Facts of Life essay on world wealth and inequality
A four paragraph essay by Henry Smith Leiper is reprinted, with Paul Talbot’s commentary and Bill Duckworth’s forwarding note. It uses a 1000-person town analogy to illustrate global income disparity and racial makeup, noting Americans’ share of income and life expectancy compared with others.
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Henry Smith Leiper
Paul Talbot
United Business Service
Bill Duckworth
Clovis
USA
Dallas High School Married Student Trends in the 1950s
The piece notes rising numbers of married pupils in Dallas area high schools from 1953 to 1959, then a 1959 law requiring parental consent and a three day wait. After these changes, Dallas married students dropped from 480 to 258 by May of the following year. Talks of restricting activities and a special school for married students are mentioned.
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Dallas
PTA Council
Texas
Kennedy Fortune, Pop and Politics Spark 1948 Insight
The column notes Joe Kennedy's wealth and influence as he backs son Jack Kennedy for president. It cites estimates up to 400 million dollars from real estate liquor profits and Wall Street, plus AFL-CIO funds and political leverage. Mundt questions Jack’s candidacy timing while broader topics touch on crops and drainage.
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Harry Truman
Drew Pearson
Joe Kennedy
Jack
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Wall Street
Afl-Cio
Johnson claims Kennedy losing votes in contest
San Francisco AP says Lyndon Johnson asserts Kennedy has lost more votes in the past week than he gained in primaries. Johnson notes Kennedy's dwindling delegate tally and suggests delegates tire of headlines. Johnson speaks en route to Los Angeles convention.
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San Francisco
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
Texas
Massachusetts
Johnson
California
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Chicago
Washington
Johnson Criti
More May Come Today
Amarillo area records 1.67 inches in 24 hours raising year to date above long term. Forecast calls for light rain and scattered thundershowers, with Clovis shopping down and downtown flooding noted. Levelland evacues 18 Negro families as 6.87 inches fall. Wilson reports 16.50 inches, historic for South Plains.
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Amarillo
Clovis
Levelland
Wilson
Slaton
South Plains
Lubbock
Amarillo Street Flooding Causes Up To 15000 Damage
Monsoon flooding along Terrace Drive and Martin Road in Amarillo caused PBS to close Martin Road as water filled streets and flooded yards. City officials estimate repairs may total from 10 000 to 15 000 dollars while drainage problems are investigated by John De Shazo and Le land Nelson.
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Amarillo
John DeShazo
Leland Nelson
Martin Road
Martin Lake
Gene Howe Park
Terrace Drive
Duniven Lake
C. L. Duniven
Worker Dies In Gypsum Storage Bin At Acme Plant
Grover McNeal 22 of Quanah suffocated in a gypsum storage bin at Bestwall Gypsum Company Plant Acme five miles west of Quanah. He fell into the bin between 4 30 and 6 p m and was found upright about 6 30 p m. efforts to revive him failed. Services will be announced. He is survived by his wife, mother, brother, and niece and nephew.
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Quanah
Grover McNeal
Bestwall Gypsum Company
Acme
McNeal
Knowles Funeral Home
Kirkland
W. C. McNeal
San Angelo
W. C. McNeal Jr
Americans Flee Cuba Amid Tanker Arrival and Castro Warning
As 19 Soviet tankers head to Cuba with Russian crude, many Americans depart the island fearing seizure of property and Castro declaring the United States in a “frenzy of hate.” Major firms like General Electric move families out while others follow suit. few executives remain as depopulation widens.
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API
Cuba
Fidel Castro
The
United States
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Eisenhower
Revolucion
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General Electric Company
U.S
Cuban Electric Company
Cuban Telephone Company
Texaco
Esso
Shell
Baseball Scores and Postponements Across Texas and Nationwide
Weather delayed Tulsa at Amarillo and game postponed due to rain. San Antonio beat Austin 6 to 5 in 10 innings. Victoria routed Rio Grande Valley 6 to 2 in 13 innings. National League results include Pittsburgh over Cincinnati 3 to 2 and Milwaukee 2 Philadelphia 0. Los Angeles defeated Chicago 7 to 2, St. Louis 8 San Francisco 4. American League notes: Chicago 9 Cleveland 3. New York 6 Baltimore 3. Washington 6 Boston 5 4. Detroit 6 Kansas City 3.
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Amarillo
San Antonio
Austin
Victoria
Rio Grande Valley
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Cleveland
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Boston
Detroit
Kansas City
Cuban sugar crackdown sparks official radio blast
The government radio attacked President Eisenhower for Cuba sugar policy during the day. No unscheduled anti American demonstrations followed. The Revolucion paper warned Ike against threatening Cuba with Marines calling them pretty boys who do not scare anyone.
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Revolucion
Cuba
U.S
Leghorn Lament in Weather War Over Libel Suit
An El Paso humor item features a layabout leghorn complaining about rain and court woes. The feathered narrator mocks weather and neighbors while hinting at a libel suit and a household quarrel.
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EL Paso
Bushers Problems With Wife Cited In Ring Lardner Piece
News column notes misfortunes surrounding the Bushers near a crisis stage in Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al on Page 3. The item references a feature by the author and its humorous framing within the daily paper.
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the Busher
Ring Lardner
Oklahoma
Orville Howard
Daily News
Mexico Party Sides With Cuba Amid U.S. Crisis
Emilio Sánchez Piedra, spokesman for Mexico's ruling party, told cheering Mexican Congress members that Mexico would side with Cuba in the escalating U S Cuban crisis. He spoke for the Party of the Revolution.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Cuba
Emilio Sanchez Piedra
Party of Rev
Crossroads Report Slam on Defense Spending Critique
Dear Editor notes frequent claims that the U S must spend more on defense to deter Russia. The writer mocks dramatic Pentagon praise and jokes that even navy buyers pay 21 dollars for 25 cent lamp sockets, suggesting wasteful spending. Signed E Scott Wellington.
Weather outlook for Amarillo region and nearby areas
Cloudy cool start with light rain and scattered thundershowers this morning. Temperatures rise to near 78 in Amarillo and 75 to 85 across Northwest Texas. New Mexico sees cloudy skies with intermittent rain east of the Rio Grande and scattered storms later today. Precip total to 6 p.m. yesterday was 1.67 inches.
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Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Five Die in Riots As Italy Faces Civil War Threat
Rioting in Reggio Emilia and elsewhere leaves five dead and over 200 police wounded. Premier Tambroni accuses world communism of fomenting unrest as a 10 hour general strike is called by the Confederation of Italian Labor.
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Italy
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Reggio Emilia
Tambroni
Chamber of Deputies
Communist Party
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