Eisenhower: A Political Phenomenon in Chicago Echoes
Bruce Biassat notes Eisenhower's Chicago ovations reveal broad affection for his presidency. He contrasts the nonpolitical army hero with the realities of presidential politics, arguing historians will judge his performance, while public warmth underscores his enduring appeal and perceived decency.
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Bruce Biossat
Eisenhower
Chicago
Robert Taft
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Federal gas regulation blamed for consumer, producer losses
An oil and gas company officer argues federal regulation of natural gas harms both consumers and producers, warns of gas shortages if exploration is not encouraged, and contends FPC delays inflate costs. He questions extending such controls to other essential commodities amid a large docket and billions in costs.
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Altho
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Uncalled for drain on taxpayers from REA subsidies
An old law lets Rural Electrification Cooperatives borrow at 2 percent while the government coûts finance bonds at higher rates, shifting the difference onto taxpayers. Proposals to raise REA rates to balance costs have stalled in Congress. Senator Wiley notes ongoing hearings with little consensus, but public demand could press for reform as REA co ops compete with private utilities and enjoy tax advantages and subsidized loans, creating a drain on federal finances.
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Wiley
Ways and Means Committee
Tax Writing Body
Congress
Southern delegates happy over GOP civil rights platform gains
Washington reports Southern delegates return from Los Angeles pleased with a revised Republican platform they can live with. Nixon plans vigorous southern campaigning and strategy targets Kennedy while Johnson stays out. Changes tone down federal housing and hospital integration provisions, preserving a path for FHA loans to remain racially restricted in private developments.
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Washington
Enterprise Assn
Chicago
NEA
South
Los Angeles
Nixon
Lee Potter
Virginia
GOP
North Carolina
Dixie
Eisenhower
Texas
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Rockefeller
Buddy Adler pass ing mourned in Hollywood
AP reports Buddy Adler, 51, a forceful 20th Century Fox leader, died after returning from England and battling cancer. He kept an open studio door, worked on 25 film projects at his death, and influenced the era’s big-studio revival before passing quietly at home with Anita Louise.
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Hollywood
Buddy Adler
20Th Century-Fox
Adler
Buddy Aler
Adier
England
Anita Louise
Women and magazines chase scare trends about aging
Ruth Miller argues that women’s magazines flood readers with depressing fear stories each month about topics from delinquency to baldness. She notes the pattern shifts to aging worries like wrinkles and dieting while men face their own concerns.
Boyle's Column Now the secret is out
New York AP column notes what a columnist learns from mail and surveys. It cites gender marriage gaps at age 30, presidential immunity from arrest, trumpeter swans near extinction, coffee's colonial cost, and assorted quips and aphorisms from Mark Twain to Socrates.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
The
United States
America
American
Mark Twain
Economic policy split in Kennedy Nixon race analysis
National economy growth and budget battles shape the 1960 campaign as Kennedy and Nixon diverge on growth targets, tax policy, and money strategy. Kennedy pushes 5 percent growth with public works and tax boosts if needed, while Nixon favors tight money, inflation containment, and selective tax changes. The piece notes Nixon’s shift toward liberal positions under political pressure and cites contrasts in fiscal responsibility versus growth orientation.
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U. S
Sterling F. Green
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon Kennedy Debate Reflected In Bond, Housing, Inflation Views
The piece cites Senator Nixon and Senator Kennedy on government bonds, housing policy, and inflation. Nixon pushes for easier credit and warns against pegged rates while Kennedy backs public housing and liberalized mortgage credit. Both men frame inflation as a key domestic issue and differ on administered pricing. Next: Civil rights.
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Federal Reserve Board
Nixon
Kennedy
Civil Rights
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A compact crossword grid list of across and down clues covering Greek letters chinaware statesman from Israel river into the Arctic Ocean approach perfection elegance phrase of advice to the overzealous three words salt tree elevator man's concern drew forth catch college melody make narrow looked askance prickle ancient Asians low mood measure 1933 36 incarnation of Vishnu laughs boisterously opposite plans savings of suffix ford ford one of La Guardia's nicknames held in vestry Zola heroine dismiss terriers bonnet a great number braille feature two words Iceland Abbr bar legally Sandusky's sake introduce as a question like an oboe in tone basalt symbol in music cure far as to the degree that two words brando movie to your health in Germany equivocate church recess Linden tree names heroine of Camelot days trees spindle obligation deplete signals to begin fruit thong Banquo's title Aquiline features comes close vertical showy wood nymph fix it man jokester ride to the hounds inclusive divulge secrets eerie and then some vessel palm tree disburden place for an edifice neophyte majestic emit smoke upper layer of grassy land.
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Israel
Arctic Ocean
Ford
la Guardia
Iceland
Germany
Political climate after the 1960 conventions
Paul Harvey reports that GO delegates show little enthusiasm for the coming election. Nixon signals a hard sell, while leaders sense a grim determination to fight. Both parties converge on defense and civil rights, yet aim to mollify voters with moderation and rhetoric.
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Nixon
Goree
Eisenhower
Chicago
Conserva
If you give a woman driver enough rope she ll tie up the traffic
A witty remark plays on gender and driving, suggesting a woman driver could cause traffic disruption with ample rope as a metaphor for control and chaos. The line satirically flips stereotypes about driving skill and management of roads.
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FHA
Federal Housing Administration
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Gastonia
N. C
Nan Leaptrott
Lion Club
Ruth Miller
Boyle
Lars
Walter Slezak
Socrates
Biddeford -Saco Journal
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T. J. Mahoney
Associated Press
Paul Harvey News
Tive
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