Convention View From An Easy Chair
A wry portrait of a national political convention with sleeping delegates and flashy favorite son speeches. The piece notes vote trading by delegations, vague nominating talks, and stagings that mix humor and bitterness as Kennedy is seen as a unifying yet divisive figure in the civil rights context.
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Symington
Collins
Florida
Mrs. Roosevelt
Kennedy
Harlem
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mississippi
Jim Eastland
Joe McCarthy
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Iowa Seeks 200 More State Highway Patrolmen
Des Moines AP Iowa needs 200 more state highway patrolmen to boost traffic safety. The report by State Safety Commissioner Donald Stat and Hal Kent cites 12 190 000 600 auto miles traveled and rural death rates, urging upgraded vision tests and mandatory vehicle inspections.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Donald Stat
Hal Kent
National Safety Council
Kennedy says there should be no red appeasement
Senator John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential hopeful, declares there is no appeasement with Khrushchev and warns that interference in American politics would boomerang. He states there is no Democratic or Republican way in dealing with the Soviet leader and urges firm resistance to communism.
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Kennedy
New York
John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev
Hearst
New York Journal-American
Fort Dodge school budget approved for 1960 61
The Fort Dodge Community School District approved a 2 581 368 budget for 1960 61 an increase of 68 729 over last year. The tax levy rises by .746 of a mill bringing the total millage to 57.49.
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Fort Dodge
Atlantic News-Telegraph Subscription Rates by Carrier
Subscription rates listed for Atlantic carrier, Cass and nearby counties, other Iowa areas, U S addresses, and Canada. Rates cover one month to one year with varying discounts for longer terms and location.
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Atlantic
Cass
Iowa
U. S
Canada
Kennedy-Humphrey talks dominate Democratic vice presidency chatter
Backstage debates over Kennedy running mate focus on Orville Freeman and Hubert Humphrey with labor leaders urging Humphrey. Meany Reuther and McDonald push for Humphrey while Freeman resists. Kennedy seeks liberal balance without pledging a 35 hour week. Powell campaigns against Kennedy among Black delegates. Sinatra caution noted.
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Los Angeles
Kennedy
Orville Freeman
Minnesota
Jack Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
West Virginia
Humphrey
Freeman
University of Minnesota
Humphrey- Freeman
Humphrey Nixes
Meany
Reuther
Alex Rose
The
Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers
Joe Keenan
Electrical Workers
Kennedy-Johnson
Kennedy-Symington
Kennedy-Humphrey
Rose
New York
Liberal Party
Adam Powell
Harlem
Labor
Keenan
Muriel
Senate
Sinatra
Peter Lawford
Frank Sinatra
Sammy Cahn
Jimmy van Heusen
Las Vegas
Vegas
Powell
Adam Clayton Powell
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP
Alabama
John Patterson
Sam Englehardt
White Citizens’ Council
Patterson
Little Rock
Ark
Just Folks By Edgar A Guest
The poem asserts a simple life of faith kindness and contentment as true duty. The speaker rejects grand ambitions preferring honest daily labor and humble service, hoping that mourners will remember a good friend rather than wealth or fame.
Soviet claim of proof on downed RB47 incursion
Moscow Radio said the Soviet government holds proof the July 1 RB47 reconnaissance plane violated Soviet air space and carried guns ammunition and intelligence gear. The broadcast aimed at North America referenced an American all weather patrol plane.
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London
Moscow Radio
North America
Gross faults 60 record of Congress and recess
Rep H R Gross blasts this year s record and the presidential nominating conventions recess as a do nothing circus led by Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn. He says adjournments from Thursday to Tuesday weakened Congress and contradicts January pledges of hard work. Pilot Polyakov awarded Order of the Red Banner for shooting down an American RB47.
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Rep
H. R. Gross
Rtown
Gross
Senate
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Texas
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Moscow
Vasily Polyakov
Disaster on a Mas Championship Hand Highlights a Five Club Bid
A historic contract bridge hand from 1984 shows North’s ill fated five clubs over Wests two hearts lead to a doomed heart contract. West counters by cashing A K Q and clubs then runs hearts to penalize declarer for 4400 points plus 100 honors totaling 4500 points.
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North
West
King
East
Acarcely
Bix
Declarer
Fat Intake Should Be Limited To Minimum
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen explains fats are needed but should not be a major part of a diet, especially for dieters. He notes fats warm the body and provide energy, but excess animal fats link to cholesterol deposits and heart disease. He also advises cutting fried foods and hidden fats while acknowledging meat and dairy contain fats. Age lowers fat needs and some populations with low fat intake show lower heart disease rates.
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Herman N. Bundesen
M. D
Italy
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Iowa corn crop expected to miss 1959 peak yield
Iowa forecasts 1960 corn crop at about 698.9 million bushels with 55 bushels per acre on 12.707 million acres. The total would be about 16 percent below 1959’s 830.3 million bushels, though planted acres hit a new high, surpassing last year by 126 thousand.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Holy Land Tour Planned for Rev Fred Rowley and Wife
Rev. Fred C. Rowley of Fort Madison and Mrs Rowley will depart New York August 10 for a two month 15 country Holy Land tour arranged by the Christian Herald. The party sails on the S S Hanseatic and visits France Switzerland Italy Egypt Syria Lebanon Israel Greece Austria Belgium Netherlands Germany and Cyprus and Rhodes before returning around October 10. In Israel they will see the Dead Sea Bethlehem Jerusalem Tel Aviv Nazareth Canaan of Galilee Tiberias Capernaum and Haifa.
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Fred C. Rowley
Fort Madison
Griswold
New York
Holy Land
Jesus Christ
Rowley
Santa Fe Methodist Church
The
Christian Herald
le Havre
France
Switzerland
Italy
Venice
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Israel
Greece
Austria
Belgium
Netherland
Germany
Cyprus
Rhodes
Dead Sea
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Nazareth
Canaan of Galilee
Tiberius
Capernaum
Haifa
New York City
Rev. Rowley
J. C. Rowley
Holton Moves Law Office to Anita From Atlantic
Anita resident and attorney E. S. Holton has moved his law office from Atlantic to Anita after operating there since 1931. He served six years as county attorney and recalls notable cases including the Cumberland bank robber conviction and a county treasurer embezzlement conviction.
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Anita
E. S. Holton
Atlantic
Holton
Cumberland
Search for kidnaped Graeme Thorne in woods fruitless
An intensive search of a wooded area north of Sydney for 8 year old Graeme Thorne, abducted on his way to school last Thursday, found a cap, raincoat, schoolbooks, and lunch parts eight miles north but yielded no sign of the kidnapper. Police believe the suspect may have been there recently.
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Graeme Thorne
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