Another Cuban Invasion Must Not Be Permitted
An editorial argues released Cuban prisoners should not fuel renewed operations against Castro. It questions Bay of Pigs rhetoric, warns exiles against future forceful actions, calls for official Kennedy restraint, and states U S policy rests with State Department and armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Miami
Rane
Hey
U. S
Cuba
Soviet Union
Kennedy
State Department
Peaceful Christmas Week Delivers Focal Points Worldwide
A tranquil Christmas week unfolded with no major crises. Fidel Castro declared a 24 hour peace with the United States as 1,100 Cuban prisoners were released. In Nashville a jury deadlocked on Hoffa, while Washington officials enjoyed holidays, leaving Soviet-Chinese tensions largely dormant.
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Zorin
United Nations
Macmillan
London
Prat
Florida Straits
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba
United States
Nashville
Tenn
James Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa
Washington
Vaughn Meador
Meador
Why Kennedy Children Need Not Be Normal
The piece argues the Kennedy children should not be pressed into a conventional middle class upbringing. It questions the aim of making them “normal” while noting global differences in childhood and the impracticality of equating their lives to Penrod or the Bobbsey Twins. It asks why any child must be normal.
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Kennedy
Warren Harding
Penrod
Bobbsey Twins
Second Look at Macarthur on Amateur Sports Rifts
General Macarthur may veto a looming clash between the AAU and the NCAA over Olympic sports control in Independence, Missouri. The piece notes a long history of yo yoing between governing bodies and hints at broader legal and cultural ironies, including a playful nod to gravity’s discoverer.
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General Macarthur
AAU
NCAA
Independence
Kennedy Pushes Larger Rules Committee Amid Bottleneck Risk
President Kennedy urged keeping the House Rules Committee at 15 members to avoid emasculating the administration program. A 12 member panel could empower Howard W. Smith to block bills, while backers consider a larger committee as a compromise. Proposals like a 7 day rule are floated to curb cross chamber deadlock.
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Kennedy
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Dva
House
Rules Committee
Congress
A Vintage Year For Men In A Day's Reading
Dave Felts discusses notable 1809 birth year claims and confirms famous figures born that year including Lincoln and Gladstone. He recalls Bartlett's Quotations and notes Churchill's late rise to prominence before World War II, contrasting early obscurity with later quotability and fame.
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Sir Winston Churchill
Herbert Hoover
Robert Frost
Abraham Litcoln
William EB. Gladstone
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Edgar Allan Poe
Felix Mendelssohn
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
Frederic Chopin
Bartlett
Winston Churchill
Dardanelles
Churchill
JFK Is AP Newsmaker of the Year for 1962
Associated Press editors name President John F. Kennedy as Newsmaker of the Year for 1962 for his tough actions toward the Soviet Cuba crisis and the steel industry. The October 22 TV address warned of potential military and diplomatic steps while urging a seven point program and armed forces readiness. Kennedy’s handling of Russia and steel negotiations shaped the year’s headlines.
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John F. Kennedy
Associated Press
Russia
Cuba
Kennedy
Castro
Fidel Castro
America
Anastas Mikoyan
U. N
U Thant
Latin America
U. S
Naval
Guantanamo
Frances Kelsey
Billie Sol Estes
Arthur Goldberg
Pope John XXIII
Sonny Liston
Marilyn Monroe
John Steinbeck
Jacqueline Kennedy
Food and Drug Ad
Kelsey
Estes
Goldberg
Chicago
Supreme Court
John XXII
Ecumenical Council
Vatican
College of Cardinals
Liston
Floyd Patterson
Anders Osterling
Steinbeck
White House
Jula I. Kennedy
Italy
Amalfi
National Cultural Center
New York
New Philharmonic Hall
Indian troops play kabaddi at 16500 feet in Himalayas
Bearded Sikh soldiers of the Indian army stage a snowbound kabaddi match at Zingral Hiamalaya as reporters absorb oxygen from tanks. The scene occurs high above Leh with Chang Pass nearby and a tense border context after recent clashes with Chinese forces.
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Thomas F. Brady
New York Times
Zingral
India
Zingrai
Chang Pass
Indus Valley
Shyok Valley
Chushul
Leh
Indus
Karu
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U.S
Carol Burnell
JFK
Mary Campbell
The
Pope Sotin XXII
Robert Kennedy
Big Steel
Department of Urban Affairs and Housing
Saturday Evening Post
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