Kennedy in Hawaii and Tokyo trip stirs political intrigue
The article portrays Robert F. Kennedy on a month long tour crossing Hawaii and Tokyo where a playful dunking by a dinghy crew unsettles a harbor water ski moment. It notes Kennedy's role beyond the Justice Department and his status as a key confidant to the President.
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Robert F. Kennedy
United States
Honoulu
Honolulu Harbor
Navy
Kennedy
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Washington
Robert Kennedy
Justice Department
Lessons From Tragedy At Greensboro High Point Airport Crash
A C46 crash during takeoff on a February Sunday marred the airport's safety record. Thousands gathered, blocking ambulances and delaying emergency response as crowds surged across the field. Officials enlisted help to manage the chaos while the incident paused air traffic and nearly triggered a fuel tank disaster.
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Greensboro-High Point
Merc
Endan
Castro Exhortations Signal Tightening Cuban Economic Grip
Fidel Castro railed at the Organization of American States in a Havana speech denouncing Yankee imperialism while waving Khrushchev's pledge of support. Argentina recalls its ambassador as Latin governments reassess how to remove Castro's Communist foothold, with Punta del Este seen as only a partial step. A united western hemisphere may seek a Cuban exile government as a means to end Castro without overt imperialism. The task is difficult but overdue.
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Havana
Organization of American States
Nikita Khrushchev
Argentina
Punta del Este
Castro
Cuba
Editorial Road Scandals Target 1960 Highway Spending
A House Public Works subcommittee digs into alleged graft in federal state highway programs, focusing on Massachusetts Oklahoma and Florida. The probe frames an election year fight with Bay State offices up for grabs including the Kennedy Senate race with Edward M Kennedy and other notable heirs to political power.
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Massachusetts
Oklahoma
Florida
House Public Works Committee
Congress
Bay State
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
John W. McCormack
Edward J. McCor
Massachusetts highway program probe risks broad corruption exposure
The piece notes Earl Mazo predicts Democrats will limit scrutiny to honest land deals, potentially missing wider engineering and construction flaws. It cites Congress boosting interstate funding to 1971 levels and tax changes while warning the road program could trigger a major scandal involving both parties.
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Massachusetts
Earl Mazo
New York Herald Tribune
Congress
Highway Trust Fund
House
College dropout rates loom over college selection trends
A National survey of more than 1,600 colleges finds one in ten freshmen fail their first year and dropout climbs to about a quarter at many schools. Engineering colleges show the highest dropout rates while private liberal arts colleges remain among the hardest to gain admission.
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Yibune News Service
New York
CH @INS
Colleges
Canada
Mexico
Hawes
Science Research Associates
Chicago
Polytechnical Institute of Brooklyn
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Georgia Tech
California Institute of Technology
Easiest colleges to get into may prove easiest to flunk out
Mr Hawes finds public two year colleges have the highest freshman failure rates while private four year women's colleges show the lowest dropout rates. Ivy League schools also show low dropout figures with Princeton and Penn at about 1 percent and Cornell at 6 percent. He warns some students should not attend college at all and staying in can be harder than getting in.
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Bryn Mawr
Vassar
Radcliffe
Barnard
Wellesley
Smith
Mount Holyoke
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Brown
Cornell
Letters to The Editor Public concerns and civil rights questions
A reader criticizes local paper drives by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for littering and urges discretion in paper collection. A second writer questions standards of dignity and race, arguing for mental freedom and equality, noting segregation in meals and the need for civic discussion.
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Jayc
Bac
Jaycee Organization
M. D. Hepler
Mental Freedom
The
Enterprise
Notes on The News and the Tyranny of Words
A letter argues for equal rights under law for Black readers and critiques political labels. It cites Lin Yutang on precise language and references terms like conservative radical communist and Goldwaters. The writer urges dictionary use to understand terms and warns against name calling.
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Lin Yutang
Presbyterian News
Share swap plans shadow Rawleigh Home Finance merger
J N Rawleigh and Home Finance directors agree six tenths of one Home Finance share for each Rawleigh share in a merger ending March. Original tentative mix favored more Home Finance stock, but audit adjusted reserves reduced value. Local holders pivot to capturing later reserve gains while awaiting merged earnings impact.
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Home Finance Company
Home Finance
Rawleigh
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