Bashir Ahmed and LBJ welcome light on world stage
Editorials nationwide applaud Lyndon Johnson for inviting Bashir Ahmed the Pakistani camel driver to the United States and the LBJ ranch in Texas. Quotes from New York papers mirror warm American approval, praising the goodwill gesture and Bashir’s simple wisdom that humans are essentially the same across cultures.
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LBJ
Bashir Ahmed
U.S
Texas
Uncle Sam
Aladdin
Pakistan
Plains of Texas
New York
Ahmed
Karachi
New York Journal American
United States
El-Beejay
L.B.J
Bashir
New York Herald Tribune
Johnson
Idlewild
Mr. Johnson
Truman
Kennedy
Washington
New York City
United Nations
New York Times
Iowa
Angus
The
Washington Post
Baytown Sun masthead and staff list
The Baytown Sun publication details list editors and staff including Fred Hartman Jim Boone Preston Pendergrass Beulah Mae Jackson James H. Hale and others. Advertising department heads John Wadley Paul Putman Corrie Laughlin manage retail and national advertising. Publication origin Baytown Texas press details note second class matter status and Associated Press membership.
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Fred Hartman
Jim Boone
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
James H. Hale
Seesssacces
John Wadley
Paul Putman
Corrie Laughlin
New York Bribe Scandal Ties Judge in $35,000 Payoff
Details emerge of a bribery scheme involving $35,000 paid by three Long Island defendants to New York Supreme Court Judge J Vincent Keogh and assistant U. S. attorney Elliott Kahaner. Federal probes target Keogh and Kahaner who has resigned. indictment anticipated with broader political implications for Mayor Wagner and potential boost to Gov. Rockefeller. The case traces to juke box operators and a Manhattan doctor Erdman who allegedly arranged the payoff through Keogh’s office.
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New York Supreme Court
J. Vincent Keogh
Attomey
Elliott Kahaner
Kahaner
Leo Rayfield
Joseph C. Zavatt
Nashaau
Robert Enman
EB. Glet St
Keogh
Erdman
Justice Departmerit
Robert Wagner
Louis Lefkowitz
Nelson Rockefeller
Kennedy
Samford J. Moore
Sherwood Schwack
Allen Kerner
Suffolk County
Long Island
Robert Erdman
Manhattan
Judge Keogh
Eugene Keogh
Brooklyn
Geles
Justice Department
Europe
Jack Anderson
Anderson
Try and Stop Me Joke From Harper's Weekly 1860
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly issue dated December 29, 1860. Dave admits mixing shoe blacking into coffee to curb complaints, and a man jokes about his daughter marrying a doctor, implying the man is simply relieving him of a neck pain.
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Hoold
Harper's Weekly
Dave
Mr. Jones
Tarm
Today’s Quiz and Faint News Fragments
Questions on ancient Egypt ibis worship and Priam’s father, a volcanic heated city, and Honduras reveal a mix of trivia and garbled copy. Notable bits mention the Statue of Liberty dedication in New York and a date of Oct 6 with invasion references, plus a Polk of Fame guessing game about British art and criticism.
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St. Mary's River
Priam
New York
Marnor
Eayrt
Manufacturers move into services to boost sales
Article notes how manufacturers are expanding into service industries to promote their products and capture more spending. It cites examples from General Motors to Whirlpool, Sears, and IBM, with chains for dry cleaning, travel tours, financing, beauty salons, and leasing ties. Leisure Devices Inc is planned to extend idle time by cutting mundane tasks.
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New York
Montgomery Ward
Sears, Roebuck
Standard, Inc
Little Rock
Ark
Worge
ALD, Inc
Westinghouse
Philco
Whirlpool
American Oil Co
International Business Machines
Remington Rand
General Electric
Leisure Devices, Inc
Wechsler Challenges Pravda to Publish Views on Atomic War
New York Post editor James A. Weehsler urged Pravda to print his critique of the Soviet atomic program and promised to give Pravda the same space for a rebuttal. He cited Kennedy’s stance against war victory and Khrushchev’s warning about the nuclear test ban, framing the debate as a test of truth over force.
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New York
New York Post
Moscow
Pravda Today
James A. Weehsler
Pravda
Wechsler
New Yorker
Kennedy
United States
Weehsler
Khrushchev
Nearly 10 Million In Communist Conspiracy
MOSCOW AP Vitaly Titov chairman of the Credentials Committee of the 22nd Soviet party congress reported the Soviet party has 9,716,000 card carrying members. Membership grew by about 21.5 million since the 20th congress in 1956 when Khrushchev denounced Stalin. Titov said there are 2600 party organizations in the country. The Soviet Union has a population of about 216 million.
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Moscow
Vitaly Titov
Khrushchev
Stalin
Soviet Union
Bible Verse About Love Your Neighbor
A concise quotation from Mark 12:31 47 highlighting the second great commandment to love your neighbor as yourself and its primacy among commandments. The text underscores essential ethical instruction and scriptural emphasis on love.
How Do You Stand A Talk on Party Platforms in Sun Valley
The speaker argues against platform promises as vague and pandering. He cites 1958 1960 Arizona Republican principles sheets and a 1961 conviction that published articles of faith would reveal party differences to voters. He asks the reader how they stand.
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House
Senate
Chicago
Platform Committee
Arizona
Republican Party
Reublican Conference
Conerence
Democrat Party
Editorial Courage Missing in Some Newspapers
Laurel Mississippi editorials rail against the diet of non news features. Editors argue many papers lack vigor and stand against offending readers, citing a survey where only six of 32 weeklies carried editorials and calling for tougher editorial content.
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Laurel
Miss
Leader-Call
Know Your Bridge Weat dealer North-South Vulnerable
Bridge article discusses preemptive bids and a Deschapelles Coup. It describes a practical auction where West opens with a defensive preempt, East advances to five spades, and South pursues bold play leading to a rare defensive coup. The discussion includes implications for bidding choices and defense.
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King of Hearts
Tay
South
Southover
West
East
North
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