Reapportionment Guidelines Drive Illinois Suit Talk
Democrats in Chicago plan a suit challenging Illinois legislative apportionment citing the Virginia three judge decision. The piece notes balanced seats by chamber, uncertainty from district court rulings, and the push for Supreme Court guidelines before the 1964 Shaff plan vote.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cook County
Downstate
Senate
U.S
Maryland
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
Iowa
Supreme Court
Britain weighs drastic Lords reform and post reshuffle
An all party committee proposes that hereditary Lords may drop titles and be “just people” with possible moves for Lord Home and Lord Hailsham to Parliament. The London Daily Herald calls for abolishing the Lords as a relic while noting contrasts with U S legislature changes. In Cedar Rapids, airport lights at the Municipal parking area and entrance now operate, improving visibility for drivers.
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Britain
House of Lords
Macmillan
House of Commons
Lord Home
Commons
Alec Douglas-Home
Lord Hailsham
Quinton Hogg
London Daily Herald
Herald
Sers
Cedar Rapids
Frank Hidinger
Red China challenges Soviet leadership in global communism
George J. Marder analyzes the widening split between Red China and the Soviet Union sparked by the Cuban crisis. He traces how Beijing accuses Moscow of backing down on Cuba while the Kremlin accuses Peking of destabilizing world peace. The piece discusses Lenin and Stalin era strategies turning Moscow into the core of world communism and the ongoing ideological rift.
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Ashington
Red
Peking
Moscow
International Communist Movement
Red Camp
Russia
Soviet Russia
Soviet China and Cuba clash over world communist path
The text contrasts Tito's Yugoslav independence from Moscow with Peking's criticism of Soviet leadership. It argues that Beijing seeks an independent communist model, even at national cost, while Khrushchev warns against war in the nuclear age. Beijing brands the US a paper tiger. Khrushchev counters that a paper tiger has nuclear teeth.
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Lenin
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Soviet Union
Russia
Soviet Russia
Slavia
Yugoslavia
Tito
Peking
United States
Khrushchev
1962 a Significant Year for the Negro
Ebony highlights 1962 as a pivotal year with James Meredith first black Ole Miss enrollee Diahann Carroll leads in No Strings Paul Crump's Burn, Killer, Burn! tops publishing debut Maury Wills sets stolen base mark Jackie Robinson enters Hall of Fame Negro flight attendants debuts and first black models in ads mark progress Voting rights advances and desegregation efforts persist in the South Students enroll in formerly white colleges with Texas leading growth 290 schools drop bans while Prince Edward County endures segregated private schooling.
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Ebony Magazine
Hicago
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Diahann Carroll
Johnson Publishing Company
Paul Crump
Maury Wills
Ty Cobb
James Baldwin
Martin L. King
Library Journal
Jackie Robinson
Cooperstown
N. Y
Chicago
New Orleans
Washington
Pittsburgh
South
Leon Higginbotham
Federal Trade Commission
Kennedy
Colleges
Univer
Texas
Georgia State
Duke University
University of Houston
Tulane University
Prince Edwards County
Virginia
Virginia County
Convex Sets and Inequalities Talk Turns Convicts Topic
A UVA mathematics professor was invited to a neighboring women’s college to discuss convex sets and inequalities. Upon arrival he learned the campus paper had headlined his talk as Convicts Sex and Opportunities, sparking surprise and amusement among attendees.
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University of Virginia
Global farm subsidies spark geopolitical harvest revolutions
The piece argues that American and European farm subsidies drive two revolutions in agriculture: a technological shift in the U S and Europe and a political shift toward the Common Market. It notes Soviet Russia lags due to ideology, collectivization, and Cold War pressures, with ongoing tension over export markets and fertilizer and tractor use across blocs. It cites Khrushchev lamenting archaic Russian farming and details the relative farming labor, tractor counts, and industrial priorities shaping the farm revolution.
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United States
Europe
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Marx
London Economist
Orville Freeman
Russia
Rush V. Greenslade
Phyllis Wallace
Joint Economic Committee
U.S.S.R
Joseph W. Willett
Sweeping 1962 tax law changes reshape IRS rules
Congress enacted the Revenue Act of 1962 and the self employed retirement act, liberalizing depreciation and tax credits, expanding foreign income rules, and introducing taxpayer identification numbers. Collections rose to a record 99.4 billion dollars as rules tightened travel deductions and reporting, with 1963 implementations slated across individual and corporate taxes.
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Congress
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Mutual Savings Banks
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