No Experience Necessary in The Political Arena
The editorial argues against the musical chairs approach to office holding and urges voters to favor candidates with demonstrable capacity for the work. It notes figures like Teddy and Bobby Kennedy and John Glenn as examples whose appeal rests on associations rather than on duties, while asserting experience matters in public service.
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Teddy Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
John Glenn
Sargent Shriver
Pierre Salinger
Sensible Move on Daylight Time Petition Signatures
Cedar Rapids petitions for Daylight Saving Time total 13 129, up from 5 000 votes two years ago, showing varying levels of support. Opponents circulate petitions as officials seek local sentiment. mayor surveys 26 cities to gauge views. Authors argue DST works best over a sizable area rather than state lines, urging regional agreement to reduce public grumbling.
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Cedar Rapids
DST
Johnson
Iowa
Unburying the Past Man One Fossils Rewrite Human Roots
Brittle bone fragments dated 1.75 million years ago from Olduvai Gorge near Zinjanthropus suggest almost certainly hominin lineage. Tools of quartz or lava and hand bones imply tool making capability, supporting a multiple-early-man scenario and rapid acceleration of knowledge over time.
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Tanganyika
Olduvai Gorge
Louis Leakey
Brother Z
East Africa
Foreign Aid Faces the Axe in Budget Debate
United Press International reports on the long running U S foreign aid program. The Johnson administration proposes a 3.4 billion dollar pre shrunk aid request for fiscal 1965 starting July 1. Critics question value and cost while officials forecast a plateau then decline as economies grow.
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Ashington
United States
Congress
Johnson Administration
Johnson
U. S
David E. Bell
Greece
Israel
Mexico
Venezuela
Philippines
Debate Over U S Foreign Aid Budget And Waste
The speech argues for a leaner military budget under 4 percent of federal spending and highlights aid sharing costs per citizen. It defends aid as a tool for independence and freedom, notes corruption risks and waste, and contrasts postwar European aid with current focus on the underdeveloped world.
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United States
Rusk
Shoes Recalled After Half Soles Memory Returns
In 1915 a man half soling shoes led to a life story that spans two world wars and seven children. While cleaning his attic in 1963 he found a shoe ticket from the cobbler. The shop still stood and the clerk confirmed the shoes would be ready the next day.
Goldwater Money Drive Struggles With Economy Image
Senator Barry Goldwater faces campaign finance strains as business leaders withhold large gifts, influenced by President Johnson’s perceived fiscal conservatism. Kitchel says early promises faded, prompting a shift to smaller donors and broader appeals. About 1.25 million supports the California primary out of a planned 3.5 million through July.
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Ashington
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Denison Kitchel
Goldwater
Kitchel
New Hampshire
White House
Arizona
California
Mathematics Becomes Social Force In Modern Science
The New York Times notes a shift as mathematics moves from pure art to a practical language across industry and government. Mathematicians now outnumber prewar levels by about twelvefold, aiding rockets and nuclear research, while economics, sociology, and political science increasingly rely on mathematics as a key tool and standard of rigorous proof.
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Science
Thornton C. Fry
Fry
Bertrand Russell
Soviet Medical Services Free for All Except Some Costs
An Associated Press report features Alexei Safonov explaining which Soviet medical services are free and which require payment. He notes hospitals and clinics are free, medicines and eyeglasses are not, and private patient time is minuscule. He contrasts Soviet care with Britain and discusses the so called norms limiting doctors.
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OSCOW
Khrushchev
New Communist Party
Alexei Safonov
Soviet Medical Services Board
Safonov
Soviet Union
Britain
Alexander Serenko
Literary Gazette
Excitement in Boston over automated toothbrush turmoil
In Boston automation stretches to the smallest tool as an electric toothbrush, though innocuous, triggers a security scare. Postal authorities call in bomb experts and soak the device in oil, illustrating how automation can turn simple items into prodigies of risk and capability.
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Boston
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