Integrated Textbooks Signal Gradual School Integration
The piece notes rising use of integrated textbooks featuring Negro children in early grades in parts of the North, while the South lags. It cites benefits for identity and understanding, but warns the shift remains uneven and is a long road toward harmony and shared heritage. It also covers Congo diamond smuggling, government controls, and fears of Belgian mining action impacting economy. Smoking critique details CDC and medical voices decrying efforts as a flop, with low quit rates and thousands of new young smokers daily.
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Jane
South
Leopoldville Congo
Congo
Surgeon General
American Cancer Society
Public Health Service
George E. Moore
Rosewell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Reds Try to Put Books Into Schools Across Nation
Fulton Lewis Jr reports that Communist Party affiliates seek to place literature in U.S. schools via International Publishers. California educators received a list of titles on Negro history and freedom, prompting denials from Superintendent Max Rafferty and concern over alleged Communist influence.
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Washington
Communist Party
California
International Publishers of
New York City
Bureau of Secondary Education
State of California
Max Rafferty
Superintendent of Public Instruction
International Publishers
Herbert Aptheker
William Z. Foster
Foster
U. S. Communist Party
Moscow
Hyman Lumer
James Allen
W.E.B. DuBois
Albert Maltz
Hollywood
Government Share of Health and Education Spending
Washington notes that in 1965 education totals reached 39 billion with federal funds 11 percent, and 1964 health expenditures near 37 billion with 12.9 percent federal. States and private sources cover most costs. Federal roles rise to about 17 percent education and 20 percent health in upcoming years, driven by population growth and tax limits on locales.
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Viet Nam
United States
Washington
Congress
Africa expects US restraint not deeper involvement
Paul Harvey argues the United States misreads Africa and warns that further intervention could worsen chaos. He suggests Africa’s nations converge under strong leaders, not parliamentary democracy, and cautions the Reds will not willingly yield power if the US steps in. He urges caution before pursuing any new involvement.
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United States
Viet Nam
Africa
Nigeria
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Europe
Asia
Fashionable colonial women wore masks to shield skin
Fashion notes that colonial era women protected complexions from sun and wind with silk summer masks and velvet winter masks. Pedigreed dogs are those of a known, recorded breed. Samuel Gompers served as the first president of the American Federation of Labor.
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America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federal role grows in education and health costs
The government notes collateral activities in research and training areas not covered by local systems. Over 18 years, federal, state, and local partnership added more than 300000 hospital and nursing home beds and over 2000 other facilities. Doctor shortages persist as general practitioners decline and costs rise, yet federal support is expected to increase while local units face ongoing burdens.
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Johnson
Congress
House
Medicare sign-up deadline drives elderly to act
A rush to enroll seniors 65 and older before March 31 is urged as penalties loom. Medicare offers 80 percent coverage after $50 plus 100 nurse visits annually for $3 monthly, with registration handled by Social Security. Local offices in Civic Association and Hamilton welcome help.
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Social Security
Civic Association
Hamilton
Letters to the Editor on wildlife policy and community concerns
Readers address Ed itor of the Editorial Page Middletown Journal voicing anger at the Wild Life Division for damaging Grant Lake Indian Lake and Stone Lick Lake and questioning licensed fishing. A second writer supports cats over penned confinement and defends pet welfare amid public square issues.
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Middletown Journal
Middletown
Ohio
Grant Lake
Indian Lake
Stone Lick Lake
Kentucky
Telling Me Moscow Turns On Replacing Histories
A montage of quotable lines notes Telling Me Moscow plans new histories replacing Stalin Khrushchev eras by 270 Red researchers. Other items joke about carving knife costs, students returning home for holidays, and traffic stress studies at the University of Minnesota tracking motorists and comments during jams for a future broadcast. Grandpap py Jenkins quips about women changing hair color as often as mind.
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University of Minnesota
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Radio Moscow
Lawyers Committee On American
J. William Fulbright
D.-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Southeast Asia
Lawyers Committee
National Lawyers Guild
House Committee of UnAmerican
Robert W. Kennedy
The
Joseph H. Crown
Guild
William L. Standard
New York
Lawyers Guild
American Bar Association
ABA House of Delegates
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Wayne Morse
D.-Ure
Morse
Radio
Tre
David Lawrence
Paul Harvey
Livingston
Liberia
Ghana
Russia
China
Peking
Red China
Somalia
Burundi
Sahara
Algeria
Mali
Zanzibar
Tanganyika
Malawi
Chou En-lai
Robert Ruark
Dave Regan
Middletown League of Women Voters
E. C. Grier
Tom Rothfuss
Khrushchev
Milt
Sterling
Minnesota
Grandpappy Jenkins
Dennis the Menace
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