Government Facsimile Mail Plans Stir Debate
The Post Office Department weighs a mail service using electronic letters potentially requiring vast public funds. Critics note government competition with Western Union, which has led in facsimile tech for decades and question public enterprise in a field long handled by private firms.
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Post Office Department
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Postal Service
New York Daily News
Election Law Change Needed to Protect Moving Voters
The general election saw nearly 70 million ballots cast and notes that 5 to 10 million citizens were disenfranchised due to residency rules after moving. Suggests federal or state reform to prevent mobility from denying presidential voting rights, citing an executive example of a moved wife blocked from voting after relocation.
Christmas shoplifting boom warned by police across nation
The piece notes a rising holiday theft risk as Christmas sales set to beat 1959 records. It cites FBI data showing shoplifting up 77 percent in five years and pocket picking surging 100 percent during Yule shopping. Advice includes keeping cash hidden, purses close, and storing gifts out of sight in a locked trunk.
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John Stewart
American Express Company
Anderson
Philadelphia
Opi
Philco
Indianapolis Loan Corp
Sheriff’s Office
Phila
Indianapolis
John Peters
Gs Seles
Ketel Evel
Abet
Sindee
Chonellae Ot Te Taian Hickey Commission
Robert DuComb
Wabash Loan Co
Indiana Finances Corp
Evansville
William Hendren
Wabash
Indiana
Joseph E. O'Daniel
Peters
Kennedy Eyes Changes to Presidential Press Conferences
The article notes President elect Kennedy plans to reform press conferences by potentially televising them live, allowing questions without prior identification, and varying timing to aid both morning and evening papers. It contrasts past practices under Eisenhower and Truman, and questions the impact on press access and public discourse.
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United States
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Eisenhower
Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Piesaeiss
Nixon Gets State Votes as Indiana Electors Cast Ballots
Indiana electors met in the statehouse to cast their votes for Nixon and Lodge. The ceremony delayed briefly as an absent elector was replaced. the electors were paid ten dollars plus travel allowances. Nixon led Kennedy by 97,382 votes in Indiana, signaling a Republican victory nationwide.
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Tratton
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E. Welsh
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Arthur
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John M
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Cater
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Robert Fink
Nixon
Law
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Washington
Charles
The Kennedy People Predictor Machine Revealed
Washington report details a secret "People Predict" computer used by Kennedy campaign strategists in 1960. The Simulatics device, funded by New York City Democrats, forecast voter responses from over 100,000 interviews to guide debate topics and policies.
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John F. Kennedy
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Alterna
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Thomas K. Finletter
Democratic National Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Nixon
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Senate
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Simulatios Corporation
William McPhee
Columbia
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Robert Abelito
Yale
Edward Green
Field
New York
White House
New York Herald
Bune Inc
U.S
Roper Public Opinion Research Center
Williams College
Utility Club Empowers County School Crossing Patrols
The Delco Remy Utility Men’s Club outfits Frankton Orestes Pendleton Elwood Lapel Summitville grade schools crossing guards with new yellow raincoats and hoods. President William E Chambers of Anderson says Louis Clemons and Robert Claus led the project, highlighting the club’s longstanding local industry involvement.
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Orestes
Pendleton
Elwood
Lapel
Summitville
Utility Men’s Club
Delco-Remy
William E. Chambers
Anderson
Louis Clemons
Robert Claus
Parents Should Charge for Room and Board From Working Children
A 1960s column argues teens employed full time should contribute to home costs, with waivers for summer college needs. It warns against parental waivers that teach juveniles to rely at home, citing examples of young adults spending pay on cars, clothes, and cigarettes while remaining dependents.
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Dr. Crane
Terry
Letter urges parents to charge grown children for living expenses
A reader column from Connecticut urged hard‑boiled parenting, arguing that grown offspring should pay for board and room. It cites personal anecdotes of bursitis linked to milk intake and says even wealthy parents should require payments to teach adults to support themselves, suggesting options like YMCA housing and strict rules.
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Connecticut
Terry
Bill
Aoe
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YMCA
YWCA
America
Instruments and bearings terms explained in brief
This piece lists navigational and surveying instruments such as azimuth circle barometer anemometer chronometer fathometer gyrocompass and pelorus with notes on their use for bearings wind, depth, and true directions. It also includes J M Roberts reflecting after weeks of campaign coverage noting many voters skipped the presidential vote while others chose other offices.
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J. M. Roberts
Associated Press
Telescope Tools Now In Smithsonian Exhibit
Smithsonian exhibit displays Henry Fitz era telescope maker tools. Fitz, born 1208 in New burysport Massachusetts, produced his first telescope in 1938. His shop instruments, loaned by Louise Fitzi Howell of Southold, are part of the museum display.
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Washington
Henry Fitz
Newburysport
Mass
Louise Fitzi J Howell
Southold
Smithsonian Institution
Fitz
New
New York Firm Wins Air Force Contract
New York based Corp. of America announced receipt of a multi million dollar Air Force contract to develop a complete COMETI Bicat ions system for the program. Boeing championed the project, with other firms involved in the program and merger talks noted in border clashes reports.
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New York
UPI
Radio
Corp. of America
Air Force
Boeing
Hamilton, Ohio
Airplane Co
Champion Paper & Fibre Co
Carpenter Paper Co
Wahden
Carpenter
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Israel
Syria
Sea of Galilee
Slovakia
Paradise gate sounds and music vows at service
Virgil Fox, organist, jokes about sounds at Paradise Gates before playing Cesar Franck. He quotes awe and promises to do his best, reflecting on performance at Anderson Church of God. John Nance Garner is misdated. he served long in public office, not 145 years.
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Cesar Franck
Anderson Church of God
John Nance Garner
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