Eisenhower era politics and pop culture collide in 1950s debate
The piece argues that middle ground voters did not flee conservatism after 1952 and that GOP gains were eroding. It cites 1953 54 election results and Maine 1956 as signs the party lagged behind public sentiment. It contrasts Eisenhower with Stevenson and notes teen star Elvis Presley James Dean and box office prospects as a future cultural twist.
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Solid South
Ike
Congress
Wisconsin
New Jersey
GOP
Eisenhower Till
Adlai Stevenson
Maine
Mr. Eisenhower
Stevenson
Elvis Presley
James Dean
World diplomats seek peace amid global Suez crisis tensions
In London, 18 nations discuss the Suez crisis hoping to avoid war. Egypt blocks canal control, Britain and France oppose Cairo, Russia hints at aid if conflict erupts, while Arab League backs Egypt. Regional flare ups include Greece Turkey Cyprus and Israel Jordan border clashes. Other fronts: Indonesia Russia deals, Indochina Viet Minh, Kurile talks, China Burma, Albania submarine base, Khrushchev in Yugoslavia, and East West Germany split. The overall scene resembles a powder keg.
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Bem Price
James Marlow
Washington
London
United States
Middle East
Egypt
Britain
France
Russia
Arab League
Greece
Cyprus
Turkey
Israel
Jordan
Tme
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Buraimi
Oman
Algeria
North African
Sukarno
Indonesia
Moscow
Indochina
Japan
Kurile Islands
Burma
Tito
Khruschev
Syria
West Germany
Top Reporter Joseph Sharkey Still Sees Truth as Best Life
New York veteran journalist Joseph E. Sharkey, in his 80s, remains robust in his belief that he spent his life well as a premier diplomatic reporter and war correspondent. He recalls a career driven by Emerson and truth, from Paris to Cambridge, covering Korea, Ireland, Greece, Russia, and historic conferences with figures like Lloyd George Briand Chamberlain Benes and De Valera.
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Mal Lutle
New York
Joseph E. Sharkey
Richard Harding Davis
Ernie Pyle
Paris
Cambridge
Mass
Sharkey
Harvard University
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Associated Press
Emerson
Korea
Ireland
Greece
Russia
Aversa
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Bolshevists
Washington
Genoa
the Hague
Lausanne
Locarno
Geneva
League of Nations
Lloyd George
Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Benes
de Valera
Education by Surprises from a Psychiatrist Letter
Dr Crane discusses a case history of Dr Leo Phillips a Hillsdale College professor who uses educational themed meals to broaden children's social views and encourage learning. He advises monthly “surprises” to break routine, frame meals with country studies and small quizzes and sells a 200 point guide for good parenting.
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Leo Phillips
George W. Crane
Hillsdale College Michigan
Emerson
Phillips
Crane
Dr. Jordan on childhood impact and parental discipline
Dr Edwin P Jordan argues that early emotional and physical treatment shapes adult life. He cites a nine year old scolded and punished for fear of a fast ball, warning that repeated mismanagement fosters inferiority and long term emotional disruption. He stresses each child’s individuality and warns that emotions can affect physical health later.
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Edwin P. Jordan
M. D
Besearer
A Long Retrospective on Shaving and Razors
The writer, R. B. Carson of Middleport RFD, recalls early days of shaving with harsh Sheffield blades and heavy razors, describes changes to modern safety and electric razors, notes rising prices, and laments the vanishing of old barbering customs across towns from Harrisonville to the big centers.
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the Messenger
Sheffield
England
West
East
Waiting Room Choices in a Dying Hospital Scene
In a crowded hospital, doctors ration scarce blood by moving patients to a waiting room where those judged with better survival chances receive care while the elderly and severely injured wait. John and Ward Buydos face a cold, chaotic city as they carry on with roadblock duties amid refugee movement and a looming unresolved landing.
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John
Pop
Sue Wilson
Burke
Ward Buydos
Buydos
Stars and Weddings Horoscope and Local Notices
The column blends tomorrow’s star guidance with a birthday reading and outlook for 1957 including financial cautions and personal plans. It mentions artistic and scientific promise, romance and travel, and a child’s sense of justice, plus a series of local social notes on Kin gsbury and Rutland residents, mission meetings, and Mrs. Wayne Beal.
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