Chester editorial calls for progress in race relations security
The Chester Business Men's Association and Committee for Freedom Now announce a joint committee to evaluate discrimination complaints, signaling a more cooperative framework. The piece questions Branche’s shift from defiant to reasonable and notes ongoing testing of the new approach amid forecasting future results. It also offers a satirical Christmas shopping survey and urges Delaware County to attend Sunday polio vaccine distribution as part of postwar civic duties.
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Chester Business Men’s Association
Committee For Freedom Now
CBMA
CFFN
Edwin Fried
Stanley Branche
France
Delaware
Red scare missives in grain and power politics
An analysis argues that Soviet grain exports lag Tsarist levels and that Khrushchev’s promises outpaced by real production. It notes 1909–13 exports at 4.8 million tons versus 1958–62 at 6.8 million, with high imports and bleak living standards under communism.
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Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Red Empire
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East Germany
Poland
Lenin
Don’t Lose Our Heads in the Kennedy Assassination Era
Richard Starnes argues against anti gun scapegoating after President Kennedy's assassination. He claims the firearm is blamed broadly and predicts emotion will drive policy, warning against blanket gun bans and targeting sportsmen.
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Washington
Kennedy
Johnson Liberal Advocate Lyndon B. Johnson Profile
The piece portrays Lyndon B. Johnson as a rising liberal figure trusted to lead the nation through 1964. It recounts his health, recovery from a heart attack, his self-identified liberal stance, and his dispute with critics while defending New Deal and Fair Deal policies. It also argues against gun control and supports individual gun ownership.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johngan
Ruby and gang plots stain Dallas underworld rise
Washington detective traces Jack Ruby's ties to Chicago hoodlums, labor racketeering, and a planned union scam. He documents Murder of lawyer Leon Cook, Ruby’s role in Local 20467 Waste Material Handlers Union, and the shift of Ruby’s operations to Dallas.
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Jones
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McClellan Committee
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HOODS
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Cook
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