Hartford man Starts Revitalizing Corps To Aid Nation
Edward T. Coll of Hartford Connecticut leaves a high paying insurance job after JFK's funeral and launches a volunteer effort dubbed the Revitalizing Corps. He funded it with six thousand dollars, gathered five hundred volunteers, and expanded to New York while coordinating career days, tutoring, and letters to GIs in Vietnam. The mission is to inspire Americans to believe in America again, with minimal personal cost.
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Hartford
Conn
Edward T. Coll
Fairfield University
Connecticut
John F. Kennedy
Coll
Human Rights Commission
New York City
New York
Vietnam
Miami
J. P. Phelan
America
Campus Riots and the Communist Drive on Youth
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee linked campus riots in 1964 and 1965 to a Communist Party strategy to recruit youth. It accused professional agitators of provoking protests to proselytize students, noting 28 activists were invited to testify but did not appear, including Bettina Aptheker.
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Senate Internal Security
Communist Party of the United States
Bettina Aptheker
Herbert Aptheker
American Institute For Marxist Studies
Communist Party
Senate
The Poor Man's Philosopher Advice for Boss Relations
New York dispatch outlines humorous job guidance from a syndicated column. It suggests courting the boss like a spouse, inheriting wealth to gain deference, and timing departures to avoid being seen as leaving first. The pieces warn against openly presenting new ideas.
How to please the boss with old fashioned cunning
Hal Boyle advises workers on tactics to curry favor with a boss. The guidance covers humor boundaries, gifts, social drinking, flattering a boss and his wife, hospital greetings, competitive golf behavior, and how to earn a raise through sustained high performance.
With an ally like this who needs enemies
The piece argues the United States spends about 1.25 million dollars hourly on Vietnam, totaling around 11 billion annually, with ARVN numbers and flaws. It highlights ARVN weaknesses, draft evasion, desertion, low pay, poor equipment, and morale, questioning the ally’s reliability and impact on the war effort. The piece notes civilian and military hardships, urging skepticism about the alliance's effectiveness.
Frederick Troops in Company A to Leave for Mexican Border
Fifty years ago the Maryland National Guard Company A and all troops in the First Regiment were set to depart Camp Hartington Laurel for the Mexican border likely by sunset Thursday. Officers hold the exact timing. the public learns through rumor. Frederick residents organized a Y M C A community meeting to aid families of those serving, echoing actions seen in other cities. The Frederick County Branch of the Maryland League for National Defense sponsored the gathering with broad sympathy and strong local interest.
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Frederick
Maryland National Guard
Camp Hartington
Laurel
Company A
Frederick County
Maryland League For National Defense
Frederick street park plan could replace city golf course
Mayor Lloyd C. Culler proposed to the Board of Aldermen to level the unused North Bentz street miniature golf course and convert it into a small children park with playground equipment and a wading pool. No action was taken as the idea is studied. President Truman warned the world food crisis persists, urging continued U.S. aid amid hunger abroad.
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Frederick
Bentz Street
Board of Aldermen
Lloyd C. Culler
Truman
United States
Soviet denial on June 23 conflicts with June 14 disarmament claim
Washington reports that the Soviet government contradicted its June 14 assertion that no disarmament deal could occur while U.S. forces remained in Vietnam. Izvestia on June 22 called the June 14 demand a clumsy trick and said withdrawal should not block a non-proliferation agreement. U.S. chief negotiator Foster urged Moscow to focus on curb efforts and warned the Russians against propaganda over negotiations.
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Vietnam
UPI
Geneva
Alexei A. Roshchin
Moscow
Izvestia
U.S
William C. Foster
Russia
China
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