Smallpox Travel Risk Highlighted in 1960 Notice
A Preston Idaho page notes that a Heidelberg Germany smallpox outbreak in 1958 could allow a traveler to reach New York and spread the disease before symptoms appear. It cites U S Public Health Service vaccine requirements for travelers and the vaccine industry’s role in protecting the United States, with smallpox freedom since 1953.
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Heidelberg
Germany
New York City
New York
United States
U. S. Public Health Service
Preston
Idaho
Rayburn Known For Candor And Frugal Habits
Rep Rayburn is blunt and candid. He believes in telling the truth and saving explanations for later. He dislikes waste of time effort or money and urges fairness. He has never travelled abroad and when Congress adjourns he goes home.
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Rayburn
Congress
United States
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Sam
House
Congressional
Bonham
House of Representatives
Henry Clay
Sam—Rayburn
Disease in the jet age and national debt debate
Health concerns note how air travel spreads diseases like smallpox amid global movement. Senator Dworshak cites Idaho’s share of the national debt at over one billion dollars, urging spending cuts and debt reduction while highlighting immense interest costs. He warns the debt threatens future taxpayers and questions settlement effects on steel prices and inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dworshak
Dworshak
U. S. Treasury Department
Franklin County
Idaho
Tax backlash and political shifts noted in 1960s discourse
The piece reflects on Oregon tax protests slowing 1959 1961 boosts and voter resistance to high taxes. It cites state referenda momentum and quotes the Portland Journal. It also surveys federal and state politics including Nixon Stevenson Kennedy Humphrey and Rayburn’s long service and influence.
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Mark Twain
Oregon
Portland Journal
Washington, D. C
Congress
Rockefeller
Nixon
Kennedy
Humphrey
Adlai Stevenson
Hound Dog Psychology and Pork Barrels in Politics
Dear Mister Editor writer Uncle Dan compares congressmen to barking hound dogs as they push airport and dam projects to justify spending. He recalls Clem Webster at the country store explaining pork barrel politics and notes aging arthritis, evolution talk, and modern thinking over fifty years.
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Clem Webster
Country Store
Clem
Congressmen
Babylon
Uncle Dan
Local newspaper relies on business support for publication
The note credits advertising from area firms for enabling the newspaper to publish news about Franklin County residents and their activities. It urges readers to support local businesses to keep the paper running.
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Franklin
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Davidse
Health News Institute
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New York Mirror
Don Robinson
American Prégs
America
Foud
Gncele Dan
Doolie
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Eee Pic Hans
ROCA
PTL
North State
Rulon Owen
Royce Fuworlman
Mar
Union Pacific Domeliner Finewood
Domeliner
Union Parific
Reoyaite
Nee Har Wander Tag el Re He
Union Pacific
Pacific Railroad
Mercury
Ats
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McCune Motor Company
West Oneida
Prestin
Fetae
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