Scandal in athletics at service academies debated in Senate
The Register reports a Senate debate over West Point and other service academies appointing athletes rather than officer material. Senators Loxe and Lone questioned appointment secrecy and abuse, citing coaches’ criticisms of Army and Clemson practices. The piece argues for purity and honor in academy recruiting.
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Dove
MacArthur
Hudson River
Corps of Cadets
United States Military Academy
D.a.’S
U.S. Senate
Louisiana
West Point
Loxe
Lone
Navy
Air Force
Lena
Annapolis
Colorado Springs
Kennety B. Keatrie
New York
Marvin Bass
U.S.C
Frank Howard
Clemson
Army
Pau Drerzen
Farm bill clash over H R 11222 eyed in House debate
The House will soon take up H R 11222, a Freeman version of the farm bill, aiming to control wheat and feed grains with marketing quotas and deep acreage cuts. Critics say the measure serves urban interests, hurts farmers, and echoes decades of Agricultural policy battles.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Harold D. Cooter
North Carolina
House Committee On Agriculture
Glairman Cootey
USDA
Washington
Kennedy-Freeman
Bright Belt
Burley
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Truman
White House
Awnperson
Penguin eggs and milk fads spark health clash
In a skeptical editorial tone, the Springfield Leader and Press rebuts dairy and nuclear fallout fears. It cites strontium 90 and cholesterol concerns, compares milk with vegetables, and argues higher dairy intake links to lower heart disease, noting nations with low milk use have higher illness, urging readers to question faddists and skip penguin eggs.
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Springfield
America
Campbell Soup Company
University of Wisconsin
Africa
India
Japan
Australia
Canada
Sweden
Denmark
Netherlands
Norway
Newspapers Have Become A Staple Of Modern Life
A survey shows daily newspapers outsell milk and bread in the United States with about 250 million copies circulated worldwide. The article traces the history from ancient Rome handwritten notices to the first printed papers in Venice and England, colonial American papers, and the shift to steam power in 1814 that enabled mass daily circulation.
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United States
National Geographic Society
Rome
Acta Diurna
Acta Senatus
Acta Publica
Europe
Nurnberg
Augsburg
Cologne
Notizie Scritte
Venice
Strasbourg
Signor Galitea
Padua
James J
America
Benjamin Harris
Boston
Boston News-Letter
John Campbell
Campbell
Virginia
Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg
Alexandria Gazette
London Times
Far East strains rise as anti U S feelings grow
The piece critiques growing anti-American sentiment in Japan, South Korea, and Formosa amid U S military presence and land use restrictions. It notes university, labor, and student influence fueling nationalism, with Tokyo protesting U S policies while Washington resists broader trade with Communist China.
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Washington
Seoul
South Korea
Taipei
Western Europe
South- East Asia
Far East
Japan
Formosa
Tany
State Department
Tokyo
Ikeda
South Pacific
Red China
Ikeja
Hayato Tkeda i Stll
Buckley on foreign aid and the Goulart plan crisis
William F Buckley Jr argues Congress faces three foreign aid pressures as Brazil’s Goulart plan allows 10 percent down on expropriated properties. He cites Galbraith’s warning against aid to unstable regimes and warns aid policy risks, capital flight, and American prestige. The piece critiques ideologized generosity and urges effective policy.
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Congress
John Kenneth Galbraith
India
Galbraith
Mr. Galbraith
Peeraeons
Brazil
Goulart
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Venezuela
United States
Galbraith Hag i
White House
Poland
Yugoslava
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Nedy
Allgemeine Zeitung
Leipzig
Tubingen
Stuttgart
Ulm
BaNep
Bruce Bioss At
Ray Tucker
U. S
Lee
Eime
Reicharges
William F. Buckley, Jr
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