Treasury official opposes anti-VietNam aid law
The U S Treasury General Counsel Fred B Smith told HUAC the proposed law to punish overt aid to enemy nations is unnecessary and that existing powers under the Trading With the Enemy Act are not used due to alleged technical difficulties He warned against conflating dissent with treason and urged Congress to act despite Treasury concerns over free speech rights.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Fred B. Smith
Department of Justice
House Un-American Activities Committee
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Justice Department
Smith
Katzenbach
The
Treasury
North
Viet Nam
Joe R. Pool
Congress
Executive Branch
HUAC
Abduction Case Sparks Controversy In San Antonio
A 16 year old girl was abducted at gunpoint in San Antonio but police quickly arrested the suspect after a search. The offender claimed he took no medicine nutrition, a claim tied to phenobarbital. The incident raises questions about rights versus safety in legal procedures.
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San Antonio
Rifle Point
Supreme Court
U.S. Justice Department
Nicholas Katzenbach
Rainy Relief Delights Lubbock Weather and Economy
Rain drenched Lubbock and South Plains cooling a hot spell and feeding dryland and irrigation farms. The steady showers, aiding forage on rangeland and boosting fall chrysanthemums, bring economic gains and public cheer across streets and editorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
South Plains
Avalanche-Journal
Privacy fears rise as data center plan sparks debate
Public concern grows over a proposed National Data Center to collect and store extensive personal information. Critics warn the project would create a government surveillance system and force citizens into a nationwide, government run dossier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Budget
Heavens To Betsy Bertrand Russell Goes On Trial
Washington mockery erupts as Andrew Tully roasts Bertrand Russell planning a Paris trial of U.S. leaders for fighting communism in Viet Nam. Critics warn of diplomatic fallout with De Gaulle while Russell sorbets a leftist panel including Sartre and Andre Gide? de Beauvoir. A wild, partisan broadside from a columnist.
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de Gaulle
Charlie
State Department
Bertrand Russell
Paris
Russell
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
France
United
Franklin Roosevelt
Jean Paul Sartre
Simone de Bauvoir
Lazaro Cardenas
Peter Weiss
Isaac Deutscher
Ren
Nguyen Huu Tho
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Carmichael
Atlanta
Minneapolis Riot Strain Tests City’s Racial Pact
In Minneapolis the North Side riot and a year of job pledges expose a rift between city leaders and white voters. Mayor Naftalin and Gov. Rolvaag backed promises of hundreds of jobs for Black youths, while many firms never hired. The piece questions whether the power structure can sustain peace.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Arthur Naftalin
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic- Farmer-Labor
DFL
Plymouth Street
Naftalin
DFL Party
National Democratic Party
Karl Rolvaag
North Side
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
New Dump Card Sparks Status Drive Across Towns
A humor essay notes a new credit card that grants access to exclusive dumps, letting social climbers haul garbage to affluent areas. It argues the cards could let anyone meet “the best people” at dumps, but warns of costly misfires when status themes clash with real behavior.
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Suburbia
Golden Gates
Belgrade Tito orders restraint after American ultimatum
In Belgrade Marshal Tito, facing a stiff American ultimatum, ordered his forces not to fire on foreign aircraft as Yugoslavia released nine of ten occupants from the first American Army transport. In Haifa Hagana claimed swimmer sabotages damaged a British troopship and vowed to oppose deporation. Texas employment reaches near all time high under state director Belk. A social gathering at 1905 22nd St honors Mrs. Russell Hardin of Freedom chapter.
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Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Jerusalem
Hagana
Haifa
Palestine
Austin
Texas
C. E. Belk
Luther Bynum
22Nd St
Russell Hardin
Freedom Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Offhand Thoughts on Food and Health Missives
A University of California researcher warns of eating grasshoppers bees ants and other insects. An automotive engineer suggests using the heater to prevent engine overheating in traffic. A scattered set of reflections questions worry, intelligence over 100000 years, and bread prices amid rising markets.
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U. of Calif
New Trust To Bust Rises From Labor Strikes
Ruth Montgomery argues that labor unions mirror robber barons, wielding political power through AFL CIO dominance. She warns prolonged strikes cripple industry and economy, decrying lost news, advertising, and employment while urging decisive Congressional reform.
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Washington
William H. Vanderbilt
Aflcio Machinists Union
New York
New York Mirror
New York Herald- Tribune
World Journal Tribune
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
U.S
Afl-Cio
Fountain Tragedy reshapes the old drug store romance
In Columbia South Carolina a guest editorial laments the loss of the soda fountain once central to town life. It recalls the fountain as a social hub where boys with money and girls in Sunday best gathered, and notes changes as fountains move or disappear, dulling the romance of the experience.
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Columbia
S. C
Record
Harvard Risk Students Aid Talent From Poverty boom
The Harvard College risk student program offers 120 new scholarships next fall to youths from families earning at or below 4000 dollars a year. Selection relies on potential over exams, with 85 percent of risk students graduating so far. Brown and Williams pursue similar efforts, urging broader college adoption.
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Harvard College
Harvard
Risk Fund
Brown
Williams
Florence
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Berkeley Medical Aid Committee
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Andrew Tully
Charlie de Gaulle
Stooges
Elysee Palace
Lyndon Johnson
Castro's Paradise
SNCC
Walter D. K. Teague
Teague
Ho Chi Minh
Sam
Indonesia
Egypt
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Novak
Tom Little
Nashville
Tennessean
Mary McGrath
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Medicos
Felicia
Ruth Montgomery
Earth
Moon
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