Curtain of Cotton and Cooperation Bridges Racial Divide
An analysis argues against debt traps and predatory lending harming the poor and urges better education on credit. It discusses hoarding half dollars, Kennedy coins, and government silver policies. A Southern essay reflects on cotton's legacy, race relations, and the tearing of the cotton curtain as whites and Negroes begin to see each other as human beings in a shared South.
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Richard S. Yeoman
Whitman Publishing Company
Racine
Wis
Kennedy
Yeoman
Whitman
United States
Yeo
James Hammond
England
South
Christ
God
Paul
John
Task Force On Urban Design Seeks City Renewal
A New York City report led by William S. Paley urges major changes in urban design to curb environmental mediocrity. The 10 month study highlights the need for better street, house, and neighborhood design and warns that zoning alone cannot revive livability or attract federal funds. It calls for private enterprise backed by city leadership to create new landmark districts akin to Grand Central or Rockefeller Center.
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John V. Lindsay
William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
New York
Washington
Trisk Force
Grand Centrals
Rockefeller Centers
United States Market Share Rises in Switzerland
The United States increased its share of the Swiss market from 8.5 percent in 1965 to 9 percent in 1966, signaling growing American trade presence in Switzerland during the period.
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United States
College Group Names First Businessman Chairman
The Independent College Funds of America representing 510 private colleges has elected its first businessman as chairman. Dudley Dowell, president of New York Life Insurance Company, now leads the board, ending a line of college presidents. The ICFA is the nation’s largest fund raising group for private colleges, with 510 institutions and over 600,000 full time students across 39 associations.
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U.S
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New York Life Insurance Company
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