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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Middle East review was believed to have focused on the bitter argument between Iraq and the United Arab Republic, which has raised tensions throughout the entire area. Top American officials are known to favor a strict hands-off policy toward this quarrel...
...nations, explaining "We must learn to compromise and live with our neighbors in peace if we are to avoid total destruction." He also contended, "the world should attempt to "secure the right of every individual to live peacefully wherever he wants," rather than segregate Jews in a particular geographic area...
...Krals' "isolationist" attitude will not help anyone, least of all Tommy. I believe Mrs. Kral could contribute something to the world by teaching her son to respect the law. Perhaps she could really help Tommy and others like him by starting a school for "gifted" children in their area...
Hawaii: subtropical archipelago of 20 volcano-born islands (only eight are inhabited), 2,400 miles west of San Francisco, 6,435 sq. mi. in area (size of Rhode Island and Connecticut together), spread over 1,600 mi. of the mid-Pacific. Included in the 50th state: inhabited islands of Hawaii, Oahu, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Kauai, Niihau. Mean temp. 74°, annual precipitation ranging from a low of 14 in. on the moonlike volcanic coast of the "Big Island" of Hawaii to the U.S.'s highest of 471 in. on the lush island of Kauai. Agricultural economy ($302 million...
Believing that the state's troubles lay primarily in its concentrated industry rather than in liberal economic measures, Williams, Walter Reuther, and Louis Miriani, the mayor of Detroit, asked for a $380 million federal area redevelopment bill to broaden the base of the economy...