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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1960
Page
5
TOKYO AP describes changing greetings as Western handshakes rise eroding the traditional bow. The piece notes etiquette questions around bow depth and timing, including the risk of self abasement and social signaling. Hal Boyle writes while on vacation.
Wheat farmers face a Thursday referendum on the 1961 wheat price support plan. If quotas win by two thirds, price supports stay at 1.78 dollars per bushel with 7 percent parity for compliant growers. defeat drops supports to 50 percent parity and those over allotments lose all support. Penalties apply to excess plantings.
The 1960 presidential race opens with Sen. John F. Kennedy attacking Vice President Richard M. Nixon, signaling a rough campaign. Kennedy targets Nixon early, while Nixon faces pressure to respond and avoid giving ground on wartime distinctions and Communist fears. Lyndon B. Johnson is named as Kennedy’s running mate, and past campaign tactics by both parties are invoked as the race heats up.
Mary Hartman reports from Oberammergau Germany where villagers have staged the passion of Christ every ten years since 1633 to fulfill a vow. The town crafts superb Nativity scenes and wood carvings as tourists observe a labor of love. Mary and companion Sarah dodge light missteps in a humorous diary of travel through Munich and Europe with Nativity scenes in tow.
AP report details Senator Kennedy slipping from a hideaway above the Biltmore Hotel, descending a back fire escape, and returning before the roll call. Gargan recalls warning a friend about the vacant apartment near Mae West. Kennedy spoke with a TV, then excused himself to call his wife as California’s roll call began.
LA JOLLA California API Tom Lanphier quits a $90,000 post to challenge government policy. He reemerges amid claims the Eisenhower administration gambles with national safety by pricing defense projects. Lanphier, former vice president of General Dynamics, accuses broader contraction plans and cites past ties to Corsair-related ventures.
Washington AP reports that high altitude U2 flights have supplied science with data on global flows and potential nuclear war impacts. The high altitude sampling program over the Soviet Union and other regions was noted, with the Defense Department releasing a report and acknowledging the program's contributions despite suspension after May Day plane incidents.
An AP report notes that the long neglected North Atlantic Treaty Organization buildings in Paris will be torn down. Demolition began in February after a collapse in May caused the structures to be razed. The SATO headquarters previously stood at the Porte Dauphine near the Bois de Boulogne.
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