Leadership Needed from Kennedy to Drive Public Support
The 1960 Democratic National Convention crowned John F. Kennedy with strong imagery of courage and reform but left elements of Liberal and Conservative skepticism. The piece argues Kennedy must assert leadership, mobilize public opinion, and push new policies beyond prewar molds or risk stagnation as Khrushchev and De Gaulle gain ground.
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John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev
Castro
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Cur
Harris to probe high-tension lines impact on power grid
Rep. Drew Harris of Arkansas will examine long distance high-velocity transmission lines and their future ownership, testing views from the Federal Power Commission and economists on public versus private control, with witnesses including Morgan and Swidler. The debate shapes energy policy and pollution goals as the Kennedy era seeks new regulators.
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Washington
Drew Harris
D.-Ark
Charles van Doren
Madison Avenue
Harris
Arkansas
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Joe Swidler
The
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Kennedy
Engle and Moss
Howard Morgan
Eagle- Moss
West Virginia
New York
Consolidated Edison
Northwest
California
Morgan
Commerce Committee
Swidler
Clair Engle
John Moss
Ecole de Cadres Techniques Opens in Guinea Aid Effort
In Conakry Guinea the first week of the Ecole de Cadres Techniques marks a USAid driven effort to train 100 Guinean youths in mechanical drawing physics and mathematics. The program aims to create a cadre of technicians to build tools and supervise training, with Americans and Soviets competing in language fluency and perceived quality.
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Conakry
Guinea
Ecole de Cadres Techniques
Africa
Messieurs
West Germany
United States
Switzerland
Ecole de Cadres
U S Foreign Aid In Guinea Pays Off With Cultural Exchange
The article recounts Ambassador William Attwood and American teachers in Guinea shaping a language and cultural program. It highlights Elmont James and James A Hamlett, both prominent educators, and notes Hamlett’s historic LSU admissions and later career in Conakry. A Morocco to Louisiana robe anecdote exposes U S racial hypocrisy.
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William Atwood
Hamlett
LSU
U.S. Supreme Court
Louisiana
University of Mexico
Barcelona
Spain
U.S
Morocco
Guinea
U.S. Information Service
Conakry
Churchill biography project aims to compile vast Churchilliana
Randolph Churchill, at 51, is tasked by his father with writing a Churchill biography drawn from an immense archive of papers, letters, and memos. He invites global contributions of anecdotes and writings to shape a potential five volume work, with publication after his father's death.
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New York
Randolph Churchill
Shakespeare
Churchill
Randolph
Korea
Shepheard
Cairo
Telegraph of London
Winston
Sir Winston
Randolph Churchill to write own biography of empire and beyond
The piece discusses Randolph Churchill’s hopes to author a definitive life of his father and era, noting mixed expectations from British and American readers. It recalls his Korea dispatches, his wounded leg, and Evelyn Waugh’s quip about Oxford historians, while doubting whether the elder Churchill would approve of edits.
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Soviet Union
Randoph Churchill
Randolph Zilch
Overseas Press Club
New York
Doc Quigg
UPI
Hal Boyle
Randolph
Duke of Marlborough
Randolph Churchill
Evelyn Waugh
Oxford
Churchill
Waugh
Editors Mailbag on Liquor Tax Faces Apathy and Support
In Scottsdale readers debate a liquor tax raised at the recent council meeting. Mrs Ruth Shoemake Jr of 7425 East Palm Lane credits two speakers for backing the tax while praising engaged citizens and criticizing voter apathy.
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Lee Smallsteed
Scottsdale
Ruth Shoemake JR
East Palm Lane
Sturgeon license fine halves after tag promise
David Earls, 17, of Chilton Wisconsin was fined 45 dollars for spear ing a sturgeon without a license. He receives part of the fine back because the fish carried a state conservation tag promising 10 dollars to the London divorce case ends as Hazel Hilmo testifies her husband is so cheap he wanted her to wear his ex-girlfriend's old clothes.
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Chilton
Wis
UPI
David Earls
London
Hazel Hilmo
Kennedy era Berlin talks test Western unity
Washington faces a puzzle in coordinating Western answers to Khrushchev’s Berlin proposal. France shows indifference while West Germany’s stance remains pivotal as officials weigh whether to explore a settlement that could safeguard Berlin’s freedom inside the Soviet sphere.
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France
Washington
West Germany
Berlin
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Foy D. Kohler
Moscow
Soviet Union
Hubert Humphrey
Geneva
Adenauer Faces Berlin Defeat and Bonn Uncertainty
In Bonn the government grapples with a murky authority as Chancellor Adenauer, nicknamed Old Immobility, clings to power after the Berlin election shock. Willy Brandt’s Socialists win a 65 percent share, CDU loses 10 percent, while foreign minister Gerhard Schröder seeks openings with East Germany to ease tensions and aid a wall concession in return for a loan.
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Christian Democratic Party
Berlin
Willy Brandt
Christian Democrats
Azeneier
Heinrich von Brentano
Khrushchev
Brandt
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