AFL-CIO Labor Decline Complicates Kennedy Support
Washington report notes shrinking AFL-CIO membership and Hoffa's Teamsters facing legal woes. Hoffa aligns with various figures while labor unrest and automation pressures erode union influence. Declining union power could curb strikes and push Congress toward arbitration and policy shifts affecting national production and politics.
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Charles C. Gridley
Kennedy
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
James R. Hoffe
Teamster
Hoffe
Teamsters
Kennedys
Robert Kennedy
Hoffa
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Congress
Aflcio
Walter Reuther
George Meany
Meany
Lawton water bond proposals urged as joint solution
An editorial argues the Dec. 10 water bond election offers two complementary needs. A $7 million expansion funds a larger filter plant, a 42 inch transmission line, and 54 miles of mains. A $1 million meter program promotes conservation but adds no water capacity. Both are needed to guarantee adequate service and curb rising per capita use.
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Lawton
Enid
Muskogee
Wichita Falls
Appalachian plan stalls as governors withdraw
Ohio and Alabama governors have pulled out of Kennedy era efforts to design a ten state Appalachia region plan. With mid February as the anticipated completion, critics say the outlines lack original solutions for roads resources education water and loans and fail to offer real job creating strategies for long unemployed families.
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Appalachian
Ohio
Alabama
Kennedy
Appalachia
Stripped Of Soul In Red Wing Schools
Red Wing Minnesota schools have removed Christmas and Easter celebrations to comply with Supreme Court rulings. The move banning angels St Nick carols and nativity displays drew town opposition but little action. Critics warn children may grow up pagan if citizens do not respond.
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Red Wing
Minnesota
St. Nick
Princeton Faculty Earn McCosh Fellowships for Leave and Funds
Five senior Princeton University faculty members won full term leaves and $750 each for research under the McCosh Fellowship plan. The $50,000 annual fund finances competitive humanities awards, encouraging dormant scholars to explore and publish.
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Princeton University
McCosh
Two-Way Imperialism In 20th Century Politics
A column argues imperialism is a two way street, criticizing Western and non Western powers for coercion and corruption. It cites the Barghoorn arrest, Perdicaris case, and Argentina oil contracts, urging U S retaliation by arresting Russians and seizing foreign investments to force a two way exchange.
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Soviet Union
Far East
Middle East
Africa
Frederick C. Barghoorn
Yale
Teddy Roosevelt
Perdicaris
Rassouli
Lon Perdicaris
Tangier
Argentina
Averell Harriman
Buenos Aires
United States
Treasury
Barghoorn
Brazil
Alliance For Progress
Mirror Of The Mind On Boredom And The Weaker Sex
A discourse on boredom spread in groups, noting that restless students and teachers can share dullness. It argues snap judgments can be better than indecision and questions gender roles by citing Dr Ethyl M Albert on changing eras and cultures.
Almanac Today November 21 1963 historical notes
On this day in history the year 1877 saw Thomas Edison announce the talking machine. In 1933 William Bullitt began his post as the first American ambassador to the Soviet Union. In 1938 Germany annexed western border regions of Czechoslovakia. In 1960 the Congo saw its first direct clash between the Congolese Army and U N forces at Leopoldville.
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Thomas Edison
William Bullitt
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
United Nation
Congo
Leopoldville
Peacetime economy proposals stir debate on defense spending
Marquis Childs profiles Sen. George McGovern and colleagues advocating a National Economic Conversion Commission to steer the U S from a cold war to peacetime economy. He cites high defense shares of GDP, private sector underfunded civilian R&D, and a lag in U S industry vs. rivals while urging public private cooperation to ease conversion.
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Washington
Defense Robert McNamara
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
National Economic Conversion Commission
Senate
McGovern
Morgan Guaranty Bank
United States
Bail System Reform Moves Toward National Action
Sylvia Porter reports on a national conference planned for May in Washington to overhaul the bail system. The piece highlights the Vera Foundation and Manhattan Bail Project as successful precursors and notes pre trial parole programs spreading in multiple cities ahead of a national conference led by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
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Washington
U. S
New York City
Bernard Botein
Appellate Division
New York
Supreme Court
Herbert Sturz
Manhattan
Baltimore
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Louis Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Vera Foundation
Vera
Chicago
District of Columbia
Des Moines
Nassau County
Robert F. Kennedy
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Richard
Nixon
Inez Robh
Uncle Sam
Simon Legree
Sukarno
Russia
Perimcaris
By Joseph Whitney
Ethel M. Albert
University of California At Berkeley
Dennis the Menace
Nddergarten
the Almanac
Marquis Childs
West Germany
America
Japan
Italy
Wall Street Journal
Morgan Guaranty
Arma
Sylvia Porter
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