Needs A Salesman As USIA Faces Congressional Cut
The United States Information Agency endures a congressional clash over funding. House cuts 1957 58 to 106.1 million, Senate may restore some, while critics call for reform. Debates focus on value of propaganda, duplication of wire services, and the agency's necessity amid Cold War pressures.
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United States Information Agency
USIA
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Voice of America
Menuhin concert in Warsaw fuels cultural diplomacy
Famed violinist Yehudi Menuhin performed in Warsaw without U.S. funding, pleasing Polish audiences with a non-Russian program. Conductor Jonathan Sternberg led the orchestra as both artists earned applause and became praised examples of America’s soft power.
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Congress
America
Warsaw
Yehudi Menuhin
Menuhin
Jonathan Sternberg
U. S
U.S
Sternberg
Senator Williams faces mandatory $1508.26 repayment dilemma
The debate over Delaware Senator Williams forced to accept a $1508.26 expense allowance highlights cumbersome rules. Tax experts propose two awkward return options, but both avoid resolving the core issue that the money should not be required in advance. The incident suggests government inefficiency and a need for simpler saving incentives.
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Delaware
Williams
Treasury
Humphrey
Mark Hellinger Taught Jim Bishop to Write and Live
Jim Bishop recalls Mark Hellinger as a gifted journalist and stern teacher who shaped his craft through Hellinger commandments. He details Hellinger’s Broadway roots, Hollywood work, and generous yet exacting guidance, ending with Bishop placing his biography on Hellinger’s tomb.
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Mark Hellinger
Broadway
Hollywood
Times Square
New York News
Mark
Texas Guinan
Harry K. Thaw
Helen Morgan
Larry Fay
Harry Richman
Flo Ziegfeld
Jim
Hellinger
The
Daily Mirror
Pappy
Hollywood Hills
Gladys Glad
Toots Shor
Nick Glad
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Dr Crane Advice For Clergy To Improve Sermons
Dr Crane discusses case history of Rev Joseph J a discouraged pastor who nearly leaves the ministry. He urges clergy to focus on human relations use striking texts case stories humor and parishioner names to enliven sermons and end with a uplifting moral.
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Joseph
George W. Crane
Joseph J
Crane
Remembering Names At Social Mixes
A humorous guide for handling the all American pest at parties who insists you should recall his name or hers. It suggests honest, direct replies about how they have changed or playful jabs to deflect the pressure of memory without awkwardness.
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Clyde
New York
John Foster Dulles
Ramona Schnedtfeltenglosser
Smith
West overcall missteps in notrump and spade contract
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a bridge hand where West overcalled notrump and faced a four spade threat. South's correct sequence and a favorable diamond finesse let him make four spades while West misfired, illustrating why a cautious overcall often beats bluffing.
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West
East
South
North
Bridge bidding puzzle with two spades response
North East South West pass pass 1 no trumps 2 spades and a showy hand. You hold K I B T6 WKR2 Q976 32. What do you do with partner’s two spades instead of three diamonds. Tomorrow answers.
Easter social notes touch Albany and surrounding towns
Albany residents and guests share Easter hospitality across Columbus Pomeroy Newark Dayton and Athens with gatherings at the homes of Pugh Dorr Kilpatrick Stewart and others. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Edward Wingett Jess Conn and G Gillogly among many families with trips to New York St. Petersburg and Indiana institutions noted.
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Albany
Frank Pugh
Tracy Whaley
Pomeroy
Donald Dorr
Athens
Waldo Poston
Georgia Kilpatrick
Columbus
F. Brooks
Edna Whiteman
Claire Steward
Indiana
Donald Whiteman
Newark
Fred Storch
Paul Gillogly
Gillogly
Harley Thomas
Portsmouth
Wiley Coburn
Nelsonville
Lloyd
Judy Barnes
New York
Ohio University
Walter Swift
St. Petersburg
Fla
Swift
Jess Conn
John P. Coe
Lima
Jennings Edward
Cleveland
Homer Blackwood
Dayton
Chauncey Stewart
Carpenter
Charles Steward
Marvin Chase
Hein
Jess Hines
Emmet Wingett
Meiva Kadclitte
Aluminum Plants Rise Along Ohio River Front
Two new plants near Monroe County will employ about 2200 workers and produce 180000 tons of aluminum annually. The $50 million reduction plant is a joint venture of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp and Revere Copper, with a fabricating plant also by Olin Mathieson. Production is expected in seven months, expanding the region’s role in the national industry.
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Clarington —P
Ohio River
Here
Switzerland
Monroe County
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Revere Copper & Brass, Inc
Olin Mathieson
Budget Bureau overstepping its constitutional role
George Sokolsky argues the Bureau of the Budget has grown beyond Congress its original purpose. He claims it usurps constitutional power over appropriations, enabling a non elected agency to influence spending and defense authorizations, weakening legislative control and elevating leadership in both parties.
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George E. Sokolsky
Congress
House of Representatives
Bureau of the Budget
Defense Department
Corcoran and Cohen
Lee Pressman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
White House
Queen Elizabeth
Motion sickness and travel plans from Mrs T and research
Mrs T plans an eight day boat trip citing motion sickness on plane boat train and bus. The piece notes universal symptoms including nausea vomiting clammy skin and mood drops and cites military research identifying a few drugs offering protection aboard transport ships. It suggests obtaining a preventive drug from ship physicians and ends with a wary note on the social sting of illness.
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Journal of the American Medical Assa
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