Debating Space Fever and Race to Reform Society
The speaker denounces wasteful military spending and space ventures while urging focus on domestic needs. He cites a half trillion dollars spent since World War II and asks what 34 billion could fund, noting possible creation of 20,000 new elementary schools and stressing tolerance and ending voter suppression.
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Peter Charlton
Los Angeles
Committee
Peter
United States
Bertrand Russell
Manchester
Brotherhood
Holland warns civil rights debate may stretch but not derail
Sen Spessard Holland suggests the civil rights talk in the Senate could last weeks but warns the country may not tolerate a never ending debate. He predicts Lyndon B. Johnson will water down the bill to suit the Old South and fears Southern delegates may drift from the Los Angeles convention if he does not. The interview was part of a News Associates radio panel from the Capitol.
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Spessard Holland
D-Fra
Senate
Holland
Sen
News Associates
Capitol
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Los Angeles
Paul Green on the South and the Supreme Court ruling
In an interview in The Rebel of East Carolina College Paul Green discusses integration, urging belief in rights over expediency and praising the Supreme Court while criticizing Faubus and slow progress. He cites Washington Jefferson and Christian ethics, notes NC racial gaps, and endorses education for all despite barriers.
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Rebel of
East Carolina College
Supreme Court
Mr. Green
Carl Sandburg
Carl
Archimedes
United States
George Washington
Faubus
Jesus Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
Charlie Aycock
North Carlina
North Carolina
Currituck Peninsula
Kinston
Luther Hodges
Chapel Hill
Thomas Jefferson
Mississippi
Emmett Till
Parker Boy
Brotherhood
Washington
Sam Ervin
BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP Memoir Notes From Pappy Boyington
Reading highlights recount Boyington a Marine pilot shot down and captured by Japanese forces. He reflects on humanity and describes life in a Japanese camp while detailing work removing debris and meeting civilians during captivity.
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P. D
Smiths
Space
Outer Space
Moon
Mars
Pluto
East Side
Potomac
By Robt. G. Spivack
Congress
Paul Green
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