Old Uncle Hendrik Too Smart For All
In apartheid era South Africa, Prime Minister Verwoerd gains power amid regional tensions and economic strength. The piece lauds his leadership while noting opposition, international caution, and a rise in black nationalism as whites debate reform and tightening controls. A local observer claims Verwoerd is “too smart for them all.”
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Richard R. Kasischke
Johannesburg
South Africa
Rhodesia
Henrik Verwoerd
United Nations
National Party
Verwoerd
Orange River
America
TVA
Transkei
Albert Luthuli
J. J. Fouche
Johannesburg Transvaler
Hendrik
Japan Faces Economic Heat As Growth Outpaces Control
Tokyo observers warn over heating economy with near full employment and rising living standards. Inflation climbs as foreign exchange reserves dwindle and prices rise, complicating Prime Minister Ikeda's plan to double GNP by 1970. An upper house election in July looms as a key test for the Liberal Democratic party.
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Tokyo
Germany
United States
Frankfurt
Japan
Hayato Ikeda
Ikeda
Liberal-Democratic Party
Aichiro Fujiyama
Japan Eyes Tight Money to Curb Spending Surge
Production climbs while consumer spending runs high, Fujiyama says. MI T I reports manufacturers hold high inventories but production stays strong, urged by a tighter money market and higher bank loan rates. Ikeda Cabinet approves a 3.9 billion dollar foreign exchange budget, signaling less abroad machinery money.
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Fujiyama
Economic Planning Agency
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Bank of Japan
Ikeda
Three Men In A Huge City Prison In Berlin
Rudolf Hess who will be 68 next Thursday marks his 21st birthday in Allied custody in Spandau Prison along with Albert Speer and Baldur von Schirach. The four powers share guard duty while refusing details on conditions and budget costs exceed 60 000 dollars yearly.
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Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Scotland
Hess
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Albert Speer
Baldur von Schirach
Spandau
Nuernberg
Span‘dau
West Berlin
Macmillan Ready to Rally Western Allies in 1962
Harold Macmillan appears as a steady Anglo American figure amid Tory slump, aiming to unify the Western Alliance and curb Communist expansion. He plans talks with President Kennedy in Washington and a speech in New York, with a focus on East West co operation and Britain’s role in shaping postwar power relations.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Washington
Kennedy
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Mac
Macmillan
White House
South Carolina Pioneers Closed Circuit Education TV
An abandoned supermarket site hosts a $60,000 education television experiment now serving 68 schools in 21 counties with plans to cover all 46 counties. Ford Foundation interest and praise from U.S. Education Commissioner McMurrin mark the program as a bold, world‑class venture using makeshift facilities to improve schooling amid high illiteracy and low attendance.
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Robert McHugh
Columbia
S.C
Ford Foundation
U.S
Sterling M. McMurrin
State Department
South Carolina
McMurrin
Lousiana
Hagerstown
Brasilia Two Years Old Still Growing Frontier City
Brasilia marks its second anniversary as a modern yet developing capital. The city, with 70 000 residents and 130 000 in surrounding areas, faces housing shortages, high living costs, and power outages, while federal duties still largely remain in Rio de Janeiro.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Federal
Geias
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Rio
Aftroft
Educational Television Expands Across South Carolina
The Television Commission approves statewide E TV setup at $8 per school or $14 per pupil annually. John Cauthen says costs drop with better gear and that E TV will ease teacher shortages by cutting payrolls. Current courses include algebra geometry science history and French with art aids. six channels offer up to 72 half hour lessons daily. Teachers are paid $750 a semester for taped lessons.
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Television Commission
John Cauthen
Cauthen
E-Tv
South Carolina
E-Tv Commission
George E. Bair
Forest Fires and You 1962 Public Service Message
Smokey Bear warns fires cost taxpayers over 100 million dollars last year. Forest fires destroy timber wildlife scenery and soil water resources, causing erosion and flooding. Be careful with fire in 1962 a public service message by The Advertising Council and Newspaper Advertising Executives Association.
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Smokey Bear
Smokey
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
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Harry Legge- Bourke
Maurice
Commons
Lord Ritchie
London Stock Exchange
Macwonder
Macblunder
Arthur L. Garshon
Europe
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Ning
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