Unprecedented Wichita Attorney Appointment Sparks Due Process Debate
The editorial questions the appointment of eight Wichita lawyers to represent condemned killers Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. It notes the Kansas Bar Association role, potential new aid for others, and whether due process was violated, while acknowledging the confessed guilt and overwhelming evidence.
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Wichita
Richard Hickock
Perry Smith
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Bar Association
Smith
Hickock
Supreme Court
Business vs Christmas in Retail Editorial Tone
An editorial in a chain store publication defends early Christmas promotions as a natural result of American distribution demands. It argues customers and merchants mutual push drive the season, acknowledges critics who fear secular glitter, but asserts giving and good will remain the season’s core despite commercialization. The birth of Jesus Christ remains the paramount force of Christmas.
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Jesus Christ
Distaff Side and Word Usages Reflected in Social Talk
The piece notes how bridge club chatter spreads news of a blessed event and explores labels like matron and pre-matron. It cites Bergen Evans dictionary guidance on terms like sotto voce and undertone, then mocks aging norms as a new father frets about an older woman having a baby and hair dye.
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Bergen
Cornelia Evans
Mexico Land Reform Outlines Democratic Strength
Guerrero Mexico President Adolfo Lopez Mateos distributes land ownership certificates to farmers near a new rail line, highlighting agrarian reform as a bulwark against communism. He notes 240,009 acres granted and annual forest royalties, with Venezuela and Honduras seeking adviser support.
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Guerrero
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Lopez Mateos
North America
Sea
Cuba
Alliance For Progress
Venezuela
Honduras
Quadros
United States
Pre-Christmas Remarks Heard
New York AP column shares humorous pre Christmas dialogue snippets as shoppers and couples voice sentiment about gifts, Santa visits, cards, trees, letters to Aunt Martha, and holiday stress amid seasonal shopping.
Kennedy Seeks End to Silver Certificates in Major Policy
President Kennedy proposes removing silver certificates from circulation within 25 to 30 years, replacing $1 and $2 notes with Federal Reserve notes backed by gold. The plan ends official silver sales, boosts silver prices, and shifts silver from monetary metal to freely traded commodity, ending decades of political fights over silver.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Federal Reserve
Persident
Treasury
Iso
Kennedy Delusions Criticized by Soviet Paper Literature and Life
The Soviet weekly Literature and Life denounced President Kennedy as suffering from political delusions after his Tavestia interview. It dismissed his claim the Soviet Union seeks to communize the world as unfounded while noting the dialogue was useful and will likely continue. It criticized him for saying Soviets lack freedom of political choice.
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Moscow
Literature and Life
Kennedy
Tavestia
Soviet Union
Literature and
Life
Alexei Adzhubel
U.S.S.H
Thoreau Explores Allagah Region in 1846 Maine
Henry Thoreau traveled northern Maine's Allagah region in 1846 to study landscapes and livelihoods. The fragment notes the expedition, dates, and regional focus, highlighting his exploratory interest in the area.
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Henry Thoreau
Allagah
Northern
Maine
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