Real Victor At Democrat Convention Dominates Labor Talk
The piece argues Walter Reuther shapes the Democratic platform at Los Angeles in 1960, pressuring for a welfare-state agenda and anti-Landrum Griffin measures. It credits Reuther’s influence with Kennedy and Democratic leaders, noting AFL-CIO aims for a major labor political push before the November election.
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Los Angeles
Walter Reuther
Ath
GOP
Reuther
Kennedy
Johnson
Aly 'Ee
Asnedy
ACA
Barrywater
Jackson
Humphrey
Marty Byrd
UAW
Pao
Landrum-Griffin
Amn
Umphrey Symington
Ufkd
Owen Brewster
Maine
Statler-Hilton
Afl-Cio
Victor Riesel
Fdr
Truman
Ike
Nixon
Detroit
Los Nes
Fragmented column riffs on leaving Myrtle Point and local figures
A humorous personal piece contemplates moving to Mexico to support a son pursuing a concert career. It laments losing local friends and groups such as Housewives For 427, and mocks local editors and characters from Coos Bay and nearby towns. It ends with a plug for McCaffree Electric and free estimates in Myrtle Point.
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Fec
Cular
Mexico
Myrtle Point
Lions Club Picnic Closes Mauna Loa Site for Coquille Bridge Move
Myrtle Point Lions held their annual picnic at Mauna Loa beach with about 60 attendees and Delta Sigma Phi serving camp fire chicken. The event likely ends Mauna Loa as a picnic spot due to a planned Highway 42 bridge over the Coquille river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Tom Perkins
Gordon MacKerrow
Lavern Noyes
Mauna Loa
Highway 42
Coquille River
No Compromise Program Dominates Economic Policy Debate
The passage argues the program out-Nears the New Deal in scope and aligns with organized labor. It questions whether an American majority supports such a policy and notes the November election will reveal the answer. The emphasis is on broad social measures and the political mandate ahead.
Knapp elected Edison Electric Institute president
Sherman R. Knapp, president of Connecticut Light and Power Co., was chosen president of the Edison Electric Institute at its 28th annual Atlantic City convention. He urged addressing subsidized government competition and tax inequality, arguing electric bills should fund government and noting about 20 percent of U.S. electricity users rely on government-subsidized power. He supported the 23rd Amendment to remove federal government from the power business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman R. Knapp
Connecticut Light and Power Co
Edison Electric Institute
Atlantic City
Knapp
U.S.A
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Myrtle Point Herald
Aiwa Published Association
Oregon
Ar Ste
KLY Newspaper Representatives, Inc. Inc
Rotesh
Ical
Tory
Coos Bay
Ule
McCaffree Electric
Dorothy’ Flowers
Robert Breidenstein
Optometrist
Spruce Street
R.L.D.S. Church
Maple Primary
George Linn Insurance
Anderson
Sneatan Science Morutos
Norway
Boston
Addess
Herald
Oregon State College
Southern College
Indiana
Korea
Floyd
Myse
Erwin D. Canham
The
Christian Science Monitor
Democrat Party
A Angeles
Michael G. Carney
Cumann T Dhat Servi Vision
North Adams
Coquille
Rexy Theatre
M. W. Egglestron
Brodie Shingle Company
Wmyrtle Point
Roth Body Shop
Bata
Nick Leven
North Bend
My Electric
Mrs Seven
Coos County
Pacific Power
Adan
Wesher
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