Constitutional amendments seek decentralization of power
A Che Monroe News-Star editorial argues that executive troop use to enforce court orders risks dictatorship, urging government of laws. It reviews three proposed constitutional amendments to empower states, limit federal jurisdiction, and allow state courts to override Supreme Court decisions, noting current opposition from Kennedy and Romney and broad debate about centralization.
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United States
Executive Department
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Eisenhower
University of Mississippi
Kennedy
Congress
Birmingham
South
Court of the Union
Michigan
George Romney
Earl Warren
U. S
History repeats itself in government structure and fate
A historical comparison cites Britannica on Hitler’s centralized rule in Germany and contrasts it with postwar West Germany’s prosperity under decentralization. The piece argues that centralized power, as seen in the U.S. and Germany, risks inefficiency and one party dominance while long United States practice of decentralized governance has served well for over 180 years.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Hitler
Germany
Prussia
Bavaria
Saxony
Baden
Berlin
France
National Socialist
West Germany
East Germany
Washington
United States
Sure Shot Revenues From Louisiana Hunting Licenses
Louisiana hunters paid about 632,741 dollars for licenses and stamps in 1962, with 309,367 licenses issued. Nonresident purchases totaled 2,129, and nationwide hunting permits reached 13.996 million, netting around 64 million in fees. The piece argues the revenue per hunter is about 4.50 dollars and uses arithmetic to compare state deficits and potential costs.
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Louisiana
Department of Interior
Department
Pelican State
Fish and Game Departments
Colorado
President Seeks Income Taxes From Insurance Payments
The Kennedy era push to tax employer paid life insurance premiums on employees would apply even when no cash is received by the worker. Proposals seek to tax such premiums as income, with debates over exemptions and broader implications for employer benefits and noncash compensation.
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Treasury Department
Congress
Kennedy
Treasury
Gross
Supreme Court of the United States
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Geneva as Transition Capital for United States
A satirical column argues summer heat drives calls to relocate the U S capital, proposing Geneva Switzerland as a forum for global debates on trade and tariffs. It frames NATO Ottawa diplomacy and domestic policy as increasingly decided abroad, with figures like Erhard Couve de Murville and de Gaulle’s France named in a playful, provocative mock history.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain
USA
Geneva
Switzerland
Vernon J. Veritas
NATO
Ottawa
Europe
Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
France
Dick Russell
Carl Vinson
Louisiana lawmakers push three amendments to sales tax
In Baton Rouge Coleman Lindsey a Louisiana state senator urged three amendments to the new sales tax from the floor. In Washington the FBI chief J Edgar Hoover joined the Florida kidnapping case involving five year old James Bailey Cash Jr. Rose Lolita Long daughter of Huey P Long and her surgeon husband Dr Os myn McFarland began a European honeymoon after marriage vows in Baton Rouge.
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The
News-Star
Leche
Coleman Lindsey
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Florida
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Rose Lolita Long
Huey P. Long
Osmyn McFarland
How To Keep Well and Fight Hunger With Protein
A health note discusses cheap nourishing foods and protein needs across regions. It highlights higher daily protein in wealthier nations, the land use for livestock versus cereals, and the limits of diet in preventing infections or disease. It cites examples from Eskimos, Masai, and Gauchos, and includes reader questions on Gram staining and medical concerns.
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North America
Europe
Oceania
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Antioch Graduate Drawn to Maoist Program at Cuba Trip Plans
Antioch College graduate Steve Martinot aligns with Maoism and Progressive Labor, forming a campus club at Columbia and pursuing a July trip to Cuba tied to the Federation of University Students of Cuba. HUAC probesMartinot and associates for alleged travel to Cuba and links to Fair Play for Cuba. Schlosser repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment amid questions about Cuban relations and embassy contacts. Vincent Lee heads Fair Play for Cuba, with past leaders Taber and Gibson noted for Cuba activities.
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New York
Communist Party
United Front
U.S
Russia
Scheer
Rosen
Progressive Labor
Martinot
Columbia University
United States
Havana
Toronto
Cuba
Federation of University Students of Cuba
HUAC
Anatol
Isaac Schlosser
Schlosser
Vincent Theodore Lee
Lee
Com
Fair Play
Robert Taber
Senate
Richard Gibson
Algeria
Why Christianity Has Not Failed Yet Applied Remedy
The answer notes human nature breeds war greed and prejudice and only the divine remedy through Jesus Christ can heal. Personal examples show transformation after new birth while warning that world problems persist when individuals fail to apply Christian faith.
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Dean Inge
Jesus Christ
Monroe News-Star Publisher and local staff noted
The fragment mentions John D. Ewing as publisher and Richard Hale as general manager with references to editors and local staff. It cites mailing details and a list of cities tied to the paper, including Detroit and Chicago, indicating Monroe’s independent newspaper status. The text is garbled but centers on the paper’s personnel and distribution network.
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South Carolina
John D. Ewing
Ee Ee Wilson
Ewing
Richard Hale
Menaser
St. T
Bel Jr
Eame Gates
Walter
Credi
National Af
New York
Hicaco
Allenton
Detroit
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angles
Charlotte
Monroe
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Government of Laws
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House Ways and Means
By David Lawrence
By Holmes Alexander
MR. Veritas
Veritas
Mike Mansfield
Ludwig Erhard
Atlantic
America
Armed Services Committees
Theodore R. van Dellen
Tropics
M. W
Hans Christian Joachim Gram
N. G
E. M
Antioch
Mao
Fulton Lewis, JR
Steve Martinot
Mao Tse-tung
Nikita Khrushchev
Antioch College
Progressive Labor Party
Milt Rosen
Mortimer Scheer
Revolutionary Socialist
Martinet
Castroland
House UN- American Activities Committee
Permanent Committee
Mittee
Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
K.L
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