Is Long Beach Ready for Nuclear Age Shipments
Editorial argues Long Beach Harbor should study and potentially accept cargoes of spent radioactive materials. Cites safety measures, historical shipments through LA and LB, AEC reports, and the city’s role in nuclear programs to urge public education and proactive harbor preparedness rather than fear or ignorance.
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Long Beach
Long Beach Harbor
Harbor Commission
Los Angeles
Coast Guard
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
United States Navy
California
Humboldt Bay
Camp Pendleton
Pleasanton
Santa Susana
Livermore
la Jolla
Hawthorne
Berkeley
Palo Alto
Savannah
US. Navy
Congress
AEC
Long Peach
Cuba
Spain
McKinley
Roosevelt
Oday
Language notes on April Fools Day in various tongues
The piece surveys how different languages name April Fools Day. It cites Italian and French terms such as Pesce d Aprile and Poisson d Avril and mentions Portuguese Dia das.
New York Mayors End Strike With Newspaper Contract
New York City newspaper photoengravers vote to accept a new contract ending a 114 day strike. Mayor Wagner says the team effort finally yielded an agreement and the ball is over.
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New York
Robert FL Wagner
New York City
Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Day of Lies and April Fools Across Cultures
The piece surveys how April Fool’s Day is named in multiple languages including Spanish Day of the Innocents, Russian April joke, Scottish April goak, Hungarian Aprilisi bolond, Polish Dudek, Czech Dubnovy blazen, Danish Apitsaur, German Aprilnarr, and Norwegian forms. It notes a German trick involving a child buying Mockenfett of Entenmikh meaning mosquito fat and duck's milk.
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Apitsaur
Aprilnarr
Entenmikh
Kennedy Ponders Halving Missile Bomber Force
Drew Pearson reports President Kennedy privately considers halving US missile and bomber forces in exchange for a 10 percent cut by the Soviet Union. Military leaders warn such parity risks protecting global commitments, favoring geographic parity and a balance of terror as deterrence.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Pearson
Joint Chiefs
Maxwell Taylor
Defense McNamara
McNamara
Looking at facts vs perceptions in Kelley’s view
A discussion of Earl C Kelley’s Education and the Nature of Man argues perceptions originate with the perceiver. It uses an old tale of three travelers to show how different backgrounds shape interpretations of a single oak. Lincoln as viewed by varied groups illustrates that judgments arise from memory and experience, not objective facts.
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Earl C. Kelley
Kelley
Abraham Lincoln
Lincolns
Lincoln
Clay report on foreign aid sparks fiscal debate in Washington
Gen Lucius Clay criticizes aid programs as wasteful and urges tightening while a presidential study panel says many efforts are poorly conceived and mismanaged. The piece notes ongoing critiques from editorialists, questions the Marshall Plan permanence, and highlights a $62.25 billion Brazil loan tied to reforms as emblematic of aid challenges.
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Lucius Clay
Brazil
David E. Bell
Joao Goulan
Gen. Clay
Washington
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