What Ails Congress in the 1964 Election Year
A seasoned Washington observer parses the menace of a lethargic Congress facing a pivotal election year. He cites antiquated rules, seniority power, weak leadership, civil rights gridlock, costly space spending, outdated operations, and ethics salience as core failings, with calls for reforms and a blunt portrait of the institution.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
Congress of the
United States
End of Makarios Political Career as Remote as Ever
Cyprus AP report outlines Archbishop Makarios remaining distant from a political career after leading the island to independence. He, now 50, faces constitutional crisis with Turkish Cypriots amid his promise to step back after building a republic.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Island
Britain
Mediterranean
Enosis
Greece
Brittan
Seychelles Islands
Indian Ocean
Boston University
U.S
Union With Greece
Makarios III
Mizpah Lodge Installation Ceremony Planned
Russell C Gallagher of 1907 Ninth Avenue Southwest will be installed Wednesday as worshipful master of Mizpah Lodge AF and AM Irving W Smith will be installing master at 7 30 p m in the Blue Lodge room at the Masonic Temple Officers to be installed include L Dean Redman Roland Lee Walter Badger William R Briggs Cloyd Manley Fred Anderson Lyle Moore Harold Mahuran Charles Bloomquist Herman Hull Raymond Feay Clarence Brockman Howard Lembaugh Jess Kitterman George Smith A traditional oyster stew will be served after the ceremony.
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Russell C. Gallagher
Ninth Avenue SW
Mizpah Lodge
A.F
A.M. Irving W. Smith
Blue Lodge
Masonic Temple
L. Dean Redman
Roland Lee
Walter Badger
William R. Briggs
Cloyd Manley
Fred Anderson
Lyle Moore
City Abolishes Two Old Laws in Salida
Salida Colorado AP reports city council abolished an old ordinance requiring police to sound a curfew bell five times or blow taps. The city also repealed a poll tax of two dollars, which previously forced nonpayment citizens to labor on city streets for one day.
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Salida
Colo
World Map Names Kennedy Overtakes Atlas Honors
The National Geographic Atlas records Kennedy named places surge after President Kennedy's death. From Maine to Yemen, new Kennedys appear in towns, rivers, airports, plazas, and schools, with unique honors across continents and diverse sites. Summit remains the most common place name.
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Germany
Zywiec
Poland
National Geographic Atlas of the World
Minnesota
Arctic
Australia
Queensland
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Geographic World Atlas
Norway Shrinks Local Units to 46 Cities
Oslo AP reports Norway reorganization cuts cities from 64 to 46 and rural communities from 680 to 408. Missing cities merge into larger rural areas, and Trondheim grows to 105 200 residents, becoming the third city after Oslo and Bergen.
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Oslo
Norway
Trondheim
Bergen
Card game Q and A from Hoyle rules as played
In Canasta melds may exceed the minimum, such as 50 minimal with 55 or more. Undercuts in gin reduce the opponent by one, paying the agreed amount for undercut plus one. In stud poker exposing a hole card harms the player who exposed it, others know the card but the player stays in the pot until discarding or dropping.
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Congress
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
House
Robert M. la Follette
R-Wis
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Senate
Sen. Clifford Case
New Jersey
Webster assumes NATO South Air command in Europe
Lt Gen Benjamin Webster of the U.S. Air Force has taken command of NATO's air forces in southern Europe in Naples Italy. He relieved Lt Gen Ralph Swofford who becomes commandant of the Air University at Maxwell Air Base Alabama.
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Naples
Italy
Benjamin Webster
U.S. Air Force
NATO
Europe
Ralph Swofford
Air University
Maxwell Air Base
Ala
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