The rage for African studies
Yale University leads in creating an area study for Negro and African history raising debate over curriculum substance and risk of public relations influence. The piece recalls early Yale efforts with Rudin and Doob and weighs Africa history as interwoven with wider world histories and democratic development.
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John Chamberlain
Yale University
Yale
Harry Rudin
Africa
Rudin
Leonard Doob
Whitney Griswold
Tropics
Doob
Lake Chad
Europe
Nkrumah
Ghana
Nigeria
Yugoslavia under Tito faces a changing postwar era
The piece surveys Yugoslavia's open media and limited dissent after the Tito Stalin split, noting Milovan Dijilas and Mihajlo Mihajlov as rare punished critics. It contrasts a flexible economy with private ownership limits, rising living standards, and 20 million people, while warning of a cloud from Moscow after the Czechoslovakia invasion and Tito's potential succession challenges.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
Stalin
Praxis
Milovan Dijilas
Mihajlo Mihajlov
Czechoslovakia
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations General Assembly
Gromyko
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Soviet Union
Romania
Kremlin
Johnson
Dean Rusk
NATO
Brussels
Rumania
Belgrade
League of Communists
Communist Party
Mijalko Todorovic
Josip Broz
Croatia
Adriatic
Broz
Attila the Hun Dies in Sleep After Marriage
The famed barbarian ruler Attila the Hun dies in his sleep in 453 the night after marrying a young girl. The verse James 4 10 is cited about humility before the Lord.
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Attila the Hun
States and Cities Press For More Revenue In 1969
Analysis shows state and local taxes rising sharply as federal tax takes remain high. Governors propose higher sales and income taxes, gasoline and cigarette levies, with New York and Louisiana among those signaling increases. Mayors seek direct federal aid to fund local improvements.
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Tax Foundation
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
NEW York
Rockefeller
Congress
New Orleans
National League of Cities
Nelson Rockefeller
Democratic committee reforms may reshape Pennsylvania House
A Pennsylvania column discusses Democratic moves to modernize the legislature by reducing committees to 21, sharing chair duties with Republicans, and possibly empowering a Rules and Ethics panel to discipline own members. It notes potential backfire as reformers balance power and workload risks.
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House of Representatives
GOP
House
Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia
Citizen’s Committee On Legislative Reform
Senate
Democratic Party
Fineman
Metric system urged to replace outdated measures in U S
Sydney J Harris argues England shifting to decimal coinage shows need for the United States to adopt metric units across linear, area, volume, and weight measures. He cites complexities of feet, yards, pints, quarts, gallons, and various weights as hindrances to calculation and learning. He asserts metric simplicity would ease education and daily life.
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Rudin
Dahomey
Sydney J. Harris
England
U.S
Great Britain
Britain
Europe
Business Leaders Urged to Shape Post Office Reform
The Chamber of Commerce in its Washington Report urges businessmen to decide whether the post office becomes a government postal corporation. It cites the private sector generates nearly three quarters of mail, contrasting with only six percent from government sources.
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Chamber OF Commerce of the
United States
Washington Report
Chamber
President’s Commission On Postal Organization
Living and testamentary trusts compared with welfare questions
A living or inter vivos trust is created and funded during the settlor's life, avoiding estate and often inheritance taxes though gifts over 3000 in a year may face gift tax. A testamentary trust takes effect after death via a will, allowing the decedent to enjoy property but facing higher estate taxes. Welfare claims may offset inherited amounts. grandparents may seek visitation but courts consider the child's welfare and may grant or deny based on circumstances.
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Pennsylvania
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