Nuclear Space Dialogue Offers Hope for World Peace
Editorial notes two recent moves toward disarmament and peaceful space exploration. The United States and China hint at a non aggression pact while the Soviet Union backs a celestial treaty. Together these proposals suggest leaders may now seek safe humanity over ideological gains. The piece urges quick, cooperative action to curb nuclear threats and promote scientific progress.
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Chow En-lai
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Randolph Errs on CIA Stand
Sen. Jennings Randolph opposes Fulbright committee plans to broaden congressional oversight of the CIA claiming existing subcommittees suffice. The piece argues his stance is self serving from his recent rise to chair the public works subcommittee and notes the call for tighter CIA scrutiny.
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Public Works
Need for Books At WVU Genuine Needs for Books
The editorial argues the Board of Public Works should clearly justify denying West Virginia University’s request to move 18 500 from veterinary tuition to an equipment account for books. It contends surplus funds should be used to strengthen WVU libraries to attract scholars, urging enlargement and acquisition of more books for the main and law libraries.
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Readers Forum: Ordinance Debate and Civil Liberties
Readers express view that Charleston city leaders favor recreation over housing and employment for minorities. They claim the civil rights ordinance lacked fortitude, while other letters discuss Memorial Day burial plots and civil thoughts on interracial marriage referencing biblical Miriam and Moses.
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Charleston
Lippmann Warns on Vietnam Policy and Johnson
Walter Lippmann argues that South Vietnam turmoil shifts pressures onto McNamara and the administration. He warns that Ky’s junta cannot unify a viable South Vietnamese government, risking deeper American involvement or a humiliating withdrawal. He questions Johnson’s resolve to pursue a prudent, limited policy.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Junta
United States
Southeast Asia
China
Lyndon Johnson
Viet Nam
Devil's advocate role eyed for Policy Planning Council chair
Washington notes say George Ball's departure opens a vital role for skeptical analysis in foreign policy. The ideal successor would be a powerful, well trained institutional skeptic to push doubts within the Policy Planning Council rather than a showpiece apologist for past Viet Nam policy.
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Thomas
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Rusk
Yao
Ball
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Cassandra
China
Planning Council
Executive Branc
Rostow
Potomac Fever and a Boom Erang Launch
An Australian rocket returns to the pad after a failed bid by a boom erang company. Lyndon’s 1964 coattails are worn thin, hinting at riches fading to rags. The piece notes the National Education Association backing for four year olds in school and quips about birth control pills given to seagulls. Johan Wayne heads to Viet Nam with Marines.
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New Jersey
West Virginia Travel Division seeks stronger promo effort
A WV travel promotion official, Robert Bowers, laments uneven tourism information between West Virginia and Kentucky. The travel division, created in 1961, relies on ads and centers at clinics to draw visitors, but faces funding shortages and calls for more modern tools. WV aims to expand presence at major travel clinics, including the Canadian National event, to compete with top tourist centers.
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Poigny
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Webster Springs
Intercepted Message From 1906 Era
A brief fragment dated June 4 1906 references a communication to someone named Carla. The note mentions a prior admiral described as long haired and includes an apparent incomplete line about a person named Fah Shes.
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