Duke of Windsor in France an intimate visit at The Mill
Bob Considine visits the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at their countryside home near Paris marking the 25th anniversary of Edward VIII's abdication. The interview covers life after the throne, daily routines, and reminiscences from tea at The Mill amid golf talk and mail reads.
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Edward VIII
Bob Considine
Paris
New Zealand
Bahamas
New York
Nassau
China
India
J. Pierpont Morgan
England
Windsors Reflect On Monarchy And Modern Life
The Duke recalls abdication era gains and a Canada ranch sale wish while the Duchess jokes over a jigsaw. They discuss Britain, tariffs, and postwar colonial changes, with memories of Gandhi Nehru and Mau Mau and a quiet TV era ahead.
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Prince of Wales
Baron Renfrew
Duke of Lancaster
Earl of Chester
France
Great Britain
London
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Australia
U.S
Sydney
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India
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Nehru
Kenya
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Ed Murrow
Miami
Nassau
Roosevelt warns on extreme-right hysteria in West Coast visit
Eleanor Roosevelt recalls Pasadena uprising against the John Birch Society and notes a West Coast newspaper editor's bold front page stand. She speaks at San Jose Junior College about student values, 4,000 day and 4,500 night students, foreign enrollment, and the impact of more leisure hours on workers and society.
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West Coast
John Birch Society
New York Times
Pasadena
Calif
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Birch Society
San Jose Junior College
San Jose
Elephant gains praise from longtime director in Jackson ceremony
Srl Bennett confessed during a 40 year director honor ceremony that the elephant is his favorite animal. He said elephants prefer friendship and understand people, contrasting with other animals that seek handouts.
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UPI
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Bennett
Learn about the United Nations and world affairs
The essay urges Americans to act rather than watch, notes Bowles on postwar global relations, and stresses understanding other nations. It highlights that gratefulness for help is not guaranteed, warns against economic domination, and recommends Edna Epstein’s The First Book of the United Nations as a beginner’s guide.
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Chester Bowles
Great Britain
Europe
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Soviet Union
United Nations
Edna Epstain
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U.N
McComb Police Chief Voices Frustration Over Integration Violence
Ralph McGill notes McComb Mississippi police chief laments lack of public backing amid civil rights tensions. Town leaders newspapers and businessmen push to uphold law only when safe, as violence and fear threaten order and progress. The piece criticizes state leadership and calls for coordinated action to advance civil rights.
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Atlanta
McComb
Mississippi
Freedom Riders
Deep South
Oliver Emmerich
McCombb
MceComb
Barnett
South Learning It Must Accept Court Decision
A commentary urges acceptance of federal court rulings and peaceful processes to end racial violence. It cites McComb Birmingham Montgomery Little Rock and Virginia as illustrating the national consensus for constitutional rights in schools voting and public accommodations. Violence is condemned as self defeating and local leaders pledge enforcement of federal law.
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McComb
Birmingham
Montgomery
Little Rock
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
South
Hickenlooper Won’t Seek Senate Policy Chair Role
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa says he has not sought or initiated a possible successor role to Styles Bridges as Senate GOP policy chairman. In Colorado, Melvin Swanson, a fireman aboard the crashing train, recounts the bus collision that killed 20 children and notes the bus slowed as it approached.
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Washington
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Styles Bridges
Senate
Know Your America Q A on reading the Declaration
The question and answer note that the Declaration of Independence was first read to the army in New York.
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America
Butler quits Senate bid shocks Maryland GOP prospects
Washington dispatch reports Maryland Senator John Marshall Butler will not seek re election, undoing a planned Butler McKeldin ticket for governor. Republicans fear loss of the seat and funding as the party concedes weakened chances in 1962. Butler had considered retirement but campaigned vigorously before his decision.
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Maryland
John Marshall Butler
U.S. Senate
Butler
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
Butler-McKeldin
Butler quits senate bid shocks GOP leaders
Former senator Butler announces he will not seek re election triggering speculation on his succession. Possible rivals include Danny Brewster Blair Lee III with a Democratic primary next spring. A GOP push looms over Charles Mae Mathias to enter the race. A separate note reports Arthur Schlesinger Jr. sparking a diplomatic tiff with Josef Strauss over a movie review cited in Show magazine.
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Senate
Danny Brewster
Blair Lee
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Mae” Mathias
Mathias
Campepaigner
Washington
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Schlesinger
Nuremberg
Josef Strauss
New York
Strauss
White House
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