Sectionalism Woven Into Fabric Of State’s Life
A 1960 Associated Press retrospective recalls South Carolina’s deep secessionist spirit. It highlights figures like Guy Francis Pickens and the 169 delegates who voted Dec 20 in St Andrews Hall to leave the Union. The piece notes Unionists like Judge Petigru and frames Buchanan’s waning presidency as events unfolded in Washington and Charleston.
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Tom Henshaw
Associated Press
South Carolina
Guy
Francis Pickens
Charleston
St. Andrews Hall
Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Buchanan
Washington
James Buchanan
Lancaster
William Henry Trescot
Olin
Floyd
Virginia
South
JL. Petigru
W. A. Burk
The
Mercury
Foreign News
New York
Aviation Feud Rises Over FAA Rules Amid NYC Crash
The article notes a collision near New York between a United Airlines jet and a Trans World Airlines Constellation, intensifying clashes between FAA head Elwood Quesada and the Airline Pilots Association. It details pilots’ calls for broader safety measures, FAA’s strict limits on pilots, and concerns about airport capacity and weather instrument reliance contributing to rising fatalities.
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Elwood R. Quesada
Federal Aviation Agency
United Airlines
TransWorld Airlines
New York City
U. S. House Aeronautics Subcommittee
Association
FAA
Geneval Quesada
Quesada
General Quesada
New York
Ship Tragedy Spurs Call to Reassess Supercarrier Role
The Constellation fire and deaths raise questions on the vulnerability of mobile naval bases to enemy attack. Critics urge a reexamination of whether 250 million dollar supercarriers are still prudent investments amid nuclear threats and saboteur risks.
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Brooklyn Naval Yards
Navy
New York Harbor
New York
Stauchly
Hyman G. Rickover
United States
Congress
Scott Criticizes Kennedy Aide Nomination For Attorney General
Pennsylvania Senator Hugh Scott argues against Robert Kennedy becoming attorney general citing investigative power concerns. He warns of potential presidential scandals and questions the restraint of the executive branch under Kennedy. The piece notes broader doubts about Kennedy’s suitability and hints at political risk.
Robert Kennedy to Serve as Attorney General Not Cabinet Secretary
Robert Kennedy will be attorney general and not a cabinet secretary unless he is seen as an over secretary. The remark frames Kennedy as a key legal figure connected to the incoming presidency rather than a full member of the Cabinet.
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Robert Kennedy
Pollution Is U S Disgrace Prompting Public Health Alarm
A cabinet level concern frames river water pollution as a national disgrace and a threat to health and water supply. Public Health Service estimates over 49 billion dollars needed in the next decade for cleanup, with local and state effort plus federal aid expanding to meet rising demands.
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Congress
U.S
Leroy E. Burney
Public Health Service
Vote Fraud Charges Don't Hide Bankruptcy
Editors argue that election fraud accusations cannot mask broader political failure. They criticize both city and downstate leaders for abandoning slum voters between elections while promising reform, equal opportunity, and housing, urging real programs over blanket fraud charges.
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Chicago Federation News
Chicago
Lake Forest
Ilinois
Christmas Luke Reading and Peanuts Referenced In Dave Felts Column
Dave Felts muses on reading the Christmas Nativity from Saint Luke in church and in Peanuts where Charlie Brown and Linus memorize the tale in King James versus Revised Standard. He comments on Duke of Roxburghe, New York real estate, and mentions Fortune, Plague, The Wheel, and campus humor, plus football game TV quirks and refereeing language.
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Saint Luke
Charlie Brows
Linus
Charlie Brown
New York Times
Duke of Roxburghe
New York
Roxburghe
May Goelet
Ogden Goelet
Plague
Miami University
The
Wheel
Emory
Kennedy Aims for Broad Reforms Face Senate Hurdles
In a wide ranging preview, Kennedy faces a tough path moving civil rights, Electoral College reform, and labor provisions through a Senate dominated by senior lawmakers. The plan, seen as a bold bread and butter program, risks heavy filibuster and partisan opposition as the Kennedy administration begins.
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America
Kennedy
Sena
House
Espe
Southern Committee
Kent Butter Congress
Kenedy Johnson
Nedy
Senate
Tait
Hartley and Landrum
Griffin
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Congress
Nine Universities Aid Massive Solar Telescope Project
An astronomer from Tucson discloses details of the world’s largest solar telescope to be built in Papago Indian territory as part of the U S national observatory. Nine universities cooperate, with NSF support and a 10 million dollar congressional appropriation, to spark solar research and weather understanding. The telescope will yield a yard-wide sun image, housed in a 500 foot building, with wind and temperature controls to stabilize observations.
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Walter Lister JR
N. Y. Herald Tribune
Chicago
Tucson
Aris
Papago Indian ‘Territory
United States
A. Keith Pierce
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Pierce
National Science Foundation
Congress
National Observatory
International Geophysical Rear
Dr. Pierce
Earth
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Calif
Kitt Peak
William E. Dunlop
Skidmore, Ewnings and Merrill
Dunlop
David Brofman
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Grace Wilson
Sir Winston Churchill
Red Grange
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Kens Ldy
Henry Cabot Lodge
House Rules Committee
Adolph Sabath
Illinois
GOP
Howard W. Smith
William M. Colmer
Missouri
House Rules
Sam Rayburn
Smith
Department of Justice
Kilt Peak
Sonora
Arizona
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University of Arizona
Association Off Universities For Research In Astronomy Inc
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California
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