Pearson and Peace Watching Pearson on Nobel Prize Observations
Lester B. Pearson, former Canadian external affairs secretary, urged a new approach to peace at Oslo after receiving the 1957 Nobel Prize. He urged open East West dialogue through normal channels, warning against stale slogans and quick missile confrontations while stressing realism and freedom. He urged constructive exchange between the West and the Soviet Union as a path to safer years ahead.
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Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
United States
Oslo
Norway
Soviet Union
Meek New Yorker Fights Burglar In Home Invasion
Alfred Rae a 125 pound shoe maker in New York City fought a burglar who broke into his house. Rae tackled the intruder at the stairs and pummeled him with fists and a mop handle until the man lay unconscious. Police later found the burglar pulped and unable to speak.
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New York City
Alfred Rae
Rae
Celebrate and Drive Safely This New Year
A holiday message urges sensible celebration and safe driving during New Year’s festivities. It emphasizes that highway fatalities rise in year end revelry and calls for clear headed driving and self awareness to reduce tragedies. Quotes from Bradford Eddy Ruskin and Longfellow frame the caution.
Inside the CBS broadcast booth for a classic game
Jim Bishop offers a rare inside look at the CBS telecast of a pro football game. He profiles Chris Schenkel Ernie Berkow Jim McKay and Mack Bing along with station boss Byron Paul and a CBS truck team as 54 000 fans watched from Yankee Stadium.
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Yankee Stadium
Chris Schenkel
Christopher Schenkel
Purdue
Columbia Broadcasting System
Fran Paige
Schenkel
Ernie Berkan
Mr. Berkaw
Berkaw
Jim McKay
Mr. McKay
Ralph Kramden
Mack Bing
McKay
U. S
CBS
Byron Paul
Memory tricks and wordplay from a psychiatrist
Dr George W Crane discusses memory improvement by dissecting names and linking elements to familiar ideas. He gives an Indiana travel anecdote about Logansport and speculates on the origins of Memorial Day tied to General John A Logan, followed by a note on reductio ad absurdum in debate.
Corporations Boost Gifts to Colleges Across Nation
College presidents report executives now open their checkbooks wider as corporate gifts to education rise. Estimated 1957 gifts total about 75 million dollars, with 23 million flowing through 39 state associations aiding 440,000 students. Banks and firms participate, distributing funds to support tuition and faculty salaries.
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America
H. W. Prentis, Jr
Armstrong Cork
Lars
Indiana
Wabash
Crawfordsville
Earlham
Richmond
Commission On Colleges & Industry
The
Assn. of American Colleges
Robert E. Wilson
Indiana Standard Oil Co
Thomas C. Boushall
Bank of Virginia
Virginia Foundation For Independent Colleges
Stop Me at the Grand Union Hotel Tale of a Night Clerk
In Saratoga Springs the Grand Union Hotel era fades with Joe E. Lewis staying there the last year. At 3 AM a Confederate soldier appears from the closet asking who is winning as a switch engine clatters outside the station below. Lewis asks the night clerk when the hotel reaches Chicago. A rock star falls for a college girl who demands education before romance, and he announces a cultural kick.
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Ing
Fox
Wolff
Plummer
Mr. Carpenter
Mr. Wolf
Skunk
Grand Union Hotel
Joe E. Lewis
Joe
Lewis
Chicago
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Horoscope for Tomorrow and 1958 Outlook
The reading urges careful planning to avoid costly errors, and suggests focusing on essential tasks. For those with a birthday tomorrow, the year ahead promises progress in career and finances despite obstacles. Travel opportunities appear in May, August, and September with caution urged in April and November and a stress risk in October. A romantic news note arrives in June.
Outlook After Paris: NATO, Europe, and the Pound Crisis
The piece argues President Eisenhower’s Paris trip showed NATO weakness and a shift toward bilateral talks. It forecasts a European economic union as essential, warns Britain must join or the pound will fail, and suggests a Western currency path beyond U.S. reliance.
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NATO
Khrushchev
Bulgarin
Macmillan
Eisenhower
Marshal Kukov
Paris
Europe
Great Britain
United States
Understanding Epilepsy and Convulsions in Children
The article explains that epilepsy is the common cause of fits in children, but some convulsions are not epilepsy. It outlines petit mal and grand mal, aura sensations, the epileptic cry, typical attack features, loss of consciousness, postattack memory gaps, and the role of electroencephalography in diagnosis. It notes possible nocturnal attacks and family history influence on onset and timing.
The Public Forum Thanks to God We thank you God for Thy dear Son
A Christmas poem recited by Miss Ellen Williamson from Albany on December 24 expresses gratitude for Jesus birth and calls for peace on earth and goodwill to all.
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Jesus
Holy One
Ellen Williamson Albany
Brain Game Answers From The Arts Quiz
Six questions test art knowledge from instrument families to architecture. Answers reveal oboe is wood wind, facade is the building front, Michelangelo decorated the Sistine Chapel, Victory of Samothrace lacks the head, Man With the Hoe is Millet, Wren is an architect, and a large call asks for a slower tempo with piccolo higher in pitch than a flute.
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Sistine Chapel
Rome
Samothrace
Goya
Millet
Christopher Wren
Athens Messenger masthead and pricing notes
The Athens Messenger publishes daily except Saturdays and a Sunday edition. Rates shown include single copy and carrier delivery, with Inland and away-from-home mail options. The notice lists pricing terms and post office classification under the Associated Press.
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Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Ohio
W. Va
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Mr. Schenkel
Cleveland
Giants
Browns
By Hatlo
George Crane
George W. Crane
Maurice Wolff
By Bennett Cerf
Aratoga Springs
George Sokolsky
Wodrow Wilson
Wilson
Roosevelt
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Yalta
Truman
Potsdam
Geneva
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Stevenson
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Mike Mansfield
Edwin Jordan
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Athens
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