Campaign Pressure Shapes Ike S White House Bid
As the election nears pressure grows for President Eisenhower to take a more active campaign role. GOP worries over wavering candidates and a Health issue be used to push him into barnstorming while Democratic lines warn against turning the race into a health battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Bender
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Senate
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
John Sparkman
Alabama
Ike
Roosevelt
F.D.R
New York
Lobbyists spent over 1.85 million to sway Congress
The report lists the top 25 lobbyists and their 1955 expenditures, totaling over 1.85 million dollars. Five groups exceed 100 thousand dollars, including Natl Assn of Electric Cos and American Farm Bureau, with patterns showing shifting influence as the Senate committee led by Sen John L. McClellan prepares to review lobbying activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
House
Natl. Assn. of Electric Cos
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Assn. of American Railways
Southern States Industrial Council
U.S. Cuban Sugar Council
American Federation of Labor
Nat. Federation of Post Office Clerks
General Gas Committee
Farmers Union
Friends’ Committee On National Legislation
Upper
Colorado River Grass Roots Assn
Natl. Assn
American Legion
Natl. Com
Committee For Study
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
Intl
Assn
American Petroleum Institute
American Trucking Assn
American Retail Federation
Independent Bankers’ Assn
Housing Conference
Reclamation Assn
American Medical Assn
Peter Edson
Stepped Up Oil Spending Aims At Long Range Demand
The American oil industry plans a 20 percent spending rise this year for search and plant expansion despite ample pumping and refining capacity. It will pursue more petroleum even as finding costs peak and current reserves exceed 30 billion barrels, with Middle East concessions also held. The Lamp notes world oil use doubling from 14 million barrels daily in 1955 to an estimated 28 million by 1975, guiding long term planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Middle East
Department of Commerce
the Lamp
Jersey Standard Oi
Soviet Union
Tire Trouble in Retreading Industry Faces Standards and Tax
The National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association notes tubeless tire issues and postwar standards, while Congress weighs a rubber tax to fund a new highway system. Prospects for higher costs clash with rising demand as motorists seek more mileage from worn tires. 18 million passenger and 9 million truck tires may be retreaded this year, in a $400 million market across about 3000 plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress
National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association
BVDs legacy and a shift from longjohns to shirts and shorts
New York commentary recalls the BVD brand founders Bradley Voorhees Day and its 80th anniversary. The piece notes loyal buyers like lumberjacks and north woodsmen, the wartime cootie fear of WWI, and the 1916 17 move to two piece underwear with a nod to Howard Chandler Christy art and later fashion changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
BVD
Wallace Reid
Mary Miles Minter
Baby Peggy
Charles Ray
No Man's Land
Chateau Thierry
Woodrow Wilson
Charles G. Dawes
Bvd's
Bradley, Voorhees and
Day
Howard Chandler Christy
Iade
Cranes Psychiatry Lesson While Burma Rice Pact Signed
Dr. George W. Crane depicts Lois L a vivacious 17 year old extrovert who borrows clothes and imitates popular peers. He contrasts extroverts with introverts citing Abraham and Prodigal Son analogies. Burma and Russia sign a five year trade pact to trade 400000 tons of Burmese rice annually for Soviet machinery and aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois
George W. Crane
Benjamin Franklin
Father & Son
Abraham
Sodom
Lot
Abram
Rangoon
Burma
Russia
Doctors Debate Alcohol Heart Benefit In Reader Q&A
Dr. Jordan weighs whether small alcohol use helps heart conditions and cautions against excess. The column answers readers on blood donation frequency, cancer transmission myths, acne scar treatment, hysterectomy effects on sex, spontaneous pneumothorax, and tubal pregnancy causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin P. Jordan
J. A
Escape in a Greek Night Amid Gestapo Pursuit
Mike eludes Gestapo by hiding in a Ketty housed room in Chalandri Greece. A Greek woman Ketty helps him evade search dogs and Major guards as he plans his escape to the hills. He suspects Lisa betrayed him and prepares to meet Julius Chesney at the Piccadilly Cafe before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Ketty
Jay
Englezos
Gestapo
Lisa
Chalandri
Julius Chesney
Piccadilly Cafe
A Lonely Discouraged Reader Seeks Time for Friends
The reader laments aging, illness, and loneliness, urging neighbors to visit or write to sick or homebound friends. They note when one is healthy time is scarce, but when danger looms people help, then drift away after recovery. Letters and contact bring real joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Huge Python Bites Hand of Doctor at Airport
Dr Nathan Gale, a veteranarian, hand fed a 28 foot 237 pound python at an international airport. The snake bit him on the hand and held on for nearly 15 minutes before the jaws were pried loose. The python arrived from Singapore and is bound for a Long Beach amusement area. The bite was painful but not poisonous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
International Airport
Nathan Gale
Singapore
Long Beach
Radio Programs Schedule Highlights Evening Lineup
Radio listings detail a dense array of programs from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. including news, sports, commentary, and entertainment across CBS NBC and ABC networks. Notable items include News for 15 Minutes, Crosby News & Commentary, Amos n Andy, The Army Hour, Fibber and Molly, and Dance Orchestra airs late at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cbe
Weat
Abe East
Abe News & Comments
Cbs
Abe Bing Crosby
Cbs News & Commentary
Abe News
Abe Sound Mirror
Jack Carson
Amos
Andy
Abe
Army Hour
Mbe
Fibber
Molly
Nbe
Eee Newsomment
Joseph Harach
Nbe Dance Orchestra
Cbs Dance Orchestra
Mbs
News & Varieties
All Nets
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Sam Dawson
DR. Crane
Case
Lois L
Dr. Jordan
By Galbraith
By Leon M. Uris
Boy Love
M. Uris
Random Howse, Inc
NEA
Vassili
the Public Forum
Doctor
Drake Hr
Robert Q. Lewis
Cbe Lucky Pierre
Kathy Godfrey
Ebe
Vincent Lopez
ABC
WCOL
Columbus
WSAZ
Huntington -Neuee
NBC
WLW
Cincinnati
WBNS
WHKC
WATH
Athens
WJEH
Gallipolis
McWeene
WCHS
Charleston
WPAR
Parkersburg
WMCA
Marietta
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!