Eisenhower bids farewell urging firm yet conciliatory policy
In his final press conference President Eisenhower warns of dangerous drift in world affairs and warns of new power blocs within the United States. He says Kennedy must confront Communist nations with strength and restraint to keep world stability and national survival.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Alvan den Dries
Paris
Thomasville
James E. Lambeth
John Foys
Don Conrads
Taylor Simpsons
Arnold Schiffman
New
Sedgefield
United States
J. A. Eshelmans
Washington
New York
France
Blow At Cuba Obama US travel limits for Cuba policy shift
The article argues the United States will restrict travel to Cuba, requiring State Department authorization for entry and citing risks to citizens. It links the move to pressuring Castro by cutting off embargoed goods and curbing Fair Play for Cuba activities, aiming to choke Castro economically and curb indoctrination trips. The piece also critiques religious life and calls for accountability in church involvement.
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United States
Cuba
State Department
Rye
Free
Castro
Fair Play For
Canada
U. S
United State
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Hitler
Mack Gallimore
Box
Denton, N, C
Russia Threats Nuclear Destruction By Rockets Report
CIA report cites Russia has threatened 15 nations with nuclear destruction by rockets on over 40 occasions since 1956. The document highlights repeated warnings and poses ongoing Cold War era tension between Moscow and global powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Intelligence Agency
Russia
Harvard Ties Deepen in Kennedy Administration
Editorial notes how Kennedy fills leadership posts with Harvard graduates and affiliates, dubbing a “Harvard on the Potomac” era. It lists cabinet and staff with Harvard ties from Dillon to McNamara, Bell to Zuckert, and Schlesinger to Galbraith, arguing Harvard’s influence in shaping early policy.
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Harvard Law School
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Harvard Business School
Yale
Paul H. Nitze
Defense
International Affairs
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Harvard College Cum Laude
W. Willard Wirtz
John J. McCloy
State Department
Alanson W. Willcox
Health, Education and Welfare
Archibald Cox
Law School
Harvard
Kennedy
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
J. Kenneth Galbraith
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Charles
Adamses
Benjamin A. Smith
D.C
Crimson
Kennedy Leads West In Cold War Dilemma Says Analyst
Leon Dennen argues Kennedy must advance beyond containment to restore freedom and human dignity, expand Western ties with non Communist nations, strengthen NATO, and reframe the alliance for a world where atomic war is possible. Sweden's Stockholms Tidningen quotes the Free World looking to Kennedy for decisive anti expansion action.
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West
Russia
China
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Free World
NATO
Western
Europe
Sweden
Stockholms-Tidningen
United Nations
Citizens press for safety on Kivett Drive near Union Hill
In letters to the editor the community voices alarm over the hazardous Kivett Drive route to the highway used by students from Union Hill School. They urge school boards to deploy guards or patrols as traffic grows and accidents loom.
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Kivett Drive
Union Hill School
City
Robert J. Brown
Downing St
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Springfield Avenue
Southern Railway
Presbyterian Home
311
Civitan Essay Contest Links Students to Citizenship
Seniors focus on Civitan essay contest with the 1961 theme How to Prepare Youth for a More Effective Citizenship. Any senior can compete. area clubs direct the event and collect essays by April 1 with area winners forwarded by April 15. First prize is $300, second $150.
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Birmingham
Civitan
N. C
Sarah Ellen Gordon
Hamlet
Bette Jeane Murdock
Statesville High
Dennie Sellars
East Rowan High
North Carolina
Francis Essie
Pfeiffer College
Civitan Club
Civitan International
Subversion Budget Increase Wires Kennedy Best Wishes
An officer commands to triple the budget for subversion and to wire Mr Kennedy with his most sincere best wishes as part of internal messaging. The plan underscores heightened covert activity tied to Kennedy.
Presbyterian Home to Expand With FHA Insured Loan
The Federal Housing Administration insures a 750000 loan to expand the Presbyterian Home for the Aging, doubling capacity with two new fireproof wings by 1954. One wing adds 46 rooms for ambulatory patients plus offices and dining spaces. the second houses a 37 bed infirmary. The project proceeds promptly from subscriptions, and the home, begun by a Burrus bequest, continues serving the church and community.
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Federal Housing Administration
Presbyterian Home For
Presbyterian Home
J. T. Burrus
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Harvard and Politics
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James Reston
New York Times
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Wall Street Journal
Erwin Griswold
Robert F. Kennedy
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Robert S. McNamara
Har
High Point Enterprise
Cecbhe Kisaheekly
High Con Ponterpriss
Inn
North Main Street
R. B Anon
Tee Eeeee Managin Nanes
Patterson
Sa ON Megay Business
Oren
High Point
Leon Dennen
Western Alliance
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Communist International
Red
Laos
Comintern
West Berlin
South Korea
Soviet Russia
Communist China
The
Lantic Alliance
Enterprise
Heap
Charles Pearson
Holt McPherson
Norman Weisbecker
Billy Sheloff
Kewaunee
Cheerio
Taylor M. Simpson
Floral Garden Cemetery
Simpson
Taylor
T. Carl Langley
City Hall
Ernest and
Ernst
Winston-Salem
J. F. Millis
Carl Langley
Adams-Millis
National Fire Protection Association
Fort Bragg
Fayetteville
Navy
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S.C
T. G. Shelton
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