Arrogance or altruism in Viet Nam policy debated
Senator Fulbright criticizes U S involvement in Viet Nam as arrogance of power while Rockefeller II calls it overpresence that depresses Asian initiative. He urges a regional development approach, cross border programs, and mutual capital flow to reduce tensions and foster cooperation amid war and Communist pressures.
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Fulbright
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Asia
John D. Rockefeller II
South
Rockefeller Foundation
Asia Society
Japan Society
America
Rockefeller
United States
India
John K. Galbraith
de Gaulle
Europe
Inspector General's four year aid review yields savings and reforms
Secretary of State Dean Rusk announced four years of work by the Office of the Inspector General of Foreign Assistance. The effort, led by J. Kenneth Mansfield, returned millions in savings by curbing misused funds and canceling ineffective projects. Highlights include halting a Taiwan dam loan, canceling a Africa television sets order, recovering grain penalties for Austria, and dropping a Korea classified project. Taxpayers are urged to note the accountable oversight of aid spending.
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Inspector General of Foreign Assistance
J. Kenneth Mansfield
Dean Rusk
Rusk
South Vietnam
Taiwan
Africa
Austria
South Korea
Unreality of student deferments and draft decisions
The piece argues that deferment is optional if a student applies or not, and that boards may tighten rules if draft levels rise. It notes that class standing reports from colleges influence deferment. without standings, boards may deny deferments or proceed with the draft, affecting individual students.
The Technocrats Versus The Bureaucrats in Soviet Society
An article reviews Albert Parry's The New Class Divided which argues growing mutiny within the Soviet scientific technical elite challenges Marxist Leninist control. It notes Brezhnev era petitions by Kapitsa Sakharov and Tamm among prominent figures and parallels with Milovan Djilas' earlier critique of privileged classes.
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New York
NBA
Kremlin
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Albert Parry
Macmillan
Pyotr Kapitsa
Drei Sakharov
Igor Tamm
Leonid Brezhnev
Stalin
Milovan Djilas
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News-Post Files
An Admiralty announcement confirms the death of Earl Kitchener and his staff. The shock gripped Britain as the Secretary of State for War was regarded a leading war figure. The Champs, on five wins in six, eye a path to third in the league in key games against Mountaineers, Hag erstown, Chambersburg, and Gettysburg.
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News-Post
Admiralty
Earl Kitchener
England
Frederick
Hanover
Hagerstown
Mountaineers
Chambersburg
Gettysburg
Enlargement of Camp Detrick Sale Reported
Twenty years ago this June 6 1946 note states Camp Detrick’s expansion through purchasing the remainder of the Wide Pastures farm once owned by the late Robert S Bright and about 399 acres now leased along Shooks town road. Harry M Free says government reps will take the property after inspecting buildings crops and land. The Bright property includes about 77 acres with a farmhouse several barns and other outbuildings. Nine registrants from local Draft Board One are being summoned for pre induction examinations including Alden Austin Flock Roland Eugene Etzler John Edward Baer Jr Preston Eutah Long John Edward Yeager Harry Douglas Stup Jr Oscar Franklin Gaver Jr Emory Coblentz Alexander and Norman Atvill Eyler.
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Camp Detrick
Robert S. Bright
Shookstown
Harry M. Free
Draft Board
Alden Austin Flock
Roland Eugene Etzler
John Edward Baer, Jr
Preston Eutah Long
John Edward Yeager
Harry Douglas Stup, Jr
Oscar Franklin Gaver, Jr
Emory Coblentz Alexander
Norman Atvill Eyler
UN peace role in Vietnam remains hidden
Washington audience hears that behind the scenes at the United Nations diplomats discuss ending the Vietnam War, but public actions show little progress. U Thant voices frustration and urges Geneva-based steps while major powers debate legal vs political angles. Gold berg stresses legal dimensions, urging U.N. action despite political divides. The piece warns that continued aggression risks nuclear war and stresses the need for a U.N. brokered peace conference with broad participation.
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Washington
United Nations
United States
Vietnam
U Thant
General Assembly
Africa
Atlantic City
World Organization
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
USN
U.N
Goldberg
U.N. General Assembly
U.S. General Assembly
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