Senate panel backs up to 21 million for arts and humanities
The Labor and Public Welfare Committee approved a bill to provide up to 21 million dollars in federal subsidies for arts and humanities. The measure would fund colleges, groups and individuals in language, music, theatre, architecture and related fields, with few fears of government control.
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Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
New York
Lincoln Center
Federal Writers and Artists Project
Senate
Johnson Signs Three Year Extension For Arms Control Agency
President Johnson signed into law a three year extension for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency with a $40 million appropriation after debate over longer funding. The agency, begun in 1961, helped draft the 1963 test ban and the hot line with Moscow, but faces ongoing funding questions and difficulty attracting personnel. Opponents urged smaller extensions while supporters praised disarmament work amid the rising nuclear stockpiles.
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Disarmament Agency
Moscow
Arms Control Agency
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Congress
Johnson
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Higher Rates For Junk Mail
Government considers higher charges for unwanted mail while preserving low rates for library books and educational materials. The proposal targets unsolicited junk by making originators pay delivery tariffs to occupants or boxholders, aiming to curb nuisance mail without harming educational materials.
Travel column recalls a traveling shipboard world
Dave Felts shares a five week journey aboard MS Meteor through Italy and the Mediterranean meeting a Canadian lawyer who survived a laryngectomy, a New York jeweler, a retired banker and many other travelers. The piece notes mixing with a Bergen doctor and his wife, two English couples, and the Hilgards from Stanford. It reflects on lifelong friendships and the lure of live sports versus televised events. It ends with a garden tip about Kentuky Wonders and using stout cord for trellis support.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Queen’s Counsellor
Monte Carlo
Portofino
Florence
Switzerland
New York
Kennedy
Chase Manhattan
New Hampshire
Calcutta
U.S. State Department
Washington
Bergen
Norway
Eith
England
Surrey
Oxford
Cambridge
Ernest Hilgard
University of Illinois
Belleville
Stanford
Cornell
Nile Hilton
Cairo
Hilgards
Kentucky
State Of War Police Brutality Stirs Racial Protest
Roy Wilkins questions police brutality claims amid New York City commissioner resignation and Harlem unrest. He cites past killings, gassing of demonstrators, and incidents across cities, arguing mutual distrust fuels tension and that restraint by police and restraint by demonstrators are essential to avoid riotous outcomes.
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Roy Wilkins
New York City
Michael Murphy
Harlem
Walter White
Selma
Kansas City
Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Peoria
Ill
Southwest
Foreign Policy Advisers Fail To Be No Men When Needed
James Reston argues that President Johnson’s inner circle often withholds blunt advice on policy. He criticizes Rusk for focusing on an emergent telegram and questions Cabinet candor in decisions on the Dominican crisis and potential unilateral actions.
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Rusk
Dominican Republic
Johnson
Cuba
Santo Domingo
Organization of American States
U.S
Gobbledegook
Santo
Ingo
Watson leaves Congress amid party purge and bid for re election
Albert Watson resigned Feb 1 to run as a Republican after Democrats stripped him and John Bell Williams of seniority for backing the GOP ticket. His Longworth office remains staffed under a 1950 law until a successor is elected. Ohio Democrat Wayne Hays accuses Watson of campaign use of the office and calls for oversight ahead of the June 15 special election. Watson is the heavy favorite over Preston Callison, a conservative Democrat and state senator.
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New York Times
Washington
Longworth House
Second
South Carolina
Watson
Albert Watson
House Democrats
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
House
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Hays
Preston Callison
33 Years In Senate Russell Started As New Dealer
A profile of Senator Richard Russell Jr. tracing his rise from Georgia legislator and early New Deal ally to Senate leader of southern opposition to civil rights. The piece covers his origins, governorship reforms, war service, long workdays, and sharp politics.
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New York Times
Washington
Richard Brevard Russell Jr
Russell
Senate
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Deep South
Richard Russell
Richard Brevard Russell Sr
Ina Dillard Russell
South Carolina
Richard Russell Sr
Winder
University of
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Prince of Li&ars
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National Science Foundation
National Institute of Mental Health
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Dave Felts
Ial
James Reston
Dwight Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Sherman Adams
Nixon
Bobby
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
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