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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1960
Page
4
In a Washington column, Holmes Alexander argues the anti death penalty push is flawed. He critiques a proposed federal bill H. R. 870 for selective mercy and notes the public and political forces favoring tough policing and capital punishment.
London reports that Britain’s Labour under Hugh Gaitskell and West Germany’s Social Democrats under Willy Brandt share anti Communist, nationalist aims yet diverge. Brandt gains party control while Gaitskell loses ground as unions press pacifist and unilateral disarmament policies, risking a split and Conservative dominance. Brandt challenges Adenauer for 1961 with eye toward 1965 chancellorship.
A Philadelphia crime wave ended after 94 holdups with 92 convicted and no acquittals. Eleven years earlier bandits targeted American Stores, but a sustained police and business alliance yielded 361 years minimum and 996 years maximum in prison terms. The result: no holdups in two years and a proven deterrent.
A short reflection on prayer using the story of Jesus healing Bartimaeus. A boy asks not for sight but for a seeing-eye dog, prompting a contemporary lesson that faith asks for true vision and guidance in Jesus name. The piece ends with a simple prayer.
A compact devotional note quotes Matthew 5 16 urging believers to let their good deeds be seen by others to glorify God in heaven.
The NYSE once cut round-turn commissions but moved back to regular rates by 1959. Investors should beware in-and-out trading profits may vanish amid high broker fees. Also a reader asks about General American Investors stock. the column explains it is a closed end fund with oil and gas exposure and no risk-free stock.
A July 28, 1959 state election saw 93 percent of Hawaii’s registered voters go to the polls, far surpassing the previous presidential turnout around 60 percent. The piece urges active citizenship and registration as essential to a free government, citing religious blessing and the Bible.
George Abbot, actor writer and producer, turns 72 next month. He earned a B A from Rochester University and studied at Harvard before his New York debut in The Mis leading Lady in 1913. He coauthored The Fall Guy in 1925 and later works include Where's Charley Broadway Pal Joey and Kiss Me Kate. His first wife died in 1936.
The Washington County Circuit Court issued a temporary injunction stopping publication of an advertisement by the Washington Association of Independent Insurance Agents based on a suit from an auto liability case. The ad cited county survey data on claims, verdicts, and awards, prompting a debate over freedom of the press and the public’s right to know.
The piece links claims of Eichmann’s kidnapping to Cairo near Nasser’s nose with Israeli agents and three ordinary British citizens involved in a coup attempt. It questions how two Israeli officers slipped into Cairo while noting conflicting dispatches about his location.
Leroy Harriger, certified instructor, warns readers that rising skin diving popularity brings risks. He cites air embolism, bends, pneumothorax, and nitrogen narcosis, urges proper instruction and never diving alone, notes modern regulators boost safety but novices still misjudge depth and time. The letter also references Jacques Cousteau and final note mentions census figures for American Samoa and California.
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