Book portrays Kennedy as cold calculating tactician
Washington based UPI report reviews Victor Lasky's JFK the Man and the Myth. The book portrays John F Kennedy as a changeable political strategist who pursued the White House through shifting aims, with analysis tracing his family influence, Bay of Pigs debates, and the Kennedys grooming of Robert F Kennedy for succession.
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Taft
Prison inmates used as medical guinea pigs rising
Upjohn Co builds a 261000 dollar research lab inside a Southern Michigan prison. Parke Davis Co plans a similar facility at the same institution.
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New York
UPI
Upjohn Co
Southern Michigan
Parke, Davis & Co
Abbotts Dairies to Replace Horse Wagons with Trucks
Retirement in Philadelphia marks Abbotts Dairies shift from horse drawn milk wagons to motor trucks. The change ends a era as the remaining horses are retired and the fleet modernizes to speed and efficiency.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Abbotts’ Dairies
Eisenhower Could Be GOP 1964 Candidate Says Willkie
Philip H. Willkie, son of Wendell Willkie, argues Dwight D. Eisenhower would be the strongest national candidate for the Republicans in 1964. He notes Eisenhower could win industrial areas and a large labor vote, while also capturing the Negro vote, though he does not address the two term limit.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philip H. Willkie
Willkie
GOP
Wendell L. Willke
Eisenhower
First Train Delayed By Rough Seas Reaches Avalon
The 1914 Santa Fe Parlor Car on the Long Beach to Avalon run arrived an hour and a half late as choppy seas and a 20 knot wind hindered the crossing of the Catalina Channel. Passengers complained of scant refreshments and poor fishing while harbor officials called the seas the worst of the season. Balboa Island planned to drive a golden spike to link the harbor to the rail line.
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Avalon
Calif
Sen. A
Balboa Island
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