Space Wall Becomes Exciting Again as US Leads
The United States gains a booster edge with Saturns second stage orbiting, outpacing the Soviets for now. Von Braun expects a future heavy satellite, while Ranger failures remind of the moon goal and Kennedy’s wall speech urging continued space pursuit.
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United States
Soviet Union
Saturn Project
Wernher von Braun
U.S
Gordon Cooper
Ranger
Kennedy
Austin
Tex
House subcommittee backs tobacco lab for health study
The House tobacco subcommittee favoring a USDA laboratory to study growing and manufacturing tobacco seeks methods to ease health hazards. Sponsor Rep. Harold D. Cooley, a North Carolina Democrat and committee chair, argues measures would help smokers by increasing health assurances and benefit major tobacco states and manufacturers.
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House Tobacco
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Harold D. Cooley
North Carolina
Luxury taxes debated as potential federal sales tax
The federal luxury tax yields about 445 million annually from items like luggage jewelry and lipstick. Critics argue it functions as a broad sales tax since many so called luxuries are ordinary goods. A Senate effort to repeal failed 48 to 45.
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Senate
Aguinaldo Hero of Philippine Revolution and Death
Emilio Aguinaldo, aged 29 at the revolution start, aided Dewey against Spain but opposed American rule after independence delay. He died at 94 in a Manila Veterans Hospital, a reminder of the 1898 Spanish American War era and U S rise to world power under McKinley.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
George Dewey
Philippines
Manilla
United States
William McKinley
Spain
Russell Decries Central Africa Slaughter as Tribal Wars Roar
Bertrand Russell, the British philosopher and decolonization advocate, says a thousand people a day are being slaughtered in Central Africa and pleads with African leaders to halt the worst systematic slaughter since the Nazi extermination. He argues tribal wars overwhelm fragile governments and fear outside aid.
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Bertrand Russell
Central
Africa
Thoughtful counsel on virtue and charity from scripture and pope
A devotional pairing links Philippians 1 10 with Pope Benedict XV urging Christians to approve what is excellent and act with genuine charity toward enemies, emphasizing practical kindness as a daily duty.
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Pope Benedict XV
ZIP Code Here To Stay Despite Public Confusion
Washington reports ZIP Code faces public ridicule yet aims to improve mail routing. Postmaster General Gronouski urges adoption as optical scanners under development could sort 17 000 pieces per hour and cut out of town mail time. Postal volume rises 24 billion yearly, ZIP Code seen as essential.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Franklin Roosevelt
Peraps
John A. Gronouski
J. Edward Day
MR. Gronovski
New York
News Service
Hawaii
Mr. Gronouski
Atlantas
Atlanta
Belgium
Gromouski
Johnson
Yesteryears Highlights From Local Institutions
Ten years back Mrs D L Wigington became Rose Garden club president. Harry Crigger son of Col and Mrs Herman J Crigger appeared in the University of Oklahoma Playhouse third major production. Shirley English named basketball queen at Cameron College. Ten years earlier American bombers hit Frankfurt am Main for a second time in four days. Ehawee Camp Fire Girls crowned new officers Martha Jo Tomlinson Barbara Ann Ferguson Lorene Kelley Ann Bennett and Joan Coffin. Thirty years ago Cameron College registrar Oscar C Elkins joined the Greater University coordinating board. K B Cornell from Cameron College led a revolt against leaders in the Oklahoma Education Association.
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D. L. Wigington
Rose Garden Club
Harry Crigger
Col
Herman J. Crigger
N. 23Rd
University of Oklahoma Playhouse
Shirley English
Cameron College
Frankfurt-on-the-Main
Ehawee Camp Fire Girls Group
Martha Jo Tomlinson
Barbara Ann Ferguson
Lorene Kelley
Ann Bennett
Joan Coffin
Oscar C. Elkins
Paris fashion notes ignore master of hair shirts
Inez Robb censures Paris editors for missing the season’s big reveal by Dior Chanel and Heim while praising Le Grand Charles de Gaulle for hair shirts. She notes his latest American line echoes Communist Chinese styling, drawing American resistance and concern over practicality and washability.
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Dior
Jacques Heim
Mile. Chanel
Yves St. Laurent
Paris
Chanel
Mas
Ter
French Couture
House of de Gaulle
le Grand Charles
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
de Gaulle
France
U.K
Chary
Mirror Mind and Emotion Affects Memory And Nightmares
The text discusses how memory recall can be hindered by emotional factors such as pride, with ego shocks reducing recall. It notes that women reportedly have fewer nightmares than men per theorist Theo dore Reik, and that stammering stems from internal contradictions. It also reports war lowering death by own action rates among civilians and links aggression focus to this trend.
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Theodore Reik
Reik
Haller
Almanac Today in Brief Feb 11 1964
Almanac entry notes Tuesday February 11 is the 42nd day of 1964 with 324 remaining. Moon near new phase and visible Venus with Jupiter. Birth on this date includes Thomas Edison born 1847 in Milan Ohio. Historical items mention Germany warning about sinking armed merchantmen after March 1 1916 and Dwight Eisenhower promoted to full general in 1943.
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Thomas Alva Edison
Milan
Ohio
Germany
U.S
Berlin
Dwight Fisenhower
United States Army
Home Computer for Housewives Draws Increasing Interest
A 1964-02 discussion on a possible in home computer for chores like menus, bills, and tax help. Experts foresee early units in apartments with technicians, later home access via phone links and voice recognition security. IBM demonstrations show menu planning on computers. skeptics warn of practicality and versatility limits.
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IBM
Civil Rights Bill Faces Tough Senate Fight for Johnson
The piece outlines President Johnson’s strengthened White House leverage after a tax cut victory and notes civil rights, now his top goal, faces stubborn Senate opposition. It discusses possible compromises, filibuster risks, and the likelihood of a long, heated struggle through the summer.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Capitol
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
White House
House of Representatives
House
Sen
George Meader
Michigan
Oklahoma Senate Fight Narrows Between Bud Wilkinson and Rivals
In Oklahoma three other Republican candidates compete with Bud Wilkinson for the Senate seat. Wilkinsons backers claim the struggle aims to prevent him from winning the primary. Tom Harris touts himself as a known Republican, while Wilkinson’s plan is to make him a known Republican loser. Democrats say any challenger might beat the football coach and hope a Republican rival prevails. Voters wrestle with deciphering party loyalties amid changing rhetoric.
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U. S
Bud Wilkinson
Bud
Tom Harris
Wilkinson
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