Political Conventions Retain Big Top Flavor
Politics at national conventions retains carnival air as both parties plan mid to late July 1964 events. San Francisco leads for Republicans while Atlantic City and Chicago vie for Democrats with large cash and facility offers. TV costs rise with separate sites, history notes billion-dollar sponsorships.
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San Francisco
Atlantic City
Chicago
Miami
Miami Beach
Joe Blakes
Cow Palace
Knob Hill
Dallas
Detroit
Philadelphia
Soviet Oil Offensive Warns of Cold War Weaponization
Oil Facts reports rising Soviet use of petroleum exports as a political tool, warning that Moscow’s oil push could affect every American home and industry. It notes growth from 760,000 barrels daily in 1950 to an estimated 5.3 million by 1965, with politically motivated prices used against satellite nations.
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Soviet Unions
Russia
U.S
Oil Facts
American Petroleum Institute
United States
Hitler
Electricity costs a small share of consumer spending
The report notes electricity represents 1.4 percent of consumer expenditures and 1.9 percent of manufacturing value added. It helps explain that electricity prices have not surged, with residential costs under two thirds of their World War I level despite a tripling in the cost of living.
Purely Personal Reflections on Freedom and Self Knowledge
Sydney J. Harris muses on freedom of speech and thought, the paradoxes of compassion, ambition and self knowledge. He questions the balance between protected and challenging environments for youth and the science versus art of medicine. He also notes how ads reveal a nation’s character and ponders whether war can protect the future if it destroys it.
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Rosenstock - Huessy
Why did the governor remarry in 1964 campaign
Dr. Clarence Couchmaster interviews a gubernatorial groom who explains his remarriage was driven by political calculations. He cites near-marts vote totals, Republican tensions, and the need to avoid a weak candidacy while facing a Goldwater surge and Kennedy odds. He argues personal affection outweighed ambition, though evidence remains strategic.
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Clarence W. Couchmaster
Couchmaster
White House
Dr. Couchmaster
Robert Morgenthau
the Re
Goldwater
Dick Nixon
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
New York
Albany
Castro
DeGaulle
Khrushchev
Congress
Kennedy
Priest Proposes 31 Psalm Lectionary for Schools
Reverend W Ross Byers a United Presbyterian pastor and Shenango Presbytery official urges a 31 Psalm lectionary in 1964 English translation to accompany school Bible readings and Lord's Prayer, arguing it protects religious rights while avoiding forced neutrality. He notes the plan is personal opinion not church or presbytery policy.
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the News
United Presbyterian
Shenango
Pennsylvania
Rev
W. Ross Byers
Wilmington Rd
Psalm 118 6 Verse on Fear and Trust
Psalm 118 6 The verse declares the Lord is on my side so I shall not fear. A note explains conjugale detailing marital relation and origin from Latin.
Local GNCA leader questions merger and tax impact on railroads
Letter writer C M Uber urges GNCA members to oppose the NYC PRR merger. He warns of unemployment, lost taxes, and rail service cuts across Pennsylvania and beyond, citing 1961 earnings manipulation and potential regional economic harm. He cites Ohio tax comparisons and references a Pittsburgh article by Sandra Gaston.
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the News
GNCA
N.Y.C
P.R.R
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Pennsylvania
Erie
Nickleplate
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Washington
New York
Ohio
Pittsburgh Press
Sandra Gaston
Garner
Three Minutes A Day By James Keller
A 13 year old girl is arrested after admitting she burned a school by entering through a broken window and setting a pile of papers ablaze. She cited hatred for two teachers as the motive and offered little further explanation. Authorities described her as a troubled and uncommunicative child. The piece contrasts hatred with love and spiritual growth.
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God
Man
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth with a surface area of 63,801,668 square miles and an average depth of 14,048 feet, per the World Almanac.
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United Press International
Pacific Ocean
World Almanac
Hydroponics Definition Guide
A concise definition notes hydroponics as the soilless plant growth method using roots in nutrient liquid. It traces origins to Greek hydor water and Latin ponere to place, forming the term and concept.
Elder statesmen linger as fears ease for Hoover and Baruch
John Chamberlain reflects on Herbert Hoover and Bernard Baruch, both aging and ill yet resilient. He notes their wartime crisis methods influenced New Deal policies, their preference for voluntary, market-friendly action, and Churchill’s "seven tests of freedom" as a gauge for liberal ideals in the US and Britain.
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Herbert Hoover
Bernard Baruch
Farm Board
Triple A
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Washington
Hoover
War Industries Board
National Recovery Administration
Baruch
NRA
Armour Grain Co
California Fruit Growers Exchange
England
United States
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Britain
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Brace For Brutal Presidential Year
The piece notes a shaky Republican majority in Pennsylvania as 1952 looms, with a Kennedy victory possibly tipping the House and Senate to anti administration Democrats. It cites school reform turmoil, a 5 percent sales tax rise, a 5 percent liquor tax hike, and PTA opposition as major pressures on Scranton Administration lawmakers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Scranton
Lawrence
Pennsylvania Tavern Assn
PTA
Be of good cheer in tribulation, faith and victory
A devotional prayer reflecting on trials and suffering in life. The speaker seeks a victorious faith through Jesus Christ and asks for radiance and cheer despite persecution and temptations. The message recalls Jesus words about overcoming the world and urges steadfast optimism.
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Jesus
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