Fulbright's Red Herring in Cuba Policy Debate
Editor questions Senator Fulbright for labeling Cuba a minor threat while a recent Organization of American States report warns of a dangerous Soviet arms buildup in Cuba. It argues the presence of 17,000 Soviet troops and weapons near U.S. shores compels serious attention to hemispheric security risks.
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Cuba
America
United States
Hemisphere
Special Security Committee
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Soviet Union
Caribbean
American
Ultra Conservative Takes California Young Republicans Lead
Fresno report shows the California Young Republicans elected Robert A. Gaston, backed by John Birch Society members, as state president by 189 to 170. The vote signals a shift toward ultra-conservatism, with nine of eleven posts filled, provoking Democratic opposition and concerns over a backward move for the party.
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California Yours Republicans
John Birchers
Young Republicn
California
Josiah Beeman
Cali
Fornia
Bus wreck in San Bernardino Mountains raises bus safety questions
California Highway Patrol investigates a chartered bus overturn in the San Bernardino Mountains injuring 35, amid driver reports of brake failure. The crash renews calls for mandatory official checks of bus mechanical condition before transporting children.
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California Highway Patrol
San Bernardino Mountains
Long Beach Area
Lobbyists in Sacramento Outnumber Legislators Four to One
In Sacramento the Third House of paid advocates outnumbers the 1963 legislature four to one, raising concerns that lobbyists may be gaining too much influence. Gov. Pat Brown cites cross-filing abolition as check, while supporters note lobbyists provide research and watchdog functions for California interests. A post-session probe is expected after 1963.
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Assem- Wyman Charles Edward
Chapel
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Sacramento Chamber of Commerce
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Los Angeles County
Los Angeles City
Long Beach Unified School District
Independent 4K Axeser Aides Corral Mam
A cryptic note from a local paper hints at a remnant May meeting on NSE Colm. Coreen Corral Mamm asserts ongoing Bara practice and links hands with Piers of Toes in a terse executive rumor.
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Coren Corral
Toeis
Coren Maintanes
Bara Tice
Betancourt of Venezuela Faces U S Snubs and Threats
Venezuelan President Ramulo Betancourt, praised by Pearson as courageous, faces Castroist attacks and U S snubs while advancing reform. Betancourt recalls exile under Perez Jiminez and the 1960s attempts on his life, noting Venezuela's strategic iron ore and oil resources and his push to widen the middle class and expand schooling and highways despite threats from Castro.
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Washington
Ramulo Betancourt
Venezuela
Kennedy
Fala
American Chamber of Commerce
Caracas
Harold J. Z. Horan
Cone
Rockefeller
War Council
Betancourt
Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Maracaibo
Orinoco
New Hope
Sparrows Point
Castro
United States
Eisenhower
Perez Jiminez
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
Henry Holland
Ike
Munoz
Sunez
White House
Latin America
Mexico
Costa Rica
Romuto
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
How New Words Enter English and Who Coined Them
A discussion on word origins notes many terms arise without clear ancestry, including phony and quiz. It cites Partridge, Moore, Dickens, Burgess, Shakespeare, Carroll, Huxley, Pope, and Potter as examples of elusive or influential coinages shaping modern language.
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Eric Partridge
Dublin
John Moore
Dickens
Gelett Burgess
Shakespeare
Lewis Carroll
Huxley
Alexander Pope
Stephen Potter
Town Meeting Calls for School Board Reform
A reader urges electing three new school board members to replace incumbents. Points include boosting education value per tax dollar, examining administrative staffing versus European norms, questioning whether administrators are teachers or paper shufflers, prioritizing curriculum over business admin, and reducing inter-school athletics to emphasize general fitness. Letter also discusses Sunday closing, proposing shops open 12:30 to 4:30.
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Lyle Myers
Lakewood
Oldest and youngest spoken languages query and notes
Reader questions discuss languages in use today with Modern Hebrew as both ancient and youngest official tongue since Israel’s founding. Explanations trace “fianc é” and “betrothed” to French and German roots, and a Berlitz Diner’s Dictionary offer for submitting questions.
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J. Beattie
Mansfield
Israel
Managed news and public relations in the White House
The piece critiques the White House adopting managed news and PR tactics to handle crises. It notes distractions from foreign policy issues by a publicly touted physical fitness program featuring Bobby Kennedy, and questions the consistency of official statements by Mick Namara and Kennedy aides. It ends with a quip on the attorney general’s fitness.
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Cuber
DeGaulle
Mick Namara
Kennedy
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