AmericaChina Taiwan policy and the Rusk visit
The piece discusses Washington’s China policy with Taipei, noting limited confidence in the Nationalists to retake the mainland, the shift toward containment without isolation, and the dilemma of handling Taiwan as a lingering headache for U.S. strategy. It references Dean Rusk’s talks in Taipei and ongoing American support for the Nationalists amid regional tensions.
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Watch On The Potomac China Fights Reactionary Bourgeois Communists?
A visitor from Mars would see Red China after 1949 as still under a revolutionary regime. Lin Piao’s August 18 address to youths signals a renewed purge of bourgeois ideology and a push to make Maoist thought supreme, raising questions about human nature under communism and the costs of rigidity over liberalization.
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New York City Presses for $5 Billion Yearly Federal Aid
United Press International reports Mayor John V. Lindsay urging a Senate subcommittee to grant New York City a $5 billion annual subsidy for 10 years to cover deficits. Critics call the plan unrealistic, noting taxpayers nationwide would bear the cost and questioning how poorer cities would cope.
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Clogged Airways Slow Travel Despite Faster Planes
AIR travel faces congestion as FAA asks 13 airlines at Washington National to cap operations at 40 per hour. Jets cut flight times while delays grow, with Kennedy and LaGuardia seeing rising costs from delays. From 1955 to 1964 passenger miles rose sharply amid expanding jets and looming supersonic planes, signaling a costly congestion problem.
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Skyway congestion demands drastic travel shift
In 1965 air travel grew by 18 percent and 24 percent more is added. O'Hare in Chicago will handle 26 million this year and could reach 32 million next year, signaling a new airport by 1971. Quieter planes, vertical takeoff concepts, larger aircraft, and high speed trains may ease but a radical change in travel patterns appears required to relieve crowded skies.
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Public Hangs and Mayhem in Congo Report
Congo crowds panic as a fourth ex minister is hanged in Kinshasa. A 50,000-strong gap opens as the trap door swallows Alexandre Mahamba amid chaos. Madame Nsiona, sister of another minister, is rescued after being found hanging but survives. The Times also notes lively Bombay classifieds and a Ph D bug feature on university teaching.
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Prayer For Today Prayer For Today
A devotional reading asks God to grant understanding of both grandeur and weakness in humankind and the need to back ideals with workable governmental institutions, attributed to Duncan Howlett.
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Vacation Tales Prove the Law of Vacation Trips
A light essay humorously argues that people rarely listen to vacation tales. The author calls it the Law of Vacation Trips, noting friends forget exotic details while recalling own journeys. The piece muses on Homer, Gulliver, and Caesar, suggesting travel stories rarely capture attention at home.
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North Sea gas bonanza could reshape Britain's economy
Britain may gain from North Sea gas finds as four new deposits emerge in the sector. Analysts say a potential 1.2 billion cubic feet daily could exceed current consumption, diversifying fuel dependence and boosting jobs, investment, and regional prosperity.
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Times’’ of London
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West Germany
Walter J. Levy
Fortune
Raleigh and Register Subscription Rates Notice
Becket Beckley Newspapers announces subscription pricing for Raleigh and Register. Rates listed cover daily and Sunday with annual and half year options, including home delivery by carrier per week and month.
Sewageunsafe Raleigh streams warned by sanitarian
23 Years Ago From the 1941 Files Of The Raleigh Register notes Raleigh County streams are unsafe for swimming due to sewage, county sanitarian 0 R Lyons urges citizens to avoid polluted waters. A British naval squadron including the 50,600-ton battleship Warspite was sighted in the Gulf of Siam, countering Japan’s moves toward Singapore.
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Gulf of Siam
Japan
Indo - China
Britain
Singapore
Great Books Gibbon on Roman soldiers decline
The Great Books edition notes Roman soldiers growing idle and decadent as civil life seduces them. They abandon martial drills and discipline for luxury and vice, while frontier troops face reduced pay and waning vigilance from Dio Cletian era fortifications.
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Beeking Campaign Aims To Raise 2000 For Church Repairs
Twenty years ago from 1916 files report Beckley church members plan a week long drive to raise 2000 to complete payment for St Stephen's Episcopal church and fund repairs on the building bought from the Methodist Episcopal congregation. The 26 member congregation faces a sizable task but hopes for success.
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