Nehru Left No Heir Apparent In India After Gandhi
James Marlow surveys Nehru’s lone ascent after Gandhi’s death, noting his failure to groom a successor, his centralized control as foreign minister, and the risk of an administrative jungle amid ongoing language and sectarian tensions in a 450 million population. The piece contrasts Gandhi’s pacifist, inclusive ethos with Nehru’s secular socialism and pragmatic, sometimes aggressive actions.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Mohandas Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
India
Congress Party
Gandhi
England
Britain
Henry Thoreau
Leo Tolstoy
John Ruskin
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Louis Fischer
Goa
China
Rantoul Briefs Highlight Social and School Events
Ottawa residents attend gatherings hosted by Welborn Spalding White and others. Families travel to Bethel Kansas for Nancy Payne’s high school commencement. A birthday supper honors Shirley Evans. Rantoul grade school closes with a noon dinner. Evans family reunites at Rufus Evans home as Navy son Wayne remains away. Homer Miller visits the Watkins home.
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Lee Welborn
al Spalding
Norman White
Ottawa
Gerald Miller
John Finch
Robert Andrews
Wm. Foster
Gale Gilbert
Bethel
Kansas
Washington High School
Nancy Payne
Payne
Richard Evans
Shirley
Kenneth Evans
Richard Husted
Sheily Medlin
Rufus Evans
Bud Hermesmeyer
Joe and
Alice Evans
Chas. van Wei
David Miller
Olathe
Joe
Wayne
Navy
Chicago
Homer Miller
L. M. Watkins
This Date in History May 28 1964 Highlights
Today in 1964 marks events from 1754 Washington baptism of fire at Great Meadows to the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940 and Yokohama raid of 1945. Notable notes include Neville Chamberlain becoming British PM in 1937 and the Dionne quintuplets born in 1934.
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Associated Press
George Washington
Great Meadows
Pittsburgh
Neville Chamberlain
Dunkerque
Business Building Boosts EK Economy
AP analyst says rising business spending powers solid economic gains since April 1, though below postwar peaks as a share of GNP. Bankers cite profits to sales ratios, with postwar levels much higher. as capacity utilization improves, expansion incentives may wane.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Department of Commerce
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
Richmond Area News Highlights Family and Local Events
Ten year old Marcia Poss sustained a broken right elbow on May 23. Lowell Puyear and family visited Leeds Higdon and others in Lawrence Mersman and Ruth Melcher, with Ruth working in Washington. The Wolken family reunion is set for June 7 at St Boniface Hall. Herb Gregg and wife brought Gus Benus home from St Joseph Hospital in Kansas City on May 25 after a stay since March 24. Walter and Roger Perkins had fat cattle on the Kansas City market May 26.
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Mabel Chandler Marcia
Don Poss
Lowell Puyear
Moreland Okla
Lefa Higdon
Lawrence Mersman
Ruth Melcher
Washington, D. C
Fred Mersman
Wolken
St. Boniface Hall
Scipio
Herb Gregg
Gus Benus
St. Joseph Hospital
Kansas City
Walter
Roger Perkins
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