Papers, 1916-1963.

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Papers, 1916-1963.

Letters, memoranda, and reports related to Readers' Mail of the NEW YORK TIMES. Subjects include activities in the United Nations, particularly the Cuban Missile Crisis and John F. Kennedy; the Drew Pearson libel suit; civil rights and race relations in advertising; Zionism and Israel, particularly the trial of Adolf Eichmann; the NEW YORK TIMES libel case in Birmingham, Ala.; NEW YORK TIMES editorial positions; Times News Service; air pollution; and non-interference with other papers' editorials.

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Dryfoos, Orvil E. (Orvil Eugene), 1912-1963

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United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

New York Times Information Service

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969

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Journalist. From the description of Papers of Drew Pearson, 1947-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74986025 Andrew Russell "Drew" Pearson (1897-1969) was a journalist who traveled extensively as a foreign correspondent for several newspapers, including the Baltimore Sun. In 1931, Pearson and Robert S. Allen anonymously co-authored a book entitled Washington Merry-Go-Round, with gossip about the Washington, D.C. higher-ups, President Herbert Hoover, and Congress. In 1932, ...

New York Times (Firm)

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Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962

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German Nazi official tried in Jerusalem for extermination of Jews during World War II. From the description of Adolf Eichmann trial excerpts, 1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867367 Biographical/Historical Note German Nazi official tried in Jerusalem for extermination of Jews during World War II. From the guide to the Adolf Eichmann trial excerpts, 1961, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...