Editorial: Our Opinion on Labor Secretary Start
Our Opinion says conflict of interest lingers in government across parties. Arthur Goldberg's move to sever union ties aims to reduce bias while noting his past roles with Steelworkers and AFL CIO. Mitchell’s migrant worker advocacy praised. Goldberg begins with a promise to improve labor relations and boost the economy.
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Kennedy
Ford
Robert McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Arthur Goldberg
United Steelworkers
APLC
AFL + CIO
Industrial Union Department
Arthur H. Motley
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Goldberg
Department of Labor
Chamber
The
Tonal “Association “of Manufacs’turors
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Organized Labor
Timely Honor For Knute Aronson
Timely acknowledgment honors Knute Aronson for leading fundraising and supervising construction of the New Herm Teen Town building without pay. The project stands as a fine community achievement reflecting wide support and the efforts of many volunteers.
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Knute Aronson
Herm
Mr. Aronson
Aronson
Front Porch For Lame Duck Indiana Rep Randall Harmon
Indiana congressman Randall Harmon, defeated in the GOP sweep, plans to appear in Washington as an unsalaried congressman at large using a little-known rule for former members to sit with House members without voting. He aims to campaign for 1962 re election from the porch of his Indiana home rented as his headquarters. The piece connects his plan to the Capitol front porch expansion led by Speaker Rayburn.
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Indiana
Randall
Harmon
Hoosier State
Ezra Alt Benson
Washington
Congress
U.S. Capitol
Sam Rayburn
Capitol
Benson
Eisenhower
Canterbury
Feaa
Nikita Khrushchev
P.r
Th. Prevpok
Harry S. Truman
Financing a UN funding row for Congo and beyond
The General Assembly backed a plan to make all member nations share Congo operation costs, signaling a potential rebuff to the Soviet Union which refuses payment. With 24 abstentions in a 46-17 vote, enforcement remains uncertain, as opposition to obligatory special assessments persists even among UN members.
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U.N. General Assembly
U.N
General Assembly
U.N. Congo
Soviet Union
Congo
United Nations
Middle East
Persistent jokester riffs on zero in cold morning
A neighborhood figure kept up a routine quip about zero being nothing despite the chill. The note records a recurring joke from local commentary, highlighting the quirky character's habit of weltering humor in cold weather.
Harvest Up Prices Down as Farm Policy Shifts
The 1900 harvest set a record yet farm income trails, while Kennedy promises supply demand balance via controls. The American Farm Bureau Federation attends its Denver convention as the new administration faces farm policy debates, with growers eyeing future hogs and other commodities amid price fluctuations.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Denver
Colo
Kennedy
AFBF
Liem
Broadway Season Nominated For Golden Dozen Review
Dave Felts surveys Broadway theatre in New York for the season ending May 31 1960. John Chapman selects ten contenders for the Golden Dozen while noting rising ticket costs the impact of benefits and a blurring balance sheet. Lifespan of Life With Father remains unrivaled and My Fair Lady nears the 4000 mark.
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John Chapman
New York Daily News
New York
Burns Mantle
Chapman
the News
Doubleday
Broadway
The
Miracle Worker
Sound of Music
Mary Marlin
Great Lakes aging like humans warns university oceanographer
Lake Evie and the Great Lakes are aging, says University of Michigan oceanographer Br John C Ayers. He notes aging lakes are not yet in danger but need early steps to slow degeneration. Stop dumping chemicals and waste into waters. rivers feed lakes and pollution makes lake purification harder.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
John C. Ayers
University of Michigan
Evie
Great Lakes
Cuyahog River
India Faces Poverty Amid Progress Says NY Herald Tribune
ROWLAND EVANS JR reports from Calcutta on India’s struggle between rapid population growth and a nascent industrial push. A visitor contrasts Delhi and Mumbai skylines with squalid streets, noting health, housing, and income gaps, while officials seek a stable republic amid ancient social divides. A village teacher remarks on recurring disease and poverty, and locals describe daily labor, urban refugees, and enduring poverty despite constitutional democracy.
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Rowland Evans JR
Herald Tribune
Calcutta
India
America
Manhattan
Park Avenue
Subcontinent
Smaster
Naray-lapita
Wee Antalla
United States
Iran
New York
Hell
Pakistan
Old Courthouse Street
Promis
Carrind
Asia
Religious Unity Would Boost Wests Strength
Ray Tecker argues that in 1960 Washington views rekindling or deepening ties among competing religious groups at home and abroad as the strongest anti-Communist weapon, stronger than missiles or submarines. He notes Russians and Satellite peoples remain deeply religious despite atheistic ideology, and Moscow’s war on faith has met resistance across Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
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West
Ray Tecker
Lectlare
Washington
Kremlin
Christendom
Russia
Asia
Middle Jgast
Africa
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Moscow
Joe Stalin
Vatican
John XXIII
Polititar
NATO
Washington posturing after a Kennedy victory and party rebuild
Postwar politics race, Democrats face rebuilding in a volatile nation as Kennedy wins a narrow metropolitan triumph. Republicans must broaden appeal to urban and suburban voters while Kennedy balances civil rights, housing, and social programs to hold the White House.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Kennedy
Eisenhow
Franklin D. Roose
Neward
Front
Wetvers
Musk
Middle
Far West
White House
Iil
U. S. Prison Population Rises for 11th Year
The federal prison population reached 23,160 by early December 1960, up 47 from last year, with an average of 23,043 inmates since July. Director James V. Bennett noted few disturbances, cited escape attempts, and highlighted research efforts and per-day costs.
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Washington
James V. Bennett
Bureau of Prisons
Bennett
Leavenworth
Kan
Springfield
U.S. Public Health Service
Atlanta
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Barry Goldwater
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