Third Reich’s Bloody Record Persists in West Germany
Analysis argues Nazi crimes linger in memory and policy as West Germany faces trials for World War II atrocities and debates whether Hitlerism could rise again. Reports cite German attitudes, postwar reconstruction, and critiques by Jurgen Hesse and Martha Gellhorn about German nationalism and democracy.
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Braunschweig
West Germany
Kita Kyushu
Japan
Germany
Italy
Europe
Toronto
Jurgen Hesse
Atlantic Monthly
Martha Gellborn
Supreme Court expands libel protections for press officials
The Supreme Court ruled that public officials cannot recover libel damages for criticism of official conduct unless malice is proven. The decision, led by Justice Brennan, broadens First Amendment protections and applies to editorials and paid advertisements alike, impacting Alabama libel suits against The New York Times and others. Observers expect immediate effects on race coverage in the South.
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
New York .Times
William J. Brennan
Earl Warren
Tom C. Clark
John Marshall
Harlan
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Hugo L. Black
Arthur J.goldberg
William C. Douglas
South
Columbia Broadcasting System
the Times
Chicago Tribune
Washington Post
American Civil Liberties Union
Brennan
Supreme Court Ruling Seen as Civil Rights Press Landmark
The Times faced libel suits from Montgomery officials over a full page ad praising civil rights causes and criticizing Southern conditions. Justice Brennan reversed the initial Alabama libel ruling, allowing a new trial on actual malice standards, while ministers faced unclear liability. The decision signals limits to officials’ suits against press criticism of public duties.
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the Times
Martin Luther’ King, Jr
Negro’ Reader
South
Montgomery
Ala
John P. Patterson
King's Home
L. B. Sullivan
Alabama
Times
Justice Brennan
Sullivan
Sulivan
Justice Black
Black
Goldberg
Reader blasts Oliver views in Southern Inndian letter
A reader condemns Revilo P. Oliver for misrepresenting Kennedy and the Bircher claim in a letter to the Southern Inndian. The writer defends Kennedy as a martyr and criticizes Oliver as libelous and misinformed, urging readers to ignore his statements. The piece targets Oliver’s ties to the University of Illinois and his syndicated remarks.
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Kennedy
Adolph Hitler
Ti Jg
Labor
Revilo Oliver
Tabor
Oliver
Bircher
Keaney
John Birch Society
George C. Marshall
John Foster Dulles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Southern Illinois University
University of Ilinois
Revilo R. Oliver
Overflights and Russians in Cold War air confrontations
The three American airmen shot down over East Germany are linked to prior publicity about U S reconnaissance flights over the Soviet Union and China. Washington denies such overflights, but U S protests after the East German incident are unlikely to move the Russians, given ongoing diplomatic mood and past U 2 revelations.
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East Geremany
U. S
Soviet Union
RBS
China
Washington
East Germany
United States
U.S
Second Look At Also Rans In Presidential Primaries
Early New Hampshire primary spending soaks the state that Vermont could consider moving a February primary. The article hints at the late Estes Kefauver and a Greek primary winner, with focus on secondary candidates and campaign finance implications.
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Estes Kefanver
New Hampshire
Vermont
When She Was Overseas SEN Smith Urges Lodge Resignation
U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine criticized Henry Cabot Lodge Jr during a Tuesday night TV interview over his poor showing in New Hampshire. She suggested he resign his ambassador post in a Democratic national administration if he wants to remain a candidate.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
New Hampshire
U. S
Henry, Cabot Lodge
Lodge
South Viet Nam
John F. Kennedy
Saigon
Lyndon Johnson
Sen. Smith
United States
Ambassador Lodge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO
Europe
Truman
Paris
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S. Army
Smith
Court Ruling In Libel Case Across the Nation
The Supreme Court reversed a $500000 Alabama libel verdict against The Times in a decision with far reaching implications for press freedom. Anthony Lewis’s interpretive piece is noted for its analysis of the First Amendment and ongoing libel cases. the piece is featured in this editorial page. The column also discusses Ambassador Lodge and Eisenhower era politics, noting Lodge’s noncampaign role and past presidential nomination context.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Alabama
New York Times
Timesman
Anthony Lewis
Supreme Court
Times
Information Sought Of Relatives
The Southern Indiana editor prints a plea from Mrs Rex H Vancil Jr seeking relatives of John and Mary Vancil who lived in Carbondale in the 1840s 1850s. Two sons Frank and Jacob Vancil born June 2 1859 are traced to Saline County Kansas then Bridgeport with Jacob dying in February. Rexford H Vancil Jr requests any information to learn more about his grandparents and father’s side, asking readers to contact Box 146 Lindsborg Kansas.
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John
Mary Vancil
Carbondale
United States
France
Frank Vancil
Jacob Vancil
Jacob
Saline County
Kan
Sarah Corner
McPherson
Bridgeport
Rexford
Vancil
Rexford H. Vancil
Rex H. Vancil Jr
Box
Lindsborg, Kan
Poem Laureate Masefield and Liberalism Echoes
Dave Felts surveys 1964 poetry culture with John Masefield’s welcome to a new royal birth. He contrasts liberalism with McCarthyism, recalls editor Leigh Call’s early work habits, and notes Spring Saturday Review’s features and National Geographic’s reach.
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S. Leigh Call
Illnois State Journal
Springfield
Call
Leigh Call
The
State Journal
Will McConnell
Ira C. Copley
Saturday Review
National Geographic
National Geographic Society
Gilbert Grosvenor
Melville Bell Grosvenor
the Geographic
Maxfield’ Parrish
Living
New York
St. Regis
Southern Illinoisan Letters to Edit Rules Outline
The Southern Illinoisan prints signed letters to the editor with confidentiality for the contributor’s name. Letters must stay within three quarters of a standard page and may be double spaced if typed. The paper retains the right to reject libelous or irrelevant letters and will return the original.
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Southern Illinoisan
Political winds skew in New Hampshire and beyond
The piece ponders if Oregon may mirror New Hampshire for presidential momentum with Margaret Chase Smith receiving few votes. It questions women’s return to political leadership and mentions an imagined federal interceptor from Pittsburgh to Cairo to manage floodwater. It alludes to mid March weather symbolic of an odd balflion creature and references Henry Cabot Lodge.
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Oregon
New Hampshire
Tom Dewey
Margaret Chase Smith
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