Knowledge revolution spurs surge in education and information
Scholars surveyed describe the information revolution driven by schools, publishing, communications, and media. The 1963 value of the knowledge industry nears 195 billion dollars with 24 million employed, while education spending climbs from 3.1 billion in 1942 to an estimated 75 billion in 1975.
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Fortune Magazine
Fritz Machlup
Princeton University
Gilbert Burck
Machlup
America
Burck
How To Keep Well Sulfamylon For Burns
Sulfamylon developed at Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio is applied like butter to burn surfaces and reportedly lowers mortality from 50 to 29 percent in serious cases. The antiseptic delays infection and is nicknamed Lindberg's butter after the discoverer. About 70,000 yearly hospital burn treatments occur, with many severe injuries among children from scalds, boiling water, or hot grease. Regular exercise may delay aging.
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Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Rex
High Altitude Effects and Burn Injury Facts
This piece discusses how high altitude causes breathlessness, burns classification, and recovery steps. It covers first to third degree burns, clothing’s role, infection risk, skin grafts, and hospital care. Also touches on pregnancy-related vascular changes and the unreliability of vitamins for vision.
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van Dellen
Jottings From Yesteryear Reflects Local Civic News
Morris Frock Post of the American Legion names officers with John R. Tenney as commander and Howard B Owen as vice president. Greencastle hosts talks between Pa Highway Dept and Pa Railroad about a stuck bridge north of town. Multiple community roles updated include Dr CV Akin being sent to New Orleans to aid plague response and Paul Butterfield becoming hospital pathologist. A chain of local honors includes J Loyd Narshavan as grand master of Hagerstown Forest No. 95 and Wanda Keller crowned Maryland’s 4H winner in Chicago.
Voice of the People on unions and wage costs in industry
A letter from Frank Rottier of Greencastle Pa denounces unionism and demand for higher wages as fueling inflation and high costs. He argues modern markets, not strikes, sustain prosperity and warns of poverty in Appalachia due to unions driving prices beyond consumers.
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Mack Truck
Mack Tracks
Suburbia
Appalachia
Soll Bank
Tully
Frank Rottier
Greencastle
Three Minutes A Day REDS HAGGLE WHILE FOREST BURNS
Soviet officials faced embarrassment as a forest fire near Moscow raged for hours with no action. Tavestia reported the fire and noted local authorities failed to respond despite repeated calls, illustrating reluctance to assume responsibility beyond personal concerns. The piece ends with a moral plea for accepting rightful responsibility.
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Moscow
Tavestia
Christ
What Ails GOP Its Goldwater Recovery Hope
William S. White argues the GOP exaggerates its illness and misreads its prospects. He says the party failed by nominating Barry Goldwater and a flawed ticket, and needs two Congresses of responsible centrist policy and solid, moderate presidential hopefuls to recover, not rely on a new committee or panic.
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Washington
Tim Revpublican
G.O.P
GOP
Congress
Dean Burch
Republican Nations Committee
Barry Goldwater
America
Goldwater
Republican Party
William, Miller
Democratic Party
Lyndon Johnson
Strom Thurmond
Adam Clayton Powell
Republican National Committee
Davight Eisenhower
Johnson Eyes Political Economic Deal on Viet Nam With Soviet Union
Washington talks between Rusk and Gromyko covered more than unpaid UN assessments. Johnson seeks a political economic settlement with China and North Vietnam to end the Viet Cong insurgency and withdraw U S forces, while urging inclusion of Viet Cong into a unity government. The plan relies on Moscow Beijing Hanoi good offices and new diplomatic tools. Ambassador Taylor warned of a siege in Saigon and questioned appeasing pro neutralist groups. The White House weighs expansion options or a negotiated ceasefire to resolve the crisis.
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Washington
Tusk
Gromyko
Johnson
Rusk
China
Viet Nam
U.S
Gromyvko
Kremlin
Peking
Hanoi
National Security Council
NSC
McGeorge Bundy
White House
South Viet Nam
Moscow
Security Council
Maxwell Taylor
Taylor
Saigon
State Department
New South Viet Nam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington: First Hand View of WW II From a Japanese Prison
A December 1941 confession from a U.S. prisoner detailing six months of solitary confinement at Nishi Sugamo in Tokyo. He describes interrogation, a six month trial, and a bid for exchange via the Gripsholm while reflecting on Japanese bureaucracy and wartime cruelties.
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Washington
Tokyo
United States
Tokyo Railio
Pearl Harbor
Nishi Sugamo
Idura
Sioca F
Japan
Wall Street Journal
Gripsholm
U.S
Asia
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