Prosperity and Space Outlook for 1960 Across Nations
AP reports from Moscow London Paris Beirut New Delhi Hong Kong Tokyo and other capitals project a busy 1960. Soviet aims include Mars or Venus flybys and expanding industrial power while Europe eyes independence timelines and Common Market ties. In Asia and the Middle East, Chinese and Arab blocs intensify influence with elections and strategic moves shaping the year.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Mars
Venus
Deth
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
America
London
Britain
Victoria
Africa
Nigeria
Federation of the Rhodesias
Nyasaland
Paris - Bonn
de Gaulle
France
Sahara
Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
Syria
Iran
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
South Asia
Watson Sims
New Delhi
India
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Tibet
Pakistan
Peiping
Kashmir
Nepal
Sikkim
Bhutan
Roy Elsoyan
Hong Kong
Red China
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Social Security tax rise takes effect January first
Washington reports the 1959 Social Security program increases. The maximum tax rise on covered workers is 24 dollars a year, with rates 3 percent on the first 4800 of earnings and 4 percent for self employed up to that amount. The system now benefits over 13 million workers and their families with broad changes enacted since 1935.
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Ing
Federal
Auto makers map future as 1960 arrives
Detroit report notes major shifts in car design toward personal luxury and compact models. Ford, Ramblers, Larks push small cars while Chrysler adapts 300 F. GM lines go smaller, Cadillac Lincoln keep luxury. Aluminum engines debut with Corvair and broader tech use. Car in use climbs from 58 million to near 99 million by late 1960s.
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Detroit
Auto Company
Henry Ford
Romney
Churchill
Colbert
Ford
Gordon
Chrysler
General Motors
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Cadillac
Imperial
Lincoln
America
Humprey and Johnson Loom in Democratic Presidential Talk
A profile of Hubert H. Humphrey and Lyndon B. Johnson outlines Humphrey as a potent yet polarizing liberal with strong Midwest and Rocky Mountain support and a plan to secure 150 to 200 delegates. Johnson, a Texas senator and Senate leader, pursues a middle course, facing liberal rivals while leveraging his campaign for renomination and potential national bid.
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Japan
West
United States
Liberal - Democratic
Kishi
Red China
Syngman Rhee
Humphrey
South
Minnesota
Midwest
Rocky Mountain States
California
Banquet Trail
Rolvaag
St. Paul
Wallace
D.D
Woodrow Wilson
South Dakota
University of Minnesota
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
MacAlester College
Minneapolis
Senate
George A. Smathers
Democratic Party
Hum
Soviet Union
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Texas
U.S. Senate
Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic Advisory Council
Sam Rayburn
House
Los Angeles
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French National Assembly
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Richard O'Regan
Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
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Red
Marshal Tito
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Middle East
Wilton Wynn
Gamal
Abdel Nasser
U.A.R
Saud
Hussein
Etcc
Nasser
Suez Canal
Palestine
Israel
China
Kerala
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Asenanayaka
Bandaranaike
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Sihanouk
Ramon Magsaysay
Philippines
U. S
Formosa
South Vietnam
Japan-Korea
John Roderick
Tokyo
Social
New Mart
Adolph E. Johnson
Associated Press
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Orville L. Freeman
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Karl Rolvaag
Dave Cheavens
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