Rockefeller Declines Candidacy as GOP Drafts 1960 Fight
The piece argues Nelson Rockefeller rejected a presidential bid calling the Republican Party a closed corporation loyal to Nixon. It recalls 1952 Ike Taft dynamics and Nixon’s uneasy status, suggesting Rockefeller could be drafted as the strongest anti Democratic challenger in 1960 amidst party divisions.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Sen
Robert Taft
Gen
Taft
Richard Nixon
Ike
Rockefeller
Social Security Tax Rate Rise Sparks Growing Dilemma
Tax rates rise to 3 percent on January 1 raising the annual Social Security burden for wage earners at the $4,800 cap to about 144 dollars, as lawmakers debate further tax increases and adjustments to the earnings base. The Disability Trust Fund shows deficits for 1958 and 1959 with 1960 forecast at 87 million, while trustees push toward near actuarial balance amid calls for reform.
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Aime J. Forand
D-R
Seymour E. Harris
Harvard University
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
West Virginia's Jerry West shines amid rough UK tourney play
Bernice Rice recounts Jerry West enduring a broken nose while leading WVU through Kentucky Invitational play. She notes brutal defense from George Latinovich and Willie Akers big lines, praising West’s heart and the Mountaineers' coach Fred Schaus while hinting at officiating issues and future NCAA hopes.
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Bernice Rice
West Virginia University
Cabin Creek
University of Kentucky
George Latinovich
St. Louis
Cousin George
St. Louis Billikens
Willie
Tiger
Akers
Bob Normann
Mountaineers
Adolph Rupp
Nordmann
West
Jerry
Fred Schaus
UK Memorial Coliseum
Wildcats
Ruppe
Perormance
West Virginia Mountains
WVU
West Virginia
Lexington
Schaus
Willie Akers
Patrone
Kentucky
Jim Warren
Big Joe Posch
Mountaineer
Fred
George King
Los Angeles
Mr. West
Rockefeller withdrawal leaves Nixon unopposed for GOP nomination
The Associated Press explains New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller will not seek the 1960 Republican presidential nomination but will support the party and its nominees. Rockefeller hints he may still influence the race from the sidelines, potentially challenging party bosses and the Eisenhower administration while not ruling out taking the nomination if Nixon falters.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Republican Party
Richard Nixon
New York City
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Eisenhower
Chicago
Freeborn County Strife Over Wilson Plant Violence
Editorial condemns the Albert Lea strike at Wilson & Co. as National Guard intervenes after mob violence at the plant. It argues police inaction and union influence worsened the clash, calling the event an injustice to peaceful workers and urging national reflection. It ends with a prayer from John Sutherland Bonnell.
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Freeborn County
Minnesota
Albert Lea
Wilson & Co
United Packinghouse Workers
Wilson Plant
Afl-Cio
Freeman
Orville Freeman
National Guard
National Guardsmen
Freeborn
America
Chattanooga News-Free Press
Raleigh and Register Advertising and Subscription Rates
Beckley Newspapers outlines home delivery options for Raleigh and Register readers. Includes daily and Sunday rates for mail and carrier delivery, plus tax note and address-change instructions.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
View Of Events Reflections On The 1950s In New York
Hal Boyle surveys the anxious close of the 1950s in New York, noting pundits’ reviews and their attempts to define the decade of doubt as world history turns its pages.
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S. & J. McQuade
Associated Press
AP News
Brooks & Finley, Inc
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Time quiz and 1950s nostalgia from a junior editor
The piece muses on how time has been measured from moons to clocks and uranium dating, notes a 1925 midnight day start, and recalls 1950s life trends from escalators to rock n roll and mass car ownership. It blends a quiz answer with reflections on social change.
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Ruth Taylor
Bay City
Mich
Beckley
Earl Wilson Chicago-Type Humor Revived On Broadway
A notes page round up in New York highlights Allen Cantors quips about young acts on Monday nights. It mentions Jack Waldron’s veteran club appearance, guests like Kate Smith and Sinatra, plus comic bits by Jerry Bergen and others.
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New York
Eddie Cantor
Jack Silverman
International
Chicago
Jack Waldron
Waldron
al Capone
Jack
Kate Smith
Exband
Mickey Alpert
New Haven
Sinatra
Gene Kelly
Peter Lorre
New Agva Prez
Joey Adams
Leon
Eddie’s
Gus van
van & Schenck
Darktown Strutters' Ball
Miami
Gus
Bert Wheeler
Horace McMahon
Jerry Bergen
Henry Youngman
Marriage Licenses and City Council Last Meeting
Fifty years ago in the 1909 Raleigh Register list marriage licenses for numerous couples including Clayton Neely and Laura Mooney Gerald Fitze and Ruth Figgott and others. The last regular Raleigh city council session approved Treasurer Hutchinson’s $10 000 bond, settled bills headed by Beckley Electric, and the mayor invited attendees to an oyster supper at Loyd's.
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Clayton Neely
Laura Mooney
Jerry M. Fitzegerald
Ruth Margaret Figgott
W. T. West
M. P. Hankln
W. L. Burgess
Gracie Oneal
Luther Roy Sherman
Octavia J. Chanc
Cynthia L. Blankenship
John Jones
Florence Morgan
James Owen Thompson
Effie May Worley
J. W. Smith
Lelia F. Willis
Joe L. Smith
G. C
Hedrick
J, B, Earwood
Lilly
T. E, Bibb
P. P. Trail
J. Q. Hutchinson
Beckley Electric Light and Power Co
Loyd’s
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