Compassion and policy at NCC three day gathering in St Louis
The National Council of Churches General Board in St Louis urged policy shifts toward Mainland China including diplomatic recognition and trade, backed famine relief for India through Food for Peace, and called for fasting and birth control aid. Delegates plan the Miami general assembly in luxury hotels, contrasted with India’s hunger crisis and Kerala food riots.
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General Board
National Council of Churches
St. Louis
Arthur S. Flemmine
Eisenn Howen
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Ful Bright
Committee On Foreign Relations
NCC
China
World Fellowship
The
United Nations
India
United States
General Assembly
Miami
Florida
NCC General Assembly
America
Miami Beach
Kerala
Riots erupt over language amid India’s diverse patchwork
A newspaper notes language riots in Punjab and New Delhi after Hindus demand Hindi for Sikhs, causing injuries and arrests. It outlines India's federal structure with 16 states and eight union territories, about 450 million people, and official languages. It argues planning for a national Hindi, English as second language, and warns plans can quickly go awry in a diverse democracy.
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India
Rose
Kerala
Bombay
Punjab
New Delhi
Republic
Mournful Weepers Brigade Roils After Abba Schwartz Exit
Ralph de Toledano lampoons the Weepers Brigade over Abba Schwartz leaving as Assistant Secretary of State. He criticizes open door visas, Strulens case, Otepka, and alleged liberal plots, arguing Schwartz’s departure weakens liberal pressure and strengthens security duties, while predicting further investigations by a liberal packed Government Operations subcommittee.
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Brigade
Abba Schwartz
Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
Schwartz
State Department
Congress
Department
Passport Office
United States
Michael Strulens
Strulens
Katanga
Otto Otepka
Senate
Mr. Otepka
Mr. Schwartz
White House
Washington
One Man One Vote Then Comes Trouble in Nations
In a critique echoing Sumner, the piece argues that embracing both one man one vote and one nation one vote creates UN voting distortions. It cites Maldives and Gambia versus the United States, notes population weights, and discusses Africa’s elections and Rhodesia’s apartheid context under Smith.
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William Graham Sumner
America
Sumner
United Nations
Maldive
Gambia
United States
India
France
Britain
China
Africa
Debate Over Kenne dy and Kennedys Role in Democratic Left
Commentary questions Robert F Kennedy as a national figure, arguing merit should decide when the Junior Senator from New York gains prominence. The piece mocks his Viet Nam stance and past actions, notes New York's lottery talk, and humorously critiques his education and celebrity ties.
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New York
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic Party
Americans For Democratic Action
Humphrey
Kennedy
New Yorker
U.S
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Rubert F. Kennedy
Indonesia
Sukarno
Rosert Kennedy
Lukanno
New Guinea
Kennedys
Malaysia
Week That Waz It Was A Lively Week
A quirky verse notes Sukarno stepping back in Indonesia and DeGaulle, Lyndon, and masses reacting as U.S. politics shift. It mentions lawyers toying with judge recommendations, John Carter tending flowers, and a legislature imposing taxes before reconsidering public sentiment.
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Sukarno
Indonesia
DeGaulle
U.S
Lyndon
Co.k
John Carter
Womack
S. S
Peace by flight thesis on China policy debated in Senate
Washington columnist argues Fulbright probes China policy not to deter war but to prove a thesis that Vietnam withdrawal could avert conflict. Cites W A Jackson book on Russo Chinese borderlands and Halford Mackinder’s geopolitics, framing Sino Soviet power as a regional juggernaut pushing from Hanoi to East Berlin.
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Washington, D. C
Fulbright
China
Vietnam
USA
Pacific Ocean
W. A. Douglas Jackson
University of Washington
Jackson
Ussr
CPR
People’s Republic of China
Russia
East Berlin
Hanoi
Halford Mackinder
Eurasia
Red China
Central Asia
Pacific
Formosa
Korean Peninsula
Philipines
Defense of Vietnam Intervention Echoes in America
The piece argues for continued U S involvement in Vietnam, likening it to earlier actions in Europe against Hitler. It cites Anthony Harrigan on tempered compassion, warns against nihilistic solutions, and recalls allied interventions in the American Revolution and World War II to defend Southeast Asia and Australia against Communist threats.
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United States
Viet Nam
America
Europe
Hitler
Anthony Harrigan
Charleston News and Courier
Mr. Harrigan
U of Independence
France
Spain
Britain
Chesapeake
de Grasse
Cornwallis
Washington
Yorktown
Southeast
Asia
Western
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Ralph de Toledano
John Chamberlain
Golpe
Congo
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Dahomey
Upper Volta
Ghana
Stuart Cloete
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Ashbrook
George Wallace
Alabama
Harold Wilson
Tan Smith
Robert F. Kennepy
Mr. Kennepy
Humphrey Bogart
Danville Register
Danville
Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Holmes Alexander
Russell Kirk
Ttr
Australia
South Viet Nam
Japan
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