Curbstone reflections on voting age and youth rights
New York columnist BAL BOYLT argues for lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, noting President Eisenhower supports it while youth indifference persists. He cites Lincoln and Georgia as precedents, questions whether the right to vote or the right not to vote matters more, and suggests perhaps lowering further to 13 to improve turnout.
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Eisenhower
Republic
Otto von Bismarck
Abraham Lincoln
Georgia
Abe Lincoln
Washington
Bundestag Expels CDU Deputy for Defection to East Germany
The West German Bundestag expelled Christian Democrat Deputy Karl Franz Schmidt Wittmack for defecting to Communist East Germany. He left his party and joined East German authorities amid the Cold War tensions in Bonn.
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Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
Christian Democrat
Karl Franz Schmidt-Wittmack
East Germany
Anniversaries and historical milestones noted
Know America Today's anniversaries list notable births and deaths from Nelson County to Boston and Providence. It includes figures such as Henry Kirke Brown George W. Curtis Winston Homer Daniel Updike Herbert Dickey and Adm. Chester Nimitz with birthdays and death years, plus Today in History events like Vincennes capture and government actions. Also featured are birth anniversaries of Victor Moore Mary Ellen Chase Lea Wolman and others, plus a brief horoscope. A political note mentions Adenauer threatening to expel FDP over Saar accord as parliaments debate Europeanization.
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George W. Curtis
New York
Providence
Winston Homer
Boston
Ruarbors
Maing
Heyet
Daniel B. Updike
Notred Merrymount Press
Herbert
Dickey
South America
Highland Falls
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Ecuador
Vincennes
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George R. Clark
Indiana
Illinois
Court of Claims
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Andrew Johnson
Lawrence
Philadelphia
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Nelson County
Henry Kirke Brown
Leyden
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Army
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3Ic Carthy
Chester W. Nimitz
Fredericksburg, Tex
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U. S
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Victor Moore
Hammoanton
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Mary Ellen Chase
Smith College
Blue Hill
Maine
Lea Wolman
Columbia University
Baltimore
Ernest R. Breech
Ford Motor
Levanon
Francis F. Randolph
Konrad Adenauer
Free Democrats
FDP
Saar
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Frederick Hearing Aid Center
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Bendix
Hotpoint
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Patrick St
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