Pit of prejudice: Kennedy on civil rights and justice
A long editorial attacks racial prejudice, recounting a brutal abuse tale to illustrate core injustices. It cites President Kennedy’s civil rights address, urging federal voting rights enforcement, desegregation aid, and legal action to curb discrimination. It argues racial bias harms economic growth, leadership, and societal equality.
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Death of the Spartisans signals Cuban policy split
Senator Bourke Hickenlooper announces a shift in Republican stance as the party signals a tougher Cuban policy while moderates Javits and Cooper seek broader agreement. The row highlights internal GOP tensions between hardline and internationalist wings ahead of 1964 elections.
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Kentucky
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Hickenlooper
Arthur Vandenberg
Cuban Revolution Similar to Upheaval in Mexico
In a Washington era column, Drew Pearson links Cuba’s push to revolution’s pattern in Mexico. He urges studying Mexico’s history to understand Cuba, warns against early hard actions, and notes U.S. long term benefits from patient policy, referencing Diaz, Pancho Villa, Roosevelt, and Tampico events.
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New Mexico
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UN welcomes Banda amid Swahili language notes in Africa
Dr Hastings Banda, Nyasaland Prime Minister, was greeted in the UN with the shout Banda Sin bal. The piece discusses Swahili as East and Central Africa’s common language, its declining general use as new nations adopt official tongues, and common words like Toa and Bwana to illustrate local titles and social roles.
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Central
Afria
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Language echoes of famous names shape common words
Readers discuss how figures like Simon Pure and Vidkun Quisling entered language. The column traces how literature, history, and scandal have left lasting terms such as syphilis, quixotic, and quislings, noting cultural memory and linguistic drift across eras.
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Norway
Quisling
Town Meeting Today's Hikers Can't Compare
Editor mocks highway walkers and rural laborers sharing stories of endurance. A Long Beach reader recalls farmers’ hard mornings, a cross country trek, and a Sioux Falls dance, then shifts to Perez Jimenez and U.S. asylum debates, signed by Dorothy R Jarvis.
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Jimenez
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Jumenez
Venezuela
Dorothy R. Jarvis
Highgate Ave
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