Wheeler and the Yankee From the West biography
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana is highlighted as a model progressive Democrat whose career and character are examined in the Healy biography Yankee From the West. The book emphasizes Wheeler's moral vigor, practical politics, and clashes with power including Daugherty, Harding's attorney general, and the Roosevelt Court packing fight.
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Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senator Wheeler
Paul Healy
New York Daily
Wheeler-Healy
Y & Co., Inc
Garden City
N. Y
Healy
Wheeler
New England
Ator
Roosevelt Supreme Cour
FDR
Anaconda
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
Mr. Smith
Washington
James Stewart
Daughterty
Ohio
Rockefeller faces setback over auto liquor fee plan
Washington window notes Wall Street Journal report that Gov Rockefeller confronts Republican opposition in the New York Legislature to his auto and liquor fee increases. Critics warn the plan breaks his tax pledge and could unbalance the budget, threatening his political future.
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Washington
UPI
Wall Street Journal
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Alan L. Otten
Albany
N.Y
Douglas Dales
New York Times
Albany Bureau
Rockefeller
Journal
the Journal
Kennedy
New York State
Journal Report
Rockefeller versus Kennedy framed in New York bid
Wall Street Journal speculates Rockefeller cannot carry New York state against Kennedy in 1964. West Coast Times editorial calls Democratic fee hike opposition bankrupt and debt focused. NYC blackout limits national coverage, leaving Rockefeller's budget woes largely private and modest in impact.
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Wall Street Journal
Rockefeller
New York State
Kennedy
New York
New York Times
Times
Albany
the Times
Golden Caravan Ends In Biloxi With 22 Cars Dent-Free
The U S Highway Association reports its Golden Caravan concluded in Biloxi Mississippi with 22 automobiles, the largest in the organization’s history and none dented. A New Orleans patrolman led a wild high speed ride at over 60 mph, but the group finished exhausted yet safe. Ike Parks of Damas is set to be elected president in May at Lamar. The association, founded in Childress 50 years ago, plans a trip to Alaska next year and has about 20000 members.
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U. S. Highway’s Association
Biloxi
Miss
New Orleans
Childress
Alaska
Ike Parks
Lamar
Wright Brothers
Santos
Wrights
Kitty Hawk
Dayton
Ex-Childress Resident Returns From Antarctic Deep Freeze
Jerry Don Mills, a former Childress resident, arrives home after a six month United States Navy Deep Freeze tour in Antarctica. He plans a third tour later, with wife Maurine now in Rhode Island. The family spent the weekend with his grandparents and relatives from Haskell Abilene Stamford Pampa and Tell.
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Jerry Don Mills
Antartic
Mills
Maurine
London
England
Rhode Island
G.D. McMinn
Bill Mills
Jimmy Mills
Haskell
Johnny Mills
U.S. Air Force
Abilene
W. K. Mullinax
Robert Mills
Donald Mills
Clarendon
Tommy Stall
Pampa
Golden Mahan
Tell
Johnny Mahan
Stamford
New Books Showcased By United Press International
Reviews cover Nathaniel Benchley Dare Call It Treason Philip Wylie Triumph and Santos-Dumont A Study in Obsession. Benchley’s spy tale promises wit and tangled plots while Watt’s mutiny history portrays WWI turmoil. Wylie speculates on nuclear war with mixed fiction. Wykeham reexamines Santos-Dumont’s aviation legacy.
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United Press International
Nathaniel Benchley
McGraw-Hill
Benchley
Robert Benchley
Richard M. Watt
Simon and Schuster
Paris
Joseph
Philip Wylie
Doubleday
Wylie
United States
Russia
Santos-Dumont
Peter Wykeham
Harcourt, Brace & World
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Brazil
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Joseph G. Ramsay
Reno, Nev
Mayo Clinic
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Rome
Philadelphia
San Diego
Los Angeles
Cuba
Freedoms Foundation
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Valley Forge, Pa
City
Childress Index
S. Fuller & Smith & Ross Inc
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Rorya
Alee
Adt Neyer Gy
Solip
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4Th St. NE
LA Rocket
Oldsmobile
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Commerce Street
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