Space platform idea revived in U S space program
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration seeks more funds to develop a space platform combining with rockets to reach the moon. Proponents argue it lowers power needs for lunar and deep space payloads and could speed manned spaceflight while triggering Russian reactions and calls for a new space law.
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Moon
Earth
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
U.S. Midas
Samos
UN at Crossroads as Khrushchev Targets UN Reforms
In diplomatic circles the new UN session faces a slugging start with Khrushchev aiming to wreck or reshape the body. Hammarskjold's death appears timed with Kremlin plans to block a secretary general of Moscow's choosing and push for Red China in the UN.
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United Nations
Khrushchev
Dag Hammarskjold
Kremlin
Russia
Hammarskjold
Moscow
China
Hammarskjold Death Overshadows Congo Crisis
Marquis Childs argues Hammarskjold’s death threatens UN mission in Katanga and Congo sovereign reforms. He links mining interests in Katanga and Rhodesia to pressure against UN peacemaking, noting the Feb 21 Security Council resolution urging force if needed to avert civil war.
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Katanga Minerals
Patrice Lumumba
Hammarskjold
Katanga
Roy Wilensky
Federation of
Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Wilensky
Security Council
United Nations
Congo
Leopoldville
U.N. Secretary General Hammarskjold Death Sparks Cold War Debate
The article argues Hammarskjold's death undermines U.N. credibility as a peacekeeping body amid Soviet opposition to policies favoring new nations. It notes possible successors like Mongi Slim, French opposition, and De Gaulle’s stance toward the United Nations, warning of broader blame if paralysis follows.
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U.N
Trygve Lie
Security Council
General Assembly
Mongi Slim
Tunisia
Slim
de Gaulle
Bizerte
Paris
Katanga
United Nations
World Organization
Hammarskjolé
Secretariat
Kennedy era Cuba defeat threatens Berlin crisis
Barry Goldwater argues the Cuban invasion exposed the Kennedy administration's indecision. He warns that failure in Cuba and hesitation over Berlin could invite a third world conflict, contrasting Eisenhower's restraint with Khrushchev's NATO pressure and nuclear tests.
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Berlin
Kennedy
Cuba
Castro
Europe
Free World
Kennedy Berlin tactics push Khrushchev toward crisis
The piece argues months of Russian planning for nuclear tests were underway while Soviet envoys stall at Geneva. It warns that cautious handling of the Cuban crisis risks accelerating the path to a potential atomic war, urging decisive action.
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Kennedy
West Berlin
East Berlin
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Russia
Geneva
Reader protests biblical references in Our Flag piece
A Scottsdale reader objects to Win N Caldwell’s Our Flag thesis in Our American Heritage, arguing it links the flag to Israel and Biblical prophecy. The editor notes the insert was paid advertising by the Sertoma Club and defends it as an Americanism program while acknowledging reader concerns.
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Scottsdale Sertoma Club
Win. N. Caldwell
Caldwell
Israel
Jacob
You
Comdr. Becker
Ralph McGill
McLain
Ella C. Becker
Scottsdale
Sertoma Club of
Rockefeller to seek 1962 re election while NY mayor race looms
The piece outlines Nelson Rockefeller shifting focus to his 1962 gubernatorial bid while New York City mayoral politics heat up. It notes Jacob Javits declining a run, Louis Lefkowitz as a reform ally, and Robert Wagner winning the Democratic primary over Arthur Levitt. It also mentions possible Democratic rivals Angier Biddle Duke Sam Stratton and Wagner contemplating a Senate run.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rocky
Jacob Javits
Lefkowitz
Lawrence Gerosa
Vito Battista
Angier Biddle Duke
Kennedy State Department
Sam Stratton
Schenectady
Stratton
Upstate
Wagner
Kenneth Keating
Senate
John Kennedy
Nelson
East Berlin Faces Wall and Youth of the FDJ
Ralph McGill reports on East Berlin where the Khrushchev wall guards the frontier and the Free German Youth shows color and vigor. He notes gray streets, downcast middle aged residents, and the contrast with the confident FDJ youth marching at the wall, signaling a future shaped by Communist rhetoric and control.
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Khrushchev
F.D.J
Free German
Berlins
East Germany
East Berlin
Moscow
Reds Put Future Hopes in German Youth
The article describes East Germany's coercive push to enroll youth in the F D J with benefits of schooling jobs and sports access while Evangelical youth groups shrink. It notes arrests of youths for regime criticism and compares FDJs discipline to Hitler Youth in 1939, warning of state control and propaganda.
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Russia
F.D.J
Young Pioneers
Evangelical Church
Berlin
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