OAS blamed as mediators fail to end Dominican crisis
The piece notes a month of talks between McGeorge Bundy and Col. Francisco Caamano Deno in Santo Domingo and the fragile interim plan for Antonio Guzman. It argues mediators overcomplicate efforts, especially the Organization of American States, which has delayed clear objectives and hindered a peaceful settlement.
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McGeorge Bundy
Col
Francisco Caamano Deno
Santo Domingo
Antonio Guzman
Trujillo
Miguel Angel Zavala Ortiz
Food budget share falls as productivity rises says Freeman
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman notes that despite higher meat costs the portion of income spent on food keeps declining. He projects 1965 food spending at 18.3 percent versus 16.5 percent last year, reflecting a long term rise in living standards due to greater productivity in industry and agriculture.
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Orville Freeman
Ruble Roulette and Comecon Currency Debate
The Polish government presses for a transferable ruble fully convertible to gold and the world's currencies to gain economic independence from Moscow. Comecon nations hold ruble credit for surpluses, but the money cannot be spent outside the bloc, highlighting restrictive Soviet policy.
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Bank of Econo- Mile Cooperation
Iron Curtain
Council For Mutual Assistance
Comecon
Soviet Union
Common Market
Moscow
For My Part By Ray Cromley
Trips through affluent suburban areas reveal bootleg shops in upper middle class junior high schools run by student salesmen. Prostitution rings, high-stakes gambling, and a broader pattern show sons and daughters of well-to-do families engaged in risky schemes. Experts blame idleness and lack of purpose as schools and communities attempt youth programs and job opportunities to curb youth trouble.
No Compromise Belligerence Shapes 1965 National Scene
The year 1965 shows growing belligerence in U S politics undermining traditional compromise. Militants oppose unity across parties and clash with liberal critics. Negro as well as white opponents reject established channels, raising questions about when government authority can be respected amid revolutionary pressure.
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Harvard
Cornell
University of California At Berkeley
White House
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Cement pavements move in Frederick business section
Fifty years ago in The News Post files July 1 105 a Frederick business section debate over cement sidewalks. A board member urged either voluntary cement pavements or an ordinance requiring cement for future sidewalks. Officials from the Agriculture Department and a domestic science expert will speak at the Frederick County farmers association on July 29. German Americans in New England begin a postal card chain to bring luck to the Kaiser's army on July 9.
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Frederick
Board of Aldermen
Frederick Post
Agriculture Department
Frederick County
New England
Twenty Years Ago Playgrounds Celebrate Patriotic Week
Twenty years ago all city playgrounds planned a patriotic week with events such as a Frederick Conn Choral Society concert two teen dances and a patriotic sing along with the community. American Patrols occupied Little Komel Island without resistance as Admiral Nimitz announced extending the invasion springboard westward with potential airstrip sites and port facilities. Maryland draft boards were to tighten up on deferment renewals for men under 30 per State Selective Service. Moscow Radio announced Czechoslovakia ceded Carpatho Ukraine to Russia, the far eastern portion Hungary absorbed in its 1930 breakup.
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Frederick Conn
Little Kome Island
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Henry C. Stanwood
State Selective Service
Maryland
Moscow Radio
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Hungary
Walker attacks on China policy spark UN debate
Washington-Patrick Gordon Walker, former British foreign secretary, urged the United States to recognize Communist China at the United Nations. The speech warned that recognizing an aggressor undermines world peace and criticizes appeasement as a path that led to Munich. He argued only firm action and accountability can deter aggression in Korea and Vietnam. The piece cites U.N. and allied positions and notes Walker’s comments ahead of talks with Secretary Rusk.
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Washington
Patrick Gordon Walker
United States
China
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Peiping
Red China
Korea
North Korea
United Nations General Assembly
Walker
Sion
France
South Vietnam
Moscow
Organization
Rusk
American Society of Corporate Secretaries
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Munich
Hitler
Britain
Poland
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Johnson
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Washington Today
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