Hogwash claims of Kennedy aides managing news
The Denver Post argues Defense Department officials including Arthur Sylvester lied before the Cuban missile crisis about having information on missiles in Cuba. It calls the alleged use of news as a weapon and the reporting order a tool to control coverage, noting McNamara’s promises did not materialize and journalists remain skeptical.
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Arthur Sylvester
Defense Department
Cuba
Kennedy
Sylvester
House
McNamara
Defense
Republic
The
Denver Post
Unemployment Realities in April Highlight Mixed Trends
April showed a peak in employment with 68.1 million at work and unemployment at 4.1 million, 5.6 percent of a 72.2 million labor force. Farm employment rose to 4.7 million while nonfarm jobs reached a seasonally adjusted record of 63.4 million, though concerns linger over public payroll expansion and long-term unemployment.
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Charles A. Halleck
Kennedy
Halleck
Safety Belt Insurance Rebates for Front Seat Belts
Continental Casualty Co of Chicago offers a $3 rebate for insuring cars with safety belts for front seat occupants. If other insurers follow suit, belts could become standard quickly, reducing fatal accidents and offsetting the installation cost over the car’s lifetime.
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Continental Casualty Co
Chicago
Limits of credibility in European and American politics
The piece argues that predicting a broad European left turn is uncertain as Erhard and MacMillan may endure. It critiques anti leftist strategies in the US drawing on McCarthy era tactics and John Birch Society accusations, stressing politicians should stick to the record and avoid overstating links to the Kremlin.
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Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Erhard
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Harold MacMillan
MacMillan
New York City
United States
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Joe McCarthy
Freda Utley
Owen Lattimore
John Birch Society
John Foster Dulles
The
Birch Society
Robert Welch
Dulle
White House
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Kuchel
Khrushchev
Whittaker Chambers
Dear Abby Advice on Marriage and Earned Wages
Dear Abby discusses coping with a husband having another woman, advising counseling or ministry help. argues a wife may spend her earnings as she wishes. and endorses choosing a reliable hair stylist, noting lateness is the customer's fault and suggesting shopping for a new operator.
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Abby
New Orleans
MR. L
Ash Blonde
Ash
The Woman Next Door and the Incest Taboo in Love
Marvin G a 27 year old attorney asks how to fall in love with the girl next door who feels like a sister. Dr Crane advises staged romance and kissing to break the nonromantic habit, noting the incest taboo can block marriages among long-time pals. Readers are invited to write for Dr Crane's booklets.
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Marvin
Marvin G
Dr. Crane
William James
Cleveland Man Appointed to Labor Department Post
Morris Riger of Cleveland Heights is named field director for the Office of Manpower Automation and Training. He will lead the Ohio Kentucky region and focus on retraining jobless workers. The position pays 15000 dollars annually.
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Cleveland
Morris Riger
Cleveland Heights
Office of
U.S. Department of Labor
Riger
Ohio-Kentucky
Sife Begins At40
A columnist notes 1949 estimates show 23 percent of those over 65 on Social Security old-age aid, now down to 12 percent. He laments elder boredom driving aches, jokes about estivate, and mocks modern gadgets replacing manual effort in daily tasks. He invites readers to request a retirement hobbies book from The Messenger.
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Social Security
Tuition 559 000 and federal costs debated in Mississippi dispute
An Athens reader criticizes a Messenger editorial noting nearly 6 million taxpayers’ dollars spent to force a trouble-maker onto the public. He argues the 10th Amendment protects states’ rights to run their schools and questions the legitimacy of Reconstruction amendments and federal troop interventions in Mississippi.
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the Messenger
Army of the
United States
Niccolls
Westminster Foundation
Supreme Court of the United States
Ohio license alterations made costly
A new Ohio law approved by both legislative chambers and awaiting governor James A. Rhodes’ signature would revoke a license for at least one year if a driver’s license age is altered to buy liquor. In Cleveland Cuya hoga County appoints Mary H. Gorman as welfare director beginning June 1, returning former Ohio welfare director.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Mary H. Gorman
Ohio Welfare
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Abigail van Buren
M.J
Beverly Hills
Calif
George W. Crane
Clevelander
Sife
Franklin Folger
Webster
Mississippi
James Meredith
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
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