Congress and Rusk clash over foreign aid power
In a debate on foreign policy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk accuses Congress of attempting to legislate foreign policy while lawmakers defend their constitutional role. The piece notes Congress can set appropriations and influence treaties, urging limits such as banning aid to Yugoslavia or to nations mistreating U.S. fishing vessels, framing a balance between branches.
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Paris
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Rossia
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Russia
How the U S Involvement Shaped South Viet Nam
John S Knight surveys the Vietnam arc from French Indochina through Dien Bien Phu to Geneva and Ngo Dinh Diem, detailing US aid, leadership clashes, and the 1954 pushes toward a political solution. He questions US role and warns against a fruitless war, urging restraint and clear aim.
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China Sea
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Russia
Red China
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Dien Biers Phu
Jona Foster Dulles
Richard Nixon
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Nixon
Dolies’ Belli Cosity
Great Britain
United Bellen
Neva
Bai Dai Diem
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dich Diem
Saigon
Diem
Dien
Ciilian
Quotes on political views from Goldwater Eisenhower and Socialist stance
Senator Goldwater refuses to altered positions as he sought the presidency. Former President Eisenhower replies to cooling toward Nixon with praise for Nixon and his family. The Socialist Party links disasters in Japan to calamities caused by the Democratic Party.
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Caleb Pretberensemel
Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Arizon
Augusta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nizon
White House on top alert as nation pauses for fallen heroes
Drew Pearson recalls Armistice Day reflections while noting the Berlin autobahn scare that kept the White House on orange alert six days earlier. He links World War II memories, Camp David talks, and 1950s diplomacy to warn against renewed conflict and honor veterans at Arlington and national cemeteries.
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Arlington
Presidio
San Francisco
Argonne
Chateau
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Thierry
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Salerno
Cassino
Normandy
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Berlin
White House
Old School Tie Rules England By S One y Harris
A profile of Lord Home as prime minister portrays him as an admirable but emblematic figure of the old English establishment. The piece praises his cricketing, fishing, and bird watching hobbies while critiquing the class bias of appointing leaders from elite schools. It compares Britain’s political culture to past aristocratic norms and warns about loyalty masking incompetence. It questions whether premiership would have been possible without wealth and schooling.
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Khbrushchev
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Ubricht
East Germany
Berlin
Red Chinese
Kennedy
Lord Home
Eton
Harrow
Priel Ptea
Disraeli
Tito
Castro
de Giille
Nasser
England
France
Waterloo
Freehman
Town Meeting Highlights Long Beach Stage Shows
Local readers praise the Long Beach Civic Light Opera for South Pacific at the Concert Hall and reminisce on The Long Beach Story. Readers also weigh in on national policy, death costs, and Congress salaries in a collection of letters and notes.
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S. Vermont Paramount
Good Ole Joe
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Mao
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Khushchev
Lacs
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Wild
Fairbrook
Tom Gray
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