Youth Opportunities Act Aims to Help Jobless Nevada Youth
The Youth Opportunities Act of 1962 seeks to create a Youth Conservation Corps, funding up to 50 million dollars yearly for three years, to provide training and work on national resources and local public service. Enrollees receive stipends, housing, clothing, and medical care while learning marketable skills.
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Nevada
Las Vegas
Senate
House of Representatives
House Committee On Education and Labor
Carl D. Perkins
Kentucky
Democrat
Youth Conservation Corps
CCC
Dear John and Curious Readers in the Advice Column
A mosaic of reader letters and responses mocks advice columns. The note touches on writing, sideways thinking, and frustrations with column guidance while recalling self harm reference and a quip about Hugh Hefner.
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John
John Birch Society
Kennedy aides pressure tax case hits on McCormack bid
The column reports Massachusetts Democratic leaders face intensified White House pressure to back Edward Kennedy for Senate. Officials warn of renewed tax probes if they support State Attorney General Edward McCormack, amid party conflicts and fundraising schemes.
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Massachusetts
Kennedy
Internal Revenue Service
Edward McCormack
John McCormack
McCormack
Eisenhower
The
Revenue Service
Young Kennedy
Springfield
Washington
Young Ted
William Hartigan
Post Office Department
White House
Ted Timothy Reardon
Richard Donahue
Lowell
Mass
P. P. Th O'Donnell
Ralph Dungan
Democratic National Committee
Mathew McCloskey
Philadelphia
Ireland
Margaret Price
Michigan
U.S
Hickman Price
Wagner
Nelson Rockefeller
Kenneth Keating
R-N Y
Keating
Rockefeller
Peace Corps Enlists Mature Volunteers For Peru Project
The American Peace Corps adds Chester Wiggins and his wife to its Peru training roster as seasoned retirees join the effort. Officials note the shift toward midlife recruits with trades, teaching, or health expertise, viewing age as a strength rather than a hindrance. Despite recent internal controversy, program directors defend the broadened recruitment strategy.
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American Peace Corps
Chester Wiggins
Wigginses
Wiggins
Peru
Republican push for larger minority staffs on committees
A Republican drive led by Sen. Carl Curtis and Reps. Thomas Curtis and Fred Schwengel seeks to strengthen minority staffing on congressional committees. They argue more minority staff would lessen executive dependence and sharpen opposition, while Democrats warn the plan could erode nonpartisan staff norms.
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Washington
Congress
Carl T. Curtis
R Neb
Thomas B. Curtis
R Mo
Fred Schwengel
R Town
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
Capitol Hill
Executive Branch
Rep
Curtis
Sen
Rep. Schwengel
Senate
House
Schwengel
House Committee
Republcan
Democratic Committee
White House
Baring Stemmed Criticism From Nevada Editorials
The letter group cites editorials from the Mineral County Independent and Nevada papers debating Walter Baring's stance on Kennedy era policy. They praise his independence, note contrasting editorials from Nevada State Journal Reno Evening Gazette, Elko Daily Free Press, and reference past political shifts and Public Law 874. The piece defends Baring’s forthrightness and warns against replacing him with a compliant congressman.
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Nevada State Journal
Walter Baring
Reno Chamber of Commerce
Baring
Kennedy
Nevada
Organized Labor
Labor
Congressman Baring
Journal
Reno Evening Gazette
Reno
Elko Daily Free Press
Washington
Pat McCarran
Congress
Truman
Cliff Young
Eisenhower
Young
Alan Bible
McCarran
Senate
Franklin Roosevelt
Nevada Supreme Court
Roosevelt
U.S. Supreme Court
Ohem
Elko Free Press
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Young Democrat
Clark County
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Cox
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T.V
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Hugh Hefner
Liz
Burton
Allen-Scott Report
By Roberts
Allen and
Paul Scott
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
Ants
Jack Redding
William Moriarity
Moriarity
Donahue
Katharine St. George
R-N.y
Maine
United States
Fred Scribner
Treasury
Massachusettes
Ted Kennedy
Politicals
University of Indiana
Army
Indiana University
U.S.A
Moscow
Reds
Arthur Trudeau
Army Research and Development
Chung Hi Pak
Trudeau
Pak
Robert Brookings
Brookings Institution
Hugh Auchincloss
Greater Washington
Congressional Quarterly
Mr. Wiggins
Science Monitor
Mineral County
Jasper
Carson City
Goldwater
Malone
Interlands
Peace Marg
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