Grand jury probes alleged kickbacks to state officials
Maricopa County will empanel a grand jury to investigate alleged kickbacks tied to state contracts and favors to favored firms. The civil suit in Maricopa Superior Court sparked the probe, with Tax Commission Chairman Thad Moore admitting 1962 income of 60 000 on a 9 600 salary and extra income from license seekers.
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Maricopa County
Maricopa Superior Court
State Tax Commission
Phoenix
Tax Commission
Thad Moore
John A. Duncan
Moore
Arlington Legion seeks probe into Foreign Policy Association
An American Legion post in Arlington Virginia urges Congress to investigate the Foreign Policy Association accusing staff of subversive humanists. An officer defines a humanist as one who follows words without practical application. The piece mulls the contrast between impracticality and humanity.
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Arlington, Va
American Legion
Congress
Foreign Policy Association
Kennedy Era Unemployment Worries Amid Tax Cut Debate
The Kennedy administration faces dismaying unemployment figures with July at 5.6 percent and forecasts warning it could rise. White House seeks silence until tax reduction bills move through Congress, hoping stimulus from a two stage cut will aid jobs next year. Veteran lawmakers warn delays could imperil the tax plan amid mounting political tension.
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Washington
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Finance Committee
Senate
Byrd
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Charles Halleck
Conspiracy Of Silence On Kennedy Unemployment Failure
The article argues tax cuts may be offset by higher state taxes like Pennsylvania’s 142 million rise and five percent sales tax. It notes 4.3 million unemployed, two thirds lack high school, one fifth stop after elementary school, and calls for retraining and a national literacy effort to combat structural unemployment amid rising corporate optimism.
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Pennsylvania
Clague
Willard Wirtz
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Plans For 1964 Debates Prominent Professors Study Format
Washington plans for the 1964 presidential debates draw on the Kennedy Nixon precedent. The American Political Science Association committee chaired by Carl J Friedrich studies format and seeks input from Republicans and Democrats. Proposals include extending time to ninety minutes, allowing opening 15 minutes per candidate, reciprocal questions, and candidate-chosen topics with a follow-up panel.
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Drummond Asociation
Kennedy
Political Science Association
Carl J. Freidrich
Harvard
Harold Lasswell
Yale
Richard Neustadt
Columbia
Peter Odegard
University of California
Elmo Roper
Gerhart Wiebe
Boston University
Charles Thompson
Rand Corp
Evron Kirkpatrick
Professor Chester L Chiles urges fathers curb crime by example
Dr Chester L Chiles University of Arizona criminology expert says honest parenting beats law enforcement for reducing crime. He notes rising paternalism harms morals and that many children learn first class values in school and second class values at home. He cites his prison work and urges fathers to model true honesty to guide children.
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Tucson
Chester L. Chiles
University of Arizona
Chiles
Florida State University
U. S
Willamette University
Salem
Ore
University of Denver
Washington State Penitentiary
America
Polo and diplomacy mix in Harriman Khrushchev treaty talk
The column notes Harriman and Khrushchev signed a treaty and, amid jokes about polo and shoes, questions whether shared leisure could ease world tensions. It imagines a playful scene with leaders fishing and spitting seeds to mock diplomacy.
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Averell Harriman
Nikita Khrushchev
Harriman
Khrushchev
Ave
Moscow
Nikita
Chuck de Gaulle
Jack Kennedy
Nik Khrushchev
Lake Mudge
World Peace Through Shared Hobbies Won't Work
The piece argues that league games and shared pastimes among leaders like Khrushchev and Adenauer would not by themselves yield peace. It notes rivalries persist in business and sport, and only mutual interest in peace will reduce tensions, even as amusing fantasies about joint hobbies linger.
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Mac
Adenauer
Alcohol Studies Session Urges Public Health Approach
Dr. George L. Maddox of Duke urged temperance groups and industry not to attend a Southeastern School of Alcohol Studies session. The seminar spotlighted persistent alcohol abuse and limited knowledge on prevention and rehab, promoting public health methods to solve alcoholism.
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Atlanta
Southeastern School of Alcohol Studies
George L. Maddox
Duke University
Department of Sociology and Psychiatry
John Barleycorn
The Old Newspaper Drunk Legends and Realities
An essay recalls the myth of the drunk reporter who writes better when intoxicated. It explains how “black” by colleagues covered for impaired writers, then notes the decline of such figures in modern city rooms. The piece concludes sobriety yields better work and the old legend fades.
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Henry Mencken
American Mercury Magazine
Civil rights rally quotes and interview teaser
In Gadsden Alabama actor Marlon Brando tells about civil rights and says you people know more about civil rights since you have them. In Washington a radio interview clips Bolone in a discussion about next week's civil rights mately with a cautious stance on riots.
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Gadsden
Ala
Marlon Brando
Washington
San Russa Bolone
Dba
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