Rusk Pick Faces Senate Skepticism Over Key Associate
Fulton Lewis Jr. reports Senate Republicans doubting Secretary of State designate Dean Rusk due to his ties with Oliver Clubb, a State Department figure linked to China policy during the Korean war and later found partially cleared after loyalty reviews. Clubb’s career spanned Hankow to Changchun, shaping Far Eastern policy alongside others later tied to Communist circles.
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Senate
Dean Rusk
Oliver Fadmund
Clubb
State Department
Rusk
Loyalty and Review Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Fergson
McCarthy
Carlisle Humelsine
China
Philadelphia
Red
Mao Tsetung
George Washington
Institute of Pacific Relations
U. S
IPR
Communist Party
Ower Lattimore
Alexander Barmine
Lattimore
Congressional
Agnes Smedley
Charles A. Willoughby
MacArthur
Richard Sorge
Michael Gold
Lawrence Todd
TASS
Phillip Jaffe
FBI
Korea
Middletown Telephone Service in 1906 Expands Reach
George Crout notes Middletown’s Central Union Telephone Co after 24 years of service with 1500 local subscribers and free calls to Franklin Oxford and other Butler and Warren County towns. Expansion plans aim to add more lines as operators handle 12 staff on a half day shift amid public complaints about long wait times.
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Central Union Telephone Co
L. L. Cheney
Franklin
Hamilton
Oxford
Butler
Warren County
Charles H. Bundy
Buckeye Telephone Company
Bundy
Central Union
Ccal
Middletown Exchange
Ohio
Indiana
Bessie Knight
Middletown
Cincinnati
Central
Cheney
Algerian Referendum Shifts Path to Self Rule and French Ties
A decisive referendum strengthens De Gaulle’s mandate to pursue Algerian self government and potential talks with the FLN. The plan reduces extremist pressure for full integration and signals a move toward a standalone Algerian state while NATO and UN dynamics may improve as a result. The Air Force also previews a new bomber capable of carrying ballistic missiles and hydrogen bombs.
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de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Algerian National Liberation Front
United States
Western Alliance
NATO
United Nations
Air Force
Winter Vacations Rise As Travel Expands
Winter travel accounts for about 17 percent of American trips, up from under 10 percent a decade ago. Projections show the trend continuing due to prosperity and faster transportation enabling two to three week getaways to sunny beaches amid lingering winter snows.
Brain Power Beyond Sixty Five in Retirement Policy
The article argues retirement at 65 is outdated as population age shifts upward and machines replace labor. It cites Hastings College of Law in San Francisco where professors average 75.5 years, having been recruited after forced retirements, enriching students and society. It urges rethinking age limits and allowing capable workers to continue contributing.
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United States
Hastings College of Law
San Francisco
University of California Law
Estrellita The Stars Hint At Tomorrow and Social Breaks
The text urges clear communications as planetary aspects warn of potential errors in business and leisure. It notes a birthday tomorrow with focus on serious yet social periods later in the year, shifts toward productive work and possible material rewards, plus hints of humanitarian gifts and talents in a child born that day.
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Libra
Aries
Leo
Aquarius
Gemini
Sagittarius
Second Tier Power Shapes Kennedy Era Governance
George E. Sokolsky argues that the second tier of government, under and assistant secretaries, holds real daily power while Cabinet influence wanes. He notes Kennedy's reliance on academics and professionals, warns about independent agencies, and predicts a shift in appointments and partisan balances as ideological labels prove weak.
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John Foster Dukes
Dullee
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Corde Huil
Roosevelt
Raymond Moley
A. A. Berle, Jr
Sumner Welles
State Department
National Security Council
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Chester Bowles
Congress
Hoover
Landis
White House
Robert A. Taft
Harry Byrd
Truman
Tito blasts US as source of world discord and aid to Yugoslavia grows
The piece accuses Washington of subsidizing Yugoslavia under Tito while criticizing US foreign aid to Laos and Cuba. It contends Yugoslavia’s leadership aligns with the Soviet bloc, and warns that increased aid fuels disillusion and hypocrisy. It highlights Senator Mansfield and VOA criticisms and notes Canada expanding trade with Cuba and Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
United States
Russia
State Department
Soviet Bloc
West
Montana
Mike Mansfield
Laos
Vientiane
Congress
Canada
Cuba
Diefenbaker
Red Castro
McClellan, Ex-Township Trustee, Dies at 79 in Middletown
W Scott McClellan longtime GOP figure and former township trustee dies at 16 McKinley Street at age 79. School Superintendent R W Solomon reports the flu epidemic nearly over as Middletown public schools reopen with 600 absent. Morris G Tayior of Hamilton offers 377 acres of Hueston Woods for Ohio Forestry Department as a state experimental forest.
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W. Scott McClellan
McKinley St
R. W. Solomon
Middletown
Morris G. Tayior
Hamilton
Hueston Woods
Ohio Forestry Department
Kilgallen Jottings Preview Stage Talks and Show Biz
Eyebrow pencil chatter from Dorothy Kilgallen notes Alan Jay Lerner and Coco Chanel in Paris planning a Broadway life story project with Freddie Brisson. Adam Wade works free in a Flushing General Hospital lab while pursuing chemistry, and Carol Lawrence and Gene Kelly prep a big TV special with possible Las Vegas duets. Martha Raye’s daughter heads to TV ads, Chet Baker languishes in Europe, and Beverly Radland courts in limited moments. Peggy Lee’s daughter helps unite Norman Kunin and Suzie Ostrow with a gala wedding planned for next summer. Anna Maria Alberghetti hopes for a first two weeks of Carnival rehearsals, while Claudio Guzman juggles NY filming with a return to California. A reader letters page expresses support for Kilgallen and defense of press rights. Andy Hamon at the Left Bank debuts a West Side Story ballad inspired by fiancée Gloria Kent, and Glenn Ford Maria Schell’s Cimarron opens with a dramatic top scene.
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Alan Jay Lerner
Couturiere
Coco” Chanel
Paris
Alan
Freddie Brisson
Switzerland
Adam Wade
Singer
Jonas Salk
Flushing General Hospital
Adam
Martha Raye
Chet Baker
Beverly Radland
Peggy Lee
Nicky Barbour
Cupid
Norman Kunin
Suzie Ostrow
Basin Street East
Phoebe
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Claudio Guzman
Blacksnake disrupts power at Kenansville substation
A reported five foot snake crawled into a Kenansville North Carolina substation and tangled in equipment, cutting power to Game 2 200 tomes. Unclear if the reptile was a blacksnake with doubts about the creature’s exact species.
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Kenansville
N. C
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