Memorial Day Call to Honor Sacrifice and Nation’s Strength
A reflective Memorial Day message urges Americans to pause amid busyness, remember those who died in wars, and rededicate to uphold the nation’s ideals. It warns against world-state proposals and emphasizes love of country as a guiding force.
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America
United States
Greece
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Cardinal Mindszenty
Germany
Berlin
Russia
Khrushchev
Paris
Marx
Lenin
Heavy Tax Load and Its Effect on Earners
Tax Foundation reports that most Americans earning under 15000 dollars pay a quarter of their income in taxes. The federal tax remains largest, with state and local taxes rising. Incomes rise but people feel harder to accumulate wealth as government takes more. A famous statesman said the power to tax is the power to destroy, eroding initiative.
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TAX Foundation, Inc
Maine
Republican Party
Formula Needed Scientists Study Detroit Traffic Behavior
Detroit researchers led by Dr. Robert Herman at General Motors Research Laboratories develop theories to predict traffic flow and explain drivers actions. They aim to reveal why handling a car changes behavior and seek a formula for safer happier driving.
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Detroit
Robert Herman
General Motors Research Laboratories
Morning Edition page from Jubbock Avalanche Journal
The listing shows publication details for The Jubbock Avalanche Journal Morning Edition and Evening Edition, including publishing company, offices at Stu BL and Ave J in Lubbock Texas, Associated Press and United Press wire services, subscription rates and delivery options for in town and mail orders, plus a patriotic pledge and a date line May 30 1.
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South Piains
Lubbock
Avalanche Journal
Avalanche Journal Publishing Company, Inc
Stu BL
Ave. J. Lyk
Texas
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Miemaker
Associated Press
United Press
Prouty Ally
Edesis Edligt Sod
Chas, W. Ratliff
Carerer
H Vane
United States of America
Spies On The Line Look To BMEWS And Satellites
Special correspondent Bob Considine discusses the shift from U-2 spying to radar networks and satellite projects. He notes BMEWS radar stations, Midas and Samos satellites, and a strategic alert by the Strategic Air Command, with ground agents suspected in the USSR.
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Bob Considine
New York
Eisenhower
Us.s.r
North Pole
Iron Curtain
NATO
Midas
Samos
Strategic Air Command
Ten Little Ways to Live Longer From Gallup Study
Phyllis Battelle notes Dr. Gallup’s 95 and over survey finds women’s longevity linked to behavior, with factors like low worry, abstaining from heavy drinking, and religious faith. The piece highlights a quirky list and regional longevity trends in Kansas and Maine, plus a cheeky take on aging.
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Gallup
Evan Hill
Norway
Kansas
Maine
Nuclear age tensions and campaign images swirl in 1960 landscape
Commentary notes SAC confidence with B series bombers and U-2 flights over the USSR raise fears of massive war toll. It cites a downed U-2 possibly due to engine trouble, the coming era of reconnaissance satellites, and the oversized US spending to counter Khrushchev. It also discusses Nixon and Khrushchev in a campaign still image and editorials on Kennedy and Stevenson.
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SAC
U.S.S.R
Francis Powers
Khrushchev
U.S
Defense Pushes Militant Trend in U.S. Budget Plans
Washington reports a likely defense budget uptick as Khrushchev’s Paris threats spur urgency. Senate leaders press rapid weapon production while a classified boost funds planes, radar, and early warning systems. Samos and Midas satellites to be accelerated for rapid Soviet surveillance.
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Ray
Tucker
Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Red Army
Kremlin
Russia
Congress
Khrushchev
Richard ‘B. Russell
Senate
Tucker Armed Services Committee
Sen
Leverett
Saltonstall
Eisenhower-Nixon
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Appropriations Committee
U.S
Baku
Moscow
SAMOS
MIDAS
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Class of 1940 at Lubbock High holds unique courtroom style graduation
The Lubbock High School class of 1940 staged a graduation in a trial format titled The Class of 1940 on Trial. Nine witnesses testified on democracy’s seven pillars as the class was deemed worthy of graduation. Speaker Dr. J. T. Hutchinson and class president Jack Levin framed the ceremony with a civic tone.
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Lubbock High School
Lubbock
Jack Levin
J. T. Hutchinson
Khrushchev calendar taunts U.S. election and unity
The piece argues Khrushchev’s Paris remarks aim at influencing the American election and inauguration, while urging national unity beyond party divides. It contends the President symbolizes the nation and condemns Khrushchev’s vulgarity, warning of Soviet aims and the risks of war or domination.
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George E. Sokolsky
Khrushchev
Sokolsky
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon To Head SEATO Ministers Conference Opening
The State Department says Vice President Richard M. Nixon will be the chief speaker at the opening of the SEATO foreign ministers conference in Washington. The meeting runs through June 3 with President Eisenhower hosting lunch after the opening session.
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Washington
State Department
Richard M. Nixon
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Nixon
Eisenhower
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Royal Air Force
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House Appropriations Committee
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Clifford Jones
Texas Tech
Callander
Department of Education
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United Nations
Richard Nixon
Soviet Russia
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Finch
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