Acheson comeback boosts Democratic fortunes in 1960
Editorial argues Dean Acheson’s renewed prominence signals a fresh strategy for the Democrats as they rebuild for 1960. It notes current party weakness, internal splits, and the GOP’s one man dominance, suggesting Acheson could provide needed leadership and vision. It also highlights the Sissonville Lions Club project offering summer jobs for local high school students with Lemuel Whittington as contact.
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Dean Acheson
Truman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Averell Harriman
Democratic National Committee
Acheson
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Washington
Paul Butler
Eisenhower
GOP
Sissonville Lions Club
Sissonville High School
Lemuel Whittington
Brannan Plan and Gold Holdings Question Answers
A reader’s mail quiz explains the Brannan Plan proposal to let surplus perishable foods fall in price, government purchases for public consumption, and subsidies if farm income lags. It notes gold held by governments and banks accounts for about 60 percent of total world production. It also lists sports toughness and historic uses of anise in medicine.
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Charleston Gazette
Burseu
Eye St
N.W
Washington, D.C
Brannan
Charles F. Brannan
U. S
DPA
Rockport
Rights and Youth Viewpoints Spark Alarm Over Democracy
A nationwide poll shows over half of American teens doubt citizen control of politics. They favor police powers, censorship, and restrictions on press and speech. Radically, 38 percent see foreigners as a threat and 37 percent would expel foreigners. Shades of fascism emerge in the data.
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United States
Hitler
U. S
Hiler
Two shades of Karl Marx in teen views
A 1957 Gusette excerpt notes 56 percent of teens favor redistributing large estates to the poor, 8 percent see history as class power struggle, and 62 percent prize profit driven modern society. The author warns against authoritarian implications of fascist or communist precepts amid mixed youth views on liberty and free enterprise.
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K. Marx
Ceprrigat
Thought for Today from I John 2 15 27
A brief inspirational note quotes I John urging readers to resist worldly lusts and pride and to seek the will of God. It emphasizes that worldly pleasures fade while those who do God’s will endure forever.
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John
Readers Forum Highlights Fifth Amendment Rights
The Gazette discusses the Fifth Amendment as a safeguard against forced confessions and government abuses, noting founders’ intent and contrasting with McCarthy era overreach. A second tale recalls a lone impoverished man denied aid, ending with a biblical verse and a local note from Rockport.
Joiners and a moonbound club in columns
Bob Considine roasts busybody joiners led by F D Benham in a playful column about the Interplanetary Exploration Society. The piece riffs on clubs, Venusian love life, and a Lunar exchange plan, with quips from Ollie M James and Fletcher Knebel elsewhere.
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Bob Considine
F. Darius Benham
Fred
Lebensraum
F. D. Benham
Lowell Thomas
Interplanetary Exploration Society
YES
Columbia River Diversion Poses U S Power Challenge
Washington warns that Canada’s Conservative government may divert river flows away from the United States, risking a future Northwest power shortage. The issue hinges on a 1909 treaty claiming exclusive control of cross border water use and stalled joint planning under Eisenhower.
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Canada
United States
Columbia River
Oregon
Penmbia
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Soas
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Eisenhower
St. Laurent
British Columbia
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Roosevelt
Ells Canyon
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Tice
Len Fordan
Idaho
International Joint Commission
Sonien
Bonneville Dam
Richard Neueberger
D-Ore
Fraser River
Goment
Social Credit
Ores Party
Ottawa
U. S
Soviet Intervention Divides Middle East
J M Roberts argues Soviet actions polarize Arab states and erode Nasser's leadership, with Egypt, Syria, and others turning toward communism while King Hussein of Jordan and King Saud of Saudi Arabia seek alliances against Israel. He notes Western powers’ arms policy aimed at balance and criticizes Soviet calls for a Big Four conference as ineffective.
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Jordan
Syria
Egypt
Israel
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Sand
Russia
Midle East
Ner
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