Truth Should Guide a Just Crime Policy Says Shawcross
Sir Hartley Shawcross argues for reform of English crime policy balancing rights of defendants with pursuit of truth. He criticizes overreliance on legal safeguards that shield criminals and urges empowering judges to uncover facts, limit self incrimination, and rethink police powers while protecting victims.
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Hartley Shawcross
England
Labour
Sir Hartley
London
Shawcross
Jeremy Bentham
Lord Shawcross
Supreme Court
Mars Mariner IV photos delayed amid public right to know
The United States plans to release only the first one or two of Mariner IV Mars photographs on July 14 with the best images withheld for weeks or months. Critics accuse scientists of selfish delay, noting public funding and the public’s right to speedy access to the imagery.
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Mariner IV
United States
Mars
Red Planet
Associated Press
Congress
Civil rights act may force fraternities to change
U S Commissioner of Education Francis Keppel warns that Stanford University may lose federal aid if its all male fraternity excludes Black members. He argues the Civil Rights Act requires schools to prove non discrimination, potentially outlawing many fraternities across colleges if kept on campus.
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U. S
Francis Keppel
Stanford University
California
Stanford
Keppel
U. S. Education
Congress
Senate Votes Leap to Aid Big Business in Patent Giveaway
Drew Pearson reports the Senate backed allowing major corporations to retain patents from government funded research. He notes heavy lobbying by electronics, space, defense, chemical, and drug interests, with several Kennedy allies and most Republicans supporting the $5 billion measure amid a $15 billion defense related research appropriation.
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Senate
Washington
Europe
Paris
U. S. Senate
U. S
Russell Long
Louisiana
Long
Tion
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Detroit
Phil Hart
Michigan
Dodd
Space Committee
Jack Javits
New York
Kennedy Brothers
Kennedy
Young Birch Bayh
Indiana
Young Joe Todings
Maryland
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Big
Scoop Jackson
Washington State
Sister Hill
Alabama
Bob Byrd
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Hiram Fong
John Williams
Delaware
Bobby Baker
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
Republican Natorial Committee
Huch Scott
Pennsylvania
Baruch remembered as versatile adviser to US presidents
A tribute recalls Bernard M. Baruch of enduring influence and integrity. The piece notes his World War I efforts, War Industries Board leadership under Wilson, and keen market instincts that aided national policy and industry. It highlights his view on France and nuclear arms, and his behind the scenes service without pay.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Mr. Baruch
de Gaulle
Baruch
France
America
Germany
Italy
Free World
New York Stock Exchange
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Wilson
Bluefield Local Memory Snapshots Through Decades
A brief archival roundup notes past events from fifty to ten years ago. George B. Martin of Athens visited Bluefield, Mercer County Bar Association members honored the late Judge Charles C. Woods, a big American clipper completed a Hawaii to California flight, thirty Japanese aircraft were shot down over Okinawa, and sudden heavy rains flooded Bluefield streets.
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George B. Martin
Athens
Mercer County Bar Association
Charles C. Woods
Hawaii
California
Belden Hollow Poem on Wild Land and Boundaries
A compact verse describes a half-lost road into Belden Hollow where desolation resists axe and plow. It contrasts thick trees and hard stones with stubborn land ownership, suggesting Earth and wind-sown wilds endure beyond human boundary lines.
Kennedy Defies Dodd Over Narcotics Rehab Measure
The report outlines Senator Kennedy co sponsoring two narcotics addiction rehabilitation bills. It details White House plans, Dodd’s surprise, and Kennedy’s assertion that McClellan would not block his move. Vice President Humphrey asserts prerogatives as the Senate presider.
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Washington
Robert Kennedy
Johnson
Congress
White House
Kennedy
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Bobby
Dodds
Senate
Katzenbach
Justice Department
Ramsey Clark
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Young Clark
McClellan
Clark
Jimmy Hoffa
Humphrey
Some Things Are Worse Than Death Says Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey argues that dissent and weak resolve are worse than death in difficult modern wars. He cites historical figures like Lincoln Jackson Hale and Jones to advocate courage and unwavering stance against appeasement and capitulation, warning of blood shed in Korea the Congo and Vietnam.
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Korea
Congo
Viet Nam
Teaching political principles to the rising generation
A columnist asserts U S schools poorly teach how government works and that many teachers lack political discipline. The Taft Institute sponsors summer seminars for teachers on practical politics at several colleges, with further work by the Coe Foundation and Pepperdine College.
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Ohio
Raymond English
Fund For the Republic
English
Commonwealth
Robert A. Taft
Robert Taft
Taft
Macalester College
Minnesota
C. W. Post College
University of Rochester
Detroit
Ridgewood
New Jersey
Coe Foundation
Coe
Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
Your Servant
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W. F. Buckley, Jr
Hartley
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Hugh Shott
John Hancock
Drew Pearson
American Patent Bar Associa
Tom Dodd
Connecticut
Byrd
David Lawrence
Daily Telegraph
Okinawa
Bluefield
Belden Hollow
Earth
Allen-Scott Report
By Roberts
Allen and
Paul Scott
Paul Harvey
MacArthur
Omar Bradley
Lincoln
Alamo
Santa Anna
Andy Jackson
Edmund Ross
Oscar Underwood
John Paul Jones
Sam Houston
Nathan Hale
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
Bheft
Russell Kirk
Young
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