A Long Shot: Johnson Could Seemingly Be Next President
A speculative reader explains a legally possible chain of events where Kennedy loses Illinois, triggering a House decision for president that could yield Lyndon Johnson as president. If no electoral majority emerges, Senate selection for vice president would also favor Johnson, making him the likely outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Illinois
South
House of Representatives
Senate
Johnson
White House
Eliot’s Harvard Presidency and the Hall of Fame
Oliver Wendell Holmes once criticized Harvard Medical School, but Charles William Eliot reshaped Harvard into a leading university. His decades of reform boosted higher education and earned broad support for a Hall of Fame nomination, though he was not selected this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge
Holmes
Harvard
Charles William Eliot
New England
Harmony in Moscow as Joyce Flissler Receives Six Encores
New York violinist Joyce Flissler drew tremendous audience acclaim at a Moscow concert with six encores. The crowd's warmth suggested harmony between Americans and Russians, hinting at a hopeful end to the cold war through shared music and a mixed orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Flissler
New York
van Cliburn
Moscow
Kremlin
Illness as a life lesson for Joan Fontaine
Actress Joan Fontaine says a long illness cured her failure to value life and success. Fully recovered after two years of illness, she now prioritizes living over Hollywood treadmill pressures and urges energy and vitality for creativity and manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Fontaine
Miss Fontaine
Joan
Hollywood
Rising Castro Influence Sparks Latin American Unrest
The piece argues that Castroism and Communist support fuel recent upheavals across Latin America, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, and Colombia. It warns of growing revolutionary activity and predicts wider 1961 spread if Castro and Communists prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin America
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Venezuela
Bolivia
Castro
Jose Maria Lemus
Miguel Ydigoras
Romulo Betancourt
Colombia
U. S
Cuba
Dear Abby readers weigh in on fires and family rules
In this column of questions Abigail Van Buren addresses a sleep disrupted couple whose fire chases spark conflict, a Thanksgiving prayer disagreement between a child and parent, a wife upset by her husband’s ex-wife sending gifts, and a teen’s braces affecting popularity. Each brief item offers Abby's practical guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Ocean water touted as health aid by Dr Crane
Dr George W Crane claims daily tea spoonfuls of ocean water supply chemicals used by the body for bile insulin and thyroxine. He cites soil losses and a 1959 survey showing many chemicals nearly extinct, notes improved health in his patient and urges readers to obtain his booklets via the newspaper. A New Lexington man faces auto theft charges and a district Social Security office representative will visit Perry County on a set schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kromm
Florida
Earth
Mrs. Crane
Zanesville
Social Security
Perry County
William A. Cameron
Alfred Social Notes highlights a baby shower and Thanksgiving gatherings
The piece details a baby shower for Mrs. Janice Kuhn at the Methodist Church basement with gifts including a bassinette and decorations. It lists numerous attendees and hostesses, plus long lists of family visits and Thanksgiving dinners among the Swartz, Kuhn, Boyles, and Woode families across several towns and households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Janice Kuhn
Methodist Church
Mrs. Kuhn
Millard Swartz
Sandra
Gay Bentz
Beatrice Bentz
Janet Caldwell
Jo Ann Schultz
Grace Swartz
Grace Kuhn
Gladys Violet
Marlene Kuhn
Phyllis Newland
Osie Mae Follrod
Eleanor Boyles
Sue Woode
Iris Carr
Sibyl Darst
Genevieve Guthrie
Alma Swartz
Dorothy Hess
Isola Taylor
Beulah Schultz
Delores Hensley
Grace Darst
Bernice Swartz
Helen Woode
Pearl Randolph
Mildred Caldwell
Dinsmore Boyles
Starling Massar
Diana Lynn
Phillip Boyles
Brenda Annett
Richard Spencer
Timmy
Harold Parson
Parkersburg
Richard Swartz
Ravenna
Vernon Swartz
Belpre
Vere Swartz
Harold Swartz
Williamstown
Gerald Swartz
Marietta
Hobart Swartz
Follrod-Robinson
William Carr
Jewell Carr
Clair Woode
Charles D. Woode
Carrie Swartz
C. E Woode
Tuppers Plains
Florence Spencer
Vickie Lynn
Pennie
Ernest Taylor
Lloyd Dillinger
Eastern High School
Marlene Robinson
Camden Clark Memorial Hospital
Glen Robinson
Wil
Puckish Quotes on Missteps and Cold Jokes
A stream of humorous vignettes from Bennett Cerf 1960 notes New York Mayor Wagner on progress as clogged by old dirt roads becoming crowded by six car collisions. An exhausted Boston postman jokes about Fragile, while a New Englander recalls a winter bird misidentification and a misread robin sparrow with a chapped chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wagner
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Robeson Criticized as Anti American Public Figure
A column attacks Paul Robeson as an anti American propagandist and traitor for promoting Soviet views while traveling on an American passport. It condemns his statements about slavery and America and questions his rights as a citizen and artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Robeson
United States
U.s.sa
Australia
Robeson
Russia
America
Soviet Union
Otello
Congress
Perry County Pay Increases Take Effect In 1961
Perry County employees including auditor treasurer sheriff clerk of courts and others receive pay raises effective January 1 1961. Auditor from 45.93 to 53.00 dollars monthly. treasurer 45.00 to 49.50. sheriff 39.00 to 51.00. clerk of courts 39.00 to 52.00. recorder 39.00 to 49.00. commissioner 30.00 to 33.00. prosecuting attorney 39.00 to 43.00. engineer 63.00 to 69.50. coroner 10.00 to 11.00.
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Hal Boyle
Plaza
WM. Ryan
Luis
Somoza
Eisenhower
U. S. Navy
Air Force
Juan D. Peron
Peronistas
Arturo Frondizi
Hallo
Juggernaut Agency
BLUTZ
Thanx
B. Murray
Borden Ave
Montreal
Canada
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Doctor Crane
George W. Crane
New Lexington
John
Dyer
W. J. McClintock
Gene Grove Rambler Sales Room
Perry
Alfred Social Notes
Bur
Gregory
Delbert Yost
Sugar Grove
Tom Yost
Harry Guthrie
Harry Swartz
Alan
Johnny
Rex O’ Brien
Nancy
Larry O’brien
Letar Falls
Paul Eichinger
Paula June
Pomeroy
Boston Post Office
Boylston Street
Fragile
George Sokolsky
Paris
Lexington Army National
Mearl Kokensparger
Pleasant St
Mt. St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Ohio
W. A
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