Catoctin Camp Joins War on Poverty as Open Center
The first Job Corps center in the administration’s program is officially open in Frederick County. Cabinet members and congressmen dedicated the facility where 85 youths are enrolled. Local citizens are praised for supporting the effort to remake lives and offer a path to useful futures.
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Catoctin
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Nations prepare forces for world peace effort amid UN dues stalemate
Britain pledges air support and facilities for peacekeeping units. Canada Italy Iran and others join, following a Ottawa conference where ten nations agreed to contribute. As long as Soviet and French dues are unpaid and blocs block votes, efforts rest on individual or small group actions as in Vietnam.
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Britain
Ottawa
Lester Pearson
Canada
Italy
Iran
Netherlands
Ireland
New Zealand
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
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France
General Assembly
Vietnam
Saskatchewan Premier Thatcher Backs Foreign Investment
Ross Thatcher new premier of Saskatchewan champions foreign investment inviting 1400 new businesses since last May. He says American capital is welcome though not enough, criticizing socialist policy of the 1930s and praising free enterprise. Thatcher notes some projects involve up to 50 million dollars, signaling a capital friendly shift for the province.
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Ross Thatcher
Thatcher
Saskatchewan
United States
Alberta
Canada
Thailand's rock of stability fractures under changing times
The analysis weighs Thailand's military rule and SEATO backing against rising internal tensions and economic shifts. It notes a stable government, strong US ties, and strong historical avoidance of colonization, but warns of a widening gap between rulers and emerging middle class, rural neglect, and upcoming pressures from population and world markets.
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Thailand
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Laos
Peking
Hanoi
United States
India
Frank C. Darling
University of Colorado
Thanom Kirttkachorn
Darling
U. S
D. Insor
Bangkok
Insor
Medicare Debate Praised, Calls for Accountability echoed
Letters praise Congressman Mathias for clear Medicare replies and contrast a blank check funded by wage taxes with a push for accountability. Readers urge support for Mathias’s aged medical bill, note analyses available in Capitol Comment, and request copies by mail from the Council on Truth in Government.
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Council On Truth In Government
Chas. McC. Mathias
Walter C. Judd
Fea
New Market
Mathias
Capitol
Blockade of Germany Cited as Allied Reply in 1915
Fifty years ago on March 2 1915 the Allies announced a virtual blockade of Germany and other enemies in response to German attacks on merchant shipping. The news item notes domestic renovations planned near Frederick and complaints about sanitary conditions at North Market Street school and Miller's Barbershop upgrades on Court Street.
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Great Britain
North Market Street
the News Today
Miller
Court Street
President Roosevelt calls for world collaboration
President Roosevelt urged Congress and the nation to accept responsibility for world cooperation to avoid another world conflict. War mobilizer Byrnes announced county fairs may proceed with no horse racing. Frederick County welfare costs for January totaled 21 265 05 with 18 285 50 spent on 585 aid cases. Marines of the Fifth Division raised the flag atop Suribachi at Iwo Jima, with Platoon Sgt Ernest Ivy Thomas Jr identified as the flag raiser.
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Congress
America
James F. Byrnes
Frederick County
Fifth Division
Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Ernest Ivy Thomas Jr
Tallahassee
Fla
Press conferences and Congress should interrogate the president
Washington analysis argues that the press should not be sole interrogator of the presidency. It suggests Congress adopt a system where the executive is regularly questioned on the floor, as in Britain, to ensure accountability and prevent evasive answers.
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Big Daddy Johnson
Edward S. Rice
Boyer
Mr. Rice
Washington
Johnson
United States
Congress of the
Great Britain
Congress
Senate
House
Press conferences and presidential news obligations debated
The discussion centers on whether a president must disclose news through press conferences or official statements. It notes Johnson and Kennedy eras used prepared statements, the role of press aides, and the challenge of balancing publicity with informing the public without becoming mere press agents.
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Johnson
Kennedy
Capitol Hill
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