Red Thorn and the Fifth International Thesis
The essay argues that Khrushchev and Mao may be in rivalry, citing nuclear cooperation hints and the rise of a potential Fifth International led by Mao. It warns that a Red Chinese bomb program or Fifth International would signal a shift in global power, urging stronger fronts in Vietnam Laos and Korea to counter it.
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China
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Peiping
Red Chinese
Thy
Russia
Moscow
Marx
Lenin
Switzerland
Comintern
West
Trotsky
Fourth International
Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
New York City
Mexico
Mornard
Frank Jacson
Jackson
Jacques Mornards
Frank Jacsons
Fifth International
Vietnam
Laos
Korea
Hoover Turns 89 as Nation Reflects on His Long Service
Former President Herbert Hoover, recuperating from illness, prepares to celebrate his 89th birthday on August 10 in New York. He remains active, directing staff and letters, lauded for lifelong public service and charitable work, with praise across party lines.
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Waldorf Towers
New York City
United States
John Adams
Hoover
White House
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nuclear fears rise as world limits tests and new bombs loom
Eighteen years after Hiroshima the world moves toward control with a treaty banning underwater air and space tests. Khrushchev touts a 100 million ton hydrogen warhead while warnings of global devastation from thermonuclear war rise. Hiroshima and Nagasaki deaths are cited with vast future destruction projected.
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Hiroshima
Elastic As A Rubber Band on Welfare
Lawrence Fertig argues in Prosperity Through Freedom that welfare is an elastic term stretched by Congress and the Supreme Court. He contends welfare should come from the people, either voluntarily or through taxation, deficit spending, or other government actions.
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Lawrence Fertig
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
The Power of Hands in Conversation Across Cultures
The author recalls a Florence cafe scene where a small man uses a vast repertoire of hand gestures to argue that Italy’s coalition will endure. He contrasts Latins with Anglos, noting restrained talk can mask heat and that Americans take personal offense to heated debate, reducing social richness. A speaker with animated hands avoids violence and violence is deterred when words suffice.
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Piazza Della Republica
Florence
Italy
Peace Corps Volunteer Aids Colombia Diet and Education
A 23 year old from Union New Jersey joins the Peace Corps and serves in Colombia. He works to raise protein in the local diet by stocking lakes with fish while noting residents earn about five dollars weekly and face education and health needs. He says his work is meaningful and religious reflection is part of his motivation.
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Latin America
Union
N. J
Peace Corps
Colombia
Christ
FBI Civil Rights Roles Clarified Amid Controversy
Washington calls for understanding of the FBI duties under Civil Rights laws of 1957 and 1960. Director Hoover cites extremists who miscast the bureau for racism or interference with state and local agencies. The piece lists eight categories of rights violations and outlines jurisdiction.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yale
FBI
FBI Civil Rights Role Outlined by Roscoe Drummond
Drummond states the FBI is a federal investigative agency not a police force. It carries civil rights duties within federal law, with 53 special training schools for police officials to bolster enforcement nationwide.
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FBI
Prayer as guiding force at Constitution Convention
In Today’s Living Gene Stone reflects on how prayer aided the Philadelphia Constitution Convention. He recalls Benjamin Franklin’s motion for daily prayers and the convention’s reliance on divine guidance to frame what he calls the greatest document ever produced.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Babel
Symington Signals Cautious Support for Nuclear Pact
Washington Senator Stuart Symington, a key swing vote on the East West Nuclear Ban, backs a cheat proof treaty only if verification in space and quick resumption of testing can be assured. He cites Churchill’s foresight and emphasizes distrust of Communists while urging careful hearings and broader detection methods.
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Washington, D. C
Stuart Symington
D., Mo
Symington
Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill
Mr. Kennedy
Post-Dispatch
St. Louis
Russell
Jackson
Kennedy
Missouri
Russia
Red China
Khrushchev
China
Act 561 Reorganization Law in Pennsylvania Collapses
Harrisburg reports depict Act 561, the 1961 school district reorganization plan, as fatally compromised and effectively repealed. The bill, pushed by a lay panel, saw its size and features halved by the Legislature, provoking cross party conflict and gubernatorial pressure.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lawrence
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