Madame Chiang frames drive to invade mainland China
Madame Chiang Kai shek visits the United States to press for sweeping U S support for an invasion of continental China. She argues the ROC on Taiwan could regain the mainland with heavy aid, while critics warn such action would drag the U S into a major land war with China. Hurricane Betsy floods a Miami Beach street with fish, a curious side note.
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Pope Paul’s Visit Sparks Global Attention for Peace Talk
The essay notes that Pope Paul II’s anticipated trip to New York City and his UN General Assembly address would draw worldwide focus on peace. It argues he may reaffirm moral aspects of peace and urge aid to underdeveloped nations as a path to stability, leveraging the UN platform. Britain reports its largest balance of payments deficit, joking about the Beatles.
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Pope Paul
New York City
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Old Timer Lee Tracy returns to Broadway in Minor Miracle
Jim Bishop profiles 67 year old Lee Tracy ahead of opening night at the Henry Miller Theatre in Minor Miracle He recalls playing Hildy Johnson in The Front Page and notes Tracy remains a pro with fast dialogue and nervy energy The piece covers Tracy s career and personal background from Atlanta to Pacific Palisades and his 1960s priest role with Father Britt and his bagel buddy Herman Wekstein
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al Morgan
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Georgia
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Southern Railways
Union College
Schenectady
New York
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Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur
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Judge rules against racial balance in public schools
Judge F M Scarlett of the U S District Court in Georgia ruled that discrimination against white children or teachers in public schools is unconstitutional. He says race cannot be used to sort students but age, ability and qualifications may guide assignments, preserving educational standards and ending racial balancing schemes.
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Hoodoo Friday disrupts Senate transfer of power
The planned calm transition as Felton M. Johnston nears retirement and Emery L. Fra zier prepares to take over is upended by a Friday the 13th hoodoo. A misprinted document bearing Happy Friday the 13th triggers chaos as staff scramble to retrieve the jinxed Senate file and avert further embarrassment.
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Skeeter” Johnston
Senate
Emery L. Frazier
Capitol
Humphrey Interferes In White House Photo Moment
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey aided photographers in the Rose Garden as President Johnson swore in Leonard Marks as head of the U S Information Agency. Humphrey photographed Marks and his wife with two children who turned out not to be the Marks children, later identified as White House tour participants.
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Leonard Marks
U. S. Information Agency
Carl Rowan
Marks
Dorothy
Lloyd Hand
Noisy quotes mix science and satire across headlines
A collage of quirky remarks spans topics from defense budget questions to whisky taxes in Britain. Notes on language quirks, traffic tech, and a 44 letter alphabet animate a playful if scattered slice of contemporary chatter.
Middletown Works Tour Ends in Marathon Walk
Leonard Shore president of E K Morris & Co of Cincinnati and his party toured Armco's Middletown Works last Thursday. Shore 90 years old has served his company 78 years since age 12 and walked guides Dean Girton and David Truck into the ground. Shore visited to see how Armco products are made and his family joined the tour.
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Middletown Works
Leonard Shore
E. K. Morris & Co
Cincinnati
Dean Girton
David Truck
Shore
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Orville
Wilbur Wright
Middletown
Hoover defense of Hoover and the danger of a federal police force
Paul Harvey extols J Edgar Hoover as a bulwark against a growing federal state. He argues civil rights protections exist under Hoover and warns against a federal police force, linking it to Nazi and communist history and warning of creeping tyranny.
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Americans For Democratic Action
Hoover Rauh
Director Hoover
Hitler
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Today in History highlights for September 13, 1965
On this date across history, the Constitutional Convention authorized the first U.S. election in 1788. Other noted events include Key composing the Star Spangled Banner in 1814, Russia and Japan halting Manchuria hostilities in 1905, Lusitania’s maiden Atlantic voyage in 1907, Chiang Kai-shek elected president in 1943, Russian troops near Czechoslovakia in 1944, France outlawing the Algerian Communist party post 1954 uprising, Hurricane Donna dissipating in Canada in 1965, and Vietnam generals blacklisted by Buddhists attempting to topple Premier Khanh in 1964.
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Associated Press
United States
Francis Scott Key
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Atlantic
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Party
Donna
Canada
Khanh
Queen Victoria Reigned Record 63 Years
Factographs note Queen Victoria’s 63 year reign as the longest by a British monarch. U S industries use about 20 percent of coal production in steel glass and chemical sectors. The Abbey Theatre is a famed acting company founded in Dublin. The first watch is commonly credited to Peter Hale of Nuremberg.
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Steel
Glass
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Dublin
Peter Hale
Nuremberg
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