Kennedy dominates West Virginia primary and national tilt
Editorial lauds Senator Kennedy for sweeping West Virginia and widening his viability for the Democratic nomination. It argues the outcome weakens Hubert Humphrey’s liberal bloc, signals Kennedy’s strong position against the religious controversy, and highlights West Virginia as the primary loser amid coal- southeastern economic distress.
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Hubert Humphrey
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Mid-West
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Kennedy
Apathy Noted In North Carolina Lt Governor Race
Observer Julian Scheer reports across North Carolina that voters show little interest in the three way Democratic lieutenant governor race. Voters mostly cannot name the candidates C V Henkel Cloyd Philpott and David McConnell, though the lieutenant governor will preside over the State Senate shaping fiscal policy the next four years.
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Julian Scheer
Charlotte News
Murphy
Manteo
C. V. Henkel
Turnersburg
Cloyd Philpott
Lexington
David McConnell
Charlotte
Scheer
Senate
Berlin Crisis Ahead of Paris Summit
Editorial notes the 1958 Khrushchev ultimatum and looming Paris talks over West Berlin. It traces the six month deadline, Geneva talks, and Baku threat, arguing a final settlement hinges on German reunification rather than a quick Berlin deal.
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Douglas Dillon
Baku
Soviet Union
Germany
East
Freedomland opens in Bronx with 41 events on 85 acres
C. V. Wood Jr. leads a 10,000-strong team to build Freedomland, a 65 million dollar 85 acre Bronx entertainment complex mapping 200 years of U.S. history. The project features replicas of the Cape Canaveral blockhouse, a space ship ride, and life like demonstrations, opening June 19.
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N. Y
Freedomland
Disneyland
C. V. Wood Jr
Bronx
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Wood
Texas
Cape Canaveral
U.S
R. H. Macy
Bank of New York
Old
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Rocky Mountains
Washington real election issues emerge in preview
Washington Roundup outlines possible presidential tickets and public mood. Eleanor Roosevelt may sit out if Nixon-Kennedy tickets prevail. Surveys show women favor peace while men seek job security as Congress debates raises for minimum wage education funding social security care and housing.
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Nixon-Kennedy
Congress
Notes on The News Sporadic 1960 Campaign Talk
Charles Pearson surveys the 1960 campaign dynamics. Republicans rail at Democratic proposals and challenge Johnson's liberal record while tensions among Humphrey Kennedy Symington and Williams surface. Congress has enacted 66 new laws, with civil rights legislation flagged as the era's lone major action.
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Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Symington
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
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Fleming rejects federal cigarette ban as authority limits loom
Health secretary Arthur Flemming told the House Commerce Committee he has no power to outlaw cigarettes and would not seek authority to do so. He noted no current evidence in animals shows a cancer link in cigarettes, while tobacco company researchers and others pressed for curbs on color additives and related controls.
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High Point College
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Mississippi
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Williams
G. Burroughs Mider
National Cancer Institute
Mider
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