15 Jul 1960
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1960
Page
1
Hal Boyle presents a defense of pipe smoking through a guest column by George Gornell, a pipe smoker, arguing for thoughtful moderation and personal choice while challenging anti pipe stigma.
By George W. Cornell argues that the pipe, as an enduring American institution, calm source of inspiration and culture, outshines cigars and cigarettes. He extols pipe smoking as temperate, thoughtful, and civilizing, tracing its use from Mayan rituals to Calumet symbols of peace and diplomacy.
The profile portrays Senator John F. Kennedy as a determined yet conflicted figure shaped by a competitive Kennedy family. It notes his father Joseph P. Kennedy’s push for his rise, Eunice Kennedy’s memories of relentless winning, and a campaign atmosphere of young zealots, professionals, and divergent supporters. It also cites Kennedy’s confidence, public-service focus, New England reserve, and calls for more humility from some Democrats.
HOLLYWOOD UPI Steve Allen, after losing his weekly TV show, hosts a parttime role at the Democratic National Convention finale at the Los Angeles Coliseum. He dismisses comparisons to his old TV work and notes the program will feature John F Kennedy’s acceptance speech along with Alice and his jazz group. The event promises a starry lineup including Shelley Winters, Hope Lange, Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Ralph Bellamy, Barry Sullivan, Arthur O’Connell and Tony Curtis.
In a spoof from Los Angeles the author presents a package of drastic, humorous reforms for national political conventions. The plan calls for strict time limits, single aged participants, mailed nominating speeches, bans on excesses, and various paradoxical rules to curb spectacle and crowding.
In Los Angeles delegates trade jokes more than votes as the 1960 Democratic National Convention nears closure. Kennedy’s tag fee moment and LBJ’s acclamation mark a waning tension while 100000 seat Coliseum fills struggle to find attendees. Delegates remark on weather, meals, and city chatter as resolutions praise local police and fire departments surface amid a fading buzz.
Dallas AP report recounts Lyndon B. Johnson’s ancestry and early life anecdotes. From his grandfathers in the Texas House to a Great Depression era rise, the piece traces education, wartime service, and political ascent including Senate races and his 1934 marriage to Claudia Taylor, highlighting family legacy and public service.
Florida State University faces a drive to solicit alumni gifts as the Board of Control asks its attorney to rule on giving away 1000 coffee spoons. Broward Culpepper notes ownership complicates disposal. Separate notes report a burglarized home in Yonkers and a San Rafael tavern robbery near the Marin County Sheriff’s Office.
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