State Amendments Spotlight Frustration With Federal Power
Yale Law professor Charles L. Black Jr. notes sixteen states have approved at least one proposed constitutional amendment aimed at limiting federal authority. Proposals include a Court of the Union for state chief justices, ending federal jurisdiction over state legislative apportionment, and allowing states to propose and ratify amendments without Congress. The piece argues the motive is federal overreach since 1933, with Ninth and Tenth Amendments treated as dead letters, driving lawmakers toward radical fixes.
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Yale Law School
Charles L. Black Jr
Federal Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
Court of the Union
Court
Supreme Court
Progressive Party
Perry
Free States
Congress
Holmes Alexander
Ruchel
California
Alexander
Coveting Others Property Brings Consequences
A compact moral note cites Exodus 20 17 and a quote from Phaedrus warning that coveting another’s property leads to loss of one’s own. The verses were presented as timeless guidance.
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Phaedrus
Technical education urged as key to industrial growth
Lawrence H. Rogers II of Cincinnati urged expanding technical schools to match industrial needs at the West Virginia conference in Huntington. Bluefield State College offers early two year technical engineering courses with promise of immediate employment, while local prospects hinge on infrastructure like Interstate 77 to attract new industry.
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West Virginia
Huntington
Lawrence H. Rogers II
Cincinnati
Rogers
Bluefield State College
Bluefield State
Kennedy Critics Question History Rhetoric Over Wilson Link
A New York Herald Tribune piece cites humor at a White House dinner where President Kennedy quipped about not making a professor president. The article notes Woodrow Wilson, a history politics professor at Princeton who became U S president, and recalls JFK’s own Princeton connection.
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United States
Kennedy
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Princeton
Critics charge Kennedy ad ministration with managing the news
Critics say U S Information Agency hides abroad polls under secrecy while leaks reveal favorable views of Kennedy. The issue highlights a shift from All the News That’s Fit to Print to All the News That Fits in Washington.
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USIA
U. S
Washington
Peaceful protest plans framed by Kennedy amid Birmingham crisis
The inside view shows Kennedy weighing civil rights bills to appease southern senators while Bull Connor's police dogs in Birmingham shift strategy. Roy Wilkins and Martin Luther King eyed a 1983 Emancipation Proclamation centennial push for peaceful action, but footage of dogs spurred a tougher stance. The clash with CORE and NAACP shapes a broader push for stronger civil rights legislation and economic concessions.
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Weekly Chronicle Nuggets From Past Decades
Fifty years ago Moffett Tanner a Washington and Lee University student returned to Bluefield for summer vacation Forty years ago Bulgaria reported a bloodless revolution Thirty years ago Rep John Kee recommended Stella M Bivens for Bluefield postmastership Twenty years ago Miss J Katherine Hartley Beaver teacher since 1915 retired Ten years ago The death toll from midwest and eastern tornadoes reach
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Bluefield
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Stella M. Bivens
J. Katherine Hartley
Senator Soaper Reflects on Lindbergh Flight and Courts
The senator notes Lindbergh flew the Atlantic in about 3 hours 36 years ago and that time now passes faster. He argues overcrowded court dockets require more judges, though fewer defendants would be ideal.
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Atlantic
Governor Wallace Challenges Court Rulings On School Desegregation
Governor Wallace of Alabama argues the right to test Supreme Court orders in federal courts to desegregate, saying he may challenge the court’s orders and seek reversal. The piece discusses the law of the case, disobedience, and potential outcomes if the high court reverses itself.
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Wallace
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Supreme Court
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NBC
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Savannah
Georgia
Circuit Court of Appeals
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme) Court
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Douglas
Black
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Poems of Lines and Boats by Dionis Coffin Riggs
A contemplative verse piece by Dionis Coffin Riggs uses straight and crooked lines to frame city and harbor scenes. It contrasts car traffic with tugboats, steam, and train bridges, then shifts to glacial blues and pristine beaches.
We Need A Political Warfare Academy
The piece argues for a bipartisan move to create a National Academy to train government workers and a Freedom Academy for private citizens with foreign contacts. It compares Western efforts to Soviet practices and urges merging the two, citing Kennedy’s push and a 13-senator group backing expanded training across professions to counter Soviet influence.
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Washington
United States
Congress
National Academy
Freedom Academy
West Point
Soviet Union
Pathet Lao
Kennedy
Cuba
Pope John’s Reforms Spark Vatican Controversy Over Communism
The article surveys Pope John XXIII’s liberal approach to dogma and Vatican politics, highlighting private talks with Khrushchev’s son-in-law and his Encyclicals Pacem in Terris and Mater et Magistra. It notes criticism from cardinals and bishops wary of church–state co existence with communism amid postwar elections.
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Capovilla
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America
Greece
Korea
Cardinal Mindszenty
United States
Catholic Church
Khrushchev
Alexei Adzhubei
Automated Henhouses and Media Cues Stir Satirical Notes
A humorous column mocks modern poultry farms with automated henhouses featuring air conditioning lighting nests and conveyors. It riffs on business magnates and hen behavior while lampooning tech driven luxury and bossy hens. It also jokes about political and media issues including a New England will, Rockefeller in a race, and FCC reforms.
Two volunteers puzzled on swim skill during Navy interview
In a Geneva paper item a Navy recruitment interview asks if volunteers can swim. Two youths reply with a quip about ships. A Montreux item advertises a watchdog that will eat anything and adores children, titled Baleares in Palma de Majorca.
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