National Strength Rules Over World Court
The piece argues the World Court advisory opinion on UN peacekeeping payments is non binding. It notes France and the Soviet Union would veto any binding ruling in the Security Council. It suggests sovereignty and power politics prevent universal government while affirming the UN's role and limits.
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Franco
Soviet Union
U.N
U. N
United Nations
International Court of ‘Justice
France
U.N. Security Council
Council
World Court
United Na
Moscow
Paris
Libya Confronts Oil Wealth With Parable Of Change
The Libyan Parliament convenes in Belda to face wealth from oil and its power to transform a backward, aid dependent nation. King Idris presses for wise spending as oil royalties rise and unemployment remains high among Libyans while 5 percent may gain from industry.
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Jay Wals
New York Times
Benghazi
Libya
Belda
Feld
Montgomery
Rommel
Beida
Idris I
Libyan
Idris
United Nations
United States
Britain
Tripoli
Libyan Petroleum Commission
Texas
Tripolitania
Hodge Paroled Earlier On Health Grounds
Gov Otto Kerner grants early parole for Orville Hodge former Illinois state auditor after serving most of a 12 to 15 year sentence for embezzling 1.6 million dollars. Parole eligibility would have occurred in November 1963 but health concerns lead to a shortened term of about 10 months with restitution already made. The case involved a state warrants racket linked to a Chicago banker and Hodge’s office manager.
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Otto Kerner
Orville Hodge
Illinois
Public Accounts
Sofly
Chicago
Hodge
Kerner
Meredith In Difficult Role At Mississippi School
Meredith, the only Negro student involved in the University of Mississippi admission break through, faces academic trouble and disillusionment. He argues that segregation has merely resumed its grip, leaving broader issues unresolved while exceptional individuals succeed.
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Mississippi
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
America
Mr. Meredith
Senator Ellender’s junket criticism of Rhodesia voyage
The letter questions Senator Ellender’s use of public funds for foreign travel and his remarks in Salisbury, noting Rhodesia’s white supremacy rule and Africa’s self governance. It argues congressional travel lacks governing power, urges redefining the junket concept, and highlights the need for accountability in overseas trips.
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U. S
Ellender
Kennedy Sr. returns to New York office seeking work for son
Second Look notes Joseph P. Kennedy Sr recovered from a severe stroke is back in his New York office and asks whether one of his sons could secure him a Washington position. It mentions Truman era White House renovations and Khrushchev's dislike of modern paintings, hinting at hidden virtues. Tito vacationing in Russia during offseason rates.
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Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr
New York
Washington
Prototype Of A Heroine In Melville And Other Works
Dave Felts reviews colonial era heroines in Faraway and Sayonara and contrasts them with Fayaway and Sayonata across Melville Michener and Maugham. He notes the recurring Western myth of primitive female sexuality and traces literary treatments from White Cargo to contemporary novels and plays. The column laments journalism’s diverse identities, recalls Bob Casey who died at 72 after strokes, and comments on magpie publishing and race-coded magazine names while noting Christmas cards to Ebony Jet Nan and NHK.
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Herman Melville
Clifton Fadiman
Faraway
Fadiman
James Michéner
Fayaway
Sayonata
Stevenson
Conrad
Somerset Maugham
Me Tondeleyo
Ebony
Jet
Shipboard travel called gentlemens way by Atkinson
Brooks Atkinson News Service argues Cunard Line ship travel offers tired business travelers time to complete reports or plan future policy. The piece contrasts jet age skies with mid Atlantic seas, noting speed trends, safety, and the gentlemanly ideal of 19 to 30 knot crossings as the preferred pace for thoughtful passengers.
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Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
M.S. Sylvania
Cunard Line
Atlantic
S. S. United States
S.S. United States
New York
Liverpool
North Atlantic
Cabots
Hemry Hudson
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