Pepper Through History Remains A Tangible Global Link
The article notes pepper as a once priceless driver of exploration and trade, valued above gold, and fueling voyages by Columbus and da Gama. It highlights pepper’s decline with refrigeration, ongoing price swings driven by political upheavals, and its enduring cultural significance as a steady link between civilizations despite changing tastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Pepper
Alaric the Goth
Rome
Kennedy Sets 4 Percent Growth Goal To Outpace Khrushchev
President Kennedy declares a four percent growth target for the U S economy, challenging Khrushchev who boasted the Soviet Union would overtake American production by 1970. He argues a 4 to 4.15 percent rate is attainable and would keep the U S ahead this century.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
U.S
Soviet Union
Mr. Kennedy
General MacArthur Returns to Philippines in Sentimental Triumph
The article recalls Gen Douglas MacArthur visiting Luzon and recounts his deep ties to the Philippines, from his early years through Bataan and Leyte. It notes his father Gen Arthur MacArthur’s role as military governor and highlights the vast public adulation during the 1944 Leyte landing and the renaming of a boulevard in his honor.
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
MacArthur
Gen
Arthur MacArthur
Spain
West Point
Bataan
Washington
Leyte
General MacArthur
MacArthur Boulevard
Air Force Men Reach for Stocks Through Bache Network
New York firm Bache & Co extends 35 branches to U.S. air bases in Britain Germany Turkey Greece and the Netherlands under Project Wheel to offer sales of American stocks and mutual funds via PX offices with direct wires to the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York
Bache & Co
Air Force
A.t.&t
Britain
Germany
Turkey
Greece
Netherlands
The
Stock Exchange
National Association of Security Dealers
Air Forces
Eddie Rickenbacker
Lafayette Escadrille
U.S
Keith Funston
Europe
Oscar J. Stumpf
Bache
AFEX
Air Force Exchange
Lucky
Rhine-Main
Hahn
Alconbury
South Ruislip
Bentwaters
Lakenheath
Sculthorpe
England
Ankara
Overseas Press Club
Water from sea to fuel Scottsdale growth in Arizona
The manager outlines efforts to supply Central Arizona Project with Colorado River water and press for extended saline water conversion. He cites world progress, cost targets from $1 to $1.25 per thousand gallons, and potential for Aruba like plants, while urging continued federal support and flexible funding to advance desalination research for Scottsdale and wider use.
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Central
Arizona
Colorado
Secretary For the Interior
Congress
Department of the Interior
Aruba
Venezuela
Department of Interior
Scottsdale
Salt River
Kennedy grows Black federal presence in late 1960s reshuffle
Washington’s window on Negro voters highlighted by Kennedy’s moves to appoint Black officials and expand minority staffing in the federal service. The piece notes Ike’s era and Nixon Lodge politics, then credits Kennedy with advancing Blacks in high jobs, including Andrew Hatcher and others, signaling a broader shift in government staffing.
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Trumar
John H. Duncan
Eisenhower
Ike
Little Rock
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Georgetown
U.S
William L. Dawson
Chicago
Dawson
South Side
Federal Service
Andrew Hatcher
White House
Remembering Rogers and Roberts in Early Maine History
A National Scene piece recalls Kennebunkport writer Kenneth Roberts and his Roberts' Rangers novels. It highlights the St Francis attack, the 700 scalps, and the Northwest Passage as vivid depictions of early Maine and New England history.
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New England
Kennebunkport
Maine
St. Francis
Kenneth Roberts
Hervey Allen
Roberts
Rogers
Robert Rogers
Georgian Silver Sparks Comment From American Tourist
In London an American tourist admires Georgian silver samples and quips that her husband, from Georgia, would love them. In Cleveland local TV personality Bill Gordon loses his pants during an exercise demo and has the band play while he runs home to change.
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London
UPI
David Shure
Cleveland, Ohio
Bill Gordon
Textbook Selection in Scottsdale District Adopts Multiple Editions
A Scottsdale educational report outlines how the state selects and evaluates textbooks. Committees from elementary to college levels review proposals from publishers, with districts now choosing among three books per subject under multiple adoption while preserving existing volumes as supplements.
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State Card of Education
Scottsdale
Miss USA Sharon Brown Wins Universe Crown
In Miami Beach Sharon Rene Brown, an 18 year old Louisiana brunette, is crowned Miss USA in the Miss Universe contest. She says it feels like a dream and remarks on the prize money. In Washington Senator Fulbright criticizes the foreign aid bill, noting opposition stems from perceived administration shortcomings.
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Miami Beach
Sharon Rene Brown
U.S.A
Washington
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations
Kennedy
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
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Quebec
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