Modest Beginning Drive for Major North Charleston Park
Editorial lauds Mayor Copenhaver for accepting help to build a park in north Charleston using a shoe-string, community effort. It notes GM's Euclid Division will demonstrate earth-moving work, saving the city 50 000 to 75 000, with plans for swimming, amphitheatre, museum, arboretum, and trails, urging local support for broader parks development.
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Ayor Copenhaver
Charleston
Coonskin
Euclid
General Motors
Copenhaver
North Charleston Park
Eisenhower vows study of impartial steel statistics
President Eisenhower responds to Raymond P. Brandt at a June 17 press conference, agreeing to study the idea of publishing impartial figures on steel profits wages and productivity. He cautions against influencing ongoing bargaining while stressing a public duty to inform.
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Raymond P. Brandt
The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Reader warns pedestrians to cross at lights after collision
In a readers forum letter, F P Eves recounts stepping into traffic near the library and being hit by a car. He describes injuries and hospital treatment then urges others to cross only at intersections when the light signals.
Disabled Veteran Presses For Garden Help As Committee Withholds Funds
The Gazette reports a disabled veteran who, after being told to be reasonable with his own money, prepares to cultivate a vegetable garden through hard work while a tight-fisted committee controls funds. Kirings and Wonk are noted as involved figures in the effort. Buffalo and Wana A. Johnson are mentioned in connection with the case.
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the Gazette
Finnegan Letter Signals Tough Mediation Sessions
A June 23, 1959 message from mediator George J. F. Finnegan to Joe hints at difficult talks ahead, suggesting preparation for rough sessions while aiming to resolve issues in Washington D C.
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Joe
George
What Happens to Wedding Gowns From Celebrities and Citizens
A San Antonio Express column surveys what people do with wedding dresses from 1929 to the 1950s. Many gowns end up discarded or burned, with a few preserved in archives like the Smithsonian or Roosevelt Library. Names include Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower and Mrs Lyndon Johnson as well as Lucille Ball and Jane Wyatt.
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Smithsonian Institute
Myrtle Oefinger
San Antonio
Tex
Express
Miss Oefinger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. Eisenhower
Smithsonian
Mrs. Roosevelt
Valentine G. Hail
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Ivy Priest Baker
United States
Institute
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Texas
Washington
Jane Wyatt
Mrs. Desinger
Verna Felton
Hilda Crocker
Sylvia Porter
Daddy-O
Oil lobby uses planes to block California severance tax
Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports Howard Keck and Superior Oil Co with Standard Oil of California financed charter flights for four Republican California assemblymen to Sacramento to oppose Gov. Pat Brown’s severance tax plan. The moves aim to reduce teacher and professor pay raises and shift national attention to the Rockefeller family and Gov. Brown’s candidacy.
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Oil Lobby
Washington
Howard Keck
Superior Oil Co
Francis Case
South Dakota
California
Standard Oil
Superior
Sacramento
Pat Brown
Rockefeller Power Plays Halt California Severage Tax
The piece outlines a high pressure political clash where the Rockefeller group refused to rehire Ralph Davies, blocking a California severance tax bill despite lobbying by Superior Oil and allies. It notes heavy aviation-facilitated maneuvering and concludes California remains tax free on oil. It also covers a Washington lobbying surge over Admiral Strauss for commerce secretary and the influence of Governor Ribicoff and Jewish votes on Sen. Dodd.
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Rockefeller Company
Rockefellers
Harold Ickes
Standard of California
Ralph Davies
War Petroleum Board
Ickes
Davies
California
Superior Oil
Gov. Brown
USA
Harold Morton
Joe Shell
California Assembly
Lewis Strauss
Washington
Ike
Benon
Nevada
Cannon
Strauss
Senate
Jordan and
Ervin
North
Caroline
Kenneth Royall
Army
Wall Street
Royall
White House
Ellis Slater
Seagrams
Slater
Eisenhower
Elizabeth Arden
Arizona
Tom Dodd
Connecticut
Abe Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Dodd
Bilko star Phil Silvers seeks Paris anonymity on vacation
Art Buchwald recalls Phil Silvers in Paris as he tours museums and eateries away from fans. Silvers, famous for Sgt Bilko, longs for obscurity and avoids signings, joking he wants to be plain Phil Silvers while exploring Paris.
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Paris
Phil Silvers
Silvers
Chez Louis
Sgt. Bilko
London
Sgt. Biko
Cernuschi
American Express
Thought for Today and a Seaside Cement Visit
A reflective piece contrasts personal effort with others work and recalls a trip past Seine to a cement factory and a Paris church. The dialogue follows a late afternoon walk with a suggestion the narrator may seek medical care at a clinic.
Bridges Drives Nixon Nominating Leadership in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, Sen Styles Bridges leads the Nixon effort as Wes Powell exits the scene. The move strengthens Nixon through Bridges influence while avoiding Powell’s divisive stance, reshaping the state delegation ahead of the national convention. Rockefeller supporters fear a Bridges victory similar to past Eisenhower-era dynamics, with Bridges seeking to limit a hostile path to the presidency.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Sen
Styles Bridges
Nixon
Wesley Powell
Senate
Powell
Nelson Rockefeller
Adams
Bridges
Rockefeller
Sermator
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Roosevelt Boys
Logan County
Adlai Stevenson
Dow T
Survivor
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Big Deal Reported
Buffalo
Wana
A. Johnson
J. F. Finnegan
Washington, D. C
Inez Robb
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Robb
Drew Pearson
Revenue and Tax Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Off
Allen Pattee
Carmel
James Holmes
Santa Barbara
Harold Levering
Bruce Reagan
Quincy
Pearson
Art Buchwald
Bilko
Musee
Henner
Cernuschi Museum
Seine
20Th Arrondissement
Doris Fleeson
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Taft
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