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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1963
Page
6
MISSOULA Peace and harmony marked the June meeting of the Montana State University Regents. The session was brief and businesslike as commencement activities reduced controversial items. Near the end committees were named to screen acting and permanent MSU presidents with a July announcement anticipated.
The MSU board will reconvene in July to select an acting president with Gordon L. Doering chairing the acting-president group and Boynton G. Paige leading the search for a permanent president. President Newburn departs around July 15 and will be available for one more July board session in Helena.
The piece argues rapid racial integration in schools and civil rights extensions will reshape literature and drama. It foresees textbooks, advertising, novels, and plays reflecting diverse roles beyond white or subservient depictions and notes the 1963 shift toward fuller social inclusion and the challenges ahead.
The Vatican moves toward world engagement under Pope John XXIII, drawing unprecedented attention to the papal election. The Manchester Guardian notes a liberal conservative split among cardinals, with hopes for further reform while fearing reversals. The paper predicts the next pope will pursue John's global approach, possibly paving the way for a non Italian or mobile papacy.
German animal psychology students report in Allgemeine that male rattlesnakes fight for a female without using venom fangs. They contend the combat follows rules with no referee, is deadly earnest, and neither snake bites even while venom can kill quickly.
The item notes that The Standard Post is published seven mornings a week and is a member of Lee Newspapers of Montane, Inc.
French researchers report microbes that live on hydrocarbon mixtures can synthesize proteins and vitamins. Small scale experiments in a lab show rats and chickens fed microbial concentrates grow as well as those on normal rations. They foresee oil could supply a large protein and vitamin output and plan installations to accelerate production.
The writer argues Kennedy should cancel or delay his Europe visit due to the urgent U.S. racial crisis at home. He warns European turmoil and Vatican and German transitions make the trip ill timed, urging renewed moral persuasion and voluntary action to advance integration.
A letter page riffs on the glow of a red running light at Naval Training Center Clark Park and a recently installed green light. It moves to witty verse parodies about caretaker’s daughters, then shifts to nostalgic quips about a Take Care club song and possible new jingle ideas across various professions and eras.
American readers find the Lord Privy Seal a curious figure as Edward Heath stays in Britain to aid Prime Minister Macmillan amid the Christine Keeler and John Profumo scandal. The piece mocks the affair’s reach, mentions CIA speculations, and notes political figures urged restraint while joking about a Helen of Troy reference.
The Japanese, eager imitators of Western success, have become the world’s largest importer of United States raisins. They use 70 percent of raisin imports for enriched bread in Japanese bakeries, boosting California’s raisin industry while prompting questions about domestic production and future exports of Made in Japan raisins.
Ventura California based NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION announces a plan to spend 1500 dollars on equipment to spray mint scented perfume downwind of a sewage sump. Residents complained prompting tests of the apparatus which showed the mint scent can disguise objectionable odors using a method similar to household cooking odor sprays.
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