Freedom for Kenya Brings Ruin to Prosperous Land
A reader letter recalls Kenya’s post-independence land nationalization. White farms of a million acres pass to black settlers with indemnities from England, amid forest loss, squatters, and rising theft. The piece notes Mau Mau activity and Asian immigration as tensions rise in naive emancipation.
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Kenya
Uhuru
England
Naivasha
Bell Inn
Mr. I Freedom Army
Afri- Around
Eet
Sincerity and Truth in Everyday Conduct
A compact reflection on honesty guiding virtue. The message emphasizes sincere speech and upright heart as core ethical principles drawing from historic quotes. It frames truth as foundational to character and actions.
No News Is Bad News Report Sees TV Strikes Shortcomings
Institute for Motivational Research headed by Dr. Ernest Dichter releases a Time Magazine cited study on the 114 day New York newspaper strike. Viewers found broadcast news thin and incomprehensible as newspapers proved irreplaceable for full coverage and ads.
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Chet and
David
Institute For Motivational Research
Chet
Ernest Dichter
New York
Time Magazine
Institute
Forged East German Letters Target West Germans
A Communist forgery campaign floods West Germany with about 14,000 deceptive letters daily. Elderly residents are urged to claim fake Christmas bonuses, while servicemen spouses receive messages about fake lovers or alleged deaths in training accidents. The piece frames this as petty, calculated disruption in the broader Cold War struggle.
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East Germany
West Germany
FBI Under Fire as Kennedy Slaying Probe Expands
The Kennedy assassination probe broadens to scrutinize the FBI and Secret Service. The report shows the FBI interviewed Lee Oswald before Dallas but coordinated poorly with the Secret Service, with missteps in timing and public release.
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FBI
Washington
John F. Kennedy
J. Edgar Hoover
Secret Service
Dallas
Warren Harding
Johnson
White House
Kennedy
Lee Oswald
Oswald
Warren
Moral tone of U.N. needs strengthening says Johnson
President Johnson faces a chance to lift the U.N. moral tone in New York as critics accuse the body of becoming a Moscow aligned political machine. The piece condemns one sided embargo talk on South Africa, U.N. failures on Goa and Hungary, and warns that appeasement to African regimes risks eroding international law and U.S. support.
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Washington
Johnson
United Nations
New York
U.N
Moscow
Free World
United States
U.N. Security Council
Republic of South Africa
South Africa
State Department
Kremlin
Soviet Union
America
India
Goa
Hungary
Budapest
East Germany
Rumania
Poland
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Esthenia
Lithuania
Latvia
Fifty years ago Bland resident visits Bluefield
A note recalls S. K. Wyatt of Bland Virginia visiting Bluefield fifty years ago in the Daily Telegraph column.
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S. K. Wyatt of
Bland, Va
Bluefield
Long Island plant uses power to light Columbus and wrap earth
Irving I. Bottner claims his new shoe polish plant on Long Island consumes electricity enough to light Columbus, Ohio, and wiring capable of circling the earth one and a half times.
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Irving I. Bottner
Long Island
Columbus
Ohio
Johnson shows off White House pool on friendly Capitol Hill tour
Washington Indiana's Charlie Halleck recalls Lyndon Johnson as a hospitable Texan who educates on civil rights, negotiates with old allies, and builds cozy ties with Congress. Johnson's approach contrasts with Kennedy and Eisenhower, aiming to salvage a strong tax bill while maintaining personal access.
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Washington
Indiana
Charlie Halleck
Lyndon Johnson
Halleck
White House
Johnson
Congress
John Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Ike
Charlie
Lyndon
Sen
Richard Russell
Georgia
Russell
Kennedy
Congressional
Larry O’brien
Britain Keeps Faith in Special Ties With Washington
A sharp editorial argues Britain's Conservative leaders rely on the U S alliance to win the next election. It assesses postwar appeasement trends, noting Churchill and Chamberlain missteps, and predicts continued accommodation with the Soviet bloc under Johnson era policies.
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RCME
Washington
Kennedy
United States
Alec Douglas Home
Harold Macmillan
Johnson
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Britain
England
Franklin Roosevelt
Churchill
Mr. Kennedy
ACLU rails at press coverage of Oswald murder
The American Civil Liberties Union criticizes media and authorities for bias in Oswald's case arguing the press and police kept to hush hush tactics and deprived the alleged assassin of fair treatment. It contrasts Lincoln and Garfield eras, notes praise for press in solving crimes, and questions how much coverage is appropriate. The piece also mentions Miami boxing plans and a TV Guide cartoon.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Oswald
Civil Liberties Union
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Leon Czolgosz
McKinley
Dallas
Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Cold Buffet epitaph at French Riviera party
Bernard Buffet agreed to an epitaph and quipped Cold Buffet while addressing the tombstone question at a French Riviera event. The remark appeared in Nice Matin as part of a light profile.
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Riviera
Bernard Buffet
Buffet
Nice Matin
Nice
France
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Marilyn
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Mexico
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Mrs. Oswald
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
Hugo Black
David Lawrence
U. N. iNeeds
Congo
Daily Telegraph
Smokeless Coal Operators Association
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Germany
U. S&s
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Andrew Tully
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Constantine Brown
Lenin
Communist Party
Mussolini
Hitler
Eamsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Ethiopia
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Rhineland
Munich
Ramsay MacDonald
Winston Church
H. S. Phillips
ACLU
Miami
TV Guide
Norman Young
Mr. Young
Herald
Glasgow
Scotland
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