Isolationism and foreign aid in the 1950s debate
The piece attacks the Citizens Foreign Aid Committee for isolationist views and warns such a stance would sever the United States from its allies in the Cold War. It notes opposition to cutting foreign aid, references Brig. Gen. Bonner Fellers, and cites unemployment and farm income amid broader political commentary.
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Citizens Foreign Aid Committee
Citizens Against Foreign Aid
U.S
United States
Eisenhower
Bonner Fellers
House
General Fellers
Churchill's Breath Keeps Him In Parliament
Churchill told his constituents he would be glad to serve in the House of Commons as long as his breath lasts. He rallied on the Berlin crisis and the cold war, reminding free peoples of defiance against dictators and the courage to defend freedom.
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Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Berlin
Churchill
Sir Winston
Frank Blair
NBC
Irvington-on-Hudson
Cute But Deadly Road Obstructions Spotlight Dangers
The piece warns that dashboard trinkets and dangling items such as shoes and fuzzy dice impair driving. It notes accidents occur even with clear visibility, praises manufacturers for improved sightlines, and argues laws banning obstructive objects help but personal responsibility should prevent clutter.
Inside a NBC commentator's demanding day with Blair family life
A profile of Frank Blair, NBC Today and radio host, detailing his 4 a.m. wake, car commute through New York, multiple live broadcasts, and studio sessions. The piece traces his routine from 4 a.m. prayers to 8:45 p.m. goodnights with family, noting earnings and household staff.
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Albany
Blair
Saw Mill River
Henry
Dave Garroway
Jack Lescoulie
Mr. Major
Chet Hagen
NBC
Central News Desk
NBC Radio
Don Russell
Skitch Henderson
Russell
Toots Shor's
Leon Schinasi
Dobbs Ferry
John
Manhattan
Frank
Virginia
Frank Blair
Yemassee
S. C
Lillian Stoddard Blair
Beaufort
Tom
Paul
William
Patricia
Mrs. Blair
Doctor Crane's Personal Cases and Golden Rule
Dr Crane discusses a span of lawsuits over minor injuries and petty damages illustrating insurance pressure and legal extortion. He highlights Tom T the Des Moines patient who suffered a toe injury in a hotel tub and a neighbor case from Omaha where a lawn mower accident led to a $10,000 suit. He argues the Golden Rule as remedy and invites readers to request his booklets.
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Tom
George W. Crane
Tom T
Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
World-Herald
Stars Say Horoscope for Tomorrow and 1959 Trends
Tomorrow brings generous planetary aspects favoring business finance study and research. For a birthday reader, begin postponed plans carefully, expect slow progress to mid June and late September. 1959 favors heart affairs, warns May and November, June property gains, and a strong post December 28 business period. A birthday child may excel as a gardener or horticulturist.
Swiss Bankers Lead Europe Stock Buying
Swiss bankers shift focus from New York to European shares while U S investors plow funds into Europe. West Germany France and Italy shares rise as Swiss funds target country funds amid stable finances and De Gaulle era confidence. Anonymity laws lure foreign money, and Swiss banks vow no change despite American caution.
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Geneva
Swizerland
Rothschilds
Medicii
U.S
New York
Europe
U. S
U. S. Treasury
de Gaulle
Mutual
Switzerland
Try and Stop Me ROM WARSAW
A 1959 Bennett Cerf humor piece notes a 100000 pair leather shoe delivery from Moscow to Warsaw seen as a gift by some and a political trap by others. A Kremlin wire orders repairs and return to Moscow. William Steif chats with a tourist about a Japanese tea house visit and seating.
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William Steif
Steif
Words as tyrants and the emptiness of labels
The author argues that language can imprison thought, showing how terms like democracy and segregation lose precise meaning. He cites Pasternak on materialism, then notes how words mislead in politics, religion, and science, leaving belief and identity to drift without clarity.
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Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago
Petrograd
Moscow
Bogey-men warnings prompt reader critique of J-T policing
In a public forum letter Charles Doyle of Guysville Route 1 questions Jacksonville Trimble law enforcement. He cites high fines for minor infractions, alleges lax discretion, and calls for reform while warning others to beware what he calls bogey-man officers in the J T area.
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the Messenger
Jacksonville-Trimble
Law
Jacksonville
J-T
Trimble
Charles Doyle
Imperial Oil to Drop Comma in Name Change
Imperial Oil Ltd, formerly Imperial Oil Lia, seeks supplementary letters patent to remove its comma under the Companies Act. Legal steps began last February after directors and shareholders approved the change, with Ottawa secretary of state needed before the comma vanishes from the name, a practice in place since 1919.
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Ottawa
Surprise house warming for Norval Souths at Cannaville
Members of the Ladies Club and families attended a surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Norval South at the Stout farm in Cannaville. Guests included Dewey Hunter family, Hart and Arbel, McClellands, Bettlechies, Penwell, Swain, Smathers, Staley, and McCollister households from Poston Athens Chauncey Nelsonville. Oscar Lynn, 43, of Sharpsburg, escaped injury when his car left Route 50 A and struck a guard rail near the Washington spong line, per the State Highway Patrol report Saturday.
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Poston
Ladies Club
Norval South
Stout Farm
Cannanville
Dewey Hunter
Walter
Dorothy
Penny
Mike
Helen Hart
Mary Arbel
Gladys McClelland
Ida Bettlechies
Mary Penwell
Virginia Swain
Deloris Hunter
Ted Belker
Evelyn
Micky Smathers
Athens
Ruth Staley
Chauncey
Lyn McCollister
Robin and
Barbara
Nelsonville
Oscar Lynn
Sharpsburg
Washington Spong Line
State Highway Patrol
Chester 4-H Club gathers at adviser home
Chester farm boys 4-H Club met at adviser Ross Cleland's home with twenty four members present. Mrs. Floyd Ridenour and Mrs. Gordon Ridenour visited Gordon Ridenour at White Cross Hospital in Columbus. The McCullochs of Columbus visited the Woodes. Earl Hart of Racine visited Charles Pyles. Ray Morris of Columbus spent the weekend with Richard Fick.
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Chester
Chester Farm Boys 4-H Club
Ross Cleland
Floyd Ridenour
Gordon Ridenour
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Spencer
Waverly
Clair Newell
William McCullock
Charles Woode
Earl Hart
Racine
Messenger Publishing Co announces rates and address
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday delivery terms with carrier and mail options. Rates cover one week to one year for Ohio and West Virginia pickups, and directs readers to mail to 43 W Union St Athens Ohio.
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Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Ohio
W.va
Athens
Postoffice
Associated Press
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
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