Look Who Favors Tapping Federal Trough
Editorial critiques W Russell Arrington and the Illinois GOP for demanding federal financing of an education program while opposing federal aid to education. The piece notes Gov Otto Kerner sought 27 million for compensatory education, with Republicans countering for unfunded federal support. It charges hypocrisy and stresses state independence.
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W. Russell Arrington
GOP
Senate
Sen
Arrington
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Sen. Arrington
Illinois
United Nations backs broad anti intervention stance
The piece notes 100 nations approved a resolution condemning outside meddling, with five abstentions. It argues the resolution won't stop interventions by imperial powers or alter national liberation moves, and that most wielders fail to honor it as global interests clash with national ones.
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United Nations
U.S
Charles W. Yost
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Community of Nations
That Old Flexibility That Old Flexibility
Colleges tighten admission rules as the University of Illinois adopts a 1966 policy using a combined high school percentile rank and admission test score. The plan also increases acceptance of varying high school subjects, a shift seen across Big Ten schools amid high demand and selective entry.
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University of Illinois
Second Look Kerosene and Jet Engine Promises
The passage notes kerosene’s comeback with jet engines and hints at broader acceptance if power failures become common. It mentions amended portal-to-portal contracts granting full pay for time waiting at traffic signals and warns of hazards at street corners where trash containers and mailboxes sit together.
New Look At The Klansman And Other Pieces
Dave Felts reviews Huie novel The Klansman highlighting Klan recruitment links to Gone With The Wind and The Clansman. Lovell’s space beard prompts talk of instruments and singing. Reflections from Bethlehem Easter pilgrimage recall ancient scenes. Tito Schipa’s death at 76 noted with opera career and Angela Mia. Readers discuss wrong numbers and Christmas goodwill. Sassafras tree in Owensboro aged 250 years and 90 feet tall.
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William Bradford Huie
Thomas Dixon
University of Ilinois
Mike Tobin
Schipa
Bob Zuppke
New York
Angela Mia
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Saturday Evening Post
Owensboro
Stalin’s Image Rises in Soviet History Reassessment
Richard Spong reports on how Stalin’s legacy resurfaces on the 20th anniversary of V E Day as Khrushchev’s de Stalinization recedes. Brezhnev’s praise marks a shift toward recognizing Stalin’s wartime leadership while acknowledging the brutal repression under his rule.
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Richard Spong
Josef Stalin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Palace of Congresses
All Union Communist Party
Josef Vissarionovich Stalin
Brezhnev
Stalin
Edward Crankshaw
Britain
Yalta
Bernard Gwertzman
Poland
Georgia
Russia
Tbilisi
Lenin
Marx
Rustaveli
Georgian Historical Museum
Gorye
Khrushchev
Europe
Spectacle in Hollywood Sparks Hair Pulling Clash
In Hollywood two sex symbols clashed amid a cymbal clash while a chaotic scene unfolded. The description hints at sensationalized encounter as they exit after a long out of town trip on the schedule.
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Hollywood
Major Overhaul Needed in Southern High Schools
Ralph McGill argues Southern high schools fail to meet modern needs. The study covers eleven states, 4,776 schools, and nearly 3 million students, outlining how small schools lack advanced courses, languages, and qualified teachers, and calling for district-wide reform and larger enrollments.
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Ralph McGill
Georgia Institute of Technology
South
Center For Southern Education Studies
Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
Virginia
Congress debates defining poverty amid rival federal figures
Congress will reexamine poverty standards amid two distinct federal figures the $3100 and $2400 thresholds used for antipoverty programs and school aid. The Office of Economic Opportunity and the Office of Education clash on how poverty is defined with a contested sliding scale for families and no flexible rule in education funding.
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Marjorie Hunter
New York Times
Washington Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
President
Social Security Administration
OEC
U. S. Office of Education
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Washington
U. S
Dave Felts
Margaret Mitchell
Huie
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
James Lovell
Skitch Henderson
Mitch Miller
Earl Wrightson
al Hirt
Burl Ives
Norman Luboff
Pete Fountain
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Tito Schipa
Robert Conquest
Ussr
Milovan Dijas
Basse S
Moscow
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