Editorial: Kennedy foreign policy team unveiled
The piece analyzes President-elect Kennedy s foreign policy picks Rusk Bowles and Stevenson as the new team and their implications for State Department leadership. It notes Rusk and Bowles credentials, Stevenson as UN ambassador, and the likelihood Kennedy acts with his own secretary of state while managing expectations and potential resignations.
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Rusk, Bowles, Adiai
Kennedy Fow
Dean Rusk
Chester Bowles
Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower
America
United Nations
Stevenson
Ess
Mosars
Rusk
Bowles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
State Department
Truman
India
Yat Sen
William J. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Little Rock
Africa
Orval Faubus
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
Congress
Supreme Court strikes down Arkansas teacher loyalty law
The Supreme Court 4 to 1 invalidates an Arkansas teacher loyalty statute requiring annual sworn lists of organized groups and political contributions. Justice Potter Stewart, author of the majority opinion, condemns the broad reach of the law as violating personal liberties. The decision argues such government aim cannot justify stifling basic rights.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Stuart
Supreme Court
Poison in Our Food Promises Progress Despite Risks
A critique of food additives notes poisons lurk in many foods from fruits to soft drinks. It cites a Du Pont executive defending additives as essential to progress, discusses tolerance levels, and warns of cumulative effects. By 1961 laws tighten restrictions, but most Americans accept additives, trusting labels for reassurance.
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du Pont Company
Food and Drug Administration
United States Will Cede West Indies Land Under 1977 Timeline
The United States will relinquish 21 000 of 80 000 acres in the West Indies leased from Britain in JH1 in an exchange. By 1977 the remaining leased area will return to the West Indies Federation unless a new deal is reached. The agreement signals a shift toward West Indies independence and U S cooperation in the region. A light aside notes an Air Force captain recovering a gold plated nose cone from a satellite. Tommy Manville, aged 66, looks forward to his first baby, not counting previous spouses.
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United States
West Indies
Britain
West Indies Federation
U. S
Western Hemisphere
Air Force
Violence in Algeria Hedy La Merda's Absence Cited
A fragment notes indifference to violence in Algeria, stating Hedy La Merda is no longer in the Cas and that concern rests on distant events. The passage offers a cryptic, unnamed context without clear dates or surrounding details.
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Algeria
Hedy Lamerda
Cas
Nkrumah Way To Democracy
A historical portrait of Kwame Nkrumah from Britain’s Gold Coast era to Ghana’s emergence as Africa’s first black nation. The piece argues Nkrumah learned Communist tactics to study them, rose to power, and pursued a path of national independence with no strings attached foreign aid while balancing Western and Soviet pressures. It compares him to Nehru and notes cocoa wealth and self reliance.
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African Republic of Ghana
Gold Coast
Kwame Nkrumah
Communist Party
Mr. Nkrumah
Nkrumah
Africa
West
John Kennedy
Guinea
Ghana
U.N
Russia
Nkrumat
Soviet Bloc
Volta River
South Africa
Nehru
India
Northern Rhodesia women threaten to curb war with child policy
Dave Felts notes Northern Rhodesia women vow not to bear children unless assured no war. The idea echoes Lysistrata, while Allen Ludden corrects an misidentified Supreme Court Chief Justice. The column weaves cultural references, a Dean Cornwell obituary, Hollins College leadership, and holiday card humor.
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Greece
Rhodesia
Ancient Winter Solstice Custom Traced To Christmas Trees
National Geographic notes about 40 million Christmas trees reaching American homes, grown on plantations and managed stands. The piece traces the evergreen tree tradition to ancient solstice rites, from Germany to America, citing White House sponsorship and historic figures who helped popularize the seasonal symbol.
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Washington
A. M. Sowder
United States Agriculture Department
Cleveland
Ter
White House
Franklin Pierce
Benjamin
Harrison
Santa Claus
Theodore Roosevelt
Mar
Luther
Archie
Quentin
Alroom
Gilford Pinchot
Strasbourg
Germany
Trenton
New Jersey
Metropolitan
New York
Wooster
Ohio
Algerian Tail Wags French Dog As Army Holds Power
In Paris a pundit warns that 20 000 paratroopers could seize the National Assembly and key sites to keep Algeria French. He notes a divided army, with Algerian officers loyal to De Gaulle and others plotting, while the press quips that the army may defend or strangle the republic.
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France
Tom A. Cullen
Assn
Paris
Pierre Poujade
National Assembly
Elysee Palace
le Bourget
Orly
Dien Bien Phu
Suez
Algeria
de Gaulle
Gaulle
Tron Mark
Oran
Miquel
Metopolitan
Toulouse
Republic
Tne
le Canard Enchaine
Stephenson Leaves Johnston City for Air Force Posting
Danny Stephenson departs Johnston City after a 14 day leave with family. He just completed Naval Structural School in Memphis and will report to Argentia Newfoundland as a member of the Air Force Warning Squadron. He favors sports broadcasting over crime pursuit and assumes the D A directs athletics.
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Danny Stephenson
Johnston City
Stephenson Ust
Naval Structur
Memphis
Tenn
Argentia
Newfoundland
Air Force Warning Squadron
Arctic Isle Emerges From Snow As World Warms
Spitsbergen, a 400 mile north Arctic archipelago, shows reduced snow cover in summer with new maps in progress. The region attracting tourists for birds whales and seals, while coal mining drives the economy and Longyearbyen remains the largest settlement. Norway's sovereignty recognized by the League of Nations in 1920, though nations retain commercial rights.
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Spitsbergen
Arctic
Norway
West Virginia
National Geographic Society
United States
Svalbard
Willem Barents
Cathay
Henry Hudson
London
John Munroe Longyear
Bastar
Longyear
Longyear City
Longyearbyen
League of Nations
Soviet Union
Area lawyers listed by bar association
The Illinois site for the bar association lists six area attorneys who are members of the sectional executive committees. Names include William G. Eovaldugf Benton family law, Circuit Judge Roy C. Gulley Benton American citizenship, William W. Hart Jr. Benton First District admissions, Charles E. Feirich Carbondale vice chairman of constitutional amendments and ethics committees, John C. Feirich Carbondale junior bar, and Gordon Franklin Marion chairman of the judicial advisory panel and member of hearings division and grievance committees.
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Mlinois
William G. Eovaldugf Benton
Family Law Secion
Roy C. Gulley
Benton
William W. Hart Jr. Benton
First District
Charles E. Feirich
Carbondale
John C. Feirich
Gordon Franklin
Marion
Old Remark Sparks Mamie Bangs Hairdo Recall
A faded aside recalls a fashion wrinkle from the past as critics note how Jacqueline Kennedy’s hairstyle once drew stares and Mamie Eisenhower’s bangs were playfully admired, reflecting evolving presidential era hair trends.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Mamie
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