Eye for Eye Penalties For Crime Archaic View
Editorial urges West Virginia lawmakers to abolish capital punishment arguing the death penalty fails as a deterrent. It cites England and Canada moves toward abolition, notes U S. practice remains, and warns against risking an innocent life for a harsh creed. The piece praises a TV program critical of the penalty.
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France
Lester Pearson
Canada
United States
West Virginia
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China Dilemma Seen in United Nations Solvable
A proposed compromise by Afro Asian diplomats suggests Chinese participation in the UN be modeled on the Soviet seat pattern. Peking would hold the single all China seat in the General Assembly and Security Council, while Taiwan would sit in the assembly.
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People’s Republic of China
United Nations
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Chiang
Stalin
Russia
Assembly
Security Council
Tapei
Robin and Lightning Bug Legends From Early Christians
Ralph McGill recounts popular Christian legends where nature joins the manger tale. The robin’s fire-flamed breast and the lightning bug’s glowing light both arise from biblical events, explaining why the robin shines and bugs carry light at night through generations.
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Bethlehem
Has
Readers' Forum Letter Critiques Mississippi Stereotypes
Mississippi reader Louis W. Cotton defends his state against editorials praising federal occupation. He argues crime stats favor Mississippi, condemns racial claims, praises local employment, and urges national readers to consider regional context before judging Mississippi's progress and freedoms.
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the Gazette
Mississippi
Patience tested as Khanh governs Saigon war policy
James Reston analyzes Johnson's Viet Nam policy facing General Khanh and Saigon colonels demanding a free hand to run the government while US funds continue at 1.5 million dollars daily. The clash weakens Saigon's legal authority and tests Washington's stance on civilian rule versus military control amid a broader Senate resolution on Southeast Asia.
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Johnson
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
United States
Saigon
Maxwell Taylor
Gen. Khanh
Khanh
Viet Nam
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Tran van Huong
High National Council
High Council
U.S
Senate
House of Representatives
Southeast Asia
America
Nuclear Maginot line sparks Franco US defense debate
The United States weighs a shift to prompt limited nuclear retaliation in Europe. Washington and Paris may align on wartime target sharing and intelligence, risking German politics and Bonn's coalition as NATO debates a nuclear Maginot line of placed atomic mines along the German frontier.
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SAC
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Sputnik
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France
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von Hassel
Challe
Speidel
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Erhard
Social Democrats
Message fragment hints at cake joke and Dec 24 1964 note
A terse intercepted message dated December 24, 1964 to Bernie hints at an empty building storage plan linked to a cake joke. The note references content continued on Page 3 of the issue.
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Bernie
Potomac Fever and the Panama Canal Debate
A Washington speech fragment questions LBJ's Great Society progress and critiques bureaucratic waste. The piece contrasts a proposed new canal with idle alternatives, cites Rep. Gerald Ford’s leadership ambitions, and humorously speculates on Martian encounters with Republicans.
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Panama Canal
Eni¢ Canal
Panama
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