Moderates urged to lead end of racial violence crisis
An editorial argues that postwar progress for Negro rights needs decisive moderate leadership across the nation. It warns that extremism on both sides fuels violence, urges President Kennedy to rally moderates in the North and South, and condemns police brutality and riots in Alabama and Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CORE
Negro Movement For Equality
South
Little Rock
America
United States
Kennedy
Alabama
Mississippi
Roncalli’s Early Army Service Shaped Path to Papacy
The article traces Angelo Roncalli’s wartime role as a priest medic and sergeant, his friendship with Achille Ratti, later Pope Pius XI, and his swift rise through Vatican ranks. It covers his 1916 promotion, Medal of Bravery anecdote, postwar work with youth, and pivotal postings in Bulgaria and Turkey that framed his ecumenical outlook. The piece frames these experiences as the formative steps leading to his papal path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Italy
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Count Radiri- Tedeschi
Bergamo
Father Roncalli
Father Roncali
Radini-Tedeschi
Milan
St. Charles Borromeo
Ambrosiana
Amoresiana
Radini Tedeschi
Achille Ratti
Pope Pius XI
Roncalli
Vatican
John Name
Beueath
Benedict XV
Cardinal Ferrari
Ferrari
Ratti
Charles Borromeo
Msgr
Cardinal Ratti
Pius XI
Mier
Rome
Bulgaria
Rank
Ankara
Turkey
Greece
Quirks By United Press International
A UPI item notes a Hawaiian crowd greeting President Kennedy with a sign praising his Boston accent. The piece mentions a Brandy Station centennial cannon misfire injuring three in Confederate uniforms during Civil War ceremonies. It also hints at Turkey’s wartime intrigue for Roncalli and Pius XII’s Paris move post liberation.
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Honolulu
UPI
Kennedy
Boston
Aloher
Jack
Culpepper
UPD
Brandy Station
Menian
Turkey
Roncalli
de Gaulle
Pius XII
Paris
Economic Forecast Lapses Highlight 1963 Outlook
Ralph McGill notes economists mispredicted the first half of 1963 as the Council of Economic Advisers offered a higher possible GNP around 583 billion dollars. He cites Fed methods shifting to general money tone and warns politics intrudes on forecasts while profits rise and public confusion grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Council of Economic Advisers
Federal Reserve System
FRS
Economists Call for New Crystal Ban and Training Push
The piece argues for social democracy measures to absorb unemployment from technology. It highlights steel’s gains through automation, urges retraining programs, conservation corps for unskilled youth, and public works in forests and beaches to sustain competitiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservation Corps
Prescott College Proposal for Arizona Endowment
Prescott College plans a four year liberal arts institution built with private capital from hundreds of Arizona and national donors. Founding president Charles Franklin Parker aims for a 20 million endowment to ensure quality and public support for an academically rigorous college stressing moral imperatives and individual initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Arizona
Charles Franklin Parker
Southwest
Nation
Prescott College
East
Kennedy Aides Face Decision On B-70 Bomber Policy
President Kennedy assigns Vice President Lyndon Johnson to chair a experts panel to decide on the B-70 supersonic bomber. McNamara argues the jet is unnecessary given missiles, while Congress previously funded the project. Wheat policy defeat cited by Freeman follows broad opposition from farmers and business groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Air Force
Defense McNamara
Johnson
White House
Atlantic
McNamara
United States
Campaigns Rally Against Wheat Controls Draw Powerful Backers
The wheat referendum drew opposition from Ezra Taft Benson and son Reed, with the John Birch Society active. The Farmers Liberty League of North Dakota claimed a Yes vote equals communism, while the Committee for Free Agriculture funded a hostile six bullets plan and a confrontational battle plan. Defenders of American Liberty backed by Bob Morris joined, and Leo B Landsberger filed an injunction later denied in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bougainville
Minnesota
U. S. Steel
Mesabi Range
Billie Sol Estes
American Farm Bureau
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
American Cattleman’s Association
Texas Oil Millionaires
John Birch Society
Freeman
Dan Smoot
Texas
Ezra Taft Benson
Reed Benson
Benson
Farmers Liberty League of North Dakota
Agriculture Department
Committee For Free Agriculture
M. E
Pete” Naaden
John Birch
Defenders of American Liberty
Bob Morris
Joe McCarthy
Morris
Senate
New Jersey
Clifford Case
Manhattan
New York
Leo B. Landsberger
Hazelton
N.C
John Pare
Long War In Viet Nam Seen By Sen Jackson
Sen. Henry Jackson warns the Viet Nam war is a prolonged skirmish effort requiring special tactics. He says the goal is to stop the Communists and prevent a political moral defeat, urging careful policy consideration for Southeast Asia amid Laos and Cambodia concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
Sen. Jackson
Washington
South Viet Nam
Sen
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
South
Army Magazine
Congressional Record
U.S
Asia
Jackson
Southeast Asia
Laos
Cambodia
Berlin visit warms Berlin crowd as Kennedy set to arrive
New York dispatch quotes West Berlin Mayor Willie Brandt saying Berlin will be glad to see President Kennedy and wishes he could stay longer. Honolulu reports President Kennedy views U.S. racial tensions as a moral and constitutional crisis.
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New York
West Berlin
Willie Brandt
Kennedy
Berlin
United States
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Considine
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Ralph McGill
McGill
New Yorker
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Pearson
Orville Freeman
Agriculture
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Olymipus
Interlandi
Kenne
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