Editorial: Opposing view on race jobs in East St Louis
The piece argues employment should be based on qualification, not race quotas, amid Civil Rights protests in East St Louis. It notes a temporary 20 Negro hires agreed with banks after a chaotic standoff backed by a temporary injunction and broad law enforcement. It warns token hiring cannot be permanent and urges equal opportunity once qualifications match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
St. Clair County
Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants
Army of pompous phrases spurs British praise of Sir Laurence Olivier
A long critique rails against American bombast and praises Laurence Olivier for calling a proposal to open Shakespeare’s tomb clodhopping and prehensible. It cites John L. Lewis and FDR era quips, ending by asking how the reader would fare in the U.S. Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Laurence Olivier
Shakespeare
United States
Atlantic
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers Union
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Labor
FDR
Interior
Sir Laurence
U.S. Senate
South Looks At Solidarity in Alabama Political Debate
In Alabama, Southern Democrats decry enforced party loyalty while noting Republicans and Rockefeller vs Goldwater split. The piece argues for independents who vote by conscience, warning that rigid party regularity harms voters and leads to betrayal by politicians. It discusses Goldwater’s conformity and Rockefeller’s opposition to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talladega
Ala
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Arizona
Alabama
Radio, Grouse, and Cleopatra: Archie's Dialectic Reflected
Column blends radio nostalgia with notes on television’s limits, grouse shooting prices in England and America, and a film appraisal of Cleopatra. It recalls how listeners imagine unseen voices, references Rex Harrison and Elizabeth Taylor, and comments on the era’s cinematic artistry and star personas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forum of the Twelve Caesars
Colony Club
Savoy
London
Cleopatra
Caesar
Rex Harrison
Elizabeth Taylor
Antony
Richard Burton
Cleo
Liz
Asi
Egypt
Meredith's Last Day At Ole Miss Graduation Day and Reflection
James Meredith, about to graduate from the University of Mississippi, mounted a final display of irony wearing a reversed Never badge as federal marshals guarded Baxter Hall. He spoke of plans to raise funds for the Meredith Fund and pursue law school, while recalling the turbulence of 1962 and the continued social tensions on campus and in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Pett
Associated Press
Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
James Howard Meredith
Ole Miss
Meredith
the State University
America
Baxter Hall
U.S
Marshals
Cleve McDowell
Law
Kennedy
Baxter
Ole. Miss
Jackson
Young
Washington, DC
Meredith Fund
Mississippi
Poe
Tokyo
Air Force
Japan
Kosciusko
Dachi
Moses Meredith
Washington Braces For Massed Marchers By Wolf Leib
Washington officials prepare for August 28 counterdemonstrations by a secret group called The Prospects amid security plans at the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. The event honors Medgar Evers, with Kennedy aides and media coverage from VOA and Radio Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf Leib
Nana
New York
Washington, D.C
Commission On” Human
Rights
Tne
U.S
Washington
MOW
Grup
John Birch Society
Washington’ Monument Sylvan
Lincoln
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
FBI
Kennedy
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Harold Ickes
Wendell Willkie
Wall Street
South
Solidarity
Dave Felts
Archie
Duffy
Duffy's Tavern
Amos N
Andy
Fibber
England
New York City
Chateaubriand
Four Seasons
Ole
James H. Meredith
Center
Lyndon
Washington Braces
White House
Mach
Em Morial
Mirial
Voice of America
Radio Moscow
Oleg Kalugin
NAACP
Medgar Evers
March
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