Editorial argues gasoline tax fuels cycle of tax hikes and car downsizing
The piece cites a Sint Dikt Company representative noting consumer shift to small economy cars and calls rising fuel taxes a self perpetuating cycle. It critiques postwar tax increases and urges curing highway fund deficits by diverting funds back to highways or slowing the program. It quotes a citizen’s frustration with costly interchanges and mounting taxes.
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Sint Dikt Company
Detroit
Retirement age folly and tragedy in aging society
Sociologists and business leaders urge medical authorities and government to rethink forced retirement at age 60 or 65. The elderly retain vigor due to medical progress and continue to contribute, as Herbert Hoover at 85 demonstrates. The nation benefits when older people stay active and employed.
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Mdye
Herbert Hoover
Hoovers
Churchills
Price Of A Meal In Inflation Tale From Germany
A Southern California Forum note discusses German hyperinflation from 1919 to 1923. It explains 4.2 billion marks per dollar by late 1923, Berlin newspaper prices at 200 million marks, and a 1920 inheritance of 650000 marks worth about 65000 dollars that could buy only one meal at age 21 in 1923.
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Southern California
Germany
Berlin
Odell Hanson
Lincoln T
Nebraska
Advertising Keeps Local Merchants Competitive
The Windsor Review argues small town retailers lose customers to nearby metros when ads are weak. Prices on standard brands are similar everywhere, so only strong advertising drives shopper traffic. The paper urges merchants to actively promote offerings, noting local newspapers as key advertising media.
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Windsor
Missouri
Nebraska hits milestone with 200 millionth oil barrel
The Telegraph notes Nebraska is producing its 200 millionth barrel of oil after reaching 100 million by last March. At the current pace, the state is on track to surpass 300 million in four to five years, marking a rapid growth of a new permanent industry for Nebraska.
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The
Telegraph
Nebraska
Across and Down Puzzle Clues Mixed with Answers
A dense list of crossword style clues with numbers for across and down, including terms like Bedrock of knowledge, and entries such as Arabian gazelle, evergreen, and soft metal, plus references to degrees, instruments, and historic terms.
Ike and Lowe poised as dual ticket in behind scenes scoop
A reprinted Lowe Down column claims Editor Jack Lowe and Eisenhower ally in a covert 1952 presidential pivot. The piece describes Lowe’s health, diet, and public image moves aimed at appealing to farmers and bird watchers, insinuating a Lowe Ike ticket with Stassen talking.
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Jack Lowe
Europe
Telegraph
Lowe Down
Nebraska's Debt Free Governance Defies Tax Norms
A Nebraska profile notes the state has no state debt or sales or income tax. Gov. Ralph Brooks highlights the fiscal Spartanism while detailing property taxes, local levies, and modest revenue tools like gas, cigarette, liquor taxes, and pari mutuel betting.
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Nebraska
Texas
Ralph Brooks
Puerto Rico
Morrison enters 1960 Nebraska governor race stirring party row
Editors note Democratic leaders feel Gov. Ralph Brooks would dodge competition by backing Morrison as governor candidate. Morrison, Lincoln attorney, is a perennial contestant and faces sharp opposition from party bigwigs who fear Brooks may choose his own race.
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Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Nebraska
Ralph Brooks
Frank Morrison
Lincoln
Morrison
Mr. Brooks
Carl Curtis
U.S
Emily
Brooks
Robert Conrad
Letter Box echoes calls for unity and rodeo praise
A local reader urges Democratic unity for Frank Morrison’s governor bid and defends the candidate’s timing. The page then prints two letters from Sidney and Dalton residents lamenting lack of rodeo news coverage and praising local cowboys Keith Wilson and Harold Kraupie for standout performances at Bridgeport and Lewellen rodeos.
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Frank Morrison
Morrison
Anna Murphy
Sidney
Keith Wilson
Bridgeport
Harold Kraupie
Dalton
Bridgeport Rodeo and Fair
Francis J. Mitchell
Nebraska
Advertising budgets show newspapers beat TV for auto sales
Editor and Publisher argues American Motors had an 80 percent Rambler sales surge while spending over two thirds of its 6 million ad budget in newspapers and nothing on television. The piece notes 1958 had unusual factors but claims the TV newspaper shift correlates with sales trends.
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U. S
American Motors
Crime Census Shows Mixed FBI Violent Crime Changes
FBI data for the first quarter reports aggravated assaults up 13 percent in cities nationwide and forcible rapes rising 11 percent. Robberies fall 8 percent, auto thefts 4 percent, and murders 3 percent.
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FBI
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