Kennedy Era Economic Debate Splits Washington on Recovery
Amid mixed signals from the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers experts weigh if the economy momentum will resume or a new postwar recession is near. President Kennedy faces tax cut debates while lawmakers fear political backlash as consumers keep spending and construction stays strong.
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Washington
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Kennedy
Congress
Associated Press Business News
Sam Dawson
TE Tels Ae
Naming Towns In Oregon Editors Fight Name Changes
An Oregon editor attacks efforts to replace pioneer place names with newer “prettier” or “more dignified” terms. He cites Wolf Creek to Sunset as an example and warns against adopting names of movie stars or shows, which may be forgotten years later, leaving towns stuck with transient monikers.
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Oregon
Wolf Creek
Sunset
Oregonian
United States
Congress session earns praise for talk, but little progress
Sen. Hugh Scott of Secavania faults the current Congress for excessive discussion with limited results. He questions whether this session is unusually talk heavy and action light compared with past sessions.
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Hugh Scott
Secavania
Congress
It Takes Hard Work for Father to Con Junior
A rural scene shows a father urging his son to mow the lawn after Old Dobbin frails out. The family lacks a tow vehicle to haul a boat, highlighting farm labor and transportation constraints.
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Junior
Fragmented notice from Lubbock paper July 24 1962
A damaged OCR fragment from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal shows pricing and dates but is largely illegible. It mentions Liberty and Justice for all and a July 24 1962 date in Lubbock Texas with unclear items and amounts.
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Bec. A. Lubbock, Texas
Japan
Duke of Bedford guides tour at Woburn Abbey
Special correspondent notes at Woburn Abbey Bucks where the Duke leads visitors through the castle and its art treasures, pointing out the 1598 painting of the Earl of Essex and quipping about his beard as part of the tour.
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Bob Considine
Oburn Abbey
Bucks
England
Essex
Elizabeth
Britain
Jack Parr
Joshua Reynold
Fourth Duke of Bedford
Louis XV
Pawn or a Human A Starnes Reflection in Laos
In Laos a reporter recalls a wary embassy encounter with Laotian soldiers and a ragged shoeshine boy who asks for ten kip. The piece dwells on humility and the limits of American preconceptions amid war and poverty, contrasting ignorance with uneasy insight into human frailty.
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Richard Starnes
Laos
Southeast Asia
United States
Vientiane
Rudyard Kiplings
Colfee Starnes Page
Industrial Emigration in Postwar Trade Debate
The Kennedy administration faces a clash over foreign investment and domestic capacity. Officials warn that adding foreign factories may worsen U.S. plant shutdowns while tax policy pressures firms to stay abroad. Industrial emigrants claim 500,000 U.S. jobs at risk without tax changes.
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Pastanton
Kennedy
Japanoep
White House
Europe
United States
U.S. Treasury
The Professional Revolt Amid Strikes and Values
George E. Sokolsky argues that professional people like doctors and teachers face disrespect and low pay, warning against ideology that erodes expertise. He praises medical strikes in Saskatchewan and warns against professional men becoming strikebreakers, emphasizing freedom to research and the value of science in sustaining nations.
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Goorge E. Sokolsky
New York
Saskatchewan
Vienna
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Khrushchev
Communist Countries
Churchill Continues To Show Improvement
Sir Winston Churchill shows further improvement in his recovery from a broken thigh bone and complications. Lady Churchill visited Middlesex Hospital and noted there is improvement today. He rises for several hours and walks a few steps with nurses’ help.
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London
Winston Churchill
Lady Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Churchill
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Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
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