Buckley on Poverty and Work Ethic in America
The essay argues that structural unemployment and persistent poverty are reinforced by attitudes toward work and welfare. It cites Milwaukee residents as examples of able-bodied individuals avoiding labor and critiques government as a primary solution. The piece questions generosity without reform and warns against welfare demoralization.
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Milwaukee
Mahatma Gandhi
Colin Clark
New Delhi
You
Faith Uplifts Youth Amid Scattered Scholastic Scaffolding
A compact meditation contrasts scripture and history, urging youth to set example in speech conduct and faith. The piece juxtaposes a biblical exhortation from Timothy with Napoleon’s remark on how a single word pierces a ruined framework.
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Timothy
Napoleon Bonaparte
West Virginia Park Aid Delayed From ARA
Democratic readers hailed a $24 million ARA package for Wyoming Summers Fayette Tucker and Pocahontas parks but the funds have not arrived. West Virginia officials report delays, with no clear timeline and Bureaucratic indecision cited as the reason.
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Federal Area Redevelopment Administration
Wyoming
Summers
Fayette
Tucker
Pocahontas
Charleston
M. Lane
ARA
Washington
West Virginia
Lane
Sudden Reversal Shifts South Favor toward Johnson in 1964 Poll
Gallup reports in early 1964 that 78 percent of Southern respondents would back LBJ against Goldwater, reversing earlier Kennedy era preferences. He cautions that Johnson's civil rights program and early goodwill may fade, with Time needed to confirm long term support.
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Gallup
Christmas Candle Memorial Honors Kennedy Amid Nazi Sign
In Arlington near Kennedy’s grave a candlelight service at the Lincoln Memorial honors John F. Kennedy. Inter religious leaders foster race relations while a Nazi sign across the Potomac draws counteraction with a shared pledge for unity and tolerance.
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Washington
Potomac River
Arlington
Kennedy
George Lincoln Rockwell
Nazi Party
Rockwell
Hitler
United States
Germany
USA
Lincoln Memorial
John F. Kennedy
Ecumenical Council
John
Patrick O’boyle
Inter-Religious Committee
Smallwood
Johnson
Texas
Congress
Arlington National Cemetery
Acrolington National Cemetery
Agencies Not Quarreling Over President Protection
An analysis explains that the Secret Service, not the FBI, bears presidential protection duties. It notes low threats from Oswald, ongoing agency cooperation, and the impracticality of guarding every building along parade routes. The piece argues protection hinges on presidential choices and risk management.
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Washington
FBI
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Marine Corps
Oswald
James J. Rowley
J. Edgar Hoover
Rowley
FBI National Academy
Secret Service Office
United States
Bluefield notes through the decades
A snapshot of past events from the Daily Telegraph recalls a Welch attorney visiting Bluefield, a 1924 meeting invitation for the National Retail Coal Dealers Association, Senator Reed blasting inflation and demanding debt cuts, and U.S. fliers starting a winter offensive near Athens in World War II era.
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National Retail Coal Dealers Association
Bluefield
James A. Reed
Missouri
U. S
Athens
Greece
Eisenhower Eyes Federal Contracts for Unemployed Areas
A decade ago President Eisenhower proposed directing federal contracts to unemployment relief zones to boost the national economy and reduce joblessness. The plan aimed to funnel work to distressed regions and stimulate growth across the country.
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Eisenhower
Elephants inspire joke book boom and plans for more
Art Buchwald notes elephant jokes sweep the nation as Robert Price and Leonard Stern publish The Elephant Book selling 350,000 in four months. Kids and adults flood in jokes while the pair considers a people book for elephants, with playful Q and A about human behavior.
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New York
N. Y
Robert Price
Leonard Stern
Mr. Price
Tarzan
Mr. Stern
Christmas gifts shift toward fun items for kids
Washington reports a trend where weary parents favor toys and entertaining books over didactic gifts. Electric trains bikes punching bags and adventure stories replace heavy moral tomes as children receive at least one enjoyable gift this Christmas.
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Washington
MIT
Neitzche
Outer
Mugwump
Hatred by Association and the Kennedy Assassination
The piece analyzes a theory linking Lee Harvey Oswald to a broader “hate by association” narrative. It identifies AFL-CIO ADA and Group Research Institute as proponents, detailing GRI’s leftist targets, subscription model, and calls to harass opponents, linking the scheme to notable figures like Eisenhower Hoover and Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
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Kennedy
Afl-Cio
Americans For Democratic Action
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
ADA
Labor Complex
Group Research Institute
GRI
National Labor Relations Board
Department of Agriculture
Sec
Charles F. Brannan
Far Left
Farmers Union
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Industial Union
Walter Reuther
Cochairman
Eisenhower
Hoover
World Echoes Alphonse Boudard The Cherries author vows honest sale
Alphonse Boudard whose second novel The Cherries has been published warns his publisher to sell the work honestly or he will abandon literature and return to his former profession. He has a prior record of three armed robberies and 15 years in prison.
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Oswald
Secret Service
FBI
Russia
America
United States
Alphonse Boudard
Boudard
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William F. Buckley, Jr
Drew Pearson
Pope John
Lewis Weintraub
Washington Council of Rabbis
Smallwood E. Williams
Pentecostal Church
O’boyle
David Lawrence
Daily Telegraph
J. W. Crockett of
Welch
the Winter Repertory Company
Ny Psi
Grosbeak
Cardinal
Junico
Sparrow
Mos
Chickadee
Art Buchwald
Andrew Tully
Barry Goldwater
Ozzie and Harriet
Fied
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
James van Fleet
Omar Bradley
Ozzie
Harriet Nelson
The
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Daniel Singer
N. W. Heller
Mary C. Asay
Singer
Council For Abolishing
Kendrick Cole
Miss Asay
Joseph Rauh, Jr
Wesley McCune
New York Ave
McCune
la Gazette
Lausanne
Switzerland
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