Kennedy civil rights program signals major party push
Editorial notes President Kennedy’s civil rights message expanding on the 1960 platform with stronger voting rights, desegregation measures, FEPC, and federal action in housing and employment. It highlights new authority for federal suits in school desegregation and public accommodations, while noting departures from platform specifics and untested restaurant desegregation ideas.
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Kennedy
United States Attorney General
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Congress
FEPC
Eisenhower
Riots and Soviet Repression Across East Europe 1956
A decade after 1956 riots broke out in East Berlin and East Germany. Soviet tanks and troops suppressed protests in Potsdam and spread to multiple cities. Revolts also flared in Czechoslovakia and other satellites as Hungary’s uprising proved the futility of Western liberation pledges. The West’s stance forced Eastern Europeans to accept living under red rule.
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East Berlin
East Germany
Potsdammer Platz
Warnemunde
Rostock
Zwickau
Lenin Works
Skoda
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
U. S
Europe
Tariff Commission cites no harm from Belgian Luxembourg rods
The Tariff Commission unanimously ruled that United States steel producers are not harmed by imported hot-rolled wire rods from Belgium and Luxembourg, despite evidence of dumping. Treasury Customs found prices below home market levels, with rods selling about 40 per cent of U.S. demand and $40 per ton below domestic prices.
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Tariff Commission
United States
Belgium
Luxembourg
Treasury Customs Bureau
Commission
Europe
Geneva
Heat and Tempers Spark Summer Police Reports
Heat waves push complaints and neighborly spats higher as police note more activity when temperatures rise. Short tempers flare, children roam seeking adventure, and adults struggle to stay calm amid summer heat.
Washington Applause Meter Sparks NY Fund Dinner
Washington reporters recount a gala dinner in New York where Fred Young praised two prominent women, the former Mrs. Dewey and the current Mrs. Rockefeller, eliciting a long warm reaction with unclear targets. Other notes cover Sen Cotton mocking a $10 million government aquarium and Lt Col Taffe noting travel glitches for NATO correspondents.
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Washington
Enterprise Assn
NEA
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Margaretta Murphy
Fred Young
New York City
Thomas E. Dewey
Teamsters
White House
White Ouse Guard
Norris Cotton
R-N. H
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Sen
Cotton
Dick Taffe
NATO
United States
Col. Taffe
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Senate War Investigating Committee
Boyle's Column Key word is confusion
HAL BOYLE notes that modern folk wisdom shifts from direct proverbs to complex sayings with reverse twists. He cites examples like If you don't understand it, oppose it and nuclear attack run like hell, arguing our era is defined by confusion and hollow laughter amid despair.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Benjamin Franklin
Penny
Pound
Midyear view: 1943 economy defies experts with gains
AP analyzes the first half of 1943 showing higher GNP, rising industrial output, stronger personal incomes, and record profits while unemployment edges up and costs rise. The auto and steel sectors post solid results, trade talks stall, and new tax rules affect expense accounts as sugar spikes and farm subsidies shift.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
White House
United States
Europe
France
Britain
People Glow Only When They’re Lit Up
A humorous remark notes that some individuals appear radiant only while under illumination, implying their charm or energy shines primarily in lit settings rather than in ordinary light.
Wives not to blame in home complaints divorce case
Ruth Millett notes a reported midwestern divorce suit over a wife voicing household troubles. She argues men feel worn by office stress yet demand silent support at home, while women face parallel frictions. Home may be a battleground, but complaints should not trigger divorce.
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Ruth Millett
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Papa
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Television City
Garland
CBS
Lucille Ball
Dick van Dyke
Jack Benny
Natalie Wood
van Heflin
Rooney
Mick
Frances Gumm
Andy Hardy
Jas
Mickey
Pan American Orders Supersonic Jet Concordes From Europe
Pan American has ordered six Concorde supersonic jets from European manufacturers capable of 1,450 miles per hour. The plane will carry 100 passengers across the Atlantic in about three hours with first delivery by 1970. The United States debates a domestic super sonic airliner, while Britain and France pool $500 million for the project and Congress studies subsidies, risking jobs for American workers.
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Wright Brothers
Free World
Pan American
Atlantic
United States
Britain
France
Congress
Kennedy
Owever
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher and staff listing
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher Marie Paul Casavant and managing editor E. P. Ingalls, with editorial and business departments reachable by local telephone. Subscription rates shown include one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Marie Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Maine
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