Supreme Court splits on contempt ruling of six witnesses
Editorial argues the Supreme Court avoids a clear ruling on whether internal subversion investigations violate witness rights. It debates whether the anti subversion committees perform a legitimate service or conduct witch hunts while four of the six contemners were News staffers invoking First Amendment protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
House
John Harlan
William C. Douglas
Douglas
Supreme Court
Federal
UN Court Advice On Global Dues And Enforcement Question
The Hague based World Court weighs if Article 17 binds all U.N. members to fund special operations notably Congo and Middle East. It can advise but not enforce, leaving delinquent nations to potential sanctions or voting rights loss. The General Assembly faces a difficult path to uphold peacekeeping integrity and funding.
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the Hague
International Court of Justice
United Nations
U.N
Congo
Middle East
World Court
U.N. General Assembly
General Assembly
Soviet Union
France
World Community
Spellers Struck by Bourgeoisie Misspellings
Editor notes Prof JoseF Fox found over eighty misspellings of bourgeoisie in State College of Iowa papers. He argues modern mistakes misrepresent sounds yet convey intended word. He suggests proper American usage renders it middle class and condemns attempts as not proper spelling.
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State College of Iowa
Fox
Kennedy Offers Pony Rides To Young Democrats At White House
Report notes Kennedy extends offers of pony rides as a perk for young Democrats at the White House, signaling outreach and favorable gestures by the administration.
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White House
Caroline Kennedy
Farm Program Bureaucracy in the U S Department of Agriculture
A Kansas congressman denounces Secretary Freeman for surrounding himself with high salaried Minnesotans and urges an inquiry into the USDA personnel expansion tied to the farm program. The critique questions the necessity of expanding jobs, regardless of state or party, amid costly federal farm administration.
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Kansas
Orville Freeman
Department of Agriculture
Kansan
Billie Sol Estes
Agriculture Department
Texas
Estes
Freeman
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S.D.A
Minnesota
Digest of May 19 Business Week salaries survey highlights
The issue tops General Motors chairman Frederick G. Donner with 676 475 in total compensation and notes Bethlehem Steel records. It mentions Les Worthington at U S Steel earning 286 000 and Roger Brough at 300 000 plus 12 000. Also reflects reminders of attic sorting and cultural tidbits and confirms Dolley Madison name.
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U. S
Frederick G. Donner
General Motors Corp
Donner
Bethlehem Steel Co
General Motors
University of Illinois
Les Worthington
U. S. Steel
Business Week
Roger Brough
Big Steel
Waikiki
Isle of
Capri
Greece
Alps
Acapulco
Bar Harbor
Palm Beach
Sullivan
New York
Chicago
Florence Henderson
James Madison
Dolley
Dolley Madison
Dave Felts Reminisces on 1930s Magazine Poetry and Pulitzer Winners
Column recalls editor life in the 1930s era of Pictorial Review with 5000 poems monthly submissions and 50 annual purchases. Lists Pulitzer Prize poetry winners from 1930s including Conrad Aiken and Robert Frost, and notes a nesting redbird scene reflecting domestic life.
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Margaret Cousins
Pictorial Review
Conrad Aiken
Robert Frost
George Dillon
Archibald MacLeish
Robert Hillyer
Audrey Wardemann
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Marya Zatarenska
John Gould Fletcher
Mark van Doren
Thai Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat Firmly Opposes Communism
Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, Thailand's leader and armed forces chief, has a long record opposing communism and ordering executions of captured guerrillas. He led coups in 1957 and 1958, faces U.S. support to keep Thailand secure, and champions a govt-aided path to the people to deter communist influence.
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Sarit Thanarat
Thailand
U.S
Lenin
Sarit
Bangkok
Laos
South Vietnam
Marshal Sarit
United States
Pibul Songgram
Bodia
Phao
Switzerland
People’s
New
Revolutionary Party
Field Marshal’s Revolutionary Party
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Siam
Improvements Attempted College Buildings Often Used Inefficiently
A 1960s analysis argues colleges waste space as enrollment soars. It cites Kalamazoo College expanding 50 percent without new buildings by 11 month scheduling, Middlebury summer programs, and other campuses moving to year round or varied schedules to boost utilization. It notes the rise of maintenance savings and warns of a reckoning for endowments if space remains underused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo College
Middlebury College
Antioch
Kalamazoo
University of Pittsburgh
George Peabody College
Middleburg
Hofstra
City College of New York
Hunter
St. John’s University
Eastern University
The Ugly American praised as foreign service model
Letter writers defend Lederer and Burdick's The Ugly American as a guide for U S foreign aid and diplomacy. Ralph Ryberg of Anna argues the book's message of genuine American idealism should guide officials and aid workers abroad.
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William Lederer
Eugene Burdick
U. S
Foriegn
Frank Coffin
U. S. Foreign Aid Agency
Lederer
Burdick
Foreign Service
Ledger
America
Unwed Mothers Involved in Affair Jail Debate
In a Southern Illinoisan excerpt a claim says unwed mothers face jail while their partners go unseen. The letter argues for equality, asserting if one party is jailed, the other should be too. Creal Springs resident Margaret J. Walker comments.
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The
Southern Ilinoisan
Southern Illinoisan
Marion High Instructor Named to NSF Mathematics Institute
Ivan Swan a Marion High School instructor is chosen as one of 35 participants from 697 applicants for the National Science Foundation Mathematics Institute at Western Illinois University Macomb The group will study during the summer Salaries will be paid based on dependents and the government cost of living index
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Ivan Swan
Marion
National Science Foundation
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Western
The
Foundation
Public Image Censorship Warned Against Conditioning News
A viewpoint urges opposition to conditioned political images used to shape public perception. It discusses letting some negative comments through to prove censorship and compares to advertising tactics and totalitarian regimes. The piece cautions against adopting such practices in any society.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Aldous Huxley
George Orwell
Hitler
Germany
Marion Council names two to recreation board
The Marion City Council named Mrs. L. C. Cavvaness and Mrs. R. P. Wilson to the Marion Recreation Board on Monday night. They succeed Mrs. Clara Boatright and Mrs. Marie T. Cox, who resigned last week. The board and president Everett Lynch supported the new appointments. The group oversees summer recreation programs and Teen Town.
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L. C. Cavvaness
R. P. Wilson
Marion Recreation Board
Clara Boatright
Marie T. Cox
Everett Lynch
Cava Iness
Wilson
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Des Moines Register
Josef Fox
McGuffey
Dave Felts
New York Times News Service
Prince Boun Oum
Atlanta
Ralph Ryberg
Anna
Margaret J. Walker
Marion City Council
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