No Rise In Vietcong Terrorism Reported Near Elections
The piece reports that despite Johnson Ky and Liberation Radio warnings, Vietcong terrorism has been low since August. Analysts cite weekly incident totals, with scattered local threats concentrated in Mekong Delta and three northern provinces, while no broad, coordinated campaign is evident before September 11 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Apple JR
New York Times
Saigon
Manchester
N.H
Johnson
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Danang
Mekong
Phongdinh
Anxuyen
Eisenhower McNamara Seek Fair Military Draft Plan
The Nation summarizes Eisenhower and McNamara aims for an equitable and adequate manpower system. They argue education and service are not mutually exclusive and call for boosting physical fitness, discipline, and access for youths excluded due to educational deficiencies. About half of 600,000 yearly rejects stem from educational gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Krock
New York Times News Service
Washington
Eisenhower
Sec. of Defense
McNamara
Armed Services
Eisenhower McNamara dialogue on universal military training and manpower
The dialogue contrasts Eisenhower and McNamara on Universal Military Training and military manpower. Eisenhower stresses the program’s importance and frames it as a structural issue, while McNamara ties his views to Great Society antipoverty efforts. Both perspectives advance feasible policy steps for a capable, equitably staffed defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
McNamara
Johnson
Observer By Russell Baker on Rusk Salary and Spouse
The Observer, Russell Baker, humorously critiques Secretary of State Dean Rusk noting his $35,000 salary, free car, no vacation costs, and overtime, while exaggerating the hidden expenses and stresses of the job and imagining private outbursts that haunt a secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Baker
New York Times
Washington
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Sweatshop pay at cabinet table by Will Rusk
The piece argues secretary of state pay should reflect productivity, likening $35,000 to sweatshop wages. It notes his work affects Congress, media, education, health, and private fundraisers, while predicting Congress will not grant a raise to Will Rusk due to political self-interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Commerce
Federal Aviation Administrator
Secretary of State
Page One
State Department
Rusk
Nine Youths Charged In Athens Thefts
Athens police charged nine children aged 8 to 14 with second degree burglary for shoplifting and a garage break in. Four 8 to 13 year olds faced petit larceny counts from incidents around the square. Two minors were released to a sheriff, others to parents, as officers report sacks of merchandise found during surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
A. B. Lightfoot
R. J. Pitman
Lightfoot
Viet Political Talks Postponed in Saigon Elections
South Viet Nam radio postponed speeches of 11 candidates for the Constituent Assembly in Saigon without explanation. The postponement follows two prior campaign speech slots and marks the third group to be heard by the national broadcaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
South Vietnamese National Radio
Constituent Assembly
Radio Of Free Asia Tops Bamboo Curtain
A new anti-Communist station financed by a private American group began broadcasts in Seoul using a 500,000 watt South Korean transmitter. Radio of Free Asia airs six hours weekly in Korean and Chinese, plans Vietnamese and aims to raise 250,000 dollars as supporters including Truman and Eisenhower backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Seoul
South Korea
Radio of Free Asia
North Korea
China
Viet Nam
Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation
Washington
Asia
Lawrence L. Mays
Foundation
Korea
United States
You Chan Yang
Yang
Kai-Uwe Von Hassel Faces Broad Crisis as German Defense Chief
Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, appointed to head the West German defense ministry in 1962, faces internal revolt, public criticism, and a widening rift with the United States over European strategy and arms policy. Amid starfighter crashes and a pilot's family lawsuit, he upholds civilian control while suspending a top Air Force general and defending his tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York Times
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Defense Ministry
Franz Josef Strauss
Bonn
von Hassel
Bundeswehr
Erhard
Luftwaffe
West Germany
U.S
Germany
Pentagon
Kai
Werner Panitzki
Air Force
Denmark
East Africa
Tanganyika
German East Africa
Flensburg
Italy
Campaign notes amid exile in Saigon and New York press deal
In Saigon the Sept 11 campaign begins slowly with speeches on provincial radios and a canceled meeting as crowds stay small while some candidates draw attention in streets and private gatherings. In New York, the Pressmen’s Union narrowly approves a new contract with World Journal Tribune Inc. by 263 to 208 after 95 minutes, moving toward launching the afternoon and Sunday editions of the merged papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Viet Nam
Saigon
NEW York
Pressmen’s Union
World Journal Tribune, Inc
Morning Herald Tribune
William J. Kennedy
Presi
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Quangtri
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Jellystone National Park
Decatur Daily
Man In the News
Afternoon Journal-American
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