports a survey of 348 Arlington County junior and senior high school dropouts from 1962 and 1963. Findings show many come from homes with educated parents, family breakdown, inconsistent discipline, and low self image, with high emotional instability among boys and substantial marriage rates among girls.
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Ray Cromley
Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Washington
Arlington County
Virginia
Arlington
United States
Nior High
Boyle's Column Tips on New York cabbies
HAL BOYLE offers light guides for visitors to the World's Fair on how to deal with New York cab drivers. He describes their Brooklynese speech, dress, vanity, singing, humor, and blind spots about landmarks. He notes rain drives cabs off duty, advises three familiar destinations, warns against sharing ailments, and jokes about tipping and adoption to please drivers.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Travel market seeks untapped American travel potential
Travel industry analysis shows Americans spent 20 billion on travel last year with 17.4 billion inside the United States. Yet 80 million Americans took no trips beyond 200 miles, and many lack plane or hotel use. ASTA cites broad untapped opportunities for domestic and international travel growth amid mixed balance of payments effects.
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New York
United States
American Society of Travel Agents
The
United
ASTA
U.S
American Express Co
Hollywood News Stand Serves World in One Corner
In Hollywood the Universal News Agency run by Simon Fanstein and Walter Spile has sold papers for 25 years. The stand draws people from cooks to hotel staff to musicians and stars. They stock 590 papers and rely on non-returnables. profits come from out-of-town newspapers and art magazines. Rain cuts sales but curb shoppers keep the stand busy.
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Hollywood
Las Palmas Avenue
Hollywood Boulevard
Fry
Fanstein
Globe
Perry Mason
Raymond Burr
Memoirs of a Newsman by Ray mond Swing reviewed
Ray mond Swing's memoir offers a vivid tour of 20th century media with many famous names. The volume combines humor and humility as Swing recounts his rapid rise and world affairs views, while acknowledging some pompous moments.
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Raymond Swing
Harcourt, Brace & World
Swing
Roosevelts
Colonel House
Turkey
Albert Einstein
H.V. Kaltenborn
Elmer Davis
Richard Harding Davis
Cordell Hull Nehru
Ruth Millett on women finding happiness beyond marriage
Ruth Millett argues that unhappiness in marriage stems from a wife allowing mistreatment. Readers' letters show spouses who seek appreciation jealousy or control. The columnist urges independence, personal interests, and self-reliance to avoid lifelong misery.
Paul Harvey condemns Tom Jones as obscene cinema
Paul Harvey argues that Hollywood and New York culture dictate low standards, calling the film Tom Jones depraved and disgusting. He cites church and industry criticism, defends Hollywood excess as harmful, and questions whether realism justifies graphic sexual scenes offering a broader cultural decline.
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Grant
Manhattan
Hudson River
Bronx
Staten Island
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Mexico
Biddeford - Saco Journal
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Bob Thomas
Miami
Fla
Walter Depp
Miami Police Records Bureau
Depp
Ruth Willett
Paul Harvey News
Paul Harvey
Times Square
Tom Jones
Catholic Legion of Decency
James Stewart
Walt Disney
Lebanon Seaport
Aleutian Isle
Miss Dunne
Lille’s Department
Massachusetts
Atlas
Astral Daughters
Montez
Cordelia
Bartlett
Dionysus
Wondersland
Corday
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