Negroes Seek Middle Class Status Not Proletarian Goals
John Chamberlain argues that African Americans aim for middle class acceptance, property, and equal service rather than class struggle. He cites Mao Zedong’s racial strife unit and contrasts it with U S civil rights aims, saying the Negro desire is integration into a conventional middle class American life.
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U. S
Red China
New York City
Mao Tse-tung
United States
Mao
Red Chinese Pooh-bahs
Liu Ning-1
Communist
All China Federation of Trade Unions
Yiu Chang-sheng
Red China-Africa Friendship Association
Liao Cheng-chi
Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission
Kennedy
Robert F. Williams
North Carolina
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Williams
Lothrop Stoddards
Madison Grants
Hitler
March on Washington judged peaceful but impact uncertain
The Washington march drew praise for crowd control and planning as officials note no violence occurred. Sen. Humphrey doubts it shifted civil rights votes, while observers say the event exposes deep Negro discontent and highlights education as key to equality. Moderation on both sides is urged to advance harmony.
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Washington
Congress
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Utopia
Mississippi Primary Upsets Shift Southern Gubernatorial Expectation
The Mississippi Democratic winner Paul Johnson may not secure the governorship after the November race against Ruchel Phillips. Republicans surge in the South, with Gallup showing Goldwater Romney or Rockefeller viable against Kennedy in 1964. Racial strife and federal policy fuel GOP optimism and challenge Democratic dominance.
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South
Barry Goldwater
George Romney
Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Paul Johnson
Mississippi
Ruchel Phillips
Johnson
John Kennedy
Bulgarian Premier says only U S and Russia can keep peace
Drew Pearson interviews Todor Zhivkov at the Varna palace lawn. He argues co existence with the United States and Russia is essential and urges partial disarmament as a step toward peace. Zhivkov cautions against nuclear war and stresses mutual tolerance between capitalism and communism.
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U.S
Varna
Bulgaria
Todor Zhivkov
China
United States
Russia
Zhivkov
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Balkan
Yugoslavia
William H. Worth Visits Bluefield Fifty Years Ago
The Daily Telegraph recalls a past visit by William H. Worth of Tazewell to Bluefield and notes the event as part of a retrospective feature.
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William H. Worth
Tazewell
Bluefield
Film Star James Kirkwood Recovers From Fall Injury
Film star James Kirkwood, who fractured his skull in a horse fall, showed improvement. Thirty years ago Pocahontas field coal production earned the district top smokeless status.
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James Kirkwood
Pocahoncas
Lincoln quotes show Lincoln's race views clash with today
The article examines Abraham Lincoln's speeches on race from the Lincoln Douglas debates and other 1850s remarks. It notes Lincoln opposed social and political equality of blacks and whites while endorsing natural rights, and discusses reactions by today’s readers and legal minds.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
American Bar Association
Supreme Court of the United States
Library of Congress
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Thomas Jefferson
Supreme Court
Poems drama with orchestration in King Lear scene
A reader shifts from bed to stage, tracking a cricket noise during Lear as performers cue in the wings. The cricket breaks air time, others join, and Shakespeare unfolds with string music accompanying the action.
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Shakespeare
Gold Policy Critique of Kennedy Era Spending
A critical column argues the US abandoned gold money and that foreign creditors now demand gold. It cites rising gold outflows from 1958 to 1962, a shrinking Fort Knox stock, high federal taxes, and planned deficits. The author urges Kennedy to curb spending, shrink the debt, and prioritize spending cuts.
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United States
Hock
Aboad
U. S
Fort Knox
Washington
Kennedy
William Borah
Mr. Kennedy
Robert Ruark Calls for Lent Tax Reset and Global Retreat
In a caustic Lent meditation, Robert Ruark questions welfare, taxation, and foreign aid. He mocks wealth transfers, urges cutting aid to nations and leaders, and proposes tax-free money for personal nondefection while decrying the burden of global entanglements.
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Mosquito
South
Viet Nam
Mr. Big
Red economy shows flaws in communist growth claims
Washington notes Rostow cites 1962 growth of 3.6 percent in communist states with the Soviet Union under 4 percent, while NATO nations average 4.8 and the United States 5.4 percent. Khrushchev hints at Yugoslavia's fringe capitalism and worker councils, signaling strain in Soviet management as China posts a 430 percent drop in industrial output.
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United Nations
Congo
Mr. Nehru
Alizanza Para Progreso
Kennedys
Chiang Kai-shek
Madame Chiang
Africa
Mexico City
Walt W. Rostow
State Department
Rostow
Nikita Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Tito
Joe Stalin
Soviet Union
NATO
U. S
Mr. K
Stalin
Khrushchev
Russia
Red China
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JFK
Robert Ruark
Nehru & Co
Sukarno
Indonesia
Britain
Andrew Tully
The
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