Forbes Burnham's Great Challenge in Guyana
The newly independent Guyana led by Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, a well educated former Communist, faces a crossroads balancing growth and reform. His rise prompts comparison with Africa's early leaders, notably Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, and tests whether his talents will aid or harm his people amid deep problems of independence.
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Guyana
London
University of London
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Burnham
Nkrumah
Mississippi’s dual setbacks in segregation fight and a dolphin tale
A federal court rejected Mississippi's segregation stance as the Jackson County school board loses its appeal. The Mississippi senate deferred a proposed plan to relocate low income Negroes at state expense. A Moscow fish tale about a grateful dolphin aiding Soviet fishermen is discussed as a possible real phenomenon. The dolphin’s brain size prompts speculation on future underwater tasks.
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Jackson County School Board
Supreme Court
Mississippi State Senate
State Senate
Mississippi
Moscow
Flirting in church on Children’s Day in John Son City
A narrative set in First Christian Church of John Son City Texas during a children’s day service. Marcia Gliddon, a six year old blonde, attracts the gaze of a married man in the third pew while other children perform their roles and adults deliver a sermon. The scene contrasts innocence with adult attention and social gaze.
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First Christian Church
Johnson City
Texas
Marcia Gliddon
Danny Feuge
Ronnie Bushnell
Tod Schulze
Curt Summy
Tony Gliddon
Dennis Bushnell
Joen Gliddon
Marcia
Scott Haley
Jericho
Court House
Greg Haley
Brent Schulze
Supreme Court verbal warnings expand police rights rulings
Washington residents read that the Supreme Court ordered police to warn suspects, before questioning, that any statement may be used against them and to advise the right to counsel. If suspects request a lawyer or refuse interrogation, questioning must stop. Confessions may be inadmissible without proven safeguards.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Federal Retirement Fund Faces Bankruptcy Risk
Worsening deficits threaten the Civil Service Retirement Fund as a $5058 million July pay raise looms. House lawmakers push for higher employee and agency contributions to avert insolvency, while retirement ages loosen and deficits mount toward a looming fiscal crisis for 2.3 million workers and 0.75 million retirees.
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Washington
Civil Service
House Appropriations Committee
House Civil Service Committee
Uncle Sam
Johnson
Congress
Cabinet Committee On Federal Retirement
Supreme Court splits over police questioning ruling
Chief Justice Warren leads four justices in supporting the decision linking police procedures to constitutional requirements. Four dissents argue the court overreached, warning it weakens crime detection and the effectiveness of the Fifth Amendment in police stations.
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Warren
Black
Douglas
Fortas
Brennan
Clark
White
Harlan
Stewart
Justice White
Worry and the Mindset of Control
A narrator recounts a conversation on worry noting a friend kept a record of fears and found less than one percent came true. The piece promotes focusing on controllable worries, mentions psychosomatic medicine and illnesses tied to stress, and admits no remedy for worry while advising practice to curb it.
Not Everyone Seeks Education Says Local Writer
A Middletown letter argues education has both positive and negative forms, contending motivation drives schooling decisions and that taxes reflect a public need for clear school budgets. It criticizes court rulings, calls for civic action, laments crime, and urges cleanup of Jacot Park’s Soap Box Derby Track built by volunteers.
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Jacot Park
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Ural
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Senate
Conness
Dave Regan
Richard Peters
Peters
Ohio State Employment Service Office
Board of Education
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Ciidren
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