Ford Prophecy on Washington Fails in Modern American Life
Wes Izzard reflects on Henry Ford’s 1934 views and how, over 25 years, reliance on legislation and government has grown. The piece contrasts tax changes from 1934 to 1959, shifts in education, and a cotton market disrupted by price controls, arguing Ford’s self reliance did not match the era's dependence on state action.
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United States
MR. Ford
America
MacGuffey
Wes Izzard
City Budget Cuts Hours for Police and Fire Increases for Most Staff
City employes will receive either pay bumps or reduced hours beginning Oct 1 as the City Commission approves about 70 000 in raises within an 8 million dollar budget for 1959 60. Police and firemen will have hours cut under Hazlewood Bill.
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Don Boyett
Daily News
City Commission
Hazlewood
N. V. Moss
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Castro Appears in Cienfuegos Crowd After City Carnival
Prime Minister Castro told a cheering crowd in central Cuba that a revolution is smashed and urged calm. He spoke briefly from a mayoral balcony, then returned to bed, as speculation rose about conspirators landing in the island’s center.
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Fidel Castro
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Navy
Hermes Carballo
Las Villas
Cienfuegos
Castro
House approves landrum griffin labor reform bill
The House backed the Landrum Griffin labor reform bill by a 229 to 201 vote, signaling strong presidential support to curb union abuses. The setback for Democrats and organized labor came as Eisenhower praised the action and urged final passage in Congress.
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Eisenhower
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Gettysburg
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John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
McCormack
Arthur E. Summerfield
William P. Rogers
Capitol
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
House Labor Committee
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Louisiana voters weigh Governor Long’s sanity
The article examines Governor Long’s mental state as part of a multi part series on his shaky political influence, with analysis featured on page 29.
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Louisiana
Gov. Long
Tottering
Satellite Discovery Elates Air Force in New Orbit Test
Vandenberg launches a 1700 pound Discoverer satellite into a polar orbit using RJ-1 fuel. It completes a 94 minute orbit reaching 450 miles high and 136 miles low, with signals heard from Alaska and a nose capsule to be recovered near Hawaii.
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Broken Dozer Delays Sop-Up at Alaska Beer Cache
In Gambell near Anchorage an Army beer cache on St Lawrence Island stalls cleanup after a bulldozer breakdown slows disposal of about 7 000 cases burned in 1957. Army plans to finish within about 10 days barring a crisis as youths probe the cache amid official destruction orders.
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Anchorage
Alaska
St. Lawrence Island
Bering Sea Island
Gambell
Fense Department
NAACP Leader in Little Rock Appeals to Eisenhower
Arkansas NAACP president Mrs. L C Bates asked President Eisenhower for protection after state police arrested her house guard Isaac Mullen a deputy sheriff Dr Garman Freeman a dentist and Ellis Thomas Sr for carrying concealed weapons. The four students in her integrated school attended classes without disturbance. Police in plain clothes used a Georgia plate car in the arrest, Mullen not charged due to his deputy status.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Arkansas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Eisenhower
FBI
Isaac Mullen
L. C. Bates
NAACP
Garman P. Freeman
Ellis Thomas Sr
Baseball scores from Texas and major leagues
Tulsa 7 Austin 4 in the lone Texas League game. Washington 5 New York 2 and Chicago 9 Detroit 0 with only games listed in the American League. Chicago 20 San Francisco 9 and Los Angeles 7 St. Louis 6 Cincinnati 9 Milwaukee 8 in the National League.
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Kennedy Says Compromise Hard But Will Try
Senator John F. Kennedy, leading sponsor of the Senate bill, told reporters that while a compromise now would be difficult, he will strive to reach one because he believes it should be pursued.
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Civil Service
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
House
Trailers Third and Final Report On Amarillo Mobile Homes
The third and final installment of the Amarillo mobile home story appears today on page 13.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Family Members Die In Okla Car Crash
Two cars collided head on near Crowder Oklahoma about 7 40 p m killing Walter G Harris 106 B Skyline Pleasant Valley and his son a two or three year old child Also killed were Billy F Walters Lamesa and Doyle Houston Dixon Indianola Oklahoma Patsy Ruth Harris wife and another young son were injured in critical condition at McAlester General Hospital The Harris car was southbound and Walters northbound when the pass attempt caused the collision on US Highway 69 authorities said
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Amarillo
Crowder
Oklo
McAlester General Hospital
Walter G. Harris
106 B. Skyline
Pleasant Valley
Billy F. Walters
Lamesa
Doyle Houston Dixon
Indianola
McAlester Hospital
Harris
Patsy Ruth
McAlester
New Mexico Governor Cleanses Calls for Special Session
Gov Burroughs of New Mexico refuses to call a special session. Critics stage political noise as details are reported by Will Harrison of Santa Fe, special correspondent for The Daily News, on page 29.
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Gov. Burroughs
New Mexico
Will Harrison
Santa Fe
The
Daily News
Real Fussy Dear Editor on Eisenhower holiday stance
A Wellington reader weighs in criticizing those who opposed federal workers getting Friday off when a holiday fell on Saturday. The letter labels such critics as reactionary and calls the laboring workers’ time off a reasonable perk.
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Pres. Eisenhower
Weather Snapshot for Amarillo and Nearby Cities 1959
Reading at 3 p.m. Thursday shows Amarillo with 18 MPH winds and 15 miles visibility under partly cloudy skies. Data also covers Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City with wind speeds 14 MPH and visibility 15 miles partly cloudy in Houston and Dallas, fair in Oklahoma City.
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Dallas
Fair Okla
City
Court Rules For Airman Fuentes Granted New Trial
New Mexico Supreme Court grants Michael Fuentes a new trial after evidence showed co witness Joseph Points admitted perjury. Fuentes, 19, Brooklyn, is serving 3 to 25 years for a Melrose Service Station robbery in Sept. 7 while in the Air Force. Dist Judge E T Hensley Jr. will rule on the motion.
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N.M
New Mexico Supreme Court
Michael Fuentes
Brooklyn
Fuentes
Dee C
Blythe
David Norvell
Supreme Court
E. T. Hensley Jr
Portales
Points
Irvin S. Moise
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Daily News Index
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