Editorials: Tax shifts and electoral college critique
National tax data show local property taxes nearly doubling over a decade with 1951 per capita collections around $49 and state taxes near $2.40. The piece argues local property tax remains the main revenue source despite new state revenue streams and critiques the Electoral College as a misnamed body, noting direct voter choice has supplanted elector directives. It condemns federal spending growth and warns of socialism’s cost, calling for drastic fiscal restraint to prevent national decline.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
California
Michigan
Texas
Tax Foundation
Reverend Clyde Foltz Impresses At School Dinner
Sun slants Clyde Foltz scores 4 as Rev Foltz speaks in best voice at a school trustee dinner. Principal Sparks recalls his assembly hit with students and older crowds. Readers joke about church schedules and head examinations in a playful local column noting politics and Korea as an issue.
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Clyde Foltz
Clyde Folt
Clyde
R. B. Sparks
Foltz
Resentment cited over Korean War drafting in 1960 election
Fred Hartman notes broad American discontent with Korea war conduct and draft policy, predicting a Democratic defeat on Nov 4 as voters express non-patriotic stance fears. He cites war weariness after 30 months of “police action” and mentions notable Baytown ties to the World Series setup and local fans.
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Acheson Foreign Poli
Korea
Gov. Stevenson
Tim
Indo-China
Tacment
Ernie Bower
Nan
New York
Baytown
Jack Jacobs
Jack
Joe Ludka
KREG
New York Yankee
Yankee Stadium
Jacobs
New York Yankees
New York Giants
Thesaytuws Sun, Inc
Pearce
Ashbe
Texas
Fred Hartman
Syd S Gould
Beulah Mae Jackson
Eosss
Warren Edwards
Armed Services
Texas Daily Press League
Congress
Shortest path tale from Milwaukee strike coffee time
A Milwaukee dispatch describes AFL truck drivers on strike at a wholesale grocer. Despite the walkout, company executives invite pickets to their daily coffee breaks, turning labor strife into a shared social moment before the tastier consequences unfold.
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Milwaukee
Wis
AFL
Amicable edge in disputes and a coffee cup cure
The writer recalls poster picketing and peaceful settlements in labor conflicts, arguing most grievances resolve through dialogue. A humorous anecdote about two feuding aunts over kaffee klatsch and apple strudel underlines the theme that shared tea or coffee can mend rifts. A bakery nearby Danbury is noted for Russian coffee cake, and the author jokes about inviting Stalin for tea with a samovar.
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Danbury
Stalin
Walter Donnelly New U S Commerce Official
Walter Donnelly, once a youth with easy charm, has risen to a high post as U S commissioner to Germany. At 56 he brings decades in the U S Department of Commerce as a commercial agent, trade commissioner, and commercial attaché to South America and Panama, shaping postwar policy.
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Walter Donnelly
U- 5
Germany
Donnelly
Georgetown University
Tagk
George Washington University
University of Caracas
Venezuela
U. S. Department of Commerce
South America
Panama
Inter
U.S
Austria
Berlin
New Haven
Conn
Justified by Faith in Galatians Verse
A brief biblical line notes that no one is justified by law in God's sight and that the righteous live by faith from Galatians 3 11. This compact reflection centers on faith over works as the path to righteousness.
Baytown News and Advertising Details and Notices
Newspaper text furnishes rates for subscriptions, staff credits, and postal classifications alongside a feature on Walter Donnelly and a female cosmetics direct selling tale. It also highlights a Vietnam era style motivational call to sales excellence and competition shaping professional standards.
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Mrs X
Mrs. X
SMU
Idea Born Blimps Spawn Gadget To Eat Corn
Washington reports a long odd tale of Jean Rosendahl of Toms River New Jersey who patented a corn roller shaped like half an ear of corn. The device carries butter salt and pepper to keep fingers clean. After years of legal fights she won a patent royalty recovery from an arbitration board of the Arbitration Society.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Jean
Charles E. Rosendahl
Laird
Flag Point Toms River
N. J
China
International Association of Remakers
An Abitration Society
Jean’ Rosendahl
Toms River
Daily Crossword Across I Barbed spear and more clues
A complete list of crossword clues with across and down entries including barbed spear portico gem carted in relief a sorceress from the Odyssey a brown earth with might pare part of 449 bet from gorefhix subdove father spawn of fish often poet cease nautical term helmet shaped part of be river Fr half anew dominion at home prosecute judicially student at a military school kind of verse aside silly weaver's tool take out print and many more clues with overlapped numbering for across and down entries
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Dominion
Span
Aca
Reuy
Weaver
Tool
Take
Looking Back Five Years Ago Headlines From Then
A retro roundup notes Seye opposing appointees, Thomas in for a grid contest, and a cabinet debate on grain policy. Mrs. C A Webber donates a brigade flag to Lee Brigadiers. Roosevelt taps Byrnes for inflation program director, giving broad stabilization powers. Waldrop, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Perlman, moves from San Diego naval station.
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Seye
St Thomas
C. A. Webber
Lee
Texas
United States
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
United States Supreme Court
James Utah Waldrop
Sam Perlman
Naval Training Station
San Diesa
Caliaremerton
Wash
Quotations From Dr Lee Deforast on Invention Promise
Ex-President Herbert Hoover remarked that Dr Lee Deforast, famed radio inventor, would redeem himself if he produced another major invention. The remark reflects postwar optimism about rapid communications breakthroughs and the potential for new tech to transform broadcasting.
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Lee Deforast
Herbert Hoover
Republicans At Odds Over Money For Ike Campaign
Washington column reports GOP leaders clash over funding Ike radio and TV spots. Dalzell offers 600000 to 800000 but local leaders fear conflicts with local fund raising. Aldrich and Whitney debate national vs local support as Reeves Levin Rudge Buffett drive last campaign weeks saturate key states. Nixon snubs press at Oklahoma City conference drawing editor ire.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Eisenhower
New York
Republican High Command
Lloyd Dalzell
Dalzell
Iocal
Winthorp Aldrich
Base National Bank
John D. Rockefeller
Dalzellis
Jock Whitney
Roosevelt
Jimmie Roosevelt
Midrest
Truman
Rosser Reeves
Ace
Ted Bates Agency
Mike Levin
Envin-Vasey Agency
Fred Rudge
Fisher, Rudge and
Neblett
Sidney Weinberg
Geldman-Sachs
Russia
Brooklyn
Weinberg
Gen
Lucius Clay
Clay
Continental Can
Xon
Oklahoma City
Nixon
Wheeler Mayo
Nisher
Sallisayy Times
Claremore Daily Progress
Oklahoma Press Association
Oklahoma
Nixon interview fuels political jockeying and press access
The article describes tensions around press access during a Nixon interview, noting his refusals and the contrast with Spiro Agnew. It highlights Hagerty’s role in Dewey campaigns, Dewey aides, and concerns about access from aides and aligned reporters. It also reports protests against pastors in Argentina and church closures amid government actions.
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Ike
Eizenhowey
Princ ¢ Bate
Joby Dulles
Gov
Dewey
Hagerty
Msn
Dewes
Hage
Hower
Capitol Hill
Diamond Brady Heist Tale From Cliffside Hotel
An actress who wore a diamond necklace at a hotel hostage scene mislaid the jewelry on her dress aboard a boat. Police hunt a burglar as the penciled visitor recalls the missing item and the hotel’s near shore locale.
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Jim’ Brady
Untitled fragment sparks unclear request
The readable fragment shows a garbled line about press, day, and a demand, with no clear event, names, or place to identify for a proper summary.
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Missis
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