Is a tax hike necessary for Texans
The Texas tax issue shifts from a 2 percent sales levy expected to fund deficits to a push for higher appropriations. Agencies seek about 3.2 billion for the next two-year period, up from 1.5 billion current, implying potential new taxes to cover a 250 million ballpark increase. Public burden grows with direct and hidden taxes, urging limits on agency requests and government spending to avoid harming the economy.
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Texas
Tom Keel
Legislative Budget Board
Problem of moving workers back to farms studied by China
A Western problem long familiar is described as China faces food shortages after a failed great leap forward. Leaders try to pull agricultural workers to cities again, a task similar to Western experience of decades. A person who studied farm animals remarks that chickens are the smartest, joking about instinct and danger.
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China
Paree
Khrushchev Reelected as Leader Reflects Lack of Election Betting
The note mocks the absence of betting on elections in Russia, highlighting Khrushchev’s continued tenure and suggesting life there is predictable and unexciting.
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T Khrushchev
Russia
Stars The Day On The South Plains
The piece, from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal dated Aug 24 1962, appears as a front matter card featuring masthead details, publishing offices, rate schedules, wire service affiliations, pledge, and city imprint. It lists editor Harry Chas Guy and associates, with advertising and postage rates for various subscription terms.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Bubschipiun
Gundey
United States of America
Sec
A. Lubbock
Texas
Mayo Clinic as American Lourdes and medical crossroads
Special Correspondent Bob Considine profiles Rochester Minnesota, home of Mayo Clinic. He portrays a city of hope amid a population of about 40,000, drawing 200000 patients yearly from across the U S and 70 foreign countries. The piece traces Mayo's origins with William Worrall Mayo, the clinic’s cooperative model, and Dr Charles W Mayo, highlighting its non profit culture and salaried doctors with generous vacations and pensions.
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Bob Considine
Ochester
Minn
City of Hope
Mayo Clinic
England
William Worrall Mayo
Rochester
St. Mary's Hospital
William James
Charles Horace
American Medical Association
Mayo Brothers
Charles W. Mayo
Charlie
Chuck
South Pacific
U. S
China
Mayo
Considine
Americans as gamblers reject civil defense shelters
In a column by Inez Robb, the writer argues postwar civil defense efforts are futile. She critiques Rep. Carl Vinson and Kennedy administration messaging, noting Americans face unavoidable nuclear risk and a pervasively uncertain shelter program.
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Inez Robb
OFAR
Berlin
Washington
Boise
Idaho
Tucson
Rep. Vinson
Vinson
Kennedy viewed as not anti business by supporters
Supporters argue Kennedy is more conservative and cooperative with business than FDR or Truman. They cite his private Telstar plans, opposition to AFL CIO 35 hour week, and approval of rail wage reform as balancing labor views with pro business moves. They credit faster depreciation and investment tax credits for big and small firms.
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Washington
Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
United States Chamber of Commerce
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Morse-Gore- Neuberger
Uncle Sam
Afl-Cio
Aflcio
George L. Meany
White House
Eisenhower
Europe
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Wall Street
NASA official says UJOMEN not ready for space travel
A NASA official states UJOMEN are not prepared for space travel and asserts the agency will not delay the space program waiting for their readiness, framing urgency over preparation.
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NASA
Organist of St Gervais in Paris system of succession
The post of organist at the Church of St Gervais in Paris was held by a line of successors from 1630 to 1665 and then passed to two brothers two nephews a grand nephew and two great grandnephews for a total of about 175 years.
Problems in New York The Incredible Democrats
George E Sokolosky assesses New York Democrats aims to deny Nelson Rockefeller the 1962 governorship, forecasting a tough 1964 presidential path for JFK and a potential shift among conservatives. He cites Rosemary McGrath's Assembly bid as a strength test and critiques De Sapio era loyalties, tax policy, and intra party frictions shaping the Nassau and state landscape.
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George E. Sokolsky
New York
John F. Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
James Farley
Sokolsky
New York State
Rockefeller
Wendell Willkie
Rosemary McGrath
Assembly
Greenwich Village
McGrath
Secret Talks Mark 113th U.S.–China Ambassadorial Meeting
In Warsaw the United States and Communist China held their 113th ambassadorial session. John Cabot and Wang Ping-nam refused to disclose the agenda. The Antofagasta-Bolivia Railroad will operate under British management for two years.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States
China
U.S
John Cabot
Wang Ping-nam
Antofagasta - Bolivia
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Atomage Gamble
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House Armed Services Committee
You
Bronx
Tizzy
JFK
By Ray Tucker
Special Corres
Tucker
Christian I
Christiane
Problems IN
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Arthur Schlesinger Jr
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Carmine de Sapio
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Wagner
American Liberal Party
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Richard Nixon
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