Powell Denounced by House as Unfit for Seat
A House committee urges censure of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell for gross misconduct and misused funds, recommending a $40,000 fine and removal from leadership. The report condemns Powell as a demagogue harming civil rights and urges a path to curb him without martyrdom.
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Adam Clayton Powell
House
House of Representatives
Powell
Internal Revenue Service
Harlem
Congress
Sukarno Yields Power as Indonesia Moves After Crisis
Sukarno gives up remaining presidential powers to General Suharto amid military takeover and political crisis. The move follows appeals for resignation and aims to avert bloodshed as Indonesia seeks economic stabilization with aid from the United States and relief from foreign debt.
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Sukarno
Indonesia
Suharto
People’s Consultative Congress of Indonesia
China
States Debate Reform as Governors Push Modernization
Editorial explores constitutional reform ferment in states led by Maine Governor Curtis and New England peers King Hoff. Highlights call for full disclosure of campaign contributions, annual sessions, and budget focus. Notes state budgets outpacing federal growth with rising education and highway spending projections.
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Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Curtis
New England
John W. King
New Hampshire
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Kentucky
Mississippi
Virginia
New York State
David H. Bettle
Citizens Advisory
Washington
National Municipal League
Bipartisan Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Tax Foundation
CIA Subsidy to Labor Draws Fire in AFL CIO Rift
Revelations that the CIA paid nearly $1 million to the Newspaper Guild in six years highlight vast covert funding to organized labor. The subsidies, totaling around $100 million yearly, flow through Lovestone and several unions and groups, with little congressional accounting or public oversight.
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Cia-Afl-Cio
CIA
Central Intelligence
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
Inter-American Regional Labor Organization
ORIT
Latin America
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Lovestone
Arthur Goldberg
Goldberg
OSS
Organized Labor
Congress
Meany
United States
Nehru
India
General Accounting Office
Irving Brown
Europe
Marseilles
Reuther
Eastern Europe
Spain
U. S
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
AIFLD
Meany- Lovestone
Peter Grace
Grace Steamship Line
Juan Trippe
Pan American Airways
Charles Brinckerhoff
Anaconda Copper
Duke alumni hear praise for university leadership at gathering
Dr. Douglas Knight, Duke president, tells alumni meeting that Duke leads U.S. universities with strong development in North Carolina. He urges expanded support for primary education and notes Governor Moore’s proposals as a step toward better schooling for Tar Heel children.
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Duke University
Trinity College
Duke
U.S. University
Tile
David Fick
Iit
Knight
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