Toynbee on American politics and the colonial genius
Arnold Toynbee spoke at Williamsburg in 1961 about why modern legislatures lack the dazzling Colonial era talent. He argued the nation still has capable minds but emphasizes business and economy, urging more masters of government to keep pace with social and economic change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Toynbee
Wiliamsburg
Lincoln
Wilson
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Toynbee
Lady Bird Johnson
America
Look
Parents Magazine
Dan Moore
Janelle
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
Vait Gilmore
Tar Heel
Voit
China’s Dark Prospect and the United States
The piece weighs U S public sentiment toward Red China and Taiwan, noting support for engagement with Communist China while preserving ties to Nationalist China. It discusses public frustration over Vietnam and Johnson’s policies, the two China dilemma, and Peking’s atom bomb progress, ending with a grim view of China’s future and the challenges of possible diplomacy.
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China
Red China
Lou Harris
U.S
Johnson
Viet Nam
United Nations
Peking
Editorial on consumer costs in food marketing
The piece argues that a large share of each food dollar goes to marketers and processing rather than farmers, noting a widening spread between consumer prices and farmer receipts. It cites the 1964 National Commission on Food Marketing and its expected report to address labeling, grading, and consumer pricing biases. It highlights urban shopping choices and the high fixed costs embedded in groceries, suggesting consumer pressure will grow for reforms.
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Congress
National Commission On Food Marketing
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commission On Food Marketing
Drama at Senate Ethics panel marks Dodd hearing
The report details the tense Dodd Ethics Committee session with former assistants testifying amid a wall of Wall Street legal firepower. It highlights staff sacrifices from loss of work to public scrutiny, plus later notes on related political and legal happenings.
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Washington
Tom Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Wall Street
Dodd
Cahill, Gordon, Reindel and Ohl
Standard Oil
RCA
United States
John Sennett
Sen. Dodd
Internal Revenue
James Boyd
House Public Works Committee
John McCormack
George Fallon
Baltimore
Boyd
Marjorie Carpenter
Civil Rights Committee
The
American Bar Association
Committee
Arnold and Porter
Carpenter
Terry Golden
David Bazelon
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Golder
House Appropriations Committee
Spacetrack
Dan Flood
D-Pa
Alexander H. Flax
Air Force
Flood
Flax
Grand Central Station
Kennedy
Long
Ed Long
Missouri
Justice Department
Bobby Kennedy
Sen
Russell Long
Louisiana
Robert Kennedy
New York
Sen. Kennedy
Seni. Long
Sen. Long
Len. Kennedy
Civil rights tensions and political chatter mix in Mississippi and beyond
A Mississippi community faces militant incursions over school grounds as moderates warn of rising violence in a nonviolent push for civil rights. National figures weigh in on Watts era upheaval, while politics shift toward upcoming elections. North Carolina dairy pricing and a company name change draw local attention as milk flows to Florida and services amid price concerns.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Canton
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Leonard Kerpelman
Martin Luther King
Dr. King
Watts
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Senate Commerce Committee
Esther Peterson
High Point Enterprise
Bantay Maton
Dic, Eran Pola NG
A. Rawley
C.H. Lockwood
Randall B. Tergy, Jr
Tosepr PF
Rawley Bolt
Pattingon
Associated Press
MAM
Carr
High Point
N. C
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Weal Carrel
F Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Represent
Drew Pearson
Calvary
Michael
Church
Smith Bagley
Nick Galifianakis
R. J. Reynolds
Durham
Founders Life Assurance of Carolina
Life Assurance Company of Carolina
Life of Carolina
Wallace C. Ralston
North Carolina
Florida
Armed Services
Milk Commission
Perry's
Sally
Peyton Place
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