Nuclear proliferation ban faces hard political hurdles
Secretary Rusk notes broad consensus against expanding nuclear weapons but cites sharp obstacles to a binding treaty. Nuclear powers may agree in principle, yet drafting terms appeasing many states and enforcing limits would require heavy global control, provoking turmoil and resistance from nations defending sovereignty.
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Ecretary Rusk
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
China
Computerized Voter Records in Cedar Rapids a Suggested Study
The Cedar Rapids city council is urged by INN county Republicans to study computerizing voting and registration records. The idea could speed registration and improve accuracy, while reducing party record updating workload if costs stay reasonable and bugs are solvable. The editorial calls for careful, serious consideration and investigation of feasibility.
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INN County
Cedar Rapids
Birthplace of the Republican party sparks regional row
Tension rises between Ripon Wisconsin and Decatur Illinois over which city originated the GOP birthplace. Decatur argues a grounded claim while Ripon stands on documented history. Jackson Michigan eyes the dispute as a sign of GOP vitality amid lingering questions.
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Uite
Ripon
Wis
Decatur
Jackson
Mich
John Adamski
Ellis Arnold
G.O.P
Rhodesia crisis tests white rule across southern Africa
In Rhodesia's bloodless revolution the white minority holds power as Britain sanctions deepen. Ian Smith vows no African nationalist government in his lifetime while South Africa aids embargoed Rhodesia. Britain faces options after the British election as Harold Wilson weighs force, recognition, or UN action.
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Alisbury
Rhodesia
South Africa
Portugal
Mozambique
Angola
Ian Smith
Britain
Smith
Harold Wilson
British Commonwealth
United Nations
Rhodesia under pressure as world tensions rise
The piece outlines Western hesitation over sanctions on Rhodesia amid regional turmoil. It notes Portuguese troops in nearby Angola and Mozambique, Rhodesian police cracking down on arms and trained Africans, and Zambia's continued trade links and coal imports. Life in Salisbury appears stable, with rationing, commerce, and royal imagery continuing despite underlying strains.
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South Africa
Limpopo River
Zambezi
Portugal
Mozambique
Angola
Tanzania
Moscow
Peking
Zambia
Rhodesia
Africa
London
Smith
Amish Exemption Debate Sparks Church State Questions
A reader argues for exempting the Old Order Amish from school laws to protect religious freedom, warning against opening doors to other groups. The letter contrasts views on church state separation with Gov. Hughes and calls out Congressman Gross for proposing the only concrete reform to election contest statutes. the writer, a voting Iowan in Washington, D.C., supports Gross’s approach.
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Christian Science Monitor
Harold Hughes
Iowa
J. M. Daniels Vinton
Neal Smith
House
H. R. Gross
Smith
Committee On House
Congressman Gross
Russia 23rd Congress Opens Amid Soviet China Rift
The 23rd Congress in Moscow gathers 5,000 party members as the USSR図faces widening tensions with Red China. Khrushchev era reforms under Kosygin Brezhnev mix with fears of a capitalist drift while China rejects attendance and pressure for a more open political economy remains muted.
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Ussr
Moscow
Kremlin
Red China
Peking
Nikita Khrush
Chev
Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
Congress
China
Vietnam
Castro
Asia
Inter
Suburbs Rise in Political Tide Threatening City Machines
Nassau County executive Eugene Nickerson positions himself as a suburban voice in the 1966 New York governor race. The piece argues reapportionment boosts suburbs, shifting political power from central cities toward outer communities, shaping party loyalties and future candidates.
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Agene Nickerson
Nassau County
Long Island
New York State
New York City
Nelson Rockefeller
Nickerson
Nassau
Bailiwick
O’connor
Queens
Bob Wagner
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Dirksen
Suburbia
Eugene Nickerson
New York
Illinois
Senator Dirksen
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Associated Press
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Organization of African Unity
Rhodesian Coal
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India-Pakistan
Kashmir
Red Chiné
John Chamberlain
Manhattan Island
Supreme Court
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Chicago
Lake Michigan Shore
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