Kennedy Assassination Debate Spurs Reopen Call
The article notes ongoing debate over the Kennedy assassination and the Warren Commission. It cites critics like Mark Lane, Harold Weisberg, Edward Jay Epstein, and Josiah Thompson challenging lone‑gunman conclusions. It highlights Six Seconds in Dallas as influential and urges continued critical study.
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Soviet Art Pushes Boundaries Under Socialist Realism
In Moscow an AP report notes that socialist realism still guides Soviet painting and sculpture near Red Square while allowing some imagination. About 30 percent of works appear primitive to Western observers, with abstract art still taboo and public displays limited. A Armenian sculptor’s work prompts curiosity among foreign visitors.
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Lenin in Soviet Art Exposition Defends Socialist Realism
The exhibit shows Lenin as ubiquitous moral inspiration and declares Socialist realism unyielding amid ridicule. Minister Yekaterina Furtseva defends the system while underground art persists and two Moscow exhibitions of expressionist works were closed on opening day. Sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich urges shaping tastes for both Russians and international connoisseurs.
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Duke Student Helps Publish Prisoner's Auto Biography
Duke sociology graduate student John McCrimmon edits and seeks a publisher for a prisoner Mick who writes from a Kentucky maximum security jail. The manuscript outlines a life in reform schools and jails with reflections on crime, prison life, and possible reform through writing.
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Frances Councill
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Mobile
Ala
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