Kennedy Seeks Depreciation Reform Push
Kennedy signals plan to stimulate plant modernization with accelerated depreciation and investment credits. IRS actions cut machinery lifespans in textiles, with Treasury studying six other industries for revised schedules. Stakeholders note improved prospects for passage and a possible shift toward Democrat-led reform.
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Kennedy
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Treasury Department
Treasury
Dillon
Eisenhower
Western unity and Soviet pressure in world scene
A cautious view of East West tensions notes Western unity advances in Western Europe and the Common Market. It argues Sino Soviet expansion is not irresistible, cites satellite gains since 1953, highlights Cuba Laos and Vietnam pressures, and asserts freedom remains capable of resisting communism.
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U. N
Adlai Stevenson
Red Army
Europe
United States
Czechoslovakia
Red Star
South Korea
West
Moscow
Peiping
Viet Nam
Indochina
China
Fidel Castro
Laos
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Guatemala
Greece
Iraq
Congo
Yugoslavia
Albania
Kremlin
Education gap: USSR trails U.S. in schooling and graduation rates
The National Science Foundation reports a sweeping study on Education and Professional Employment in the U.S.S.R. It highlights Russia's educational lag with four years of average schooling versus eleven in the United States and only about 7 percent of Russians graduating high school, against 57 percent in the U.S. The findings come as Congress weighs federal aid to education and are reviewed by Nicholas De Witt of Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
National Science Foundation
U.S.S.R
Russia
United States
NSF
Nicholas DeWitt
Harvard
Russian Research Center
Congress
Kennedy
U.S.A
OAS
Uruguay
Brazil
Argentina
Mexico
Chile
Bolivia
Ecuador
Byrd
Russian Education System Versus U S Liberal Arts
Nicholas DeWitt analyzes Soviet higher education comparing Russia’s heavy emphasis on engineering and applied sciences to the limited liberal arts offerings. He notes Russia’s annual graduates, GNP cost, and party line, contrasting with Western systems that favor broader freedom and individual well being. DeWitt, a Harvard PhD candidate with a U S background, embodies the study’s themes.
UPI analyzes Cuba sanctions path post Bay of Pigs
Foreign News Commentary notes the shift from a failed invasion to broader pressure on Fidel Castro. It discusses OAS sanctions, possible watchdogs, and the Punta del Este conference, weighing limited impact, Latin American support gaps, and enduring anti US distrust.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Eisenhower
Kennedy
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
U.S
Organization of America States
OAS
Hemisphere
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Castro
Canada
Europe
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Pointed jibes over presidential travel habits
The column mocks partisan jabs at Kennedy visits to Palm Beach Hyannis Port and Newport, contrasting past presidents Eisenhower Truman and Roosevelt. It argues the presidency moves with the man, and that time on a boat or golf course is fair in a fast modern age.
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President Kennedy
Palm Beach
Hyannis Port
Newport
Dwight Eisenhower
Augusta
Gettysburg
Camp David
Harry Truman
Key West
Independence
Franklin D. Roose
Velt
Hyde Park
Warm Springs
Washington
Midnight Earl
Frank Sinatra
Janet Leigh
Ernie Adler
Lenox Hill Hospital
Gregg Sherwood Dodge
Joe” Piro
Andre Porumbeanu
Zurich
The
Harwyn
Gamble
St. Moritz
Red Buttons
France
Tommy Sands
Nancy
Louis Prima
Basin St. East
Keely Smith
Nicki Ventura
Julie Gibson
Natalie Wood
Imogene Coca
Cornel Wilde
Cavanagh
Leonard Bernstein
Peggy Lee
Earl
Tennyson Guyer
Tony Pettito
Brother
Desiring World Peace and Citizenship Change
Quotes reflect a mix of international policy aims and individual actions. Yale president weighs in on social roles while Tanganyika contemplates post independence diplomacy. A French noble renounces lineage to become an American citizen, signaling personal identity shifts.
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Church
A. Whitney Griswold
Yale University
Beclley Newspapers Subscription Rates and Policy
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists mail and home delivered subscription rates for West Virginia. Rates cover daily, Sunday, and carrier delivery with annual and semiannual options, plus per month and per half month. The notice cautions that carriers and distributors are independent contractors and the company is not responsible for advance payments.
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National
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Tlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
State Farmers Boost West Virginia Meat Cattle Output
West Virginia farmers show growing interest in beef cattle over dairy cows, per USDA data. Cattle and calf on hand rose from 302000 in 1955 to 383000 in January 1961 while milk cows dropped from 291000 to 207000. Farm livestock reporting fell 40 percent since 1955, yet cattle value rose from 42796000 to 63720000. Meat packing plants grew from 14 in 1954 to 27 by January 1959, with employment rising from 371 to 706 workers.
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West Virginia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
West
1937 Raleigh Register notes Holt inaugural praise and WV farming trends
West Virginia newspapers praise Governor Homer A Holt in his inaugural address. The 25 year compilation also reports a Beckley hospital patient James G Windle Jr a coal company supply clerk. It notes Pemberton Coal safety lamps and shifts in livestock farming with WV farm meat consumption patterns showing declines in hogs sheep and lambs while cattle rises.
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Raleigh Register
West Virginia
Homer A. Holt
James G. Windle Jr
Long Branch
Koppers Coal Company
Beckley Hosital
Helen Windle
Beckley
Big Stick
Pemberton Coal & Coke Company
Palace Theatre
Claudette Colbert
Las Vegas Lexicon of a City in Flux
A wry Las Vegas lexicon explains how terms like New Frontier and common market flip meanings in the resort world. The piece lists casino slang from orbiting to barriers and diplomatic probes, ending with a closing prayer by a Corvallis minister.
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Las Vegas
NEA
Grandma
Kennedy
New Frontiers
New Frontier
Europe
Dounges
Lake Mead
Liz Taylor
Wardrobe woes and Hollywood chatter from Bel Air party
Earl Wilson reports Arnold Stang attended a Bel Air reunion of Bel Air fire victims wearing new shoes. Stang, 104 pounds, 5 feet 3, stocks shirts from his son’s size with sleeves shortened. The column recaps celebrity life, separations, and future plans including Rita Gam and Tom Gainzburg, Joan Bennett, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Andre Previn, Sammy Davis Jr. and more, with light notes and jokes.
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New York
Arnold Stang
ABC
Bel-Air
Cal
Bel- Air
Dee Westmoreland
Stang
David
Boston
Rita Gam
Tom Gainzburg
Rita
Tom
Joan Bennett
Walter Wanger
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Hilton
Plaza
Conrad Hilton
Andre Previn
Garry Moore
Ernie Kovacs
Ernie
Previn
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Tanganyika
Joe
Marquis Gilles Francois Marie le Compte
Asseur
Crequy Montfort de Courtivron
Nakiah
Negister
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
W Va
J. McQuade
Managing
United Press International
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Hollywood
NATO
Jesus Christ
Raymond E. Balcomb
Corvallis
Ore
First Methodist Church
Earl Wilson
Beverly Hills
Sammy Davis
Sidney Poittiers
May Britt
Sammy
Gary Cooper
Maria and
Peter
Mann
el Morocco
Wilson Gal
Toni Tucci
Mark Hellinger
Stanley Stahl
Herman Levin
Alice Faye
Rudy Vallee
Tony Curtis
Taras Bulba
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