Timing of U 2 flights cited to back B 70 strategic bomber plan
Air Force advocates press for full scale B 70 development arguing U 2 high altitude flights prove manned bombers remain effective. Gen White says B 70 would fly faster and higher, while the Administration questions the huge 5 to 6 year investment as missile progress advances. Prototype by 1963 to test feasibility and potential as a supersonic transport.
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Air Force
Thomas D. White
Checkup Gamut Reconciles One
Jim Bishop presents a humorous account of a routine annual medical exam narrated by Mary von Ahn, detailing the clinic atmosphere, the multitiered process from X rays to fluoroscopy, and the patient’s brisk self profile. The scene mixes medical procedure with social observations about staff and environment.
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Jim Bishop
Mary von Ahn
Mary
Sheehan
Kelly
Dubuque
Anti-Red Disunity Nurtures Communism
Irving P. Schwartz laments disunity among anti-Communists in the United States as leaders clash, dissolving groups like the American Jewish League Against Communism. He cites Roy Cohn’s ousting of the director, internal resignations, and a shift toward pro Eisenhower unity as weakening the anti-Communist cause.
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Irving P. Schwartz
Washington
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Paris
American Jewish League
Alfred Kohlberg
United States
Kohlberg
Joseph R. McCarthy
League
Benjamin Schultz
Roy Cohn
Organization
Sen. McCarthy
Khrushchev’s insecurity or security stars in dispute
Washington correspondent George Dixon argues among foreign affairs specialists over why Nikita Khrushchev behaves as he does. One camp says he is insecure due to lack of real boss power while another claims he is secure because his authority is absolute. The debate centers on Malinovsky’s constant presence shaping Khrushchev’s feelings of adequacy or inadequacy.
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George Dixon
Washington
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Mr. K
Russia
Mit
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Khrushchev
Mikoyan
Khrush’s
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Red China
China
Vyacheslav Molotov
Moscow
Mikhail Suslov
Politburo
Frol Kozlov
Communist Party
Farmbelt Showdown in North Dakota Looms Large
In North Dakota on June 28 voters will decide a Senate seat vacancy from the death of Sen. William Langer. The contest tests Eisenhower era farm policy with Ezra Taft Benson and puts Nixon in a pressure-cooker as Republicans push for the Davis Burdick race amid a broader farm belt crisis.
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Middle West
North Dakota
Senate
Sen
William Langer
Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
Night memories bring wife to room in gentle reunion
In a reflective verse, the speaker imagines a moonlit stroll and recalls a past romance until a sudden realization that his wife stands beside him holding flowers. The elegiac mood blends memory, longing, and intimate reunion.
Subterfuge in Unions and Political Power
A critical analysis compares early corporate influences on elections with modern union political power. It argues COPEs vast AFL-CIO funded operation dominates politics, masking activity as educational campaigns, while Taft Hartley and Corrupt Practices Acts curb corporate and union involvement. The piece questions Congress inaction and warns of rising union influence.
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Ghng
T. B R. Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
COPE
Committee On Political Education
United States
Afl-Cio
U.S. Supreme Court
Looper
Georgia
Space Industry Here Grows Fantastically
Victor Riesel argues space programs will blast off in the next decade costing at least 15 billion dollars with yearly costs possibly reaching three billion. He cites GE's missile and space vehicle work in Philadelphia producing space suits and life boats and predicts a new, skilled workforce and private sector road maps for space travel.
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Victor Riesel
Earth
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