Washington The Manpower Problem At State
James Reston argues the State Department faces a manpower squeeze with top policy roles vacant or soon open. He cites lack of clear successors, compare with wartime leaders, and notes Johnson’s administration struggles to appoint strong candidates amid a broader brain drain to academia and foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reston
New York Times News Service
Washington
State Department
Sec
Rusk
George Ball
Thomas C. Mann
A. Alexis Johnson
Japan
Sec. of State
Dean G. Acheson
John Foster Dulles
John J. McCloy
Arthur Dean
Henry Stimson
Robert Lovett
Navy
Paul Nitze
George McGhee
West Germany
David Bruce
Britain
Gene Rostow
Yale Law School
Bill Moyers
White House
Truman
Senate
James F. Byrnes
George C. Marshall
Johnson
Kennedy
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Johnson-Fulbright
Vietnam
Military Services
Edwin O. Reischauer
John Kenneth Galbraith
India
Harvard
McGeorge Bundy
David E. Bell
Agency For International Development
Ford Foundation
Suez Crisis, 1956 Spurs France Nuclear Deterrent Rise
C L Sulzberger examines the 1956 Suez crisis as a turning point that shattered Western influence in the Arab world, boosted Afro Asian nationalism, and propelled France toward building a national nuclear force the force de frappe, reshaping NATO and French policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Sulzberger
New York Times
Paris
Nasser
Suez Canal
Cairo
Sec. Dulles
Nile High
Egypt
Israel
France
Britain
London
Arab Middle East
Atomic Club
de Gaulle
Fourth Republic
Force de Frappe
Washington
France's Nuclear Drive and De Gaulle’s Independent Policy
The piece traces France’s push for an atomic arsenal after U.S. rebuff, De Gaulle's insistence on independence, and the 1950s debates over German aid. It notes Ailleret's 1956 plutonium bomb estimate, a secret Gaillard deal, and the shift to a France-led nuclear force that affected NATO ties and transatlantic relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Washington
Paris
France
Fifth Republican Coalition
Ailleret
Armes , Speciales
de Gaulle
Fourth Republic
Bonn
Gaillard
Fifth Republic
U.S
Ancient South American earthworks reveal pre Columbian agricultural system
Aerial photographs document parallel ridges in Colombia's San Jorge floodplain likely used for farming long before Columbus. Parsons and Bowen in Geographical Review suggest pre Columbian population densities were underestimated and lowlands may be developed for rice and pasture while highlands grow crowded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sullivan
N.Y
Southeast Asia
The
Geographical Review
James J Parsons
University of California Berkeley
William A Bowen
Pinnation Ata Bent Tha Avan
Colombia
San Jorge
Lawrence Education Unit Contract Is Authorized
The Lawrence County Board of Education approved signing with Charles H. McCauley Associates to draw plans and specs for a new educational building on board property. The center near Lawrence County High School will include 16 offices, an auditorium for 100, a material center funded by federal money, and a professional reading library for teachers. Total cost up to 100000 dollars, to be financed by county revenue and control and federal funds, subject to state legislature approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Lawrence County Board of Education
Silas Cross
Charles H. McCauley
Birmingham
Cross
Lawrence County High School
Wren Rd
County Board of Revenue and Control
Edsel Moore
Mt. Hope High School
Jackie Fergerson
Florence State College
Fergerson
Town Creek
Hazlewood High School
Mt. Hope
Sandra Roberson
Hadley Key
Chalybeate Springs
Hollis ‘Reeves
World Council shifts power with non western voices in Geneva
In Geneva the Conference on Church and Society highlighted a power shift within the World Council of Churches as more delegates from Asia Africa and Latin America join Western nations. The meeting addressed social issues including the Vietnam War race relations and the gap between rich and poor nations. American church leaders largely supported council pronouncements aligning with U S policymaking, though future criticism of Vietnam is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Fiske
New York Times News Service
New York
Conference On Church and Society
Geneva
Vietnam
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
John Foster Dulles
Asia
Africa
Latin America
North America
Europe
The
World Council
Council
Highly Unlikely U S Economy Will Follow A Smooth Course
Analysis shows forecasters split on whether the U S economy will slow into recession or accelerate with renewed inflation risk. Critics point to uneven growth across sectors, with construction and auto sales reacting to policy brakes while business investment and defense spending push ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Reconnaissance Wing Tracks North Vietnam Convoy
In North Vietnam a 20 truck convoy travels Highway 1 while a USAF photo jet films the column. Soon after the footage, fighter bombers strike the trucks as Col. Edward H. Taylor explains faster intelligence will guide future strikes. The operation exemplifies routine reconnaissance and evolving speed in battlefield imagery and targeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times News Service
Saigon
North Vietnam
Highway 1
South Vietnam
United States Air Force
Air
Air Force
Edward H. Taylor
Austin
Tex
460Th Tactical Reconnaissance
Tansonnhut Air Base
Photogra
Taylor
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United Arab Republic
William P. Bundy
Clark Clifford
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Clifford
United States
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Lawrence Education Unit
Surinam
Orinoco River
Venezuela
Bolivia
International Missionary Council
Rhodesia
Rossant
Wall Street
Pierre Rinfret
Lionel D. Edie & Co., Inc
Sanford S. Parker
Fortune Magazine
Federal Reserve
Oscar Gass
Lamaneus
North
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