Thoughts for the Evening: Time to Act in 1961
Editorial urges Kennedy to address immediate crises and long term shifts. Highlights economy, unemployment, gold outflow, Berlin threat, nuclear testing, and disarmament. Calls for sacrifice and new tax measures to fund schools, housing, roads, and urban needs as the nation faces rapid change and rising costs. January 1961 urgency.
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United States
Fredom
Kennedy
Berlin
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Quackery Versus Constructive Medical Criticism
The American Medical Association News argues that while medical criticism can inform the public, some authors publish biased pieces that distort facts and attack medicine. Such “Journalistic Quackery” misinterprets data, inflates faults, and downplays achievements, requiring an informed public to counter it.
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American Medical Association News
Newspaper of American Medicine
Vote matters in 1960 election margins and Hawaii result
The piece argues that millions skip voting, noting Kennedy's narrow 112000 vote edge nationwide out of 70 million and Hawaii shifting Kennedy by 21 votes from about 185000 cast. It stresses the need for all eligible voters to participate and highlights several odd anecdotes from the era.
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Kennedy
Nixon
Hawaii
Kennedy cabinet moves mix new faces with retrains
Washington report compares Kennedy transition lineup with Truman era retraits and new appointees. It notes many Kennedy picks are young or nonrecent officials while veteran Truman alumni linger for guidance. Retrofits include Dean Acheson and Robert Lovett bowing out. Rusk Bowles Stevenson join new administration.
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Kennedy
White House
Brother Bobby
Washington
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
Secretary of Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Trujan
Truman
State Department
Dean Rusk
Chester Bowles
Roosevelt
U. N
Adlai Stevenson
World Organization
C. Douglas Dillon
Eisenhower
Treasury
Congress
Armed Services
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
J. Edward Day
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Freeman
George McCovern
South Dakota
World tensions wobble markets over defense spillover
Growth of world tensions confuses the U S economy as stock markets react to potential defense orders and shifts in raw material flows. Analysts note domestic peacetime prosperity usually outweighs war scares, while Cuban and Laotian developments could boost defense spending and alter trade patterns.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Viet Nam
Cuba
Laos
Wall Street
Mary Healy's method to beat tension for performers
In Boyle's column Mary Healy shares a daily tension relief method for stars and the public. She urges taking five minutes to oneself, seeking quiet or lonely space, and deliberately relaxing mind and body to melt stress and regain calm even in busy venues. After 22 years in entertainment she remains slim and energetic.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Mary Healy
Be a Better Hostess Says Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett urges women to avoid hosting pitfalls that spoil guests. She highlights noisy settings, late dinners, imposing chores, and pressuring guests to participate. The piece promotes Millett’s booklet Happier Wives with a mailing address and a 25 cent request for purchase.
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Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett Reader Service
P.O
Dept. A
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Farmers Face Deadline Reminds IRS Filing For Employers
Farmers must file a Social Security tax return and pay taxes for hires by January 31. If you paid cash wages of $150 or more in 1960 or employed a worker 20 or more days in 1960 for cash wages, file using simple IRS forms. Include only cash wages in tax calculations. non cash benefits do not count. A worker is considered your employee for tax purposes.
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Internal Revenue Service
Bill Jones
Sam Sharp
TRS
Local Biddeford Saco Journal notices and profiles
A Biddeford Maine newspaper entry lists staff and publishing details while featuring an NB TV series note about Mary Lind Hayes and her husband Peter Lind Hayes. The text explains tax guidance for farm employees including wage tests, Social Security returns, and employee wage reporting requirements.
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Hollywood
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary
Mike
Cathy
Outer Space
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A long list of crossword clues covering across and down entries with numbers and partial phrases including Egyptian goddess and several theme terms, plus entries like 28 Nemo and Bligh and 36 Canal Zone town, forming a complete puzzle reference.
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Robert
Nemo
Bligh
Elysium
Castro
Yuletide
Torn Place
Canal Zone Town
Laughton guest on Checkmate. TV slate includes Fabray, Tebaldi
New York AP reports a busy week of TV fare with NBCs Nanette Fabray Show premiere, Renata Tebaldi on The Telephone Hour, and CBS Checkmate starring Charles Laughton as a missionary. Highlights include Eisenhower patriot salute on NBC, Sammy Davis Jr. on CBS, Camouflage daytime debut, and a two part Family Classics sequence while Muhlenberg building in Philadelphia adds a 100000 wing for United Lutheran Church headquarters.
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New York
Nanette Fabray
NBC
Miss Fabray
Ronald MacDougall
Renata Tebaldi
Charles Laughton
CBS
New York Philharmonic
S Pe
Leonard Bernstein
Sammy Davis Jr
ABC
Don Morrow
Dwight D. Eisenhower
India
Nehru
West Germany
Adenauer
Britain
Macmillan
Bob Hope
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Andy Williams
Ray Henry offers updated Social Security handbook
Readers can obtain Ray Henrys revised Social Security hand book Security For You by writing to the newspaper with 35 cents. The handbook includes all changes from the 1960s, and is distributed via AP News features.
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Ray Henry
AP News
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Paul Chatfield
BY Bruce Biossat
California
Indiana
Washington News
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
Food For Peace
David E. Bell
Clark Clifford
John B. Connaly Jr
Navy
Lyndon Johnson
Eugene Zuckert
AEC
Air Force
Archibald Cox
Harvard
Roswell L. Gilpatrick
Defense
Byron E. White
Council of Economic Advisers
Walter W. Haller
Paul Nitze
Rex M. Whitton
Missouri
Business Mirror
Boyle
New Or
Ruth Muller
Enterprise Assa
By Ray Henry
Little Liz
Nca
Biddeford -Saco Journal
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T. J Mahoney
Associated Press
Iran
Cantor
Katmanda
Capitol
Florida
NEW Lutheran Wing
Philadelphia
Muhlenberg
United Lutheran Church In America
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