Lost grain and wasted oil spark tax critique
The article recounts a government scheme to support oil prices that led to millions of bushels of grain vanishing en route to Vienna and $90 million in salad oil spoiled or wasted. Senator John J. Williams criticizes the Agriculture Department for purchasing from firms barred from CCC programs, highlighting mismanagement and taxpayer costs in a $100 billion federal budget.
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Freeman
Agriculture Department
U.S
North Sea
Vienna
Austria
John J. Williams
Delaware
Williams
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Greece
Brazil
Korea
Congo Warhouses
Agriculture’ Department
United States and Britain agree on Caribbean patrols
The United States and Great Britain quietly sign a joint Caribbean patrol agreement to monitor waters between Cuba and the Bahamas. The move could deter illicit incursions by anti Castro groups while complicating militant exile plans and potentially shaping action against Castro and his Soviet sponsors.
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United States
Great Britain
Caribbean
Cuba
Bahamas
Britain
Castro
Subsidized Poverty and the Job Training Program
A government report on the federal job training program depicts a deep unemployment paradox with many jobs unfilled while the unemployed struggle. In Virginia a filling station job paid 75 dollars weekly while a training course offered 27 dollars in subsistence, prompting poor turnout and dropout. The study questions the program’s effectiveness and warns that mechanization and relief may widen a class of “professional paupers” unless public work options expand for all on relief.
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Virginia
Lincoln on race and equality quoted from Lincoln debates
A 1963 New York Herald Tribune summary notes that a Library of Congress book reprints Lincoln Douglas debates reveals Lincoln opposed social and political equality for blacks while affirming equal natural rights. The piece discusses reactions by modern readers, invoking court decisions and Jefferson, and contrasts homage to Lincoln with his controversial race views.
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Lincoln
American Bar Association
Supreme Court of the United States
Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Busting U S Business and Government Role in Unemployment
In a critique of government training programs and social schemes, the piece argues that federal retraining efforts fail to prepare workers for market jobs while industry runs far more effective programs. It cites Wecksler’s study and examples from Westinghouse and Lockheed to illustrate industry training at scale. The column links Kennedy era policy to broader socialist trends and urges private enterprise to lead workforce preparation.
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Mahatma Gandhi
India
New Frontier
Kennedy
Cial
Washington
Start
Westinghouse Corporation
Raleigh
North Carolina
Marietta
Georgia
Lockheed
Wartime footing urged over Czechoslovakia threat
Britain and France said they were ready for wartime footing amid German threats to Czechoslovakia. Representative Martin Dies pressed Labor Secretary Frances Perkins to resume deportation proceedings against former communist Harry Bridges. About 500 Confederate veterans were to attend the Columbia reunion in South Carolina.
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Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Martin Dies
Texas
House
Frances Perkins
Harry Bridges
Columbia
South Carolina
Against blowing out candles and footgear advice spreads
A reader urges banning cake candle blowing as unsanitary, noting mouth bacteria spread. A New Rochelle tip suggests alternating shoes to prevent long-term foot troubles. California reports a rising kissing bug problem with 110+ allergic reactions in Mariposa County and steps include epinephrine treatment and clearing brush, with an extract expected to desensitize allergies.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
California
Mariposa County
Norman Nichols
Thomas W. Green
High fat intake and disease risk in long term diets
A reader asks if long term high fat consumption can cause diabetes. The reply notes obesity often precedes diabetes in predisposed individuals, but overweight alone is not the cause. It adds that high fat intake may raise blood cholesterol and promote arterial hardening.
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M. G
Blood pressure and nerves tangled in control debate
J K ponders whether blood pressure drives nerves or nerves govern pressure. Nerve impulses affect blood pressure but true control is far more complex than a simple one way mechanism.
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J. K
Health Hint: bone dust injections for vocal cords debated
J N K asks about bone dust injections to thicken vocal cords. No information found. Today’s Health Hint notes backyard barbecue fans should wear insulated mittens.
Tactical Misstep Sinks Aid Bill Vote Defeat
The House rejected the foreign aid authorization 222 to 188 after Speaker McCormack opposed delaying the vote. The defeat slashed $585 million from the administration bill, with Kennedy facing bipartisan backlash and Republican dissent shaping the outcome.
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Washington
House
John McCormack
McCormack
Carl Albert
Hale Boggs
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Walter Judd
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Judd
GOP
Minneapolis
Donald Fraser
Dr. Judd
Fraser
Missionaries as Imperative of Christian Love Across Nations
The answer argues that missionary work is not optional but commanded by Christ. It notes centuries of effort, the great emphasis in the last century, and the positive impact: conversions, healing, education, and hospitals. It contends that sending missionaries shows love and goodwill, not insult, to other nations.
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Jerusalem
Heaven
Christ
Monroe News-Star declares independent stance in politics
The Monroe News-Star presents itself as an independent daily, printing news impartially and opposing what it believes is wrong regardless of party. It lists publishers, executives, and Associated Press affiliation while noting its editorial stance and offices in major cities.
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Robert Ewing
John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Richard Hale
Monroe
News-Star— World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Street
Robert Ewing, Jr
William H. Bronson
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
The
Branham Company National Advertising Representatives
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Memphis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Monroe News-Star
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