Pesticide Menace and Silent Spring Debate
The article revisits Rachel Carson and Silent Spring, noting industry and political backlash while urging urgent pesticide risk research. It highlights Louisiana fish kills linked to pesticides, calls for stronger FDA powers, and argues national health protection over industry investment.
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Rachel Carson
Chemical Industry
Miss Carson
Ralph McGill
The
Atlanta Constitution
Louisiana
Sen. Estes
Kefauver
Maurine Neuberger
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
Two More Drownings Prompt Call for Pool Fencing Laws
A Scottsdale child’s canal drowning followed by two additional Valley deaths is urging stronger fences around pools and canals. With summer approaching the writer asks how many more children must die before law protects them.
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Scottsdale
Evening Thoughts on Opinion and Public Mood
A compact collage of quotes on opinion by Goethe Marcus Aurelius Holmes and Beecher. The excerpt weighs how private belief shapes action more than argument and how public opinion wields greater force than private view.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Republin Party Faces Convention Chair Tug of War in July
The article outlines a contest for the permanent Republican convention chair with Sen. Thruston Morton of Kentucky favored by some as a unifying figure. Mark Hatfield and Charles Halleck are also mentioned as possible choices, while party factions worry over liberal and conservative dynamics and the impact on Goldwater’s nomination.
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Washington
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Morton
Eisenhower
Charles A. Halleck
House
Halleck
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Hatfield
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Considine Preview Hails Futurama At New York World Fair
The Considine preview calls GM Futurama a sensational exhibit at the New York World's Fair. It showcases a future powered by science with lunar travel, underwater farming, converted seas, and futuristic cities, alongside other major pavilions from Ford Disney Chrysler GE and Westinghouse.
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New York
General Motors
Considine
Moon
Earth
Ford Motor Pavilion
Walt Disney
Chrysler
Ge’s
Westinghouse’s
Warren Commission urged to publish Kennedy report promptly
Washington weighs delaying the Warren Commission final report on Kennedy’s assassination. Members fear partisan use in the presidential campaign and urge timely completion and release to avoid entangling the findings with politics. The panel seeks to avoid延 dragging out the process or the writing of the report.
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Washington
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Drummond
Warren Panel
CIA
Commission
Lee
Harvey “Oswald
Jack Ruby
Oswald
Ruby
Conor
Germany submarine Deutschland enters American harbors in 1916
The 1916 Deutschland voyage to Norfolk and Baltimore carried dyes and chemicals in a bold merchant debut. The vessel, praised for audacity, fueled pro German sentiment before returning via New London and Bremen. Its cargo valued at 1 million to start and 10 million on the second voyage, highlighting early American chemical trade.
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Atlanta
Norfolk
Baltimore
New London
Conn
Bremen
Britain
Germany
American Chemical and Dye Industry
duPont Company
Remembering Germany Sub Arrival and its Economic Warning
The passage notes the 1916 arrival of a German U boat and describes Germany as a leading dye and chemical power. It contrasts Britain and America as buyers, highlights coal tar derivatives for explosives and medicines, and credits the wartime shift to a dynamic U S economy driven by chemical industry advances.
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Sahara
Britain
Germany
England
America
Wallace boosts Wisconsin primary votes and party dynamics
The piece analyzes George Wallace’s surprising Wisconsin primary support and its impact on national politics. It argues that Republicans are a sectional party with limited cross regional appeal while Democrats dominate urban and Southern states. It notes Eisenhower’s national standing and the 270 electoral vote hurdle.
Wallace Vote In Wisconsin Upsets Trend
The piece argues that nine major cities, Boston to St. Louis, could deliver a Democratic electoral college majority if South states hold. It warns of civil rights backlash in big cities and how backlash politics threaten Johnson and the Democrats, with Wisconsin as a warning sign.
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Washington
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wisconsin
Congress
Wallace
White House
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Eisenhower
South
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Mr. Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnson
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Marcus Antoninus
Henry Ward Beecher
Rowland, Evans
Robert Novak
Agency For International Development (Aid
Robert McNamara
McNamara
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
House Appropriations Committee
Otto Passman
David Bell
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Wirtz
Celebrezze
Uncle Sam
Johnson and Shriver
New York World Fair
Michaelangelo
St. Peter’s
California
Roscoe Drumm
Henry Taylor
Olympus
Interlands
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