Vocational education must expand to meet automation
The editorial argues that vocational education has long been limited to agriculture and home economics and now must grow to combat rising youth unemployment amid rapid automation. It cites the Vocational Education Act of 1964, increased federal funding, and calls for greater state and local financing while noting Illinois faces skilled-labor shortages and defense spending dwarfs investment in vocational training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
Washington
Illinois
United States
Kennedy Brothers Set To Sit In Senate For 89th Congress
The Kennedy brothers Edward Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert F Kennedy of New York will serve in the 89th Congress. The article notes a domestic record among siblings in U.S. government, comparing the Kennedys with historic Washburns and others, and reflects on political legacies across generations.
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Kennedy
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
Massachusetts
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Senate
Theodore Foster
Rhode Island
Dwight Foster
U.S. Senate
New Jersey Adopts Treatment Option For Narcotics Addicts
Gov Richard J Hughes signs a narcotics policy shift allowing courts to offer convicted addicts a choice between prison and hospital treatment. If hospitalization ends prematurely, imprisonment can follow. The move aims to recognize addicts as sick and emphasize medical and therapeutic care over punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
Gov. Hughes
Odd Christmas Wit in Aged Block Humor
A quirky, humorous verse-like reflection notes the town’s conservative man wrapping presents and unfinished reading, questions Khrushchev’s Blue Cross dues, archaeologists finding beer cans, office patches for skating skill, and sparse Santa coverage in small towns with about 20 odd days till Christmas bills.
Musicians Hall of Fame proposed in Warren date line
Dave Felts writes on plans for a Musicians Hall of Fame with a twelve name list of composers led by Berlin Rodgers Kern Herbert Porter Sousa and Gershwin. The Public Library clarifies the misnaming of Razaf as Andrea Razafinkertero.
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Warren
Ohio
America
Irving Berlin
Richard Rodgers
Jerome Kern
Victor Herbert
Cole Porter
Sousa
Gershwin
Stephen C. Foster
Andy Razat
Andy Who
Public Library
Defeat Entrenches Defeated Republicans Hold Back Party's Future Leaders
James Reston analyzes how House Republicans, led by aging elders, suppress new liberal figures like John V. Lindsay who challenges the party. Lindsay’s post defeat remarks and withdrawal from leadership race highlight a GOP struggle between old guard power and potential renewal amid a national political climate.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
John V. Lindsay
New York
Lindsay
Yale
Kennedy
Goldwater
House
Capitol Hill
Republican Party
Capitol Hil
Nixon
White House
Congress
Rockefeller
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Rhodes
Ohio
Romney
Michigan
Hatfield
Oregon
Chafee
Rhode Island
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Ilinois
Rep
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Senate
Chinese Nuclear Bomb Test Triggers Complex Fallout
The October 16 blast in the Takla Makan Desert marks China’s first nuclear test and draws varied Western reactions. Critics doubt delivery capability but praise technical progress, while regional neighbors react with distrust. China’s leadership hardens, courting India and Japan less, while railing at the United States and urging disarmament talks.
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People’s Republic of China
United States
Lone
China
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Ceylon
Burma
Mao Tse-tung
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Peking
Red China
Japan
Lyndon B. Johnnson
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chinse
Russia
McNamara pushes plan to cut Army Reserve drawbacks
Defense secretary Robert McNamara faces resistance as he outlines a sweeping Army Reserve and National Guard reform. Civilians in key posts may be moved to standby reserve, risking loss of trained leaders and unsure futures for 54 specialist units on campuses. Morale dips as plans stall and fate of units remains unresolved for months.
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Ray Cromley
Enterprise Assn
Washington
Defense
Robert “McNamara
Army
National Guard
United States
Pentagon
McNamara
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Billiu B. Washburne
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Dave Felts
Andy Razaf
Andy Hazaf
Andreamenentania
Paul Razafinketiero
Ranavelona III
Madagascar
Los Angeles
Gettysburg
Felts
Saturday Evening Post
Post
Barry Goldwater
Kentucky
Minois
Tokyo
Takla Makan
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Halleck
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Dirksen
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Quie
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