Thought For Today On summer camps and seas of departing children
The piece highlights a mass return to summer camps across the United States with millions of youngsters travelling to camps run by YMCA YWCA and other groups. It notes rail and bus terminals as staging points paints a picture of camp life uniforms and the social movement toward outdoor recreation amid postwar urbanization. It mentions health concerns around shellfish linked hepatitis and calls for uniform traffic laws nationwide.
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New York Times
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Secretary of the Interior
Kennedy
Congress
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Padre Island
Texas
Point Reyes
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Federal license plan urged to ease cross state driving
The piece argues for standardized driver regulations and universal reciprocity across all states, or a federal permit valid nationwide. It notes that with one in five Americans moving yearly, repeating basic tests is needless and focuses urged on traffic law enforcement and regular physical checkups rather than redundant testing.
Noisy Repair and the Berlin Crisis Deepens
Washington notes the Khrushchev memo and a U S reply due by mid July as officials weigh a shifted Soviet strategy. Analysts say Moscow may move beyond Berlin controls toward global communism aims, betting on underdeveloped nations as growth grounds while seeking a new image of invulnerability.
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Washington
Nea
Russia
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Vienna
United States
Berlin fate hinges on Western access in face of Soviet aims
An analysis outlines how Moscow seeks to press the United States Britain and France to withdraw from West Berlin. It discusses likely timelines after the Moscow party congress and the interplay with disarmament talks, stressing that Western access rights cannot be ceded and future steps depend on Russian moves.
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Britain
France
West Berlin
Central
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Poland
Hungary
Khrushchev
Vienna
Communist International Party
Moscow
Russia
Washington
U. S
U. S. Disarmament Director John J. McCloy
Valerian A. Zorin
Kennedy
Rusk
Berlin
Viennia
West
Beckley Newspapers Corporation Subscription Rates and Terms
Beckley Newspapers defines subscription options for daily and Sunday editions with yearly, half-year, and monthly rates and notes a 3 percent West Virginia sales tax. It details home delivery by carrier or distributor, per week or per month, and states carriers and distributors are independent contractors with no responsibility for advance payments.
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West Virginia
Beckiey Newspapers Corporation
Angry housewives rail at grocery labeling schemes
A UPI report details three Senate hearing witnesses, Sen. Maurine Neuberger, Dr. Persia Campbell, and Marya Mannes, accusing supermarkets of deceptive packaging. They cite varying amounts in identical boxes and price obfuscations, arguing against weight tricks and misleading bargains.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Britain
Empire
America
Senate
Sen. Maurine Neuberger
Dr. Persia Campbell
Marya Mannes
Campbell
Mannes
Samarkand
Red China cedes Laos influence to Russia in border crisis
UPI correspondent visits Ban Namone Laos as three factions negotiate amid Soviet dominance of airlift and arms. Peiping shifts emphasis, tolerating Russian control near China’s frontier while China’s press omits the airlift and stakes. The piece notes Hanoi and Moscow shape Laos policy, with China sidelined.
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UPI
Ban Namone
Laos
Hanoi
Viet Nam
New China News Pre
New China News Agency
Red China
China
Peiping
Geneva
Pathet Lao
Xieng Khouang
United States
Russia
Wisdom in Prayer Spotted in Sun Day Charleston Column
A reader shares an old prayer about growing older and choosing restraint, shared after a Harold M. Riffe column in the Sun Day Charleston. The note notes Riffe’s Bug Dust return and adds commentary on columnists speaking on every subject, ending with a prayer for humility and unity.
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Harold M. Riffe
Charleston
Riffe
The
Register
Fraulein Arlene Arrives in Munich for Billy Wilder Debut
Arlene Francis touched down in Munich with Irving Lazar to film Billy Wilder’s One, Two, Three. She plans a 10 week stay, furnishes her own wardrobe, and hopes to screen on Today if Dave Garroway leaves. Her husband Martin Gabel and son Peter may join. she jokes about Wilson’s gossip.
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