Stormy Petrel Jim Lane A Western Front Icon
Jim Lane rose from prewar Kansas free soil battles to join the Senate and lead a Frontier Guard in the White House East Room by Lincoln's approval. He commanded a Negro regiment, scorched earth tactics on the Kansas front, and was named a terror equal to Quantrell before dying by suicide in Washington after a tumultuous postwar career.
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Jim Lane
Western Front
William Quantrell
Missouri-Kansas
Free Soil
Kansas
Lane
United State Senate
White House
Lincoln
Booter
Beelzebub
Quantrell
Kansas City
Washington
Election registration trends hint at Kennedy edge in 1960 states
New York registration shows Democrats 3,768,000 vs Republicans 3,394,000 and Liberals 99,000, with Democrats plus Liberals ahead by 473,000 and Kennedy leading by about 400,000. Similar margins in Pennsylvania and Connecticut foreshadowed Kennedy wins. California and Maryland remained less predictable. The piece notes limits of polls and speculates on White House nicknames and odd claims about aerosol cans for catsup.
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Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
California
Maryland
Fraud and Treason Across The United States
FBI exposes a 14 million dollar insurance swindle in Indianapolis’s Army Finance Center with forged premium authorizations. Secretary Hodges warns of more scandals in American business. Interior agents foil an oil import tax evasion scheme in Brownsville by routing油 across the border to dodge duties. Moral breakdown risks democracy and calls for individual reform.
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Indianapolis
Army Finance Center
FBI
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hodges
Brownsville
Tex
Interior Department
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Laos
Africa
Songwriter Led Push Against Inventory Tax Reform
Bernie Williams, writer of Somebody Stole My Gal, heads U.S. Voters & Taxpayers, Inc. in a drive to repeal inventory taxes. He argues repeal boosts small business buying power, lowers consumer prices, and could offset tax losses with higher state revenue. 16 of 20 states have repealed, with four more considered.
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Bernie Williams
Williams
U.S
Story Teller Jim Bishop Reflects on a Ship's Whistle
Jim Bishop recalls New York sounds from his hotel window as the liner United States backs out for Le Havre and Bremerhaven. He uses the whistle and memory to weigh past, present, and the pull of farewell, finding solace and sorrow in the city’s ceaseless roar.
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New York
Damon Runyon
Hudson River
42Nd Street
United States
le Havre
Southampton
Bremerhaven
Elinor
Ambrose Light
Anderson
Manhattan
Carom
Weehawken
Dear Abby Advice From a Farm to a Wedding Ring
A collection of Abigail Van Buren columns touching on farm sense versus 'psy-cow-logist' ideas, a mother's tale of a problematic daughter who becomes accomplished after estrangement, corsage etiquette, and a note that true achievement is aristocracy. Abby invites letters to Box 3365 Beverly Hills.
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Abby
Beverly Hills
Calif
Doctor Crane Explains 5th Amendment Rights and Defense
Attorney Luis Kutner praised for freeing over 1000 wrongfully convicted people while Dr. Crane stresses the 5th Amendment safeguards. He warns against police tactics that induce waivers and self incrimination, urging public understanding and legal rights education.
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Luis Kutner
Chicago
Horatius
Dr. Crane
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf Anecdote
A hi fi enthusiast and railroad sound aficionado tours Europe with equipment. An offended passenger complains from a neighboring cabin during a mid ocean voyage. The lighthearted piece captures travel whimsy in a 1961 Bennett Cerf humor column.
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Sy Bennett Cerf
Blade
Duquesne
Ruesne
Beau Aguesne
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Four OSU graduates win $500 grants from anonymous donor
Four Ohio University graduate students pursuing doctorates receive $500 grants from a $2000 total donated recently by an anonymous former student. Recipients are Madalene R. Barnett of Dayton Pa speech Charles L Bernitt of Dayton Ky chemistry Jack J Carmichael of San Jose Calif education and Mervyn R Van der Lind of Grand Rapids Mich physics. Kenneth Allen Simpson son of Mr and Mrs Chester Simpson Chauncey was fined 5 dollars and costs in Juvenile Court on a State Highway Patrol charge of operating an auto with insufficient brakes and his driving rights were suspended for 30 days.
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Ohio University
Madalene R. Barnett
Dayton
Daniel L. Bernitt
Jack J. Carmichael
San Jose
Calif
Mervyn R van der Lind
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kenneth Allen Simpson
Chester Simpson
Chauncey
State Highway Patrol
Cuban debate will not die down says George Sokolsky
Sokolsky argues Cuba dominates U S discussion, warns of public anger, suggests publishing Khrushchev letter to Kennedy, notes risk of escalation if the U S defers action, and urges clear rationale from Kennedy and a real CIA and State Department reform. He compares Roosevelt and Kennedy popularity and stresses accountability and leadership in facing Cuba.
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Cuba
Khrushchev
Kennedy
United States
Russia
Berlin
Key West
Fulbright
State Department
Laos
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
John Kennedy
Mussolini
Duce
Hitler
Stalin
Writing to the Editor Encourages Wholesome Debate
The editor urges parents and youths to write letters disagreeing or commending. He notes few sign with full names, but encourages unsigned letters if within decency. He argues letters build writing skill and healthy controversy and asks for printed names and addresses when possible. A NEA Bulletin Q A covers urban elementary class sizes.
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U. S
NEA Bulletin
Canton Residents Donates Million to Wittenberg University
Springfield report says Harold O. Thomas a retired manufacturer inventor of the car front seat adjuster and his wife and mother in law Mrs Sara D Krieg turned over a one million dollar fortune to Wittenberg University.
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Springfield
Wittenberg University
Canton
University
Harold O. Thomas
Sara D. Krieg
The Athens Messenger Issued Weekly and Sunday Editions
The Athens Messenger lists pricing for single weekly copies and mail delivery across Athens Ohio and surrounding areas. It notes second class mail status and delivery options, with reference to W.O.K.S. and associated rates.
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Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Pry
Onto & W. Va
Possessions Daily
Suntey
Athena
Ohio
Assocli
Mail the Messenger Publishing
Union St
Athens
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