Russia a decade after Stalin Khrushchev's tightrope test
Leon Dennen assesses Nikita Khrushchev a decade after Stalin's death, balancing pressure from Moscow and Mao Tse-tung. The piece notes Khrushchev's rise, internal string-pulling, and clashes with Tito, while citing Soviet economic woes, meat shortages, housing strain, and worker protests as signs of struggle to build a viable communist system despite military strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Dennen
NEW York
NEA
Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Red
Russia
Khrushchev
Lavrenti Beria
Secret Police
V. M. Molotov
Lenin
Georgi Malenkov
Kremlin
Dennen
Comrade Stalin
Mao Tse-tung
Yugoslavia
Tito
Evgeni Evtushenko
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Tered Khrushchev
Geneva
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Georgi Zhukov
Beria
Malenkov
The
America
United States
Siberia
Odessa
Citiiens
Record-keeping across federal agencies and Soviet shift
The piece notes federal rules require filbert handlers and peanut shellers to maintain detailed records across 3848 groups and multiple agencies, and lists various items from slop chest receipts to manganese imports. It contrasts Khrushchev era reforms with Stalin era terror, highlighting Russia's ongoing moral crisis, youth discontent, and signs of revival in religion and culture amid structural Communist tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Filbert Control Board
General Services Administration
Maritime Administration
Agriculture Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Louisiana
Customs Bureau
Federal Aviation Agency
Securities & Exchange Commission
New Books Show Britannica Edition and Biographies
A review of the revised 1963 Britannica edition from New Books United Press International highlights its 24 volumes, 38 million words, and color plates. It notes editors Harry S. Ashmore and John V. Dodge, 9,000 contributors, and an index volume, with side mentions of biographies such as American Viking by James Dugan and The Silence of History by James T. Farrell, plus Indonesian Communism by Arnold C. Brackman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Chicago
Gan
Harper& Row
Hans Isbrandtsen
James Dugan
Isbrandtsen
Enterprise
Dugan
Kurt Carlsen
James T. Farrell
Doubleday
Farrell
Studs Lonigan
Eddie Ryan
Studs
Chicago University
Eddie
Arnold C. Brackman
Praeger
Communist Party of Indonesia
PKI
Asia
India
Philippines
Malaya
Thailand
Burma
Indonesia
Sukarno
United Press
Kennedys Return to White House After Palm Beach Visit
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children returned to the White House Sunday night from Palm Beach concluding a quiet week. The family arrived aboard Air Force One as security teams cleared the steps, with President Kennedy staying in Washington to host meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
Palm Beach
Kennedy civil rights proposal shocks southern senators
Washington Window reports some southern senators professing shock at President Kennedy's civil rights proposal while noting 1960 promises to Negro voters and Democratic platform commitments. Republicans led by Rockefeller challenge Kennedy as ADA calls it a surfaces-only plan. The piece contrasts past avoidance of a civil rights battle with the current message emphasizing voting rights and stalled FEPC and injunction provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C- Wilson
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
John E. Kennedy
White House
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
U. S
Johnson
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Commission On Civil Rights
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alenkov
Alers
Tellite Library
Phyllis Timlock
Ottawa
Canada
Alouette
GSA
Julian
Communist Party
Pravda
Izvestia
Supreme Soviet
Evtushenko
Ilya Ehrenburg
Salin
Con
Robert Rozdzhestvensky
Rodzhestvensky
Goateed Bulganin
Marshal Zhukov
Harper & Row
Kennedys
Gorld
Hollywood
David Weper
ABC TV
Vito
Pecori
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!