Editorials on politics and the coming convention season
The piece surveys Washington political life as conventions loom. It notes Democratic and Republican maneuvers around Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn, questions over postponing Congress, the Weather Bureau's index shifts, and previews a pitched campaign by Nixon and a Democratic nominee. The tone anticipates an era of intense political activity and a potential Senate clash.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
GOP
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Tae Lyndon
Sam Will
Los Angeles
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Nixon
Productivity drives economic growth in 1950s policy view
The analysis explains how hourly output, or productivity, shapes jobs, profits, prices, and goods supply. It notes a four percent rise last year with an average three percent annual growth since 1947, and contrasts calls for faster growth with steady growth that minimizes cycles and taxpayer strain.
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New York
API
U.S. Treasury
Reds
Baytown Sun Personnel and Publishing Notes
Newspaper listing shows staff roles at The Baytown Sun with editors publishers managers and office contacts. It lists Baytown Texas origin and mentions advertising, circulation, and nationwide representation by Nip er Representatives.
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Associated Prebh
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and
Astbel
Baytown
Texas
Backroom talks on 1960 vice presidential plans unfold
Drew Pearson reports secret discussions in Los Angeles and Washington where Humphrey resisted Kennedy pressure and urged Johnson to back McCarthy or Symington for vice president. He disclosed Minnesota Governor Freeman faced a tough choice between a fourth term and VP bid, while Johnson sought 31 Minnesota votes to defeat Kennedy.
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Drew Pearson
Los Angeles
Washington
United States
Sen
Ubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Earle Clements
Kentucky
Johnson
Bobby Baker
Kennelly
Sen. Humphrey
Sen. Kennedy
West Virginia
Humphrey
Tran
Senate
Gene McCarthy
Minnspapermen
Stu Symington
Kennedy
Orville Freeman
Formce
Orville
Gover
Freeman
McCarthy
Farm Bell
Know Your Bridge Safety Plays and 3NT Contradictions
Article on bridge safety plays by B Jay Becker discusses approaches to handling 4-1 club splits, planning to lose only one club trick, and the critical play sequence after a spade lead. It analyzes how declarer judges possible distributions to avoid doomed contracts and illustrates a key winning club play with West and East misfits. The piece emphasizes understanding, not memorization, of safety play concepts.
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Simmles
West
East
Weat
South
Dummy
Wast
Keput
Toe Syndicate
Ime
Today in History and Trivia Quiz Highlights
On this date in 1916 the German submarine Deutschland entered American waters via Norfolk harbor during World War I. In 1921 the Spanish flag lowered at St Augustine as the US flag was raised. Birthday notes honor Clarence Campbell and Dorothy Fhampton. A poetry quiz, pole of fame, and riddles mix with a future forecast and a daily crib of trivia and answers.
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Deutachland
Aimercan
Norfolk Harbor
St. Augustine
U.S
Clarence Campbell
Dorothy Fhampton
Jake LaMotta
Washington Diplomacy and the Geneva Walkout
Washington's view on the Geneva disarmament walkout focuses on Khrushchev's internal motives, Soviet propaganda tradeoffs, and the impact on U S positions. The piece discusses internal Bucharest talks, disengagement fears, and the potential for Sino Soviet tensions shaping Western responses. It notes the Labor Department's start of audits under the Landrum Griffin Act and reports filed by unions.
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Washington
Geneva
Britain
France
United States
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
United Nations General Assembly
Eisenhower
Bucharest
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslavia
Rumania
Bulgaria
West
Ini Russell
Cyrus Eaton
U.S
Great Britain
Andrei Gromyko
Red China
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Television Log Mixed Daytime and Evening NBC Schedule
A fragmented TV schedule lists daytime serials and evening programs across networks. Notable entries include Guiding Light Search For Tomorrow Love Of Life The Edge of Night and The Tonight Show style segments and news anchors Dan Rather and Douglas Edwards News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiding Light
American Bandstand
People’s Choice
Kitlick's Party
San Francisco
Dan Rather
Newa
Woody Woodpecker Almanac
Chandler Sports
NBC News
Douglas Edwards
Try and Stop Me HE MIRACLE WORKER Broadway clash plot note
A press report describes the Broadway hit The Miracle Worker as featuring a dramatic confrontation between Anne Bancroft and a 10 year old Patt Thika with plates and silverware flying on stage. A water splatter incident leads the house manager to joke about bibs for the audience.
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Miracle Worker
Anne Bancroft
Patt Thika
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