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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1962
Page
7
The United States weighs studying France's centralized planning as President Kennedy looks at its economic vitality. The piece cautions that government planning carries coercive power and warns against adopting a model that could curb private enterprise, arguing America’s private system has long been the most dynamic.
The Soviet Union cast its 100th veto in the Security Council blocking a plan to bring India and Pakistan to talks on Kashmir. Adlai Stevenson urged international cooperation over vetoes, but the piece notes little chance of a change in Soviet policy and foresees more vetoes ahead.
Reese Taylor, longtime chairman of Union Oil Co. of California, died leaving a legacy as a leading business figure and model citizen. He credited honesty, hard work, and staying informed as keys to success and community involvement as his guiding principles.
Washington report notes Republicans push the “soft on communism” charge around elections. President Kennedy is portrayed as cautious, suppressing the tactic while it lingers in party politics. Walt Rostow is identified as supervising a high level policy paper drafting the plan. Senator Everett Dirksen faces reelection scrutiny.
UPI reports America’s three living ex presidents will cochair a $20 million five year Sam Rayburn Library education program in Bosham Texas. Herbert Hoover Harry S Truman and Dwight D Eisenhower join Kennedy and Johnson as honorary leaders of the program and the Rayburn foundation hopes to establish a national library. The piece also notes political maneuvering surrounding farm policy and Rostow as a debated topic in Congress.
Drew Pearson reports Croatia’s wartime interior minister Artukovic, nicknamed the Himmler of Yugoslavia, lives near Long Beach, California, while lobbying groups push to avoid his deportation. He signed decrees expelling Jews and Serbs, establishing camps and seizing property. witnesses described executions by his subordinates. Despite court rulings and extradition orders, evidence rests on official decrees rather than live testimony.
A recollection of a New York man who seeks peace with his wife Susan but finds long held hostile attitudes persist. Harris argues habits of mind grow rigid and must be reevaluated to avoid repeating past neuroses.
Town Meeting attendees praise Mr Dolan for blunt remarks on the State Department and call for removing elements to defeat the world communist conspiracy, asserting a needed housecleaning for national security.
An essay traces the African roots of the word guinea and its use in place and object names while contrasting this with a letter urging a strong congressional clean of the State Department. It cites a secret memo on Soviet espionage and accuses elements within the department of aiding communism. The piece closes with a citizen sign-off by Frank W. Chavez of San Pedro.
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