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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1960
Page
1
Hal Boyle discusses the sympathy for henpecked wives and suggests hidden signs of male domination in American homes. The column playfully salts anecdotes about money control, chores, shopping, and family dynamics, arguing the real issue is women bending men to their imperial male will.
A reform forum urges changes to Social Security with calls to raise retirement age and base benefits on individual ability to work. Officials plan to convey their views to planners of the White House Conference on Aging in Washington.
In St Petersburg AP reporting on a 6 point program for seniors the conference urged Social Security linkage to inflation raise earnings limits to spur older employment and curb abusive hiring. It also calls housing within benefits and immediate action on elder medical needs and taxes to shield fixed incomes. Baltimore AP later notes Robert H Smith 16 confessed burglary motive claiming old houses’ occupants are banked in debt.
The Daily Review details its post office designation as second class matter under Congress law and lists multiple office addresses in Hayward and San Leandro. It notes subscription rates and mentions locations at Winton Avenue Hayward and Freeman Boulevard, with an Audit Bureau membership and circulation reference.
President Eisenhower enters his eighth year in office aiming to advance his world peace crusade in the coming 12 months. He plans no formal inauguration observance but will address Young Republicans at a midday session. Friends note he may enjoy the job more than earlier years, while he stresses nonpartisan motives and seeks to avoid a lame duck image.
The article outlines Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Sen. Kennedy as likely contenders in Wisconsin’s ballot, with Proxmire welcoming a Kennedy Humphrey meeting in the state. Proxmire favors vigorous debate to energize the party and attract Republican voters, while Morse hints at entering any primary with pledged support. No clear three way contest appears likely yet.
In Washington the Senate approved extending federal election spending controls to primaries and caucuses by a 50 percent roll call. The bill revises the 1923 Corrupt Practices Act, requires detailed reporting, and raises spending limits. Senator Hennings proposed an amendment to include state and local committees spending over 1,000 annually, gaining surprising support.
NEW YORK AP Movie producer Otto Preminger hired blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo to pen the Exodus script. Trumbo, who used the alias Robert Rich for The Brave One which won an Oscar, says he has written many screenplays since. Preminger defends hiring him as a duty to secure the best scripts despite the anti-Communist blacklist.
AP reports lava flows press emergency dikes around Kapoho on Hawaii Island as Civil Defense conducts a test to gauge dike resilience. Officials say the dikes are holding so far though risk remains for the 360 homes evacuated nearby.
Columbus Georgia a 23 year old man Wallace E Evans fainted after being told he was the father of twin boys. He fell sustaining a broken nose cuts to his lip a knocked out tooth and a sprained back. He was admitted to hospital as his wife left the delivery room.
An El Dorado AP report describes a bizarre incident where a reverend’s pants snagged on a window post after a sports car wreck. A bus halted, and the driver and passengers helped free the rai ister as the trousers were shed during the Tuesday mishap.
Major farm organizations including Farm Bureau, National Grange, National Milk Producers Federation, National Farmers Union and National Council of Farmer Cooperatives urge creation of a fact finding board to study agricultural chemicals after FDA actions against tainted cranberries and hormone-fed poultry. They seek to delay further actions by Secretary Fleming pending scientific review.
A Menard State Penitentiary initiative invites the Southern Illinois Editorial Association to hold its annual winter meeting within the prison, as officials seek to engage inmates in a journalistic gathering.
Wilson & Co told United Packinghouse Workers of America that 2,000 to 2,100 jobs now filled by new hires are not open to the strikers who walked out on November 3. After a 79 day strike, strikers would be placed on a preferential hiring list when vacancies arise. the firm said it would not rehire any strikers who violated or broke laws during the dispute.
Washington AP reports the Democratic National Committee forming a seven member appeals board to hear state party complaints about 1959 quota financing. Nine states asked heat. Delaware, Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin varied in payments. A fixed quota formula based on economic and political factors may be adopted to replace population based rates.
Washington reports Sen Pat McNamara states medical progress supports the possibility that humans can live to 125. He says no basic barrier appears to prevent reaching that age as research advances.
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