Christmas shopping builds to new peak with ads booming
Merchants expect record Christmas sales as shopping begins earlier and newspapers advertise heavily. Stores stock up and presses run at capacity to meet growing ad space demand, with publishers forecasting continued gains as the season heats up.
Churches urge broader presidential powers to settle major strikes
A National Council of Churches committee urges expanding White House control in labor disputes like last year's 116 day steel mill closure. It proposes presidential panels be allowed to propose settlements, not just fact finding, echoing Taft Hartley concerns over government setting wages and prices and risking reduced free bargaining.
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Robert A. Taft
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Church Committee
Viewpoints on Senate loyalty conflict and voter impact
A public critique argues Senator Clark of Pennsylvania would force caucus obedience over personal conscience, risking minority influence in Congress. It defends Senator Byrd of Virginia’s approach that a senator first owes residents of his state and should follow his own judgment on issues before the nation. The piece cites Kennedy as an example of courage when standing against party winds.
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Kennedy Offers Stevenson U.N. Post While Pondering Cabinet Role
The piece analyzes President-elect Kennedy's push to offer Adlai Stevenson the United States ambassador to the United Nations, framing it as a bid to placate liberal factions. It compares Stevenson’s potential role with historic figures and notes Stevenson’s cautious stance on accepting, amid questions about policy direction and cabinet participation.
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Health questions on surgery ethics from a physician
Dr Brady discusses a 14 year old girl who lay in a coma for eight years after a routine tonsillectomy and near four minute heart stoppage during surgery. He questions the necessity and justification of routine tonsillectomy and the ethical implications of disfiguring neck tissue to remove all tonsil tissue.
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William E. Baron
New York State Journal of Medicine
Best Sellers in Fiction and Politics Pack, 1960s list
Publishers' Weekly compiled best sellers featuring novels by Michener and Lee, historical and political works by Drury and Schlesinger Jr., plus non-fiction titles by Packard, Shirer, Goldwater, Baruch, and others. The list includes To Kill a Mockingbird, The Leopard, Advise and Consent, and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich among varied genres.
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James Michener
Allen Drury
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Joy Adamson
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Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Harry Golden
Barry Goldwater
Hal Boyle Says Four Unnecessary Holes In Head
Hal Boyle notes the average American harbors over seven million untreated dental cavities and offers a series of quips on work, sleep, travel, and daily life. He cites a four day work week forecast, sleepwalking trends, and quirks from cities like New York and Winchester Massachusetts.
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Moment of Meditation on Isaiah’s Promised Way
A prayerful plea for welfare and strength invokes Isaiah’s message. The speaker seeks courage for personal, communal, national, and international welfare. The passage recalls healing, open eyes, and a highway of holiness as a future hope.
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Kennedy faces limits on keeping campaign pledges
The piece surveys historic precedents where presidents failed to keep promises due to economic strains, noting FDR, Wilson, Hoover and Eisenhower. It discusses tight money, gold loss, and tax/ tariff issues shaping Kennedy's early presidency and monetary policy tensions.
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Ray Tucker
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Herbert Hoover
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Eisenhower
World Championship Bridge Hand Sends Italian Team to Victory
In Turin this year Italy defeated the United States in a world championship match. The North-South declarer failed to make four hearts after a flawed defense, while the Italian pair using the Roman Club system reached six hearts for 1490 points and a 20 international match-point swing.
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