Debate Over Defense Reorganization Sparks Strong Opinions
The Administration proposed sweeping Defense Department reforms draw sharp support and opposition. George Fielding Elliott warns that while speed and efficiency are goals, the plan risks concentrating power, weakening Joint Chiefs authority, and harming flexibility. He questions national military objectives and urges defining clear goals before reshaping the system.
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Defense Department
George Fielding E‘tiot
Eliot
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Efiot
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Curtis HR10904 tuition tax credit urged to curb federal control
An editorial criticizes higher education bills in Congress. It endorses Representative Thomas B. Curtis’s HR10904 plan for a 30 percent tuition tax credit with a $450 cap, arguing it limits bureaucratic power and keeps government out of colleges. It warns against a $1 billion scholarship program favored by the administration, claiming it enlarges federal influence and reduces freedom.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Thomas B. Curtis
Missouri
Washington Octopus
Father’s Day and the real measure of a good father
Jim Bishop critiques the Father of the Year selections, arguing real worth lies in fathers who do more with less and keep families fed. he mocks the National Father’s Day Committee choices from Milton Eisenhower to Sugar Ray Robinson and elevates the everyday working father. He predicts children will honor their own dads on Sunday over the committee’s picks.
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Rocky
Lawrence Tibbett
Howard Chandler Christy
Oliver Harriman
Eddie Rickenbacker
Camp Fire
Milton
Howard Duff
Ida Lupino
Helen Hayes
Sugar Ray Robinson
Peter Ustinov
Victor Borge
Walter Cronkite
Joseph
Mary
Milton Eisenhower
Doctor Crane's Personal Cases Explores Marital Strain
Dr George W Crane discusses Arthur B 46 who accused his wife of misconduct then admitted desire to hide impotence. He notes how fear of impotence drives accusations and how a wife can counter by maintaining affection. The column urges intelligent marital psychology and offers a booklet on sex differences.
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George W. Crane
Arthur B
Rigid union laws needed to curb corruption and theft
The author argues for tough union laws amid a recession and rising car inventories. He criticizes leaders’ corruption and notes public opinion favors restraint. The piece cites graft in unions, legislative fixes, and parallels with corporate regulation to urge vigilant enforcement and fair rights protections.
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ICC
FCC
FTC
SEC
New Materials and Uses Point to Plastic Boom
The plastics industry reports 1958 sales may match or exceed 1957 by up to 40 percent, with plastic pipe sales rising from 2 million pounds in 1947 to 58 million in 1957 and projected at 60 million pounds for about 50 million dollars this year. Industry progress and widespread adoption fuel demand across automotive, packaging, and appliance sectors, while firms like Capac Industries, General Industries, Eric Resistor, Newark Die Co., and Hyde Co. note growth in molded housings, diverse parts, metalizing plastics, and government as well as civilian work.
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Society of the Plastics Industry
SPI
Chicago
Capac Industries
Capac
Mich
Eric, Pa
Newark Die CO
Newark
N. J
A. L. Hyde Co
Grenloch
Labor unions lose ground in elections despite overall wins
A Wall Street Journal analysis cited by Roscoe Born shows more workers voting against unions in NLRB elections while unions still win a majority. The share of union victories has fallen from 74 percent in 1951 to below 60 percent this year, with decertifications rising and public support for reform growing amid Senate investigations.
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the Messenger
Wall Street Journal
Roscoe Born
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
N.L.R.B
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Labor
Health stamps honor medicine across nations and histories
A discussion of medical commemorative stamps notes how stamps memorialize scientists doctors and institutions worldwide. It highlights tuberculosis and other health causes, lists several honored figures and services, and ends with a juvenile court incident in Washington as crime brief.
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Denmark
Charles Darwin
Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
Wilfred Grenfell
Newfoundland
Labrador
Robert Philip
Britain
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Edith Cavell-Marie Depage
Saint Camille Schools of
Canal Zone
Gorgas
Ancon
Cuba
Finland
Red Cross
France
East Germany
Jean Henri Dunant
International Red Cross
West Germany
World Health Organization
World Health Assembly
Minneapolis
United Nations
Walter Reed
William C. Gorgas
Panama Canal
Crawford W. Long
William Beaumont
Joseph Goldberger
William Stewart Halsted
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William Henry Welch
John Hopkins Medical School
Try and Stop Me EP by Brooks Hays excerpt
An amused congressman recalls a visit from a friend who hints at rivals Tom S, Jim J, and Sand J. The exchange turns to insults about liars and crooks, followed by a joke about two of his best friends, ending with a light note about a family dog.
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Brooks Hays
Tom S
Jim J
The Athens Messenger: Publication and pricing notes
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday editions with carrier and mail rates. It notes subscription prices by duration for Ohio and West Virginia lifeware, and lists the publisher address and Associated Press membership.
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Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Ohio & W.va
Ohio
W. V
Athens
Postoffice
Associated Poarese
Tee Messemer Publishing Co
Union &T
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