Across Then and Now A Travel Tale and Tips
A column recounts a 26 day steamship trip from New York to California via the Panama Canal with delays at Colon, then a four and half day return by train, and an 7.5 hour Los Angeles to New York flight with in-flight cocktails, meals, cigars and reserved seating. It notes two campaigns won. Also mentions Monmouth County landmarks and the origin of the $2 bettor at Monmouth Park in 1892, then discusses boy or girl baby tests and a wafer gender test. It ends with a tax breakdown for earners from 3500 to 15000 dollars, noting annual taxes.
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New York
California
Panama Canal
Colon
Culebra
Canal
Los Angeles
New Jersey
Monmouth County
Beaver
Monmouth Park
Sagres Se Pt
Last Likely Churchill Eisenhower Meeting Hints Change
Washington report surveys the 13 year series of Churchill and U.S. presidents meetings, noting cordial ties amid uncertainty. It weighs Britain and U.S. shifts toward communism threats, trade, and the evolving balance of power, with future relations seen as contingent on political leadership and policy.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Winston Churchill
U.S
Churchill
Sara Bernhardt
Buffalo Bill Cody
Hary Lauder
Britain
United States
U. S
Canada
Australia
Changing Faces of Congress in the 1954 Return
The piece analyzes turnover factors in Congress including death resignations defeats and retirements. It notes historical averages for House and Senate departures and hints that the 1954 election may shift alignment as Eisenhower's legislative program finds support among Democrats more than the Old Guard Republicans.
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Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Foreign Relations Committee
This Too Will Pass Says a Timeless Verse
The writer reflects that life’s fashions and fortunes move with history. Across feast, famine, joy, and despair, the message remains universal: nothing endures, and time will carry all through cycles of change.
Drive-in founders oust rivals in booth and face union picket
Two Pittsburgh projectionists saved to own a drive-in but when they learned their former employees earned more the owners took over the booth. The union protested with a picket. The owners’ attorney likened the shift to a chauffeur demanding a back seat. The judge rejected the analogy.
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Neal O'Hara
Pittsburgh
AMA
Eddie Rickenbacker
Kremlin
Stalin
USA
Malenkov
McNaught Syndicate
Lunt Fontanne Honored. Kelly Distraught Over Split
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne receive a joint honorary degree from Dartmouth amid praise from President Dickey. Nancy Kelly, distressed over her breakup with Orrin Lehman, recalls mutual vows and a party for Adlai Stevenson. Red Buttons plans a low profile summer while assessing last season’s controversial show.
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Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Dartmouth
Pres. Dickey
Lunts
NYU
Nancy Kelly
Orrin Lehman
Orrin
Adlai Stevenson
Red Buttons
el] Morocco
Buttons
Annaman
Letters to the Tri-State Forum on Amarillo dog rules and town issues
A reader from Clarendon questions Amarillo dog control enforcement and laments lax enforcement under the dog ordinance. The letter accuses officials of inaction, warns of vigilante measures, and calls for disbanding the dog control board. A mother in Amarillo defends parental limits and criticizes city commission for letting spoiled children shape policy.
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Amarillo
Hound Control Board
Texas
Harper
Dog Control Board
Liberace Delights Women with Charismatic Appeal
Cedric Adams notes Liberace’s wide appeal to women across ages and social groups. The article recalls his Madison Square Garden concert drawing 15,000 cash customers, with seats priced up to six dollars, highlighting his dazzling stage persona and popular quips.
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Liberace
Rudolph Valentino
Libberace
Lizzie
Henry Ford
Madison Square Garden
Paderewski
Smiley
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Sister Vaccination Dilemma Turns to Boil Treatment
A mother recalls fearing cancer when her sister Poke Bennett Srs found a lump under her arm. The lump rapidly became a boil after a doctor visit. While chores suffered, social life persisted as friends rallied and the sister endured pain after being lanced.
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Srs
Sis
Crossroads Report on Communists and Public Clamor
Dear Mr Ike criticizes use of the term communist in debates over comic book spawners and public uproar. The author jokes about censorship and dash length, proposes ground rules for redaction, and ends with a note from D. E. Scott in Wellington.
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Mr. Ike
Truman
D. E. Scott Wellington
Bandit Robs Fort Worth Drive-In of 500
Fort Worth theater manager, guarding the current film Bad Man's Territory, was robbed Monday of 500 by a man in deliveryman disguise assisted by a heavy-set woman whose beer scent was noted.
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Fort Worth
Remembering Local Milestones Across Decades
A nostalgic column lists events from 25, 15, and 10 years ago. It recalls Lucybelle Baker’s Carlsbad trip and a Capitol Hotel bridge luncheon honoring Mrs. Hugh Allspaugh, Doris Evelyn Clark’s birth, house guests from Albuquerque, visiting relatives from Canyon, and Amarillo College registrar Edna Coy’s vacation anecdote about freezing water in Cowles New Mexico.
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Lucybelle Baker
W. R. Baker
Alice Beth
Carlsbad
Capitol Hotel
E. R. Riggs
Hugh Allspaugh
Pampa
P. D. Clark
Herman
Northwest Texas Hospital
Doris Evelyn
Jack Wyatt
Fillmore
A. W. Thurman
Albuquerque
Harvey H. Thomas
Johnnie
Canyon
F. A. Thomas
Polk
Edna Coy
Amarillo College
Cowles
New Mexico Mountains
Oppenheimer Controversy Still With Us After Gray Report
Washington notes that the Gray board split in its Oppenheimer ruling leaves doubts about loyalty and national security. The piece argues the report is vague and poorly written, needing clearer, fuller documentation from the Atomic Energy Commission to carry weight.
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Oppenheimer
Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Security Board
Atomic Energy Commission
Gray Board
Gordon Gray
Dr. Gray
Dr. Oppenheimer
Ence
Nations mull Russian experts under UN aid program
Three Asian nations are considering hiring Soviet experts for technical projects under the UN Technical Assistance Board. David Owen said the countries have agreed to consider candidates from the Soviet Union for highly technical tasks, including optical instruments, with Russia joining the program last year. The program spends over $20 million annually. Also noted is a long term change in life insurance costs since 1853.
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United Nations
David Owen
UN Technical Assistance Board
World Organization
Soviet Union
Owen
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
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Asia
America
United Kingdom
The
Leonard Lyons
Ulaiia
Tri-State Forum
A. Warren Clarendon
Mama
City Commission
Cedric Adams
Mrs. Poke Bennett
Crossroads Report
Roscoe Drummond
Sion
Red Assistance
New York Herald Tribune News Service
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