Auto Bargaining Begins Wednesday
UAW talks start Wednesday with General Motors Ford and Chrysler as contracts with big car makers expire in late summer and early fall. The shift to model year changes and retooling rides the edge of a possible strike with a $65 million strike fund and strong industry profits. Henry Ford II warns that public and government willingness to back a strike is part of preserving free collective bargaining.
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Ford
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American Motors
U.A.W
Lyndon B. Johnson
Detroit
Help For Rejects Changes in Draft Testing Age and Rehab
The White House directs earlier draft screening with mental and physical tests for 18 year olds, citing a third unqualified youth. The Labor Department offers two new rehabilitation programs, but uptake is low with only 2,200 placed in jobs and 189 in training by May. Counseling at examination centers is being considered to improve follow up.
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Selective Service
Strictly Personal Reflections on Fear Guilt and Disease
A doctor cites Alan Gregg on fear and guilt in disease, noting the shadow of possible guilt and the belief that illness is divine punishment. The piece explores how families feel shame over mental illness, the idea of original sin, and the superstition as humanity's last refuge from accountability.
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Alan Gregg
Bampton
Columbia University
Gregg
Space Letters Pile Up as Moon Flight Seats Grow
Space enthusiasts send about twenty letters weekly to government agencies seeking seats on lunar flights. Interest surges after manned missions, a postwar trend tracing to V-2 rocket tests. Replies use a form letter but tailor responses to each inquiry, urging education for youths and readiness for future space challenges. The piece also notes the limited lifespan of the one dollar bill per World Almanac data.
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United States
Supreme Court one man one vote criticizes apportionment ruling
Holmes Alexander argues the Supreme Court erred in reducing representation to nose counts. He denounces the majority as doctrinaire and defends state and local choice, urging elected representatives to respond and correct the court’s perceived overreach. He cites Justice Harlan and other justices defending rational districting.
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Cuba
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Panama Canal
Strains Rise as Sukarno Fights Malaysia Front in Borneo
In Kuching Sarawak amid confrontation tensions, Indonesia and Malaysia clash over borders. Sukarno accuses Malaysia of British neo-colonialism while Malaysian troops and Gurkhas reinforce a long border. A Tokyo summit failed to halt guerrilla violence as Indonesian forces strike near Kuching. líder Stephen Ningkah orders sharp retaliation.
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Kuching
Britain
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Sukarno
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Nepal
Far East
United States
Tokyo
Abdul Rahman
Urgency in Today’s Living and Faith’s Call
A devotional reflection urges urgency in daily deeds, citing Jesus’ words about working while day remains and a story of Dr Johnson notes a Greek inscription on a watch: The Night Cometh. It asks God to keep believers conscious of time and faith's effect amid unbelief.
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Jesus
Dr. Johnson
Boswell
Lumping Republican Leaders Into One Mainstream Myth
The author rejects the idea of a single Republican mainstream linking Lincoln Roosevelt Hoover Eisenhower and Taft. He argues each leader shaped views by events, notes Lincoln’s pragmatism, Roosevelt’s hawkishness and panamanian actions, and disputes the notion that Eisenhower and Taft shared a uniform ideology. He cautions against forcing a uniform tradition onto diverse figures.
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H. L. Mencken
Baltimore
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Ike Eisenhower
Bob Taft
Babe Ruth
Bobby Richardson
Jimmy Cannon
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Taft
Texas
Eisenhower
Katyn Forest
Hitler
Lenin
Two Upheavals Mark 1964 Pennsylvania Legislature
The 1964 session saw two dramatic acts by upstate lawmakers against the governor's administration. The Philadelphia traffic ticket mess and a hefty state college budget boost both cleared House and Senate despite executive opposition, signaling rural bloc victories and raising questions about why earlier action was stalled.
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Senate
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Pennsylvania
Scranton
Big City
Walter E. Alessandroni
Alessandroni
Joint
State Government Commission
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