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The 1959 Little League World Series opens in Williamsport Pa with Monterrey banned for rule violations leaving Latin America Canada Pacific Europe teams to compete in elimination games toward the championship. Monterrey’s Cinderella run in 1957 1958 is recalled despite absence this year. Dwight D Eisenhower once admired their charm in Washington DC during the journey.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fringe Benefits Growth Through Welfare Oriented Pay
Private industry has quietly expanded fringe benefits from hospital care to pensions as nonwage compensation. World War II and subsequent wage-control periods boosted health, welfare, and pension programs, with unions gaining bargaining rights in 1948. By 1957, fringe costs averaged 22 percent of payroll, about $961 per employee, rising from $420 to $1150 for long‑tracked firms, signaling broad adoption across nonunion workers too.
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Tough Luck Pursues Some Guys by Jim Bishop Name
Ed, a fast-talking, troubled man with multiple relationships, drifts from relative sobriety into crime and deception. The narrator recalls Ed’s decline, petty thefts, bad checks, and a jail cell episode, ending with a lingering debt of 170 dollars and a wary pledge to repay.
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Criticism of the New Deal at Bute County GOP outing
On Aug 26 1939 Gov John W Bricker and Rep Harry Routzohn spoke at the Bute County Republicans annual outing at the county fairgrounds. Routzohn warned Roosevelt risked steering the nation toward involvement in a European war as Hitler cancelled the Nazi Day of Peace event slated for Sept 2, signaling renewed tensions.
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Harry N Routzohn
Bute County
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Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
Interest Problem Must Be Dealt With Now
Washington editorials condemn Democratic control of Congress for inaction on government bond interest rate ceilings. They cite inflation fears, market reluctance to lend, and pressures to avoid higher rates, warning that delaying action harms the dollar and risks a controlled economy.
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Democratic leadership seen as mild in Congress
Washington report critiques the 1959 Democratic performance under Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn. It notes failed overrides of Eisenhower vetoes, mixed success on labor and civil rights, and cautious center-ground legislation with few bold initiatives. Johnson’s farm and housing plans, Rayburn’s control limits, and stalled bills highlight a lukewarm start to the new Congress.
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Hay fever woes and wary wilted pills
A Middletown reader laments hay fever with vivid comic detail. The piece describes sneezing fits, tissue burdens, pill variety, and a pink eye accusation, noting residents share the ache while ragweed and countryside pollen drift in. The writer asserts communal sympathy and a light, hopeful closing.
Broadway Bulletin board gossip and showbiz notes
Dorothy Kilgallen highlights high society twins and lookalikes near Ann Ames, with Winston Guest Jr. and Diana Barrymore rumors. Edith Piaf’s entourage and Teesa Helburn memoirs tease pre death. Frank Sinatra’s circle shapes Diana Trask escort, plus Cattleman opening as adult Western venue. Also notes on May Britt, Jim Garner, Notre Dame TV rights, Clark Gable praise, Winston Churchill’s daughter in New York, East German scientists, Corinne Calvet, Anna Magnani, Yankees, Hawaii rights price, and Moscow expo hats trend.
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Patricia Parsons
Oyster Bay
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Ann Ames
W. 52Nd St
New York
Winston
Ann
Diana Barrymore
Tennessee Williams
Jimmy Rodgers
Colleen
Edith Piaf
Theatre Guild
Teesa Helburn
Cattleman
May Britt
Jim Garner
Ants released to fight pineworm plague in Mannheim forest
In Mannheim Germany city authorities released about 15 million ants to combat a pineworm outbreak. The plan sparks debate as an onlooker calls it sabotage while a Danish reporter bets he can circle the globe hitching rides to prove his thumb will hold up.
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