Why The Rush To Raise Salaries Of Judges
Editorial argues the push to raise state court judge salaries before the 1964 effective date risks rewarding incumbents and inviting partisan pressure. It notes current plans to lift associate and Supreme Court pay, urges waiting until a modernized system operates in 1965 before further changes.
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Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Hitness General Assembly
House
Cook County
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Wheat Price Holds Story
Wheat farmers upset the Administrations plan in a first referendum on the 1962 wheat law. The vote favored minimal controls while maintaining acreage limits and price supports. Small 15 acre farmers avert tighter controls but may still be pushed out, amid fears of a wheat glut and continued government intervention.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Interdependence Grows as NATO GATT Talks Move Europe Toward Equality
President Kennedy's interdependence concept gains traction after NATO endorses a nuclear force under joint command. GATT signatories set basic tariff principles, easing barriers with the United States and the Common Market. Europe presses for equal military and economic footing, challenging U.S. dominance and showing a shift toward parity in global power.
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Kennedy
United States
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
GATT
U.S
Singers Of The Golden Era Remembered And TV Kremlin Tour
Dave Felts reflects on Margaret Matzenauer dying in California at nearly 82, recalling her Met career with Caruso era, and old Victor ads. He notes Caruso's recordings valued by some, praises Alma Gluck and Louise Homer, and laments preservation of classics while other artist records vanished. He also critiques grading standards and discusses a NBC color documentary on the Kremlin and pre revolutionary Russian art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Matzenauer
California
Mme, Matzenauer
Metropolitan Opera Company
Enrico Caruso
New York Times
Mme. Matzenauer
Allen
Victor Talking Machine Co
Caruso
Scolti
Melba
Schumann- Heink
Talvazzini
Alda
Gluck
Homer
Witherspoon
Matzenauer
Farrar
Mary Garden
Galli-Curel
Lily Pons
Victor
Metropolitan
Whispering Hope
Alma Gluck
Louise Homer
Killen
Zea Confrey
Paul Whiteman
Bing Crosby
Kremlin
NBC
The
Peace Efforts An Asset in Vatican Ties Under Kennedy
President Kennedy seems to have quelled jitters in Washington over Vatican politics by viewing Pope John XXIII as an asset to Western diplomacy. Officials anticipate Kennedy’s Europe visit and the pope's Pacem in Terris encyclical to strengthen international cooperation and reassure domestic and foreign critics about Vatican alignment with progressive, anti communism aims.
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Max Frankel
New York Times
Washington
Kennedy
John XXII
Vatican
Latin America
Italy
Europe
Pope John
Rome
Moscow
John
Sparta Quarrel Over Negro Teacher Dismissal
The Southern Illinoisan condemns the Sparta Elementary Board of Education for firing Mrs. Kimbrough, a Black teacher, from Vernon building amid claims of lack of cooperation. Critics cite poor facilities, prolonged conditions, and biased tenure rules, urging fair treatment and continued focus on student learning. The board says dismissal cited lack of cooperation and duties, with Vernon closure planned to Lincoln School.
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Southern Illnoisan
Elementary Board of Education
Sparta Community Consolidated School District
Charles) Kimbrough
Vernon
Kimbrough
Negev
Sparta Community Consolidated School District 128
Board of Education
Lincoln
Hoover Is Not Fighting Crime, Writer Says
Andrew Tully argues that J Edgar Hoover and the FBI have not reduced crime despite rising rates and steady budget increases. He notes crime rose 25 percent per 100000 and total crimes 34 percent from 1957 to 1961 while FBI funding grew from 77 million in 1954 to about 130 million plus. The piece defends Hoover’s public service while urging accountability from Congress.
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Andrew Tully
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Indonesia
Bond Street
Broadway
Hoover
J. Edgar
United Press International
Law and Order
United States
Congress
Eisenhower
Kennedy
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Dave Felts
Salu
University of Ilinois
University of Illinois
Iinois
Boston
Sparta
White House
State Department
Aleksei I. Adzhubei
Khrushchev
France
Spain
Charles E. Kimbrough
Pope John XXIII
Gordo
Mississippi
Alabama
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