Government employment trends show rising state local jobs
A Tax Foundation analysis notes federal civilian workers fell from October 1958 to October 1959 by about 85,000, while state and local hires grew, lifting total civilian government employment to around 81 million. The piece argues most new jobs are nonproductive, funded by taxpayers, and burdening productive sectors as salaries total roughly $36 billion annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Foundation
Alaska
Hawaii
Navy officer ousted for opposing admiral's expenses
A navy court recommended discharge of a lieutenant labeled a psychological misfit for refusing to authorize an admiral's expenses. The case centers on alleged overemphasis on Navy Regulations, with no ruling on whether the admiral's costs were legitimate. The piece mocks officials who excuse higher ranks while criticizing fiscal accountability.
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Llieutenant
Navy
Editorial Blaze of Taxes and Welfare State Fears
A fragmented excerpt rails against a drift toward a centralized welfare state. It cites a farm group editorial advocating cooperative enterprises, federal financing, and a highly progressive tax system to fund expansive government programs. The piece argues threats to American freedoms originate at home, not abroad.
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Karlwee Tifa
Hoese
Congressional Record
America
N Attire
TVA
Bonneville Admiinisration
Lowenaz pHa
Tarai
Cies
Becker Sees Oil Industry Shifts Driven By Committees
Journal notes a letter from W H Becker president of Atlas Pipe Inc arguing committees harm decision making in oil firms. He recalls rugged individualism of the past and urges returning to personal initiative to solve industry woes amid low prices high costs and layoffs.
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Jing, Clark
Asl
W. H. “Buster” Becker
Atlas Pipe,Inc
Becker
Cna
Henry Ford
J. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Pause For Reflection By Edward W Greenfield
Editorial urges voters to judge leaders by religion they serve and the values they uphold rather than church affiliation. It argues the core issue is a candidate’s faith in God and its bearing on liberty dignity and constitutional restraint, not parish or sect. It warns of Caesar becoming god and calls for moral tests shaping national destiny.
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Edward W. Greenfield
Kennedy
West Virginia
Wnikita Khrushchev
God
Caesar
United States
MBS
Dulles
Congress of
United ‘States
John D. Goheen
Stanford_University
American Association of University Professors
Attorney General of
California
Richard Byfield
Grace Cathedral
San Francisco
Potato Puzzle with Teacher and Emily
A classroom riddle yields a pun as Emily responds potato salad after a tongue tied exchange. The dialogue centers on dividing a potato into parts to reach a playful conclusion.
Dulles U-2 testimony secrecy sparks senate critique
A harsh critique of the secrecy surrounding Allen Dulles and the U-2 hearing unfolds as senators and CIA officials are accused of staging a cloak and dagger show. Details of the transcript are suppressed, with copies fated to CIA vaults, while leaks and rumors loom over the investigation.
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Washington
CLA
Allen W. Dulles
U-2
Congressional
National “Security
Dulles
Senate
Gay ‘High School
J. William Fulbright
CIA
Cuic
Secre
Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Farright
Khrushchev
Communist Student Leader in East Bay Named
The piece discusses Douglas Wachter, a Berkeley High School former student body president, as a communist youth organizer from northern California. It notes his attendance as an official delegate at a national Communist party convention in New York in December 1959 and reflects on student demonstrations and political pressures at Berkeley and California institutions amid broader global student activism and U.S. anti-Communist scrutiny.
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Othe
Communist “Party
East Bay Region
California
Douglas Wachter
Berkeley
West
Communist Party
New York
University of Cal
Soneman Rhee
Korea
Turkey
Japan
Cear
China
Peking
Shanzhai
Shantung
Chinese Communist "Party
San Francisco
University, of California
Reac
Jons A. O'Connell
Fof
FBI
ROTC
Stanford University
House Committee
Asmeria
Khrushchev
Nikita
White House
Moscow
Nixon
Eisenhower
One Republica
Wwvas
New
York
Rockefeller
Rocky
Adlair Stevenson
Fragmented crossword clues and midcentury political text
A jumble of crossword entries interwoven with a paragraph about communists and student government at the University of California. The nonsensical puzzle items mention Ay sf, Armx meal, Pine Tree, Income tax, Lyric in District, African antelope, and Equine Canticle among others, followed by a disjointed paragraph about Douglas Wachter, Brown, and political sentiment during a time of rapid communication changes.
Capitol Standoff Shapes 1960 Presidential Tilt
Washington reports on the 1960 Democratic and Republican races as Lyndon Johnson Kennedy Symington and others court delegates in Idaho Washington California and Nevada. Khrushchev’s Paris summit crisis and Eisenhower’s stance shift tilt attention toward Nixon’s potential gain while Adlai Stevenson struggles with campaign missteps.
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Washington
Cossay
Khrushchev
White House
West
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Stuart
Adlai Stevenson
U-2
Paris
Senate
William Langer
Nixon
North Dakota
John E._ Davis
House of Representatives
Quentin
Burdick
North
Dakota
Eisenhower
Ezra Taft
Benton
Nikita
Khrusachev
Ezra Taft Benson
Johnson
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Rayburn
Hel
Idaho
California
Gov
Brown
Kennedy
Symington
Far West
Barbs By HAL on Spring Fever and Weather Changes
A fragmented panel hints at spring fever and weather shifts, advising against overreacting to seasonal changes. It references household finances and a caution about being overcharged, with a quip about money lost from an unseen pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
Cochran
Odessa American item summary 1960
A brief 1960 Odessa American entry dated Monday June 6 reports a local event with limited readable details. Names, places, and precise actions are unclear in the OCR snippet but suggest ongoing community coverage typical of the Odessa edition.
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the Odessa
Tex
Freedom Newspaper Editorial on True Freedom and Morality
A fragmented passage from Freedom Newspaper argues freedom comes from God not government and should align with the Golden Rule Ten Commandments and Declaration. It cites self mastery as essential for development and mentions publication details and subscription rates.
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Harry
Archie
San
Fran-jently
Cisco
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Church ofUcial
Telemaen
Carpenters Inois
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