Gore’s Wail on Polls Sparks Debate in Senate
Tennessee liberal Senator Albert Gore urges a Senate Elections subcommittee probe into how polls influence presidential campaigns. The piece notes Gore’s prior criticism of polls and points to Gallup data showing Kennedy leading Nixon in some polls and Nixon in others, concluding political logic fluctuates with the year.
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Albert Gore
Tennessee
Senate Subcommittee On Elections
Senator Gore
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Gore
Kennedy
Senator Kennedy
Gallup
Doc Gallup
Mr. Nixon
Rising U S Tax Take Amid Growing Government Spending
Census Bureau data shows Americans paid a record 10 billion dollars in federal state and local taxes for 1959 up 1.6 billion from 1958. Per person taxes averaged 547.04 with federal income tax leading. Government spending totaled 125 billion, funded by taxes and borrowing, while officials warn spending rises outpace revenue and restraint remains unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
United States May Explode Underground Test This Fall
Washington dispatch reports the administration weighs a deep underground nuclear test to improve detection methods for underground explosions and distinguish them from earthquakes. The move aims to support a potential ban by preventing Soviets from testing while the U.S. is constrained. Also included are odd asides about cars and toothbrushes and a note on children’s thirst.
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PHE
United States
Washington
U.S
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal rates and delivery details
The notice outlines publishing company information, staff roles, and postage paid at Lubbock Texas. It lists subscription rates for various durations, both by carrier and by mail, including morning and Sunday editions. The document ends with a pledge and a faded flag reference.
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Oetare
Ledbo
Publishing Company. Inc
Bulla
Ave
J. Lotlock Texas Neuonal Mernatont
Lubboct
Tex Parker
Prout
Chas
Gut Brenan
Lundon
London Sun Shines as Considine Notes Royal Jokes
Special correspondent Bob Considine comments on a sunny London summer and the lighthearted mood in Kensington. He pokes fun at British language quirks, notes Princess Margaret Rose and Antony Armstrong-Joun, and mentions Tony’s royal troubles, theater links, and a Churchill-Onassis friendship thread amid travel disruptions.
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Bob Considine
Ondon
London
Sheleve
California
Tony
Margaret Rose
Antony
Armstrong -Ton
Thomas A. Cronin
Bernard McNeil
Mrs Jones
Philip
Balmoral
Cunard
Winston Churchill
Ari Onassis
Sir Winston
Winston
Onassis
NO TIME TO LEARN Recipe For A Modern dal
A nutty supermarket encounter and a pie crust demand frame a reflective Rochester style piece. The author notes food as social center and gendered shopping dynamics while recalling a bold young woman’s insistence on making pie from scratch. The narrator muses on privacy pollsters and a hopeful courtship amid casual kitchen talk.
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Richard Nixon
John Kennedy
Pike
Levelland plans second annual farmer labor picnic
Locals report the second annual farmer labor picnic in Levelland set for Labor Day September 2. DW Sherrill, county farm agent, says committees are finalizing details with the extension service and Hockley County Agriculture Association sponsoring. Dr Clifford B Jones of Texas Tech and HHS Willison of the state extension service are invited to speak, and Rep George Mahon is also being contacted.
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Levelland
Pliny
DW. Sherrill
Extension Service
Hockley County Agriculture Assn Aire
G.oungman
Pep
Clifford B Jones
Texas ‘Tech
Hhs Willison
State Extension Service
Sherrill
Southern Press Faces Kennedy Nixon Clash In South
A test of independent press power versus professional politicians unfolds across the South in the Kennedy Nixon race. Southern editors push party regularity despite liberal planks and civil rights pledges while notable papers and editors from Virginia to Texas react with suspicion to Kennedy Johnson tactics and the mix of liberal and conservative forces shaping the Democratic ticket.
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Ray Tucker
Washington
South
Excepti
Harry F
Virginia’ Commonwealth
Kefauver
Tennessee
TVA
Louisiana
Democratic Committee
Kennedy Johnson_ hackers
Texas
Los Angeles
Sen. Johnson
Kennedy
Americans For Democratic Action
National Associates For Advancement of Colored People
AFL Cio
Roosevelt-Lehman-Stevenson
Southern
Johnson
Senate
Virginius Dabney
Richmond
Tom Waring
Charleston
Don Ewing
Shreveport
John Temple Graves
Montgomery
Oliver Emmench
Jackson
Fiktor Orndoff
Rosinake
Lyndon Johnson
Courier
Evers
Niyon
Opal
Dallas Morning News
Hershey Johnson
Eisenhower
Calthouge
False Thinking On Civil Rights And Individual Liberties
A reader argues that terms like second rate persons are descriptive of constitutional prerogatives, not Communist phrases. The letter discusses privilege, employment rights, racial discrimination, and the balance between individual rights and legislative protections, noting how labor laws shifted power and questioning who bears consequences in boycott and employment disputes. It reflects debates on civil rights, assimilation, and social tolerance.
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George E. Sokolsky
Pris
Warions Group
Sokolsky
Maryhind
Protest over Soviet officers detained near Heidelberg
US Army officials protested the conduct of two Soviet staff officers detained near a Heidelberg army barracks after being stopped for several hours. The officers, including the chief of the Soviet military mission in Frankfurt, were held following photographs of American defenses on installations.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Atte Thes
Frankfurt
Boobhingen
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Texas Tech
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Knale
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