Editorials Describe Labor Fear of Goldwater in 1964 Race
The piece reports union leaders and workers across the U S fearing Goldwater's impact. It notes UAW support shifts toward Goldwater Miller in Pittsburgh and the South, Gary Indiana steelworkers leaning GOP, and a Crusader poll showing 52.3 percent favoring Goldwater among Black voters. A 10 minute film attack against Goldwater is prepared by the Steelworkers Union led by David McDonald.
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GOP
UAW Teale
Pittsburg
South
Goldwater-Miller
Wig
The
Wall Street Journal
Lyndon Johnson
Crusader
Sen. Goldwater
Cary
Chicago Sun -Times
Windy City
Goldwater
Steelworkers’ Union
McDonald
McDonall
Arizona
United States
Vic
Coldwater
Rioting may swing election says pollster Samuel Lubell
Samuel Lubell travels to study voting shifts and says rioting in big cities could push Goldwater in the November election. He reports Kennedy voters switching to Goldwater, with mixed shifts in Pennsylvania New York and Chicago precincts. He notes labor and Medicare views affecting blocks and cites a high asking price for a block sale as a local anecdote.
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Calidlwater
Samuel Lubell
California
Kennedy
Nixon
Goldwater
Hut
Pennsylvania
New York
Homex
Scranton
Rokefeller
Chicago
Tubell
Jose
Vietnam debate and background readings challenged
Readers seek background on Vietnam policy and background material beyond State Department briefings. Marguerite Higgins and Suzanne Labin works cited, with Senate references and comments on Diem and U S policy flux. The piece criticizes official narratives and notes shifts from Chiang to Mao and the pattern of backing and discarding allies.
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LBJ
Vietnam
Utat
State Department
Arthur Sylvester
Cybernetics and Cora reshape human life
Edith Kermit Roosevelt surveys cybernetics a new science linking communications and control in animals and machines. The piece questions whether this emerging field will bring wealth and leisure or risks, citing Grey Walter and the artificial animal Cora to illustrate its potential and moral stakes.
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Cora
Wo Grey Walter
van Pavley
Age of Robot Edges Nearer in Experimental Studies
The article describes Cora the robot responding to light via a phot electric sensor as a hunger cue and being trained to avoid obstacles. It cites MIT cybernetics expert Claude Shannon and predicts machines performing complex reasoning within a decade. It covers government interest, Air Force sponsorship, and Cold War ideas on information control and education.
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Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Cloudcroft
N. Mo
Central Intelligence Agency
Russia
Air Force and Space Digest
United States Ends Viet Nam Policy Debates With Strong Hand
The article notes a full circle in U S Viet Nam policy as leaders shift to authoritarian measures to sustain the war effort. Secret records show initial opposition to Diem overthrow gave way to support for strong rule, with implications for future alliance choices and the risk of delaying victory by up to a year. Leaders like Lodge, Harriman, and Hilsman faced criticism for promoting democratic trappings that did not halt the conflict.
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United States
Vietnam
National Security Council
Nga Dinh Diem
Shanh
Diem
C.I.A
Washington
Lodge
Harriman
Hilsman
Glad
Lodge Onte
Fremont Readers Urge Growth of Libraries and Cultural Facilities
James Blawle argues Fremont must expand its library system and cultural venues to attract industry and support educated workers. He urges a city plan to build an assembly hall, theaters, and better schools, warning that scarce facilities threaten future prosperity.
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Fremont
Pato Alto
Varian Associates
Frermont
Censors and censorship across nations in Foreman's eyes
The article cites Carl Foreman criticizing censorship in nations from France and Italy to Egypt and the U.S. It highlights scenes cut or opposed, including a nude shot of Elke Sommer and depictions seen as pro Zionist. Foreman argues censorship serves a repressive state tool and critiques public morality as narrow.
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der Spiegel
Carl Foreman
Foreman
Egypt
U.S
Elke Sommer
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Crestwood Books
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Market Research Corporation of America
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