Judges Should Be Appointed Not Apportioned In Illinois
Editorial argues the state should move from district based elections to gubernatorial appointment for all state court judges. It notes Cook County carries a large share of cases and questions the legality of electing three Cook County justices at large under one man one vote rulings. It urges a constitutional amendment empowering the governor to appoint judges across all state courts.
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Downstate
Illinois
Cook County
Supreme Court
Chicago
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
U.S Supreme Court
Ilinois
Bobby Baker scandal resurfaces via a secret list
A long suppressed Maryland list found by police names 1927 men and 90 women connected to a party girl network. Among names are five figures in the Baker case including a congress member and three major league players. The document, compiled by a suspected operator, exposes links to officials, diplomats and Washington businessmen, stirring embarrassment during a presidential campaign.
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Bobby Baker
Maryland
Donald Duk
Baker
Washington
Congress
Donald
Senate
Johnson
Tobacco Health Labels Fight Likely From FTC Ruling
FTC may have moved ahead on warning labels for cigarettes and ads. Health department seeks new legislation to govern labeling and advertising, with Congress considering bills. Industry funds research through the Tobacco Industry Research Council, now Council for Tobacco Research U.S.A., while tensions rise over control and data integrity.
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Federal Trade Commission
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
FTC
Department
Congress
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
Joss
Council For Tobacco Research
U.S.A
Londonderry Air from Limavady to Danny Boy legacy
In 1851 a wandering fiddler in Limavady inspired Miss Jane Ness to request a tune that Miss Ross noted on a shopping list. Dr. John Petrie published the melody four years later, launching Londonderry Air later adapted as Irish Love Song and O Danny Boy. The piece influenced church hymns and even television theme music.
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C. Douglas Deane
Ulster
Limavady
Londonderry
Deane
Jane Ness
Fritg Kreisler
Londonderry Air
Danny Boy
Danny Thomas
Automation Pushed UMW Pay Hike Sparks Mine Job Shifts
Ralph McGill analyzes the April 1964 United Mine Workers contract raising base pay by two dollars and its impact on unemployment, small dog-hole mines, and the shift toward “continuous miner” and long wall machines. He links mining automation to fewer jobs, higher costs, and broader poverty reduction goals in Appalachia and national security concerns.
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Ralph McGill
Washington
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
National Guard
Dog-Hale
U.S. Department of Labor
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
McGraw-Hill
Appalachia
Johnson
Wheeler Named Joint Chiefs Chairman with Unusual Rise
Gen Earle Gilmore Wheeler, born in the District of Columbia, began as a National Guard enlistee at 16 and rose to West Point. He has three years in high school cadets, five months combat duty, and a career marked by steady rises under Taylor and Kennedy, with deep ties to Pentagon planning and foreign experience.
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New York Times
Earle Gilmore Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Guard
Military
West Point
Washington
District of Columbia
Wheeler
Taylor
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Joint Staff
Fice
Joint Chiefs
Robert 5. McNamara
Pentagon
Lauria Norstad
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Far East
China
Old Chins
15Th Infantry
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Expected To Lose Nixon As Ideal GOP Compromise Candidate
Andrew Tully argues Nixon could emerge as a top compromise candidate for the 1964 GOP convention if Goldwater scrapes a deadlock, with Scranton pressuring Goldwater and Nixon maneuvering to gain delegates. The piece weighs Nixon’s shifts toward the Goldwater camp and his strategy to keep third‑choice options alive in a San Francisco showdown.
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Andrew Tully Washington
Hooran
Willie Scranton
Dick Nixon
Nixon
Scranton
Goldwater
Lodge
Rockefeller
San Francisco
GOP
Corprer
Didate
Johnson
Barry
Cleveland
Eisenhower
Romney
Nixom
Bob Taft
Taft
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Ilinois General Assembly
Dave Felts
Baw! Street Journal
New York Bond Club
Tucker
Anthony & RL
Day
Macy’s
Gimbels
Dillon
Dillon, Read & Co, Inc
Mey
Clark, Dodie & Co
Ldder, Peabody & Co
Irving Trust Co
Nancy Ames
Wight
Lake Geneva
Queen of Love & Beauty
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Lyndon Johnson
Cecil
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