Millard Fillmore in 19th Century Biography Spotlight
A new biography by Robert J. Rayback highlights Millard Fillmore as a largely overlooked president. It notes his rise from vice president to president after Taylors death, his role in the Compromise of 1850 and the slave fugitive recovery act, and his controversial stance amid rising sectional tensions.
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Millard Fillmore
Robert J. Rayback
Syracuse University
Fillmore
Zachary Taylor
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
New York
Daniel Webster
South
North
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
James K. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
Reds in the Doghouse for American Communists
The House committee on un American activities flags a waning growth hope for the Communist party in the United States. Khrushchev’s Berlin stance weakens party optimism as a summit era approaches and Eisenhower looks east, leaving American communists to linger in the dog house.
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Communist Party
United States
House Committee On un-American Activities
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Ulcers More Common Among Ordinary Workers
A study of about 2600 ulcer patients finds routine workers more prone than top executives to ulcers. Stress from responsibility seems less a cause than poor eating habits or excess sugar. The Dalai Lama, exiled from Tibet, reportedly has deposited a large gold fortune in Calcutta banks.
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Dalai Lama
Tibet
Calcutta
Remarks For Tired Ears At The Bar
A compilation of bartender hearing lines includes marital woes, jokes about flies and drink orders, quick quips about life and loneliness. The bits expose barroom chatter from tired ears with playful digs at money, quotas, taxes, and relationships.
Mortgage Usury Rules Pinch Home Financing Growth
The piece notes home loan costs at a 30 year high as lenders face usury limits in states from Delaware to West Virginia. FHA insured loans top 5 percent plus a 1 percent insurance premium, with a 0.5 percent service charge on small mortgages. FNMA paused buying certain loans pending legality reviews, amid builder discounts of 10 to 12 percent.
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Washington
Federal
National Mortagage Assn
Tennessee
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Delaware
Kentucky
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
FNMA
PNMA
Dear Abby column and Waldorf Declaration debate reemerges
A reader asks about rumors at school and Abby advises ignoring gossip while a wedding shower conundrum is answered. The page then reprints a 1947 Waldorf Declaration defense of due process for accused creatives, noting Hollywood’s blacklist era, court rulings, unions, and later industry tensions over Communist associations and scripts.
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Waldorf-Astoria
New York
United States Supreme Court
Italy
Cecil B. de Mille
Mike Todd
Doctor Crane's Personal Cases Refutes Aging in Sales
In Case D-488 Dr George W. Crane argues older job seekers in sales face flaws like reliance on past glory. He cites Hank J 57 and a New York example where maturity, if not matched by drive, reduces selling success. Crane urges new recruits to show initiative and pace, linking dominance to sales vigor. He promotes his booklet Sure fire Sales & Advertising Strategy with a stamped return envelope.
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George W. Crane
Hank J
Hank
New York
Lew Sarett
Northwestern
Prof
Sarett
Surefire
Zoom Boom Ebb Sparks Debate in Business Circles
The article weighs whether the post steel dispute surge will continue or fade. Officials favor steady growth over a rapid rise and see spring as a potential revival for higher consumer purchases and new cars and appliances, while cautioning on seasonal slowdowns.
Coyotes Reach East From Catskills to Alleghenies
Notes cite Peter Fosburgh on coyotes spreading across New York region. Anecdotes from summer 1958 recount a brother trapping coyotes while writing, including a 38 pound first catch and manuscript page in garbage. Also mentions Anita Loos book idea and Hal Sims bridge remark from 1960.
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Catskills
Alleghenies
Fosburgh
Sister Prayer Meeting Obituary in Citysville Church
A saluted Sister Prayer Meeting dies at First Neglected on Worldly Avenue after years of revival influence. Postmortem notes a lack of spiritual sustenance and fasting, with limited attendance at death. Pallbearers absent, no flowers, hymns omitted. body rests in By gone Glories cemetery as Citysville marks her passing.
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the Messenger
Sister Prayer Meeting
Works
Reform
Joiner
Ima Modern
Ladies Pink Lemonade Society
Shawnee Girl Confined for 6 Weeks Observation
Cathy Jewett daughter of Mr and Mrs Pearl Jewett is a Shawnee High School sophomore and patient at University Hospital Columbus. She will be hospitalized six weeks for observation and treatment.
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Shawnee
Cathy Jewett
Pearl Jewett
University Hospital, Columbus
Cathy
Shawnee High School
The Athens Messenger Publication Rates And Address
Publication listing for The Messenger Publishing Co notes daily and Sunday editions with single copy and mail delivery rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and U S territories. It provides subscription terms, pricing for various periods, and mails address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio.
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Athens Messinger
D&s
Ohio & W Va
U. S
Possessions
Athena Olio Postoffice
Assuoclasico
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens
Ohio
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OC Goodman
Philadelphia
DENA
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Smething
Otto Preminger
Kirk Douglas
Dalton Trumbo
Nedrick Young
Stanley Kramer
Martin B. Mc Kneally
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Peter Fosburgh
Anita Loos
Oscar Wilde
Hal Sims
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