Polaris Submarines Move Nuclear Deterrent From Depths
Reporter Bob Considine tours Polaris fleet at Groton and details two crew shifts on five submarines, the range of A-2 missiles, and the strategic implications of subs that can circumnavigate the globe unseen. Adm. Daspit emphasizes the impracticality of tracking a submerged submarine while noting potential for devastating retaliation.
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Bob Considine
U.S
Groton
Conn
Khrushchev
Tere
Lawrence R. Daspit
Atlantic Fleet
Polaris
Force Edison
Mary
Soviet Union
West
Kremlin
Genberg Air Force Base
London
RAF Bomber Command
Thor
Adm
Daspit
Globe
Polar
U.S.S.R
Vladivostok
Pacific
Leninfred
Moscow
Polaris Missile Sub Test Shocks Navy by Mission Success
A historic test on July 20, 1960, saw the Polaris missile aboard the George Washington launch underwater off Cape Canaveral. The dummy warhead flew 1,000 miles to a target area while President Eisenhower received the celebration message: Polaris, from out of the deep to target, perfect.
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C. Stark Draper
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aerojet-General Corporation
Sacremento
Calif
Electric Beat
General Dynamics
Cape Canaveral
Fla
San Clemente
California
Meekf
George Washington
U.S.S. Observation Island
Atlantic
Eisenhower
Raborn
Hid
Barry Goldwater Reflects on Southern Gop Gains and Segregation
Barry Goldwater argues the Republican gains in the southern states reflect strong leadership and denies endorsing violence. He says Southern reporting is distorted by sensational incidents and condemns both white supremacist and radical integrationist excesses. He recalls integrating Arizona and supporting National Guard action.
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Republican Party
Arizona
Arizona National Guard
South Caught In Middle Of Extremists
A 1960s political speech argues against federal control of public schools and foreign advice in state matters. The speaker defends civil rights, opposes ethnic categorization, and insists on equal treatment of all citizens regardless of origin.
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Massachusetts
Arizona
Attic offices for atomic committee bring Capitol chic
Washington UPI reports the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee moved from ground floor to a Capitol attic suite with two hearing rooms and high end decor. The ornate space features green and brown rooms, indirect lighting, luxury floors, and a tight security system. The staff notes envy from other panels as costs soar to about 262 per square foot versus 25 in typical offices.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Capitol
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Santa Claus
Capitol
Atomic Committee
Congress
Eichmann found guilty by Jerusalem court
Judge Moshe Landau declares Adolf Eichmann guilty of crimes against the Jewish people crimes against humanity war crimes and membership in an illegal organization. Edward Teller discusses Project Gnome stating the goal to move the earth in Carlsbad New Jersey.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Moshe Landau
Adolf Eichmann
Carlsbad
N.J
Edward Teller
Know Your America Question on Declaration Tyranny
A quiz item asks how many arbitrary acts are listed in the Declaration of Independence. The prompt presents option A as Twenty seven.
Bowles and the Bowing of Washington Notes
Ralph McGill profiles Chester Bowles, noting his pragmatic approach to appointing Dean Rusk and his hard headed realism. Bowles is described as big minded yet tough, with ambitious, practical dreams that stress achievable, rewarding outcomes in U S foreign policy and public service.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Bowles
State Department
William Benton
Bowles Back in Role as U S Ambassador Says He Was Not Replaced
The piece argues Chester Bowles was not fired or demoted and remains a valued U S ambassador. It praises his past critiques of aid policies and his ongoing work in presenting honest, intelligent diplomacy in trouble spots.
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Chester Bowles
Bowles
Asia
Africa
Chet Bowles
India
Kenneth Galbraith
Kennedy and ADA: From Skeptic to Ally in Power
In early 1953 Kennedy dismissed ADA as liberal and uncomfortable with its members. By eight years later he led an administration full of ADA figures, a shift that placed the ultra liberal group at the heart of his policy influence, though he sometimes resisted their pressure.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Ada
Kennedy
House
China
John Kennedy
Once Scorned ADA Now Close To President
The piece traces ADA connections inside the Kennedy administration. It notes Ted Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger among ADA alumni in key posts at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. It lists cabinet and deputy officials who joined ADA, including Orville Freeman, Robert Lewis, John A. Baker, Abe Ribicoff, Wilbur Cohen, Dean Rusk, Chester Bowles, John Kenneth Galbraith, G. Mennen Williams, and Philip Hall Coombs, and observes shifts since the group’s 1947 founding.
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Agriculture
Orville Freeman
ADA
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Charles Murphy
Robert Lewis
John A. Baker
Labor Department
Arthur Goldberg
Assistan
George Weaver
Women’s Bureau
Esther Peterson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Abe Ribicoff
Wilbur Cohen
Dean Rusk
Chester Bowles
India
John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Philip Hall Coombs
Modern Church of Christ opens with jet age tech
First services were held at the electronically modern Church of Christ in Manchester Tennessee. A projection screen sits behind the pulpit and a remote controlled slide projector aids the minister while he speaks during sermons.
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Manchester, Tenn
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