Three Big Campaign Issues Take Center Stage In Washington
A Baytown Special in The Baytown Sun notes a Democratic focus on three issues as 1954 elections loom: the farm situation highlighted by butter price supports, tax fairness, and a looming business downturn. Also covered are Senator Humphrey clarified tax policy, NLRB testimony on case backlogs, and White House signals on press time for McCarthy versus Stevenson.
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Baytown
Washington
Congress
Agriculure
Ezra Benson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Guy Farmer
National Labor Relations Board
Farmer
NLRB
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
White House
Joseph R. McCarthy
Adlai Stevenson
Wisconsin Republcan
Know
NBC
CBS
Hisenhowwer
A Puzzling Court Release Charade From A Remodeling Case
A reader recounts suing a contractor over home remodeling and settling after a lawyer-sorted dispute. The piece highlights a notably opaque release form filled with legal jargon and the author’s struggle to understand it, ending with an abrupt, sample wording. The fragment centers on Etiek Brandeis Olga Brandeis Weston Fairfield Connecticut and a nominal dollar consideration as the deal’s entry point.
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Etiek Brandeis
Olga Brandeis
Weston
Fairfield
Connecticut
United States of America
Wecese
Gefendant
Legal game of time in law and fiction
A lawyer explains the phrase from the begin ning of the world used in a long legal boilerplate. The tale ties the concept to the moment law began in 1088 and uses a restaurant anecdote about a German waiter to illustrate that rules bind regardless of earlier beliefs.
Hollywood director Wyler seeks Russia film freedom
Hollywood veteran William Wyler said he would consider making a film in the Soviet Union only with cultural freedom and artistic exchange. He urged Soviet cinema to shed state handbooks and allow genuine expression, while noting Russians desire more love stories and comedies.
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William Wyle
Hollywood
Russia
Gregori Alexandrov
France
Wyler
Soviet Union
Paramount Studio
Italy
Try And Stop Me by Arthur Godfrey
Arthur Godfrey described a nil he auditioned for his son as the kind to take home to meet your mother after you've poked father in the garage. He added that just by looking at her he grew immediate concern about the pest she would be.
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Jim Morris
Robert E. Lee
J. W. Gammel
Robert B. Lee
J. W
Robert HE. Lee
Penny Edward
Tyrone Power
Rory Calhoun
Coleen Townsend
Penny
Tor
Hollywood
Ralph Winters
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Watt
Arthur Godfrey
Anil
Wee Good News And Bad In Hot And Cold Wars
United Press summary notes good and bad in world conflict news. H bombs shown to deter aggression while warning of dangers. Dulles pledges united action against Communist threats in Southeast Asia. Scelba cracks down on Reds in Italy as moderates topple them in Castellammare elections. Bad news cites Soviet moves toward a European army and a 32 nation security plan, plus NATO entry opposition and potential French cabinet crisis over the EDC. Frontiers flare between Israel and Arab states raise risk of wider war.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
United States
Civi
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Red China
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
Dulles
United Action of the Free World
Eisenhower
Italy
Mario Scelba
Reds
Castellammare
Scelba
E.D.C
Britain
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Cabot
Parlasment
Marshal Alphonse- Pierre Juin
French Council of Defense
Fimrcan
Who Planned Washiington City Layout and Gothic Lore
The quiz covers who laid out Washington the capital, and what defines Gothic architecture. It asks what Cathay is, and what marks Saturn. It also asks what a KC stands for in British courts, plus a Birthday column and a trivia blurb about people and events.
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Washiington
D. C
Saturn
Edith Rogers May Run for U S Senate in Massachusetts
Washington column notes Rep Edith Rogers of Lowell Massachusetts a Republican may challenge Sen Leverett Saltonstall in the Massachusetts primary. The piece cites GOP pressure against her and a possible gerrymander aimed at punishing her for opposing the Eisenhower tax bill. It highlights Rogers as a veteran ally and a Boston political figure amid broader discussions of women in the Senate.
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Washington
Edith Rogers
U.S. Senate
Drew Pearson
United States
U.S
Senate
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Congress
Edith Nourie Rogers
Lowell
Mass
Massachusetts
Rogers
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
Boston
Christian Herter
House
Herter
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McElroy
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Robert
Ir High School
Rovers & Lee
Robert KE. Lee
Robert He, Lee
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Ree
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June Haver
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Henry Luce
Arthur Murray
Robert E. Sherwood
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Wilmington
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Los Angeles
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Pony Express
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China
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Grand Coulee Dam
Hiroshima
Japan
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Robert ¢. Hartnett
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Chicago
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Leo Alien
House Rules Committee
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