A Distinguished Life of Senator Walter George
The late Senator Walter George shaped Congress as a steady conservative with a long Senate tenure. He led the Senate Finance Committee, backed wartime lend lease, chaired the Foreign Relations panel, and earned bipartisan respect for fiscal responsibility and bipartisanship.
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Walter George
Congress
George
Senate Finance Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
F.D.R
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Eisenhower
NATO
Taft
Ohio
U.S
The Rise of Joint Ventures in American Industry
A business writer notes that large U.S. projects like the St. Lawrence Seaway Hoover Dam and the Bay Bridge relied on corporate pooling. Joint ventures lower costs and risk, enable diverse skills, and dissolve after achieving aims, proving American free enterprise can cooperate without sacrificing competition.
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America
U.S
St. Lawrence Seaway
Spain
Kremlin
Foreign troops in the United States face jurisdiction questions
The article notes that foreign soldiers in the United States number up to five thousand at a time and that only a few convictions have occurred in U.S. courts for offenses such as traffic violations. It suggests American courts handle offenses by foreign troops, even minor ones.
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U.S
America
Chicago
New York City
Lincoln Faces Courtroom Swap in Muddy Street Duel
In a humorous 1857 Springfield scene Lincoln watches a judge and grand jury as they plot a horse trade. The judge teases Lincoln with a counterfeit wager, and Lincoln accepts delivering a wooden carpenter’s horse to the judge after a muddy morning watch.
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Mr. Lincoln
Downstate
Lincoln
Springfield
Deborah D. Case Signals Body Odor Phobia
Psychiatrist Dr. George W. Crane details Deborah D s fear of body odors rooted in puberty and a school hygiene lecture. He notes normal sweating from apocrine glands and advises hygiene, deodorants, baking soda, and social activities to reduce self conscious focus. A pamphlet titled Sex Problems of Young People is offered with a stamped return envelope for 20 cents.
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Deborah D
Deborah
B. O
Leftist pain in neck Carl Marzani analyzes mood on right and left
The essay discusses Marxist predictions failing to trigger a postwar gloom, notes inflation and political shifts in the United States, and argues business and banking interests shape government. It references Paul Baran and critiques capitalism's excess capital and Wall Street influence.
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Carl Marzani
United States
Middle East
Earl Browder
William Z. Foster
Marzani
Paul A. Baran
Stanford University
California
Congress
White House
Wall Street
Cadillac
SEC
David Dubinsky
Johnny Dio
Baran
Eisenhower
Electric minded housewives and quirky notes in one issue
A survey shows one in ten American women use electric shavers while 96.2 percent of wired homes have radios and 81 percent own televisions. The page also notes an elephant memory test, a Romanian communist hell joke, and a French Bordealu wine region boast with centenarians. A humorous diary entry from A. D. Brinkerhoff ends with a tavern prices sign for eggs and rooster services.
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New York
U. S
Harvard
Crusade For Freedom
Bordealu
France
St. Julian
A. D._ Brinkerhoff
Bloomfield
N. J
Arizona
Palace Theatre headliner feud ends with staged brawl
In the days when top billing ruled, Bert Fitzgibbons clashed with Long Tack Sam over order and dressing rooms at the Palace Theatre. Fitzgibbons reportedly tried to reclaim his shirts as Sam bowed, and an eyewitness recalls Sam delivering a blow that laid Fitzgibbons flat, while the audience cheered. An accompanying note mentions a Texan planning a chain of five and ten dollar stores in 1967.
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Palace Theatre
Bert Fitzgibbons
Long Tack Sam
Richard Harrity
Fitzgibbons
Harrity
Sam
Bold
Bertie
Bennett Cert
King Features Syndicate
Brain Game Quiz Answers From Classic Tales
Classic riddle prompts include kings offering kingdoms for a horse and a piper's son stealing, with author figures like Mary and Alice. Answers point to nursery and literary references, including Black Beauty and a mythic Cerberus.
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Tom
Mary
Alice
Private Dexter graduates at Fort Knox Armor Center
Pvt. Darrel T. Dexter of New Straitsville has graduated from the Army Armor Training Center at Fort Knox Kentucky. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas G Dexter of New Plymouth Route 1. Joseph D Hallock of Diamond Ohio is among postmasters nominated by President Eisenhower and confirmed by the Senate.
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New Straitsville
Darrel T. Dexter
Bonnie
Army’s Armor Training Center
Fort Knox
Thomas G. Dexter
New Plymouth
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Joseph D. Hallock
Diamond
Ohio
Couple Welcomes Seventh Twin Set at Indian Hospital
Mrs. Marcella Big Crow, 43, from Pine Ridge S D, delivered the seventh set of twins born to her since 1943. The newborns, a girl and a boy weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces and 7 pounds 7 ounces respectively, arrived nine minutes apart. Father James Big Crow works as a farm hand. the family has 18 children with three previous infant deaths.
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Pine Ridge
S. D
Marcella Big Crow
Indian Hospital
James Big Crow
Big Crow
Parasitesrise in North America Cited by Medical Journal
The Family Doctor article in the Journal of the American Medical Assay highlights a rise in parasitic and tropical diseases in North America. It attributes increases to northern migration from Puerto Rico and the West Indies, plus returning tourists and military personnel from troubled regions.
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Journal of the American Medical Assay
Puerto Rico
West Indies
United States
Point Four
Horoscopes and Parasite Health Note From The Athens Messenger
The page blends a astrology column advising calm, tact, and financial restraint with a health feature on human parasites. It cites schistosomiasis prevalence, varying city estimates, and calls for sanitation and knowledge to eradicate parasites, followed by newspaper masthead and pricing.
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Girard
Jim Bishop
Abraham Lincoln
Sangamon County
Illinois
Peoria
Huckleberry Finn
State Bank of Illinois
John Barnshouvel
By Hatlo
Mitch
George Crane
George W. Crane
George Sokolsky
By Bennett Cerf
Ft. Knox
Edwin Jordan
North America
Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Athens
Postoffice
Act
Associated Press
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