Editorial Fears for Saigon as Viet Nam Turmoil Persists
The editorial argues a military junta in South Viet Nam controls Saigon while Huong and Suu remain figureheads. It warns Washington may review aid if prisoners are freed and a legal government restored. It notes improved morale but potential Buddhist clashes and the risk of another internal crisis harming the war effort. It also mentions Alabama Republicans facing early leadership tensions.
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South
Viet Nam
Tran van Huong
Phan Khac Suu
Saigon
Maxwell Taylor
Taylor
Washington
Huong
National Council
Huofig
Diem
United States
Southeast Asia
U.S
Two Women Face Contempt Citations in Un American Activities Probe
Washington report outlines the contempt citations against Mrs. Dagmar Wilson and Mrs. Donna Allen for defying closed hearings of the Un American Activities Committee. The 1857 act is invoked, with McCormack certifying the case to a grand jury amid debates over constitutional limits and executive secrecy.
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Washington
Dagmar Wilson
Donna Allen
John’ McCormack
Wilson
Allen
Un-American Activities Committee
Edwin E. Willis
Uisiana
Senate
John P. Hale
New Hampshire
Frankfeld
Supreme Court
Congress
Wilson- Allen
Mark Talisman
Charles Vanik
Dohio
August E. Johansen
Michigan
Mrs.Allen
Subchairman
Jack Pool
Texas
Mrs. Wilson
Nittle
Larry Speiser
American Civil Liberties Union
McCarran
Prof
Yasui
Mrs. Allen
Richard H. Schord
D-Mo
Speiser
Ichord
Japanese ‘Council
Hosai University
Tokyo
Bell-McClure Syndicate
Living Today by Arlie B Davidson criticism harms relations
Arlie B Davidson advises against habitual criticism as it creates distance, fosters superiority, and harms how others perceive you. She stresses that thoughtfulness, not critique, earns respect, while the critical habit undermines self interest and good relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlie B. Davidson
Congo Mission Angers Africans in Congo Crisis
The piece surveys African leaders and reactions to Belgian and American actions in Congo, labeling Patrice Lumumba as martyr and Moise Tshombe as an opponent. It notes Charles de Gaulle’s Paris reception and cites Ahmed Ben Bella Kwame Nkrumah and Nasser as voices shaping the Organization of African Unity.
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Lynn Heinzerling
London
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Patrice Lumumba
Tshombe
Charles de Gaulle
Afrrica
Paris
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Kwame Nkruman
Ghana
Abdel Gamal Nasser
Egypt
Organization of African Unity
Lumumba
Letter From a Good Kid on Teen Morality
A reader argues most teens are decent and urges articles about the "good" teenagers not just the bad. The letter defends Methodist and American church moral teachings and cites a church statement praising sex within marriage and condemning premarital intercourse.
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Ilieve
Methodist Church
Shipley
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Names Generally Have Their Way In Politics
An editorial tracing how political power often runs in families from Adams to Harrisons and Kennedys. It notes John Adams and John Quincy Adams, the Harrison lineage, and the Kennedy impact, illustrating how name and family networks shape public office across generations. It also mentions declines with recent losses and broader traditions of political dynasties.
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Kennedy
Adamses
Harrisons
Arthur Edson
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kenneth Keating
Lyndon Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Joh Adams
Continental Congress
John
John Quincy
Russia
U.S
Dana. Oe Eeeter
Netherlands
Portugal
Prussia
England
J.Q. Adams
House
House of Representatives
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
Henry Adams
White House
Harrsons
Congress
Benjamin Harrison
Virginia
James Monroe
Harrison
Ohio
Senate
Ise
David Bruce
John Scott Harbin
John Scott
Jamin
Indiana
William Henry Harrison
House of
Tives
Robert Taft, Jr
James A. Roosevelt
Franklin D.roosevelt
California
Kennedys
Quiet Decatur Christmas Marks Few Arrests
Fifty years ago Decatur Police Chief Pettey said Christmas was the quietest he had seen with only one arrest. Morgan County noted marriages stayed near last year’s level as war-related shortages eased.
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Decatur
Pettey
Morgan County
Santa
Highway Patrol
Roe
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Alabama
Associated Press
Delly and Sundey
God of
Bethlehem
Bismarck
Moscow
Minneapolis
Hoover Rupert
Ann Arbor
Mich
First Methodist Church
Nashville Tennessean
South Viet Nam
Charlie Halleck
Gerald Ford
DE Gauue
Drew Pearson
Mission Angels
Africans
Norman Vincent Peale
U.S.A
Pusumacsus
Armay
Uae
Carter Bassett
Minis
Lawson Davidson
Decatur Rotary Club
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