Foreign Aid: Is It Needed?
Washington discussion on a vast foreign aid program to save the world draws in Congress and presidents. Hatch argues for a one year limit, while Truman favored four. Kennedy later promises reform and a merged agency. The piece notes aid’s mixed motives, voter information gaps, and the long history of grants and loans totaling billions to nations like France, the UK, Italy, and Japan.
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Washington
Congress
Harry S. Truman
Carl A. Hatch
New Mexico
Hatch
Kennedy
Fowler Hamilton
Hamilton
Agency For International Development (Aid
Otto E. Passman
Passman
Wey
Truman
Greece
Turkey
George C. Marshall
Harvard
Europe
Marshall
Library of Congress
France
United Kingdom
Kennedy Urges Joint U.S.-Soviet Space Efforts
President Kennedy calls for joint U S Soviet space ventures including weather satellite launches radio tracking stations complementary satellites for magnetic field mapping intercontinental satellite communications and space medicine cooperation. He proposes U N meeting talks in New York to work out details following Glenn orbital flight and Khrushchev proposal.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
White House
Saellites
U.N. Outer Space Committee
New York
U.S
John H. Glenn Jr
Ship christened by governor’s wife and Holtzworth pose
Sanford wife of North Carolina governor christened the Raleigh a 521 foot amphibious transport dock. Rear Adm Ernest C Holtzworth commander of the yard stands beside the ship in AP Wirephoto.
Marchers for Peace Rally in New York City
Police cleared the Atomic Energy Commission protest on Broadway lifting participants to a patrol wagon while cameras rolled. Bradford Lyttle of the Committee for Non-Violent Action condemned nuclear testing and urged an end to the arms race, noting both U S and Soviet leaders share responsibility for the threat of war.
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New York
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Windsor
AEC
London
Tokyo
Bradford Lyttle
Committee For Non-Violent Action
United States
Russia
Lyttle
McNamara says U S could absorb a surprise attack and still counter Russia
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara states the United States could absorb a first strike and still destroy Russia, with enough remaining to deter a third power blackmail. He adds the U S will meet non nuclear crises on two fronts by end of 1962 and discusses deterrence versus civil defense.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Russia
Red China
McNamara
United States
Southeast Asia
Pacific
Rhee Delays Return to Korea Amid Ill Health
Exiled Korea president Syngman Rhee, aged 87, postpones plans to fly home from Honolulu due to government objections and worsening health. His adopted son Rhee In Soo says he will travel to Seoul to explain his father's condition to officials.
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Honolulu
Rhee
South Korea
Rhee In- Soo
Korea
Seoul
In-Soo
Hollywood Couple Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh Separate
Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh announce a separation amid public hints of trouble in their 10 year marriage. Curtis left their Beverly Hills home next to Pickfair as Leigh cites pressure and family strain while close friends dispute the statements and cite rumors of affairs and lingering tensions.
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Hollywood
Tony Curtis
Janet Leigh
Curtis
Beverly Hills
Pickfair
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Tony
Janet
Silent Screen
Kelly
Jamie
Chicago
Playboy
Hugh Hefner
Errol Flynn
Curtis-Leigh
Rocky
French
Riviera
Salta
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Taras Bulba
New York
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Arthur Edson
AP Newsfeature
Italy
West Germany
Formosa
Japan
Togo
Sierra Leone
Wake Forest
Raleigh
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Herbert McKay
Chapel Hill
W. G. Enloe
Terry
Marchers For
Hugh Mulligan
FBI
Siberia
New York City
Times Square
China
Fernand Gigon
Enterprise Assn
Gigon
Guatemala City
Asia
Australia
Indonesia
Philippines
Palm Springs
Milton Berle
Grove
Ing
Writers
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