Powers Debacle Highlights CIA Scrutiny Omission
The piece reviews Powers public hearing before the Sansie Armed Services Committee and asserts the CIA concealed the U 2 program risks. It argues policy had become an end in itself, with intelligence dominating decisions to the summit, and calls for overdue scrutiny of the agency.
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CIA
David Wise
Powers
Sansie Armed Services Committee
Senate
Capitol Hill
Fulness
Moscow
Tg Ae Pennes
Soviet Union
United States
Déan
Stockpile Scandals Put Freeport Chief In Spotlight
The Senate subcommittee subpoenas private Freeport Sulphur files implicating John Hay Whitney in meetings to win a Cuban nickel contract. Documents show Whitney and partners sought favorable ODM review, overriding GSA opposition while Freeport pressed for higher price and more nickel.
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Washington
Senate
Freeport
John Hay Whitney
New York Herald Tribune
Whitney
Cuba
New York
James Brownlee
Office of Defense Mobilization Borrowing Authority Review Board
Brownlee
Langbourne Williams
Harold Vance
Studebaker
ODM Review Board
ODM
General Services Administration
Howard Young
DMP
Louisiana
Moaday
White House
Harry Luce
Time, Life and Fortune
Fortune
Jess Larson
Truman
General Services
Senate Committee
Minister Ejects Negro Sit-In Demands at Church
A White Methodist minister in Alabama orders demonstrators to leave during a church sit-in. The statement appears in a Committee of Inquiry testimony reflecting reactions to civil rights protests.
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Jesus
Alabama
Committee of Inquiry
Now See Here Chaos
Paris discusses Kennedy idea for a study of how France Italy and West Germany achieved fast growth and high employment. Prof. Noon offered a solution for American lag, suggesting cooperation and investment while avoiding confrontation.
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Paris
Kennedy
France
West Germany
Italy
United States
Prof
Osgood Noon
Chaps
Government missteps escalate after disclosure of lies
The article details a four year lead up to a crisis as the government bungled responses. a cover story was issued, delaying acknowledgment and prompting a charged choice for the President between admitting the lie or brazening through.
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Eppervatty
Sovernment
United States
Wall Street Laughs at Gags as Markets Dip
A Wall Street chronicler notes the street’s wry humor amid a market nose dive. Jests about Stocks on the Rocks and Gilbert’s Rio flight circulate while brokers joke to cope with losses and the White House’s stance.
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Wall Street
Jack
Bobby
White House
Kennedy
Fdr
Roosevelt
Joe Kennedy
Edward M. Gilbert
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Gilbert
Omar Khayyam
IBM
Mr. Fixit
Egypt
Nasser
C. G
United States
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Eisenhower
Drew Pearson
Symington
Stuart Symington
D- Mo
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Pearson
GSA
the New South
Art Buchwald
Buchwald
Inez Robb
Busines
Robb
Gmimoff VT
Williamson
Logan-Welch
Weiner
Whartesten Fe
Pikeville
Lwey
Welch
Summers
Logan & Conver
Madison
Greyhound Terminal
Cadillac
ED Tutwiler
Cadillac, Inc
Virginia Street
Charleston, West Virginia
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