Seacoast Eyes $280 Million Atom Smasher and Oceanic Center
Editorial notes strong support for an Atomic Energy Commission project in the Wells Sanford area including a $280 million 200 billion volt accelerator and laboratory. Dr Paul W McDaniel seeks more Seacoast Regional Plan copies as site selection moves to the National Academy of Arts and Sciences. A second plan aims to make Portsmouth a leading oceanographic center with over $2 billion in federal long term spending to develop hydrospace research and hardware for space programs.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Wells-Sanford
Thomas M. Prentiss
Seacoast
Prentiss
Paul W. McDaniel
AEC
Portsmouth
NASA
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Reapportionment Confused by Dirksen Amendment Flap
Washington critics say supporters of the Dirksen constitutional amendment on state legislative reapportionment display ineptitude in arguing for a formula beyond population. The plan prompts labor and civil rights opposition and stalls in Senate committee, with fears it could fail on the floor if Dirksen seeks a vote.
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Washington
Enterprise Assn
Supreme Court
America
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Senate
Sen
Everett Dirksen
National Municipal League
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Dirksen Amendment
Illinois
Chicago
Boyd
Old Times on Timber Island by Paul Harvey
The piece critiques the Job Corps as part of a federal poverty program, citing expensiveness and incidents at multiple centers. It questions effectiveness, noting high dropout rates, disciplinary troubles, and costly hotel use for the St. Petersburg center while urging focus on self-reliance over government aid.
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St. Petersburg
von Corps
Tongue Point
Oregon
Marion
Togon
Calif
Camp Gary
Tex
United States
Vassar
Why children hit parents
A dialogue on child aggression. Dr Bettelheim argues against spanking and for understanding causes behind a child’s hit, urging parents to hold the child, explain limits, and explore underlying feelings rather than use punishment. He warns against empty responses and emphasizes parental protection and open communication.
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Dr. B
Accuracy matters in public life and professions
A compact on accuracy recounts how errors or typographical slips erode trust across experts from doctors to mechanics and even a misrendered name can misidentify a person. The piece stresses carefulness as essential for reliable citizenship and professional duty.
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Brfftzl
Longest highway tunnel opens linking France and Italy
The world’s longest highway tunnel opened with ceremonies by President de Gaulle and President Saragat. It promises safe, smooth travel beneath the Alps and foreshadows a future tunnel under the English Channel. Plans for three Channel tunnels may start with a $400 million outlay to boost traffic and tourism across Europe.
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de Gaulle
Saragat
English Channel
Napoleon
Channel
Plains
Berkeley Sees Spanking Revival Amid Free Speech Clash
Berkeley exists amid student sit ins as the public school board votes to revive corporal punishment in grammar schools. One member cites discipline to curb disruptive children while concern rises about the Free Speech Movement and campus protests. Police patrols and night sticks accompany tense streets.
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Berkeley Public School
Boyle's Column A trip down memory lane
HAL BOYLE reflects on memory value and turns back to early 20th century life. He recalls 1920s politics with a $1,500,000 prohibition enforcement and John D. Rockefeller’s wealth, then sketches rural life, social norms, and daily rituals from past decades without sensational detail.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U.S. House of Representatives
John D. Rockefeller
Trade balance outlook revised by US business leaders
About 40 financial specialists from US corporations and banks revised January forecasts for the National Foreign Trade Council. They now project a small $800 million balance of payments deficit this year, with exports at $26 billion and imports at $20.4 billion, while private overseas capital drops to $3.6 billion.
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Potter’s Field
U.S. Steel Corp
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
U.S
National Foreign Trade Council
Council
Fortune Magazine
Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts marks 30th anniversary
The Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts, now in its 30th year, runs five weeks in an amphitheater carved from hills. About 800 volunteers stage living art with hits from El Greco to Iwo Jima, amid occasional picket protests by rejected artists.
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Bob Thomas
Laguna Beach
Calif
Venus
Botticelli
California
Pacific
Rosenthal
Iwo Jima
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