Brazil in constitutional crisis tests democratic resolve
The piece frames Brazil's power vacuum after Quadros resigns and the risk of Goulart's presidency, highlighting economic distress, coffee price supports, inflation, and poverty. It warns of potential right or left dictatorship and frames democracy as pivotal to stopping communist influence across South America.
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Janos Quadros
Brazil
South America
Brasilia
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Jeanings
Fidel Castro
Goulart
Red China
Mao Tsetung
Medical pros form American Political Action Committee
The medical profession launches the American Political Action Committee to educate and assist physicians at state and local levels in year round political action. Open to all licensed doctors their spouses and adult family members. The goal is to balance organized political influence from groups like AFL-CIO PAC.
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American Political Action Committee
The
American Medical Association
Afl-Cio
Political Action Committee
No vaccine yet warns Maine State Police on traffic safety
The Maine State Police caution parents that no vaccine protects children from traffic danger. They note 13 youths under 15 died from automobile incidents and 300 were injured last year, urging regular safety instruction and close supervision to instill common sense traffic rules.
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Maine
Constitutional amendment would enfranchise moving voters in presidential elections
Senators Estes Kefauver and Kenneth B. Keating propose a law to waive state residence rules so individuals who moved and were qualified to vote in their former state can vote in their new state during presidential elections. The piece also notes unrelated quips about birthday wishes, complexion care, and safer driving.
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Sens Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Nixon eyed as naval aide in White House plan
Navy brass floated calling up Reserve Naval Cmdr Richard M Nixon to serve as naval aide to the President, pairing him with ex-officers Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy. The piece also notes Nixon’s past reserve commission issues and remarks on State Department questions and diplomatic wives.
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Enterprise Assn
Washington
NEA
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Pentagon
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Navy Bureau of Personnel
John J. McCloy
Kennedy
Germany
McCloy
Dentures and a Whistling Speech in a New York Street
HAL BOYLE recounts a chance encounter with a troubled man grinding through his denture pain and a stubborn fear of whistling. They exchange jokes about enduring corn on the cob and the tough task of saying Mississippi. A passerby adds a cheeky coded telephone line.
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New York
To Build or Not to Build Civil Defense Shelters
The AP report surveys Americans facing possible Soviet threats and fallout asking if home shelters are worth it how to finance them and how to avoid being fleeced. It notes rising inquiries and government and industry responses including FHA loans GM NEAR devices and corporate experiments in survival equipment.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Federal Housing Administration
Midwest
Frank B. Ellis
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
General Foods
General Mills
Universal Container Corp
A. C. Spark
General Motors
Civil Defense
Congress
First Day of School Poem by Dorothy Daly
A child chronicles the pride of starting school with neat clothes, clean face, and new items. The narrator expresses excitement for a new desk, a seat beside a girl, and learning with a hopeful, confident voice. Dorothy Mae Daly of Saco is credited.
Seeking an Answer to Eminent Domain and Public Utility Conflicts
Letter from Richard criticizes the use of eminent domain for a private Casco Bay ferry, questions PUC jurisdiction and AG opinions, cites Saco River tannery case, and asks who holds the echo in the governance debate. He urges court determination of statutory body jurisdiction.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Ship of State
Island
Casco Bay
Maine
Public Utility Commission
PUC
Saco River
Newts
WIC
Richard
From Tulsa to a Modern City A Son’s View
Paul Harvey reflects on Tulsa evolving from a familiar hometown to a sprawling, modern city. He recalls streetcars, local diners, and old neighborhoods giving way to shopping centers and new amenities. He notes his mother’s hospital stay and his decision to move closer, affirming Tulsa as a fine, modern city.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
New York
East Fifth Place
Ike
Chicago
General Features Corp
Utilities Seek Generators for Independent Telephone System
Special generator transformer offices would power the system and provide fall out measurement tools. The plan aims to alert 800 members of the U S Independent Association of Telephone Companies if needed.
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U.S
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A dense list of crossword clues across and down covering general knowledge including people places and terms. Entries span official documents languages architecture astronomy and geography with references to literary figures mythological terms and historic names.
Sick philosophy surrounds our young people of today
Ruth Millett argues that sick philosophy in stories, songs, TV, and movies shapes a 16 year old wife's belief that abuse is love. She warns that youth absorb this fatal worldview from films, television westerns, novels, and hit records, blurring boundaries between affection and harm.
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