Pact Signs Limits Yet Not End of Nuclear Threat
The pact is a first step not a disarmament finality. Rusk and Khrushchev warn the treaty does not halt weapons production or stockpiles or end the risk of thermonuclear war. British Lord Home notes it slows the arms race but cannot erase distrust or guarantee peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Rusk
United States
Lord Home
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Rusk
Khrushchev
Washington
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Army abandons rotation plan for troops in Germany
The Pentagon ends a year long rotation of 1.5 percent of battle groups to Germany and longer overseas tours. Dependents will be moved at government expense with longer assignments. The plan aimed to cut dollars in overseas spending but caused morale and family stress and did little to improve the balance of payments.
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United States
Germany
Army
Pentagon
Reserve Cuts Term In Army Reserve Youth Enlistment
The Army reduces reserve term to six years for youth 17 to 18 after direct enlistment. Active duty time drops to four to eighteen months. Required to join local unit, pass eligibility tests, attend 48 drills annually and two weeks summer camp. Last year 56,854 joined. change aims to boost attractiveness and readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Reserve
Army National Guard
Army
Rockefeller Faces First Primary Test in New Hampshire
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller enters the 1964 presidential sweepstakes with a uphill fight in New Hampshire. Republican leaders favor Barry Goldwater, prompting Rockefeller to mobilize a grassroots campaign aimed at voters. Rockefeller highlights Dartmouth ties and Maine roots as he campaigns across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Barry Goldwater
Rockefeller
Dartmouth
Maine
Granny Royal Queen Mother Elizabeth Loved by Four Grandchildren
The Queen Mother Elizabeth, aged 63, is nicknamed Granny Royal by her four grandchildren Prince Charles 14 Princess Anne 12 Prince Andrew 3 and David 18 months son of Princess Margaret. Friends say Charles is her favorite heir and she cherishes time with him.
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Queen Mother
Elizabeth
Britain
Granny Royal
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Prince Andrew
Princess Margaret
David
Lord Lindsey
Prince Charlies
Charles
Charlies
Destiny of brothers and shared paths echoed by Markham
A reflective verse expresses that destiny binds brothers and that actions toward others return to the doer, emphasizing interconnected lives. Edwin Markham’s meditation on mutual influence and universal reciprocity links individual acts to collective outcomes.
Washington Report Solons Yield Purse Power
The article argues Congress misuses its budget authority as executive power grows. It notes friction between Appropriations and other committees, backdoor funding, and calls for reforms like joint hearings to restore purse power. It warns that reforms threaten the power of senior members and may not pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Mackaye
Houses of Commons
House of Lords
Senate
Congress of
United States
Congress
House of Representatives
House Appropriations Committee
House
Armed Services
Science and Astronautics
Appropriations Committee
House Banking and Currency Committee
Treasury
Appropriations Committees
District of Columbia
Connecticut
Unfinished Peace Tasks Added To Nuclear Test Ban
Roscoe Drummond argues the limited test ban is only a start. He urges next steps to avert Soviet advantages, calls for troop withdrawals from Cuba, the Berlin Wall removal, and free elections in Eastern Europe as essential elements of the unfinished business of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Red China
Europe
Moscow
Cuba
West Berlin
Yalta
India
Mirror Mind Crime Comedy Fallout and Psych Testing Views
Critics debate crime comedy humor as social influence. Wertham warns of perceived approval. Lanier argues farces relieve tension. Psychologists note testing privacy issues and reliability. views on color blindness note selective perception and wartime camouflage insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Wertham
Sidney Lanier
St. Clements Episcopal Church
New York
Almanac notes for August 12 1963 history
The entry marks August 12 1963 as day 224 of the year with 141 to follow. It lists celestial positions Jupiter Saturn Mars and notes historical events: 1867 Grant named secretary of war, 1877 Edison completes crude talking machine model, 1898 peace treaty ending the Spanish American War signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas Edison
Spy scandals expose growing corruption in postwar intelligence
Marquis Childs surveys the Ward Keeler Berrigan era to show how spying has expanded, corrupted, and intertwined with politics. He cites the Gehlen ring, CIA roles, and budget battles as evidence of a mushrooming, duplicative system. He notes ambassad ors and ambassadors face control issues amid Cuban and Latin American concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIA
Stewart Alsop
Defense Intelligence Agency
Congress
Jackson Committee
Ellis Briggs
Greece
Queen
Frederika
Azeff
New Deduction Rules Change Club Dues for Businesses
Sylvia Porter explains new rules requiring clubs dues to pass two tests to be deductible. If more than 50 percent business use and the portion directly related to business, a deduction may be allowed. An exception covers meals at club restaurants under the quiet-meal rule, with methods for allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Kiwanis
Lions
Rotary
Civitan
Bar
Walt Disney Photographer Films Buffalo Duel in Refuge
Yesteryears notes from the Constitution Files recount Walt Disney photographer Ray mond J Parker filming a battle between two bull buffaloes in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The item mixes era snapshots with brief global and national events from 7 to 30 years back.
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Walt Disney
Raymond J. Parker
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Jim Taylor
Oklahoma Military District
Sicily
Mary Connor
R. R. Connor
Columbia
Honolulu
Hawaii
Queen's Hospital
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Quesada
Gerardo Machado
Winifred Lawrence
Ray Keegan
National Recovery Act Movement
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Clated Press
Edwin Markham
Washington Report
Douglas
Roscoe Drummond
Kremlin
NATO
By Joseph Whitney
Dennis the Menace
the Almanac
United Press International
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Little Liz
Marquis Childs
Stephen Ward - Profumo - Keeler
Reinhard Gehlen
East
Heinz Felfe
Hans Clemens
Erwin Tiebel
United States Army
Gehlen
Central Intelligence Agency
America
Bay of Pigs
National Security Council
Latin America
Henry M. Jackson
Sylvia Porter
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