Nehru Dies Marking End of Era for India
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died at age 74 leaving a nation of over a hundred crore people to face economic and political challenges. He led India as a nonaligned statesman and follower of Gandhi's principles, while often facing criticism at home for neutrality amid global tensions.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Tvor
Solin
Mahatma Ghandi
Nehru
Hhe
England
Ghandi
China
Justin Nehru
Equal School Taxes Call for Constitutional Reform in Arizona
Arizona PTA and Arizona Education Association push an initiative to amend the state constitution to allow a legislative formula for school finance equalization. They argue current funding is uneven, with rich districts spending more per pupil, while poorer areas face higher taxes and lower educational quality. Petitions should be signed and supporters vote yes in the next regular election.
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Arizona
Soni
Arizona Congress of Parents and Teachers
Arizona’ Education Association
PTA
AEA
Petitinens
Edith Green
Oregon
Willard Wirtz
The
Catholic Conference, Inc
Lansing
Mich
Kennedy on the VP radar fades under Johnson plan
Washington sources say Robert F. Kennedy is no longer a viable vice presidential option for Lyndon Johnson. Johnson wants a consensus presidency and Kennedy’s enemies and wary allies alike doubt a Kennedy ticket would unite the party.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Bobby Kennedy
Kennedy
New Frontiersmen
LBJ
Mr. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
White House
Cliff Carter
Robert Kennedy
Texas
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
John
California
Bobby
New York
Kenneth B. Keating
Lyndon Johns
Rising Graduates Face Dangers of Unskilled Jobs
Marquis Childs surveys the youth labor outlook as graduation nears. He highlights flawed schooling, poverty programs, and debates over federal funding for parochial schools, urging stronger training and a National Teaching Corps to curb unemployment among 16 to 17 year olds.
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J. Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard
Galbraith
Department of Labor
House
Alabama tenants displaced by industrial shift in Johnson era
In a historical note, Ralph McGill describes how tenants on Lyndon Johnson's mother's Alabama property were moved as pine forests rose to supply pulp for paper. Industrial growth, from Detroit to Cleveland, pulled families from upland cotton farming toward urban cities.
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Georgia
Charles Herty
Detroit
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Baltimore
Cleveland
South
Johnsons Lands Show Poverty Talk Draws TV and Congress
In a transitioning Southern region, old tenants on Mrs Johnsons family land live with small plots and $5 monthly rents. Elderly residents are cared for and not on relief while press and politicians probe poverty. Congressmen failed to sway the situation during the silly season as TV crews filmed.
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Congress
Johnson Lands
Property Taxes Rise As State Local Rates Weigh In
States and cities seek new revenue as property taxes on real and personal property grow, rivaling federal corporate taxes in size. Archibald Woodruff Jr. proposes four reforms including professional assessors civil service protection limiting personal property categories refining appeals processes and stronger state equalization statistics to improve fairness and accuracy.
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New York
UPI
Tax Review
The
Tax Foundation, Inc
Archibald Woodruff Jr
School of Government, Business and International Affairs
George Washington University
Woodruff
Bill iD Mells ll Vaughan Challenges Loom For Ad Writers
Insight into the tobacco industry's voluntary code for cigarette ads. The piece lampoons age portrayals requiring models to look 25 while arguing that age and virility restrictions will shape future campaigns. It imagines ironic TV scenes and mocks industry creativity amid regulation.
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Madison Avenue
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Nebraska
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Kentucky
Piny
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Montgomery
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