Millionaires Persist in United States Despite Tax Climates
The IRS releases statistical abstracts showing 265 individuals with incomes over one million dollars in 1959. New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania and California hold nearly two thirds of the total. The data trace millionaire counts by year and state, noting a link between high incomes and the broader economy.
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Horatio Alger
Internal Revenue Service
United States
TRS
IRS
New York
Delaware
Union Pressure Sparks NLRB Complaint in Auto Shop
The National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint against an auto workers union in West Allis Wisconsin over a unilateral work norm that assigns eight hours of work to six hours. The case highlights how union bosses can impose pace rules beyond agreement and the protection labor laws offer workers from such dictatorial conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Rothman
National Labor Relations Board
Rothman
West Allis
Wis
Auto Union
NLRB
Auto Workers Union
Roosevelt Speech Reflects on West Germany and Berlin
Eleanor Roosevelt discusses Khrushchev's critique of West Germany and the postwar balance in Europe. She notes Germany's Nazi past, occupation memories, and the challenge of reconciling East West tensions while maintaining negotiation within a framework of suspicion and force. She closes with Thanksgiving reflections and peace.
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San Francisco
Khrushchev
West Germany
Europe
Germany
France
West Berlin
Central Europe
Remembering James A. Haggerty Sr a longtime Times political reporter
The piece reflects on autumn beauty and laments human folly while announcing the death of James A. Haggerty Sr a respected New York Times political correspondent from 1920 to 1954. The writer recalls Louis Howe and Edward J. Flynn praising him and extends condolences to his widow and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Haggerty Sr
New York Times
Louis Howe
Edward J. Flynn
Murrow reshapes USTA as key foreign policy adviser
Edward R. Murrow, now director of the United States Information Agency, has become a pivotal figure in shaping USTA policy. He attends National Security Council meetings and influences major decisions. He emphasizes focus on important targets and coordinated messaging amid Berlin tensions and atmospheric nuclear tests.
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Washington
Edward R. Murrow
United States Information Agency
London
America
Murrow
National Security Council
USTA
Irving
Berlin
Murrow Embraces New Role At Voice of America
Murrow champions truthful broadcast of USIA efforts against Soviet jamming and Berlin crisis. He highlights 12 hour multi language broadcasts, quotes Khrushchev, cites fallout dangers, and contrasts free society with state control. Two deputies, Donald Wilson and Thomas Sorenson, aid his worldwide push. Sorenson is Theodore Sorenson’s brother.
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Voice of America
Soviet Union
Communist Bloc
Khrushchev
USIR
Murrow
Berlin
Globe
West
Red China
Donald Wilson
Washington
Life Magazine
Thomas C. Sorenson
USIA
Theodore Sorenson
House moves Brumidi wall painting to Capitol restaurant
The House spends about 15000 to relocate Constantino Brumidi’s Cornwallis scene from the old chamber wall to a new restaurant wall. Workers remove bricks, harden plaster, build a frame, and crane the 12 foot panel to its new site near the Capitol restaurant opening in January. Cornwallis is pictured indirectly via a two day truce petition scene, not a surrender.
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Cornwalls
Constantino Brumidi
U.S. Capitol
Brumidi
Cornwallis
Capitol
George Washington
Yorktown
Washington
O'Hara
Goldwater courted Southern prejudice over school desegregation stance
Ralph McGill argues that Senator Barry Goldwater’s Georgia remarks and support for a constitutional amendment would overturn the 1954 Supreme Court ruling on desegregation. McGill says Goldwater’s rhetoric pleases hate groups and threatens lawful processes amid mob violence.
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South
Klans
Klaverns
Citizens Councils
Sen. Goldwater
Barry Goldwater Faces Southern Support and Backlash
The piece describes Barry Goldwater courting Southern delegates while provoking criticism from civil rights supporters. It notes reactions from Republicans in Georgia and Atlanta, concerns over his stance on segregation, and implications for his 1964 nomination bid amid party divisions. It mentions a Savannah appearance and a breakfast pledge moment as context.
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Arizona
Georgia
Savannah
Dixie
Lee Beard
Senator Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
Midwest
West
Goldwater
Atlanta
Kennedy Eyes Ghana Aid Policy Shift On Nkrumah
Washington circles weigh cutting all American aid to red-leaning Premier Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana while expectations rise for continued funding of the Volta River project. Clarence Randall’s Ghana report awaits release as Kennedy promises a more active stance amid rising U S influence versus Moscow.
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Washington
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Nkrumah
Volta River
Clarence Randall
Kennedy
Nkrumah Seeks Aid as Ghana Orbits Red Powers
The article notes behind the scenes lobbying for Kwame Nkrumah by G. Mennen Williams and Adlai Stevenson as Ghana signs rapid aid pacts. In five days Ghana inked deals with the USSR Poland and Red China for reactors factories and technical cooperation while anti American sentiment grows under Nkrumah's police state.
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Nkrumah
G. Mennen Williams
Adlai Stevenson
Ghana
Russia
Poland
Red China
Peiping
Ussr
Declaration Signers Date Highlighted as August 2 1776
Members representing the thirteen states signed the Declaration of Independence on August 2 1776. The event underscores the united effort of early American colonies in proclaiming independence.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Hitler
U.N
Mrs. Roosevelt
Marquis Childs
World AT Large
Interlandi
Ray
By Dick West
UPI
House of Representatives
Ethel
Ralph McGill
Barry Goldwater
U.S. Supreme Court
Barry
Fulton Lewis
Agency For International Development
International Cooperation Administration
U.S
John Kennedy
Eisenhower
Louisville
Moscow
Accra
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Republic of Ghana
Nkrumah-controlled
Ghaniah Times
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
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