Stevens Plans One-Week textile layoff across South Carolina plants
The J P Stevens Co announces a one week layoff affecting 2000 workers at Greenville and Laurens plants with another 200 in North Carolina as imports and weak demand trigger inventory cuts. Company warns layoffs could extend beyond a week and spread to more SC plants. Officials urge import quotas as relief, noting Sen Strom Thurmond may sponsor such legislation.
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South Carolina
J. P. Stevens Co
Stevens
Greenville
Laurens
North Carolina
General Assembly
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Nixon
Is It Love Or Is It Electricity A Medical Frontier
A 1970s overview explores electrophysiology linking body electricity to mood, attraction and healing. Dr Paul Wheeler and Dr Jose Delgado discuss electrical brain activity, treatments and risks, noting Harvard Johns Hopkins research and cautions about misuse in a cautious future.
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Paul Wheeler
University of Missouri
Wheeler
Jack Dreyfus JR
The
Dreyfus Fund
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Paul Gordon
Chicago Medical School
Jose Delgado
Yale
Trial In Chicago Sparks Debate On Due Process And Judging
The piece defends Judge Hoffman and condemns liberal critics while arguing for strong adherence to due process and swift appellate support for Chicago trial rulings. It contrasts Medina precedent with Hoffman procedures and discusses contempt penalties and disbarment as possible responses.
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Chicago
Goldberg
Spock
Julius Hofffman
Hoffman
Medina
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Congress
Healthy Trends in South Carolina GOP Primaries
South Carolina Republicans show signs of maturation with a possible statewide gubernatorial primary and more than half the seats in the 124-member House contested by GOP candidates. The shift toward primaries reflects growing party organization and broader voter choice while many voters still favor individual candidates over party labels.
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S.C
Republican Party
South Carolina
GOP
Jovend
House of Representatives
Battle of the Banquets in Aiken Honors Byrnes
In 1954 the Aiken Chamber sponsored a testimonial banquet for James F. Byrnes, sparking a national clash in which President Eisenhower avoided both events while Sam Rayburn urged his attendance. About 800 guests attended including Bernard Baruch Gen Clark Gov Timmerman and Senators Johnson Thurmond Dorn and others.
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James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Aiken
Sam Rayburn
Bernard Baruch
Mark Clark
Gov
Timmerman
Olin Johnson
Strom Thurmond
W. J. Bryan Dorn
Soviet Editors See Pravda Izvestia Gap and State Control
Vincent S. Jones and nine ASNE officials visited Moscow to study Soviet press operations. They found Pravda and Izvestia controlled by the party, limited access for foreigners, and lavish perks for editors. Probes of provincial papers revealed vast networks, scarce newsprint, and a cautious push on sensitive topics.
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Gannett Newspapers
Vincent S. Jones
Soviet Union
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Pravda
Communist Party
Izvestia
Moscow
Uss.r
Intourist
Red
Kremlin
Tokyo
Asahi Shimbun
New York Daily News
Philadelphia Bulletin
Izves
Tia
America
French Foreign Legion
Cafard
Kipling
Kim
U.S.S.R
ASNE
Ukraine
Jones
Inflation debate and views on wages and goods
A reader argues inflation is overstated while noting wage gains and cheaper labor for staple items since 1914. They claim better use of labor and machines lowers costs, insist rising prices are offset by higher wages, and urge a balanced stance that supports work and economic activity.
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America
L.A
Churchill’s crowd size quip echoes through history
Anecdotes mark how Churchill joked that a political speech draws a crowd only since if he were hanged the crowd would be larger. Benson and a spinster tale lighten audience nerves, then notes on bank mergers and a credit card quip. The piece closes with Miss Anna Jarvis’s Mother’s Day movement and its 1914 national recognition.
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Winston Churchill
America
Mr. Churchill
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
Senator Burkett
Nebraska
Congress
Mrs. Jarvis
President Wilson
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Eugene J. Oyler
Dorothy K. Macdowell
Russia
Kiev
Republic of Georgia
Siberia
Ireland
Billy Graham
Rufus
By Rufus W. Gosnell
Agriculture
Benson
Commercial Bank and Trust Co
First Citizen and Trust Company of
First Citizens Bank and Trust Company of
Dillon and Lancaster
Earl Holt
BankAmericard
Virginia
Miss Jarvis
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