Debunking the inflation myth of government deficit spending
The piece argues that printing money or running deficits to boost purchasing power does not create real wealth or long lasting prosperity. It warns inflation will hide the truth and criticizes the belief that government spending alone can pull the economy from recession. It notes mixed signals from officials and business, with Nixon's LA welcome and Hodges predicting brighter spring prospects.
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Bureau of Engraving
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Euclid
Wall Street Journal
Lad for Peace Corps? A cheeky nomination tale
A column mocks a local youth as a Peace Corps candidate, detailing his flashy clothing, bongo drums, transistor radio, and idealized view of jungle life. The piece humorously imagines natives impressed by his style and improvises a global charm offensive, ending with a satirical call to keep dreaming.
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Kennedy
Peace Corps
Allen Dulles
Nigeria
Amazon
Nixon urges Republicans to seek new blood in 1962 elections
Nixon calls for fresh talent to counter Democrats in the 1962 congressional races. He notes aging leadership in Congress with Dirksen 65 Halleck 60 and McCormack 69, while the Senate’s Mansfield 58 and Johnson 52 loom behind. The Supreme Court also shows an older, steady roster.
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Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Dirksen
Halleck
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
McCormack
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Dear Abby Misses the Run Around for Newsboys
A reader asks why people delay paying newsboys and Abby notes carriers pay themselves and deserve prompt payment. Also replies cover snoring garlic cure and a letter about a marriage dominated by television, with social guidance and Abby’s address for personal letters.
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Abby
Milly M. Crane Advice and Family Roots Loss
Dr Crane warns marriage breakdowns arise from uprooting families to cities. Milly M a 32 year old wife becomes a drinker after moving away from a small town. He urges husbands to anchor wives through church involvement and nearby female friends, and to help children form new roots quickly.
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Milly
Crane
Try and Stop Me Classified Snippets by Bennett Cerf
Witty ad style lines appear from a 1961 Bennett Cerf column listing joke classifieds. Items joke about a needed stenographer, a romance ultimatum after a canoe kiss, a lion tamer seeking a tamer lion, and a piano shop mixing serious service with kindling wood.
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Bennett Cerf
Third Annual Talent Show In New Haven
New Haven announces the Third Annual Talent Show sponsored by the New Haven PTA at The Haven Theater on Tuesday April 4 at 8 p m. Categories include children teens and group acts with prizes of 5 3 and 2 dollars. Entries due by March 31. Mason County PTA Council met at New Haven Grade School with Ralph Crump presiding and Clyde Foley presenting on junior high issues and building program.
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J. L. Stewart
New Haven
New Haven Pta
the Haven Theater
Paul Powell
Harry Miller
David Fields
Adrian Lathey
Pete Burris
Rober Gilmore
Mason County Pta Council
Ralph Crump
Clyde Foley
Wahama High School
HUAC and Its Critics Shaped by Two Congressional Bodies
The piece compares the House and Senate committees on unAmerican Activities, noting their goals, methods, and conflicts. It discusses chairmen Martin Dies and Joseph McCarthy, executive sessions, and the push by James Roosevelt and John Lindsay to abolish or merge HUAC, amid a rise in anti-subversion groups and evolving investigative aims.
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House Committee On
UnAmerican
Communist Party
United States
HUAC
Senate Internal Security
House
Martin Dies
Senate
Joseph McCarthy
William A. Wieland
State Department
Cuba
Wieland
Earl E. T. Smith
Arthur
Robert Hill
James Roosevelt
John V. Lindsay
New York
House Judiciary Committee
Lindsay
Jimmy Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Help for Nervous Busy Children at School
An Ohio mother describes a seven year old girl prone to hurry through work and struggle with arithmetic. Expert guidance urges calm parental practice, quiet routines, gradual hearted learning, and avoiding overload to foster accuracy and steady reading skills. John E Habbit as purchasing supervisor at Mobile Chemical Co. Beaumont Texas.
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Ohio
John E. Habbitt
Canaan Township
Ohio University
Mobile Chemical Co
Beaumont
Tex
Halbirt
Margaret Plumley
Little Hocking
Donna
Lamar College
John P
David Crockett School
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