Kennedy risks and civil rights bill impact
Editorial views President Kennedy faces high stakes with a civil rights proposal. The move shifts emphasis from tax cuts to rights, risking other programs as Senate delays and a filibuster threaten timely consideration. Dixiecrat opposition deepens, jeopardizing Area Redevelopment, Youth Employment, Mass Transit, college aid, Medicare, and foreign aid plans. The piece warns that failure to pass the rights bill could endanger the entire Administration agenda.
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Party Girl May Succeed Where De Gaulle Failed
The piece argues Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, despite a parliamentary but deeply fractured Conservative Party, could fall as party turmoil rises. It notes a minor scandal with a young party girl and compares Britain’s crisis to larger security and policy debates, suggesting labor could seize power if the government collapses.
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Vassar
Court Rules On Religion Bible Reading in Schools
A Supreme Court ruling on Bible reading in public schools is praised by religious groups for separating church from state policy. The piece argues the decision, based on vague constitutional interpretation, risks mislabeling Bible reading as church establishment while noting ongoing ties like financial aid and religious school teaching persist.
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Real British Models Protest In Wake Of Scandal
Column notes protest by Paris fashion models syndicate against associates calling themselves models amid the Profumo crisis. It contrasts genuine fashion models with those linked to controversy, cites Christine Keeler, and recalls Gene Markey’s 1924 column about his life and marriages, plus a digression on Doughboys and WWI slang.
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Christine Keeler
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How to Storm a Police Station from a Spanish Manual
The Air Force reports a Spanish language handbook used in Latin America to train spies and guerrillas. It, allegedly by Alberto Bayo Giroud, covers forming cells, recruiting spies, and sabotage methods including arson, protests, and incendiary devices to target government facilities and police stations.
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Fidel Castro
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Kennedy to Tour Europe with Berlin Stop and Italy Visit
President Kennedy scheduled a western Europe tour including a news conference in Bonn, a major address at Pauls Kirche in Frankfurt, and stops at West Berlin. The itinerary covers Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom with talks with Italian leaders amid Italy’s crisis.
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Pierre Salinger
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Court Ruling On Religion Is Questioned
A Southern Illinoisan letter argues that Supreme Court rulings on integration are praised yet requests debate on religion in public life. The author urges preservation of prayer in schools, defense of God in national symbols, and moral over legal dispute, signing as Richard Clinton Hayes of Carbondale.
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Second Look Conservatives seek younger leader to replace Macmillan
The party eyes a younger successor to Harold Macmillan with John Profumo among names discussed. The trip includes West Berlin stops at the Gate and Checkpoint Charlie as the city remains split by the wall. In West Germany, President Kennedy plans talks with Adenauer, Erhard, and Willi Brandt, amid political rifts.
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