Editorials Sound Economics on the Bracero Question
The piece argues Alliance for Progress funds miss the poor while urging continued support. It discusses bracero labor from Mexico to the U.S. and its economic impact, noting $162 million in remittances and $35–$40 million in Mexican taxes. It warns a ban could raise costs and shift crops southward, altering farming and canning.
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Alliance For Progress
U.S
Mexico
Mexico City
California
Texas
Riots over HUAC probe provoke Split Reactions on Capitol Hill
The piece argues that what began as student protests in San Francisco evolved into controversial actions on Capitol Hill. It notes police brutality allegations, media coverage divides, and calls for liberal journalists to reassess the episode with direct experience.
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San Francisco
House UnAmerican Affairs Committee
Committee of Congress
Look And Learn J. Fastest growing city and college record
Calgary Alberta is described as Canada’s ninth largest city with a population near 360,000 in an outpost origin. The Harvard football team of 1886 set a single season scoring record with 14 games and 1h points against rivals. No source confirms precise speeds or Britain’s equivalent of West Point. Occupational therapy is noted as a field focusing on enabling daily activities through therapeutic methods.
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Calgary
Alberia
Canada
Harvard
What Was Jonah Kicking About in the Heat Wave
A humorous diary-style note recounts a week of scorching Southern California heat with a fried TV, broken appliances, a smoky fire department visit, and a runaway typewriter. The author addresses mail complaints about race and ethnicity, recalls a Freudian slip, and closes noting the heat wave is over.
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California
Michael Gilbert
Gina Lolobrisida
Doctor Shortage Sparks Debate On Government Role
Readers respond to a column by Dr. Russell Kirk arguing federal aid will not solve the doctor shortage. Letters warn of fewer students entering medicine, physicians leaving practice, malpractice suits, staff motivation, and the need for reform in training and working conditions. Concern grows that America will face few doctors unless medicine becomes more attractive.
Bloodhounds on the trail of political predators
Washington correspondent recounts Vic tor Lasky and his controversial biography EK The Man and The Myth. Interplay of Immigration Service scrutiny and federal pressure as Lasky becomes a political flashpoint in the New Frontier era.
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Washington
New York
Victor Lasky
Lasky
East Side
Immigration Service
Sydney Harris Personal Prejudices Reflections on Society
Harris muses on waiting as a creative act, gender and family dynamics, crime and punishment, fear and compliance, liberal and conservative divides, wages, relativity ethics, artistic dissatisfaction, age at marriage, and war myths. He urges realism and universal disarmament to end war.
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Auerach
Church Letters Question Political Involvement
Readers chide pastors for urging church members to join groups like the John Birch Society or NAACP and for church leaders taking sides in elections such as California Proposition 18. The letter notes potential church political influence and asks for clearer boundaries between faith and politics.
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Lille
The
John Birch Society
NAACP
California
Frustration Over Juvenile Crime and Parental Responsibility
A reader laments lack of enforcement as youths commit property damage, theft, drug and weapon use, and reckless driving. They contrast parental tutoring in values with sheriffs telling families to keep children away, questioning the idea of a free country for conscientious families.
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Aditor
Tam
Overpass Proposal Sparks Citywide Backlash on Mission Boulevard
A letter to the editor warns that a proposed overpass from Orchard to Berry Avenues would split Mission Boulevard and doom political careers of the mayor and council. The writer urges residents to oppose by election time, noting four open spaces above and south of Harder Road and stressing the six month timeline before city elections.
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Mission Boulevard
Orchard
Berry Avenues
Harder Road
Law of God Advocates Divine Law Over Civil Rights Bills
The author argues that integration cannot be achieved by man-made laws and would only cause turmoil. True integration, he says, comes when people live under the law of Christ, divine law, superseding human laws and political agendas. Ministers should teach living by the spirit, not voting on laws.
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Steife
Christ
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