Junk Mail and Post Office Spending Debate
The piece argues against Eisenhower's proposal to raise first class postage from 3 to 5 cents. It claims the plan mainly funds new post offices rather than debt reduction, critiquing earmarked funds as pork and calling for modernization and equipment over building more offices. It questions including junk mail and parcels rates in rate hikes.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Jim Farley
Roosevelt
Moses
Truman Portrait Reveals Franklin Roosevelt Era Leader
CBS aired a revealing portrait of Harry S. Truman drawn from eight hours of footage. The former president speaks plainly about wartime decisions, the atomic bomb, Korea, and the early Cold War, showing both flaws and formidable historical insight.
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Harry S. Truman
CBS News
Edward R. Murrow
Fred S. Friendly
Mr. Truman
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
Airlines Seek Rapid CAB Decision On Fares
The nation's commercial carriers urge the Civil Aeronautics Board to grant rate increases up to about 20 percent. The agency weighs whether the industry’s plight is temporary or long term as carriers face costly jet aircraft commitments and seek clarity on future revenue.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Discipline and delinquency in discipline rich societies
Journalist Jim Bishop argues lack of discipline fuels delinquency from youth to adults. He contends stricter enforcement reduces crime, cites military and religious settings like St Paul’s Monastery, and laments fading classroom authority and parental leniency. He advocates firmer teacher discipline and occasional corporal correction.
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United States Army
America
United States Navy
Army
United States Marine Corps
Navy
Marines
Sing Sing
Pittsburgh
St. Paul’s Monastery
Nora N Case Highlights Moral Choice in Romantic Pressure
Case X-335 recounts Nora N a 17 year old coed pressured by her steady boyfriend to have illicit relations. Dr Crane guides her to foresee future happiness and make her own decision, choosing breakup and eventual balanced dating while avoiding consequences for unborn children and family. Nora finds relief after breaking away and later reconciles on her own terms.
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George W. Crane
Nora N
Dr. Crane
Nora
Wall Street Sees Mixed Signals as Dividends Falter
Washington assures vigilance over the slump while earnings floods arrive. Many industries report declining profits and dividend cuts, with steel and textiles showing uneven results. retail, utilities, and some drug and tobacco groups buck the trend with gains in 1957.
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Wall Street
Main Street
Washington
Machine Tool Indus
Try and Stop Me NGLISH PROF at Vassar class
A professor at Vassar urges freshmen to build a large vocabulary by repeating words aloud. A student reacts with enthusiasm and a vaudeville anecdote about Jack Benny’s associate Walter Rochester. The piece ends with a humorous cutaway about the devil and a lawnmower, noting 1958 publication details.
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Vassar
Rochester
Jack Benny
Swanee River
Post Office Reform Urged by Editorial View
An editorial argues postal rates could stay steady if the postmaster general is persuaded criticism targets the system not the man. It calls for modern management, notes Hoofer reports on shortcomings, and cites Senator Olin Johnston on the agency’s financial structure and deficits. It warns against funding by stamps and urges rational bookkeeping and careful pay policy.
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Congress
Hoover
Arthur E. Summerfield
Olin Johnston
Michigan
Senator Johnston
Post Office
Department of Justice
Reader's Digest
Acts of Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Agriculture Department
Internal Revenue Service
Public Forum Reflections and Reader Letters
Mary Humphrey Carpenter shares gratitude for reader letters while discussing kindness to animals and faith. A stanza of hope envisions equality and peace, followed by city news noting Miami University in Oxford allocating sixty percent of expenditures to education and general purposes.
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the Messenger
Minerva
Columbus
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
The Athens Messenger Offers Daily Sunday Paper Rates
The Athens Messenger lists subscription options with daily and Sunday delivery in Ohio and West Virginia. Rates show one month 1.25, six months 6.50, one year 12.00, with weekly mail prices and carrier delivery details. The paper is a member of the Associated Press.
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Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
pall--Paily
Suniayo
W. Va Eisen
Ohio
W Va
Athens
Associated Press
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King Features Syndicate
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la Durande
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New Straitsville
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Miami
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