Federal funding shift sparks university anxieties over grants
A newspaper column argues the National Science Foundation plan to spend 2.9 million dollars with no strings attached risks government abdication of spending control. It warns larger future sums could erode private gifts and place universities under federal influence amid potential misuse concerns.
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The
National Science Foundation
Foundation
Washington
University of
Hardknox College
U.S. FBI Reports Rising Soviet Espionage Activity
In J Edgar Hoover’s 1950 report, espionage matters rose from 798 in 1947 to 3 523 in 1950, with ongoing foreign directed espionage by Soviet satellites. The document also notes countermeasures and the continued pressure from Communist bloc intelligence networks. It cites Abel’s role in delivering 5000 to Helen Sobell and Hayhanen’s misappropriation of the funds after hiding them in Bear Mountain State Park.
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George E. Sokolsky
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Red
United States
Abel
Havhanen
FBI
Helen Sobell
Morton Sobell
Jullius Rosenberg
Sobell
Soviet Union
Soviet Russia
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Alexander Trachtenberg
James Jackson
George Morris
Victor J. Jerome
Griefing on Summit causes laughter in closed session
The report on a Joint Committee on Atomic Energy session reveals a memo listing items for Gore and others including a misspelled note reading Griefing on Summit. Senator Gore notes the error while discussing the confidential report and political talks with Lady Bird Johnson and other figures are mentioned in broader coverage.
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Washington
Congress
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Nashville Tennessean
Congressional Record
Gore
House
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
John A. McCone
Miss Peebles
Senator Gore
Kennedy Weaknesses Appear Nationwide
Washington report by Fulton Lewis Jr notes Governor David Lawrence of Pennsylvania questions Senator John Kennedy’s ability to lead the Democratic ticket due to religion. The piece cites primary results in New Hampshire Wisconsin Illinois Nebraska Indiana Maryland Oregon and overall anti Catholic sentiment among voters.
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Fulton Lewis JR
Washington
Pennsylvania
David Lawrence
Jack Kennedy
Lawrence
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Wayne Morse
West Virginia
South
Iowa
New Hampshire
Chicago
Paul Fisher
New England
Wisconsin
Humphrey
al Smith
Illinois
al Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Richard Nixon
Nebraska
Nixon
Maryland
Baltimore
Morse
Adlai Attack Is Irresponsible In Foreign Policy Debate
Washington columnist William White argues the main issue is whether the summit was wise, not the spy plane or air alert. He criticizes both parties for partisan missteps, notes Rockefeller’s pre-summit doubts, and praises Nixon’s restraint while predicting rising partisan pressure.
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William 8. White
Washington
Richard Nixon
Democratic National Committee
Adlai Stevenson
Defense
Thomas Gates
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Democratic Advisory Council
United Nations
Stratford on Avon and Shakespearean memory celebrated
Narrative recalls Stratford on Avon as the town built by Shakespeare and visited by 200,000 yearly. It covers his birth, education, return to Stratford New Place, Anne Hathaway’s cottage, the Memorial Theater, and a note on Boris Pasternak and the Nobel Prize as a contrasting tribute to artistic freedom.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare
Shottery
Anne Hathaway
Anne
Will Shakespeare
London
Stratford
New Place
Stratford Memorial Theater
John Gielgud
William Dean Howells
Boris Pasternak
Stalin
Dr. Zhivago
Russia
Democratic Tag Is Oratory By Barry Goldwater
A critical look at the United Automobile Workers led by Walter Reuther questions the union’s democracy. Observers note regular conventions yet argue power concentrates in Reuther, limiting rank and file rights and rendering opposition ineffective.
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Barry Goldwater
United Automobile Workers
Walter Reuther
Michigan
UAW
Reuther
McClellan
Dissent
Ble
Auto Workers
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Lady Bird Johnson
Johnson City
Texas
Lady Bird
Janie Symington
Janie
Helen Meyner
New Jersey
Katie Louchheim
Indiana
America
Daly
John Hugh Latham
Oregon
Adlai
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Hamnet
Judith
Warwick
Kenilworth
W. S
Earl of Leicester
Queen Elizabeth
William Shakespeare
University of Illnois
Hoffman
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