West China admission to UN sparks Western split view
The United States and Britain clash over admitting Red China to the United Nations. Britain leans realist and favorable, citing trade and inevitability, while the United States opposes, citing UN peace criteria and China’s actions. Both sides acknowledge disagreement but not immediate change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Washington
Macmillan
China
Britain
Peiping
U. S
Korea
Asia
Red China
Uncle Sam
Stickless Stickers TEE Adds Fuel to 1961 Inspection Debate
A published quote from Capt Alan Johnson of the Texas Department of Public Safety warns motorists to buy and affix 1961 safety inspection stickers by April 15. The piece argues the requirement is a revenue tactic and questions sticker durability and true safety value.
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Tee
Capt
Alan Johnson
Texas Department of Public Safety
Captain Johnson
Utopia and Democracy in a May Texas Gazette
A fragment from a Texas newspaper page dated April 18 indicates the Evening Edition of the Avalanche Journal and a reference to an independent Democratic paper. The page includes scattered notes on publication dates postage rates and civic notices from Lubbock Texas.
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Tadorsing Waiten
Memories Of Anzio to Dachau A Wartime Echoes
Special Correspondent Bob Considine recalls postwar reconstructions in Europe from Anzio to Munich and Dachau. He notes restored cities, lingering scars, and the uneasy debate over turning Dachau into a monument while survivors face housing and survival challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Considine
New Tor York
Anzio
Ranz Meisel
Dachau
Considine
Hospitality in Greece and the word xenos
In Orinth, Greece Inez Robe notes that Greeks combine stranger and guest into one word xenos. The piece follows American travelers in Corinth meeting New York friends the Haas, and recounts tourism as vital to Greece’s economy alongside postwar aid. Tourism goals cite 350,000 visitors in 1960, 75,000 from the U. S., with $51 million spent, and aims for 450,000 in 1961 and a million by 1965.
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Inez
Greece
Corinth
Apollo’s
New York
Robert
Mitz Haas
Zenos
Neye
Peace Corps
United States
Perils of Atomic Attack and Civilian Defense Plan
Ray Tucker reports on the shift to a new civilian defense approach as 500-mile-an-hour missiles loom. Director Frank B. Ellis outlines nationwide measures for evacuation and underground shelter readiness. He warns of apathy and urges Kennedy leadership to mobilize readiness.
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Russia
Fuchs
Greenglass
Pearl Harbor
Office of Civilian and Defense Mobilization
Frank B. Ellis
New Orleans
Boston
New England
Ellis
NATO
Paris
Kennedy
Elis
Congress
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Brownfield High to Hold Spring Practice for 1911 Cub Team
Brownfield High School opened spring football with about 45 candidates. The 1911 Cub squad will center on eight returning lettermen led by Capt Jiggs Tankersley Deverelle Lewis Monroe Rowden Floyd Perry Spencer Murphy Harold Dalton Billy Redford and Travis Pharr. Schedule includes Kermit Levelland Seagraves Seminole O Donnell Denver City Post Slaton Tahoka. A playoff will determine playing honors after a recent tied tournament at the Hilton Hotel with D. G. Kulms W. A. Ryan and others named in the top standings.
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Brownfield
Aubra Nooncaster
Brownfield High School
Jiggs Tankersley
Deverelle Lewis
Monroe Rowden
Floyd Perry
Spencer Murphy
Harold Dalton
Billy Redford
Travis Pharr
Kermit
Levelland
Seagraves
Seminole
O'Donnell
Denver City
Post
Slaton
Tahoka
Kennedy leadership tested in era of strongmen
This column weighs John Kennedy's assertive presidency against classical strongman ideals. It argues his swift action and authority recall Cromwell and Bismarck, but questions whether he will lead without harming liberties or provoking war. The piece notes fears of executive overreach and lasting constitutional implications.
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Berd
Anderson
Talmadge
Kerr
Stanley Surrey
Treasury
Kennedy
Bismarck
Cromwell
Frederick the
Gray
R. Eisensiower
Mae
Tachen Islands
Korea
Madison
Washington
Pentagon
Democratic Party
Congress
Interior Secre
Wilson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Highland wedding leaves Achiltibuie bachelors in despair
In the Scottish village of Achiltibuie Hectoria MacLeod wed on Friday leaving 180 residents with no eligible single women. Bachelors toasted mournfully and face a 20 mile trek to Ullapool for a date. In a separate note a London doctor works 153 hours weekly with one free evening every seven.
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Scotland
Hectoria MacLeod
Ullapool
London
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Wolfforth
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Hilton Hotel
Otho Clendennen
W. N. Bates
Sudan
A. L. Auburn
B. J. Greer
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Hale Center
Elmo Kelley
Idalou
H. A. Cooper
Tulsa
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