Berlin Standoff Deepens as Western Talks Continue
A Geneva stalemate looms as Western negotiators seek to preserve access to West Berlin while facing a Russian ultimatum offering a one year extension under conditions that hint at a Soviet control over Berlin. Herter presses Gromyko for a basis to resume talks amid NATO strains and French and British policy shifts.
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May employment hits historic high as unemployment falls
May data from the Labor and Commerce Departments show 66,016,000 Americans employed, the highest for the month, with 3,389,000 unemployed. Factory jobs rose slightly signaling recovery from the 1958 recession while Illinois extends emergency benefits until July 1. Long term unemployment remains about 1.1 million.
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Polls Spot Major 1960 Nomination Hopes
In summer 1959 several Democrats and two Republicans were seen as potential nominees. Nixon and Rockefeller led Republicans while Stevenson headed Democratic prospects. Kennedy Kennedy Johnson Humphrey Symington Kefauver and Adlai Stevenson were cited as aspirants, with Stevenson leading polls as a private citizen.
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Million Americans to participate in $300,000 cancer study
The American Cancer Society launches a sx year study of one million Americans aged 30 and up to identify environmental cancer causes. Dr. E C Hammond notes the study will track 50,000 volunteers and follow participants for six years to link deaths and environment.
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Harriman Finds Dream Job in Writing Role
Averell Harriman says he is happy with his new writing job and views it as the fulfillment of a reporter's dream. The article notes that the Democratic national convention in Los Angeles should boost Adlai Stevenson’s chances of securing the nomination for a hometown candidate.
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Los Angeles
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Business Week Notes Prudent Man and Celeb Contracts
Dave Felts surveys two Harvard linked trusts and the Prudent Man rule tied to a 1830 Harvard case. He also highlights June 6 Business Week pieces on the Mexico oceanfront boom and notable long term studio deals for Jerry Lewis Kraft Como and others.
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Eisenhower urges reasonable doctor fees in ad tone
President Eisenhower advocates reasonable medical charges as more doctors demand late hour calls. A Father’s Day ad joke prompts readers to ring Dad, yet the aging father likely expects the call to be for another family member.
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Dad
Silent judiciary under strain in school desegregation rulings
An essay on federal and state judges facing public backlash after the 1954 ruling desegregating schools. It notes their restricted speech, the need to let decisions speak, and the reluctance of leaders to mislead the public while condemning smear campaigns and urging honest leadership. The Georgia decision is cited as affirming the Supreme Court’s supremacy and the Fourteenth Amendment ban on segregated schools.
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Report On Soviet Medicine Doctors Trade Unionists In Russia
Russia has 329000 physicians but no independent medical profession, as doctors operate within a state controlled medical workers trade union. The system emphasizes production and public health, with doctors under ministry control, training in large numbers, and gradual relaxation of earlier stresses as science and access to Western journals grow.
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London Observer Service
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Russia
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Pavlov
Dr Grantly Dick Read Dies At 69 Noted Childbirth Advocate
Roxham England June 12 AP Dr Grantly Dick Read international advocate of natural childbirth died at his home Thursday aged 69. Read authored Childbirth Without Fear and other books and lectures promoting his theory that women could have babies without pain. The idea faced medical opposition but later gained acceptance.
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