Thailand Next Target in Communist Southeast Asia
A Peking radio broadcast named Thailand as the next target in a campaign to overthrow its pro Western government. It called for a patriotic front and warned of subversive bands and a guerrilla network aimed at countryside villagers. The piece questions if Beijing feels victory near in South Vietnam and whether Thailand may be the next focus of Red expansion.
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China
Southeast Asia
Peking Radio
Thailand
Peking
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Communist Party
Malaya
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Bangkok
SEATO
Takover
Viet Nam
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Senate
Peiping
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Red Ohin
Formosa
Okinawa
Philippines
Australia
America
Europe
West Germany
East Germany
United Nations Retreat Undermines Peace Keeping Earned Power
The General Assembly adjourned to September 1 without forcing the Soviet Union and France to pay peacekeeping assessments for Congo and the Middle East. The United States abandoned Article 19 threats, eroding UN authority and turning it from a peace instrument into a debating body dominated by the Soviet veto.
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United Nations
General Assembly
Soviet Union
France
Congo
Middle East
United States
Assembly
Secur
North Korea
Security Council
Cold Line Weather Exchange Standoff Tightens
The United States threatens to close the Washington Moscow cold line after Soviet officials slow to share satellite weather data. The pact began with conventional data last year but hinges on both sides launching and sharing satellite weather information, a promise Moscow has not kept by the January 1 deadline.
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United States
Washington - Moscow
Washington
Appeasing Nasser and West Germany's Calculated Risks
The piece argues that appeasing Egypt under Nasser invites further aggression and boosts Moscow aligned forces. It cites Nasser inviting East German leader Ulbricht, Munich Bonn aid, and U.S. tolerance of dictatorial regimes. It questions continued U.S. aid and warns against moralistic foreign policy.
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Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
United Arab Republic
Moscow
Egypt
Israel
West Germany
Bonn
United States
Cairo
State Department
Congress
Ulbricht
Shelepin
Kremlin
The Poor Man's Philosopher by Hal Boyle
New York AP column notes mail can reveal shoplifting ties with women dominating items. It cites costs of carbon copies, aquarium whale care myths, and insurance trends by gender. Taxes, Chinese Year of the Snake bargains, and curious quotes round out this miscellany of daily observations.
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New York
U.S
Chinatown
Andrew Maurois
Smith
America
Fifty Years Ago News Items From The News Post
Fire in a garret on East Patrick Street was quickly controlled. Ernest Stoner of Thurmont bought Powell Bros. stock at Woodsb Borough. Frank B. Sappington Sr. spoke of Billy Sunday after visiting Philadelphia. Smithsburg Dramatic Club staged Strife at the town hall Saturday night.
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Henry A. Hahn
East Patrick Street
C. C. Robinson
Ernest Stoner
Thurmont
Powell Bros
Woodsboro
Billy Sunday
Frank B. Sappington Sr
Philadelphia
Smithsburg
Twenty Years Ago Holy Week services in Frederick
Twenty years ago a series of noonday len ten services under the Frederick City Ministerial Association would be held during Holy Week from Monday to Thursday. Rivers were rising slowly from heavy rainfall, with forecasters predicting more precip. A flight of 1,100 American bombers threatened Berlin and then attacked Leipzig and Halle. Churchill said the great powers are prepared for Germany's collapse and voiced cautious optimism on the Polish frontier and Russia's peace plans.
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Berlin
Leipzig
Halle
Churchill
Germany
Russia
Washington Today on Vietnam and isolationism debate
In a Senate speech Senator Thomas J. Dodd warns against withdrawal from Vietnam and urges firm policy, likening the moment to pre Munich tensions. The piece contrasts Chamberlain and Churchill, labeling a rising “new isolationism” with a scareword of escalation and calls for clear US commitments.
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America
United States
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Munich
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Hitler
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Senate
Dodd
Churchill
Czechoslovakia
Hiter
Senator Dodd
Senator Lawrence Warns Against Appearing Weak on War Policy
Senator David Lawrence warns that signaling weakness could invite Communist escalation. He argues for firm stance despite calls for negotiations, noting Soviet and Chinese moves in Vietnam and surrounding regions. A broader fear is that U S retreat could trigger a regional war and affect East European security and German unification prospects.
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Dean Acheson
Acheson
Sea
Hal Boyle
Mark van Deren
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