Lords to allow commoners to seek office and vote
A British civil rights shift enables peers to discard titles and enter elections. Lord Hailsham may become Mr. Quinton Hogg is favored to succeed PM Macmillan. Baron Altrincham becomes Mr. John Griggs while Lord Stansgate could be Mr. Anthony Benn Benn, once nicknamed reluctant peer, is now persistent commoner.
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Britain
House of Lords
Lord Hailsham
Quinton
Hogg
Harold Macmillan
Baron Altrincham
John Griggs
Lord Stansgate
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
Tony Benn
Mr. Benn
Labor Party
House of Commons
Cosa Nostra Canary Sings of Coast to Coast Crime Web
The FBI exposes a coast wide crime network linked by family ties and marriages as Joseph Valachi reveals inner workings of Cosa Nostra. Authorities praise intelligence work and urge rapid dismantling of the organized crime structure.
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FBI
Cosa Nostra
J. Edgar Hoover
Canary
Joseph Valachi
Vegetarian pledge ends carnivorous cravings in mail
A letter writer urges an end to animal slaughter and experiments after defending bulls and suggesting a vegetarian shift. The author, Bill Godfrey, compares animal cruelty to killing a roach and calls for widespread action to protect animals.
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Bill Godfrey
Drivers propose driver license renewals every sixteen years
Mrs. Al Fisk argues that biennial examinations every sixteen years for driver licenses would be more effective and corrective than jail terms or fines for errant drivers.
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Henry Philpot
AL Fisk
Boxing praised as life for the sport by Cassius Clay
The writer credits Cassius Clay with reviving professional boxing, arguing his bold persona and rival Sonny Liston shape a sport that might otherwise have faded. Acknowledges a niche defender of boxing, signed PEC David H. Bushnell.
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Sonny Liston
Louisville
Cassius Clay
Clay
Fisher
PEC
David H. Bushnell
Peru barriadas seek housing and jobs with US aid
Victor Riesel describes Lima and RAMAC barriadas where 800000 people live in slum conditions. Local councils led by Vic tor Chirinos organize to defend the poor from Communist influence while Peru’s President Belaunde appeals for U.S. help to fund housing and public works through guaranteed loans and road projects.
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Barriadas
Peru
Barriada
United States
Ramac
Pampa de Comas
Frente Unico En Defensa de Las Barriadas del Peru
The
Frente
Victor Chirinos
Barriadas’ National
Central Council
Central Committee
Castro
U.S
Fernando Belaunde
Cuba
Sierras
Belaunde
South America
the Barriadas
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Fifth International Threat Spurs Western Warning
The piece argues a Maoist fifth international could form if the Moscow Peiping split remains real. It links Mao Tse Tung leadership to a future global network based on Yan’an tactics, guerrilla warfare, and gun running, urging forward positions in Vietnam Laos and Korea to counter it.
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John Chamberlain
Khrushchev
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Mao
Heiping
Chamberlain Mao -Tsé-Tung
Red Chinese
Russia
Moscow
Peiping
Switzerland
Comintern
West
Fourth International
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Mexico City
New York City
Mexico
Jacques Mornard
Frank Jacson
Jackson
Communist International
Mao Tse- Tung
Jacques Monards
Frank Jacsons
Fifth International
Vietnam
Laos
Korea
Health Talk on Stethoscope Use and Ectopic Pregnancy
A 1963 King Features Syndicate health column explains how stethoscopes let doctors hear breathing and heart sounds to diagnose conditions like bronchitis pneumonia asthma and heart murmurs. It also defines ectopic tubal pregnancy and advises medical evaluation for concerns about St vitus dance and related fears.
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R. E
Mrs. E
King Features Syn, Inc
Vatican, Italy and Communists in Europe
Henry J. Taylor argues that Italy hosts the largest Communist vote in Western Europe yet remains Catholic. He contends protest votes inflate Communist strength, Moscow influence blocks legislation, and Italy’s postwar constitution aids the party. He credits the Vatican’s counter campaign with preventing a Communist takeover.
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Italy
Europe
Red Party
Russia
France
Palmiro
Togliatti
Moscow
Bari
Milan
Pope Paul
Cho
Vatican
United Feature Syndicate
Tic
Through the Years From the files of The San Antonio Light
Summaries of past San Antonio events dated August 7 from 1953 to 1893 note donations for San Jose Mission, wartime Congress talk by Rep. Paul J. Kilday, fabric of Fedora era enforcement ending, sale of Sarah Schwarz Property, visiting farmers train en route to Rio Grande Valley, I&GN salary increases for telegraph operators and agents, Confederate veterans initiation.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
San Antonio
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
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Mister
By Victor Riesel
Committee For the Defense of
Credit System
Lester L. Coleman, M.D
Mrs. M
J. E. F. Dear
Henry J
Taylor Writes
Henry J. Taylor
Red Stooges
U.S.S.R
Caruso
Reds
Kremlin
Finland
Liberia
Charles de Gaulle
Communist Party
Us.s.r
Latin America
Hitler
San Antonio Light
San Jose Mission
Paul J. Kilday
Hebrew Community Center
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Sarah Schwarz
Military Plaza
Dolorosa Street
Merchants Transfer Company
I&gn
Albert Sidney Johnson
Confederate Veterans
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