Capitol Comment Highlights Lucas Appointment and Grants
George W. Lucas of Cumberland is named Special Assistant for Employment and Economic Development to study conditions in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties for 30 days. The notice also lists a National Guard leave bill, a West Point nominee, three Sixth District grant recipients, and the 175th anniversary of Congress with Kipling’s line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Lucas
Allegany
Garrett
Washington
Cumberland
Lucas
Electrical Workers Union
Allegany Trades Council
Building and Construction Trades Council
Maryland
Hancock
National Guard
United States
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Committee On Post Office and Civil Service
West Point
Jon David Weston
Military Academy
Jon
David T. Weston
Plyers Mill Road
Silver Spring
Department of State
Jack C. Davis
Department of Art
Hood College
Frederick
Baroda University
India
Joseph C. Sharp
Behavioral
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
University of
Kipling
TV In Schools Discussed At PTA Meet
Washington County instructional television programs were praised by Scott Couchman as a valuable classroom aid not replacing teachers but enhancing lessons. TV broadens curriculum especially in science and math and allows small high schools to offer advanced study. one art teacher may reach 10 000 elementary children at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Couchman
Washington County
North Market Street
P—Ta
Couchman
Lewis Gannon
PTA
Carol Freed
Renee Ryan
James Campbell
Hubert Harp
Frantic Framing of Thai Crisis Stirs International Reaction
A fragmented OCR snippet hints at a crisis involving Thailand with references to an urgent foreign policy response. Key actors and locations are unclear, but the fragment suggests heightened diplomatic tension and possible intervention. Further readable text needed for precise naming.
Strength For Today on Divorce and Family Solidarity
Earl L. Douglass argues the family is the core of civilization and warns divorce endangers society, citing Jesus and Paul on divorce and contrasting biblical norms with modern court appeals. The page also notes Western Maryland College student elections with Ronald D. Hibbard elected president for 1964 65 and other officers. Chicago population at incorporation as a village in 1833 was about 200.
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Earl L. Douglass
Jesus
Paul
Ronald D. Hibbard
Merritt Island
Fla
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Hibbard
C. Dianne Briggs
Clinton
M. Ruth Bowden
Lutherville
Daniel R. McCready
Wheaton
Chicago
Industrial Recovery Japan's Parade of Progress
The piece profiles Japan in the mid 1960s as an industrial powerhouse with trip hammers riveters and blast furnaces shaping a booming economy. It notes Ikeda's goal to double national income by 1970, rapid construction, growing urban centers, and a youth culture energized by the Tokyo Olympics and leisure activities. The article contrasts postwar optimism with rapid modernization and rising living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roderick
Kita
Kyushu
Japan
United States
Soviet Union
Hayato Ikeda
Britain
Tokyo
Creative Work Brings Chief Happiness Says Architect
America's leading architect Edward D. Stone argues happiness stems from creative work rather than wealth. He traces his life from Fayetteville Arkansas to global projects including the U S Embassy in India and a major Peru hospital. Stone insists ugliness is sin and great art grows from peace and leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Edward D. Stone
Stone
America
Fayetteville
Ark
U.S
India
Peru
Panama
Lebanon
Tulsa Civic Center
Huntington Hartford Gallery of Modern Art
Heritage of Loveliness and Frank Lloyd Wright
A fragment recalls Frank Lloyd Wright teaching “Love your work, love your wife” and adds a devout emphasis on God as the essence of life. The note frames a nostalgic creed about creating beauty to endure for future times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lloyd Wright
School Boycott Plans Stir Washington Schools
A Negro leader sets April 20 for a regional officer and Washington public schools action. He predicts half of the city’s 133,000 pupils will take part. About 95.7 percent of students are Negro. Julius Hobson of the Congress of Racial Equality plans bus, sit in, and picketing to push for integrated and improved education in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Ton
Julius Hobson
Congress of Racial Equality
Hobson
Neutrality in Southeast Asia and a glance at teachers pay
Maurice Couve de Murville urges neutrality over neutralityism as the path for Southeast Asia, warning against an enduring force-based solution and the rise of communism. Meanwhile, U.S. Office of Education data show law teachers earn about 12,000 annually in higher education, with average college instructor salaries around 7,700, and 9,500 for calendar year. A fashion update highlights a spring coat dress trend, slim in front, full in back, in lightweight wool and flannel.
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Southeast Asia
Mau-rice Couve de Murville
U.S. News & World Report
Law
U.S
Office of Education
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Janet
Callie
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Soldier's Grove
Wis
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Rome
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