Texas and the death penalty in the Ruby Oswald case
A Texas legal essay argues against capital punishment citing Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald as symbols of modern society. It questions whether state killing deters crime, condemns vengeance, and contrasts Texas frontier justice with states that have abolished the death penalty.
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Texas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Fay
Oswald
Ruby
Jouby
Times
Arizona
Bigger is not best in Arizona growth debate
Civic boosters in Mesa claim a population near 50 000 and rank as the state’s third city, while Scottsdale officials dispute the claim. The piece argues size does not ensure quality and warns rapid expansion brings tax burdens and strained facilities, suggesting slow growth may be preferable.
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Mesa
Humbug
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Scottsdale
Tempe
Wisconsin primary reveals Wallace appeal linked to white suburbs
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak analyze Wisconsin results showing George Wallace's votes concentrated in Milwaukee's 14th Ward and Shorewood in the Fifth District, with patterns suggesting racial fear and real estate concerns drive cross overs. They warn Democrats and Republicans alike to reassess civil rights positions in light of these signals.
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Washington
Alabama
George Wallace
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Clem Zablocki
South
John F. Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Tip Zablocki
Waulace
Fifth
North Shore
Shorewood
Nixon Lodge
Jetn Reynolds
Wallace
John Byrnes
Byrnes
Reynolds
Melvin Laird
Rogers Morton
Maryland
William McCulloch
House Judiciary Committee
Ohio
House
Johnson
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Indiana
LeMay Risks Direct Challenge to Johnson Policy
General Curtis LeMay, Air Force chief, publicly opposes government policy under President Johnson. He favors the RS-70 bomber and a 100 megaton weapon, criticizing the nuclear test ban and linking defense contracts to political gain amid a $50 billion budget.
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Washington
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Congress
McNamara
Defense Intelligence Agency
LeMay
America
BEYOND OLYMPUS DEFENSE FUNDS AND RECONVERSION PROSPECTS
The piece argues civilian and military factions bias Congress toward larger defense spending. It notes LeMay's 100 megaton bomb recommendation was declassified with censorship of a key line. It urges rapid reconversion of military capacity to peacetime use and calls for hearings by the Senate Commerce Committee amid looming national campaigns.
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LeMay
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Trud Urges New Russian Holidays To Boost Life
A Soviet periodical Trud calls for additional holidays to brighten Russian life. It proposes festive days marking school start, joining youth organizations, first job, and first paycheck. The author notes irony since similar US holidays already exist and praises the idea despite disagreements with Trud.
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Trud
President Johnson Eyes Colombia Canal Study
Washington reports President Johnson announced a Colombia based study on proposals for a second Panama canal. The piece notes past U S debate over Panama as the canal site and recalls Roosevelt’s 1903 actions that aided Panama’s separation from Colombia.
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Washington
Johnson
Colombia
Nicaragua
Considine
Panama
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Reds Seek To Put Pep In Holdays
A humorous panorama of American holidays and seasonal rituals. The piece notes school year openings bring coffee gatherings of mothers with TGIS and Septem ber origin, and fathers celebrating by visiting banks. It argues for more holidays and references Income Tax Day and notable anniversaries.
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T.G.I.S
United States
Elizabeth Taylor
Why Canal Was Built In Panama
A historical review rejects notions of a flawless Panama project. It discusses De Lesseps and the Suez fame, labor abuses, high mortality, and later yellow fever fights. It covers French corruption trials, bribery, and U.S. debates over canal sites including Nicaragua and Mt Pelee influenced by lobbyists.
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Panama
Suez Canal
Daugiter
Jules Dingler
de Lesseps
Panama Canal
Culebra
Chamber of Deputies
Congress
France
America
Nicaragua
Washington
Canal
Mt. Pelee
Martinique
Khrushchev praises bread and corn in Hungary
In Hungary Khrushchev told factory workers that Chinese insults stem from growing Russian prosperity and a swelling bourgeois class. He noted Stalin's terror era, defended his own resilience, and urged increasing bread and corn production amid Communist rule's half century.
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Atlanta
Hungary
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Mr. K
America
Khrushchev Sees Bread Growth Amid Global Poverty Gap
Khrushchev praises the link between education science and agriculture while admitting flaws in Communist systems. He notes America’s middle class prosperity and warns that two thirds of the world remain underfed, highlighting the Western East-West wealth divide as a major political challenge. He observes Hungarians and others eyeing better living standards.
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U. S
Russia
Moscow
Hungary
Khrushchev
America
Asia
Africa
Latin America
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Bob — Considine
Theodore Roosevelt
Reds
Triné
DeLesseps
Ralph McGill
Stalin
Trotsky
Leftin
Ivan the Terrible
McGill
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