Editorial: Kennedy Overrule Risk If Nuclear Test Ban Fails
The piece argues that Senate rejection of the Moscow nuclear test ban could be overridden by President Kennedy, preserving the treaty despite a two thirds vote hurdle. It notes executive power to sustain the pact, cites past budget battles over the B 70 bomber, and urges voters to weigh support for ratification in elections.
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United States
Senate
Kennedy
Moscow
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Congress
Pentagon
Executive
Democracy Needs Hell Raising Says Gazette and Daily
The Gazette and Daily of York Pennsylvania argues that democracy requires bold public action and civil rights demonstrations. It condemns moderates who value decorum over justice and says Bill of Rights gained through open, hell raising not private club talk. It warns against tolerating injustice for tranquility and claims moderation supports bigotry.
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York
The
Washington
South
Disraeli on Inconveniences of Free Speech
A quotation from Benjamin Disraeli frame discusses demagogues and agitators as inevitable incidents in a free constitutional country. It argues that enduring such inconveniences enables retaining important freedoms and advantages.
Project Baton brings youth twirling to YMCA lessons
Readers describe how former pupil Ned Guthrie and partner Irving Goldwyn funded Project Baton, delivering batons and teaching after school twirling to girls and boys. The letter also corrects a prior editorial on Palestine and criticizes Gazette endorsements as harming civic discourse.
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Ned Guthrie
YMCA
Guthrie
Irving Goldwyn
Donald Smith
Loren Hammel
Charles Rotgin
William Sloman
Larry Kaufman
Frank Veltri
William Lance
Sherwin Steiger
Jim Beane
Rehabilitation training and jobs in West Virginia discussed
A Gazette item notes promises of federal aid matched by state funds for rehabilitation centers. It questions the long training path from six months pretraining to months waiting for actual training and a nearly two year timeline. It argues most jobs require skilled workers and asks where new employment will come from.
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Erictor the Gazette
West Virginia
Hysteria over atmospheric tests ends with treaty view
Walter Lippmann argues the core issue is scientific method, not military advantage, in the atmospheric test debate. He contrasts Dr. Teller and generals with expert scientists, notes the treaty limits to labs and holes in the ground, and says limits curb hysteria over absolute weapon supremacy.
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Soviet Union
United States
McNamara
Teller
Dr. Teller
Air Force
Southern Governors purge Wallace Barnett extremism
At the Southern Governors Conference the group isolated George Wallace of Alabama and Ross Barnett of Mississippi while signaling a shift away from race policing. The communiqué suggests the region wants less federal intervention and fewer race riots, aiming for smoother civil rights conduct.
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Washington
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Ross R. Barnett
Mississippi
Fletcher Knebel Potomac Fever
A 1959 reflection on foreign aid in South Vietnam and nuclear test concerns. The piece notes scientists' debate on a test ban and Congress approving a 209 billion dollar debt limit while U.S. owes 305 billion. It recalls Kennedy era politics, Southern governors, and the Faubus Little Rock episode.
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Congress
Origins of Chess Across Cultures and Facts
Paragraphs note chess likely originated in India as chaturanga. The piece covers diverse trivia including US banking finance, lightning effects on trees, coffee with spices in Arabia, meteorite experiments yielding oxygen, Haiti's density, a honeybee’s pollen load, India’s tea and sugar cane lead, pigs in Denmark, US currency design work, a 19th century mail route via Guadalupe Pass, and 1960 divorce figures for three million children.
Teller Appears Beset by Probe at Southern Governors Conference
Gov. Barron faced questions over Dr. Edward Teller's rumored invitation to speak at the White Sulphur Springs gathering. Barron sought a rebuttal speaker while various governors confirmed Teller's invite. the scientist ultimately did not appear, leaving Barron disappointed that a Kennedy Administration debate on the test ban was not heard.
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White Sulphur Springs
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
Ark
Henry Bellmon
Oklahoma
Bellmon
Goldwater
Barron
Edward Teller
Ken Kurts
Charleston
West Virginia
Karts
Edward ‘Teller
United States
Telfer
Washington
Senate
Richard Harkness
Essary
Howe
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Bascett
Teller
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Sanders
Dr. Teller
Mate
New Frontier
Marjorie Kester
Gov. Barron
Frank Norton
Southern Interstate Nuclear Board
Greenbrier
Everett Parrish
Harkness
Kurtz
Clifton Forge
Haman
Gov. Barren
Kennedy Message Quoted in Page One Story
Intercepted note from F Kennedy to Jconomizad Washington discusses a contingency faced by the recipient. The message is printed on page one.
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F. Kennedy, Jconomizad
Washington, D. C
Worth Repeating Reflections on Shared Misfortunes and Calm Pursuit
A compact aphorism noting that reflecting on others misfortunes teaches shared human fate. It contrasts humane caution with Ciceros call for a calm pursuit of excellence, urging restraint in striving and in life.
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Neil Elphick
FMC Corporation
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