Editorial Congress Lets Nation Down By Failing Highway Bill
The House defeated both the Administration and Democratic highway proposals on June 27. President Eisenhower may recall Congress to reconsider. The vote blocked funding for a nationwide system, risking inflation from installment buying and prolonging traffic jams.
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House of Representatives
Governors’ Council
Public Works
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
Hisenhower
Senate Subcommittee On Public Roads
Senate
House
House Public Works Committee
George H. Fallon
Maryland
Fallon
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Inside New York Gossip Addicts Lose Themselves
A reflective meditation on the city’s insatiable gossip culture. The narrator notes cabbies and readers chasing sensational stories about actors and entertainers, while millions consume tabloid scraps and celebrity exploits. The piece lampoons the allure and emptiness of inside information in a sprawling urban metropolis.
Inside Knowledge and The City of Eight Million Souls
By Mel Heimer, the piece ponders Hollywood intrigue and New York’s gossip culture. It notes Garbo’s secrecy and the omnipresent Inside world where locals claim to know private lives, revealing a city where everyone seems to observe everyone.
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Garbo
Rug Towers
New York
Macy's
Manhattan
Clarke Gable
Marlene Dietrich
Sitep
White family of teachers records 146 years in service
PAUL WHITE, superintendent of Anshuse School District, comes from a long line of educators. His parents T. A. White and wife Jonnie, both teachers, total 70 plus years in Texas classrooms. Siblings Grady Metteauer and Vahey teach in Orange and Houston elementary schools. His daughter Pavia studies elementary education at Sam Houston. Paul has taught 24 years and his family’s combined teaching years reach 146. A WWII draft episode and a great grandfather who led Washington and Lee University add to the lineage. Messages imply admiration for a durable teaching tradition.
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Paul White
Anshuse
Paul
T. A. White
Texas Public Schoola
Grady Metteauer
Orange
J. W. Yaney
Houston
Metteauer
Airs
Vahey
Jonnie
Anahuac
Pavia
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Lovelady
Texas
T. P
T. P. White
White
Draft Board
Air Corps
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
A Bit of Washington by Ed Koterra
Washington diary notes recount a late night aboard an Eastern Airliner crash landing in New York. Rep Kenneth B Keating is cited, along with reflections on the Capitol clock, and the cost of maintaining the Capitol dome dating to 1883 with many coats of paint and high expenses.
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Washington
Ken Kealing
New York
City Room
Chile
Cnim
Kenneth B. Keating
Republican of
Capital
Potomac
Talbott
Senate
New York Times
Symington
Missouri
Jackson
Tal- Dow
Peninsyuivenia
Blorida
St. Petersburg
Success Secrets of Walter C. Guy Elevation to Shrine Post
Walter C. Guy, born in Indiana and a longtime educator turned salesman, rose from regional manager at a printing firm to president of Athan Printing and Lithographing Co. He later led Kiwanis, Community Chest, and Life Roark Chamber of Commerce to top posts, culminating in his imperial potentate elevation of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine.
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Walter C. civ
Guy
Arkansas
Litter Rock
Horn
Indiana
Remington Rand
Lile Rove
Moneptris
Tenn
Lite Reo
Beccome
Athan Prnting and Lithographing Co
Baytown Sun masthead and pricing details
The Baytown Sun masthead lists editors and staff, with weekday publication details and subscription rates. It notes the paper is entered as second class matter in Baytown, Texas, and provides circulation and advertising references.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbet
Baytown
Texas
Fred Hartman
Syd S. Gould
Beulah Mae Jackson
Maii
Armed Services
Postoffice
Congress
Rational Advertising
Humidity Plus Heat No Work Government Gals Hope Daily Double
Washington reports extreme heat and humidity creating a de facto furlough trend for federal workers when 95F and 45 percent humidity align. The scene features Capitol telephone operators handling 7000 daily calls, Congress adjournment antics, and side notes on Salk vaccine humor and a Lutheran senator Serving as best man then catching a flight home.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Frienity and mythic clues in a garbled quiz page
A fragmented trivia page asks meanings of word frienity and Niobe in myth, notes on Venus language, and a jumble of questions about a U S tight house candle power, Tian quintuplets diet, Perressee origin, plus misread historical dates and celebrity birthdays.
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Niobe
United States
Isha Ho
Perressee
Washington amid a web of influence and conflicts
Washington faces a systemic conflict of interest as lawmakers and officials mingle campaign money with policy aims. The piece highlights Talbott’s case and cites senators under pressure from gas, oil, and utility lobbies, noting reform proposals from Hennings Morse and others. It argues money shapes votes and calls for tighter disclosures and public financing.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Air Force
Talbott
Oren Harris
Arkansas
Harris
Ham Moses
Arkansas Power and Light
Sen. Butlers
Maryland
Clint Murchison
Murchison
Jack Porter
Houston
U.S. Senate
Tom Hennings
Missouri
Hennings
Senate Rules Committee
Congress
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Filmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Neuberger
Roosevelt
George Killian
Democratic National Committee
Teddy
Phillp Graham
Did You Know Excess Speed Blamed for 1914 US Traffic Toll
Excess speed was blamed for 12 480 traffic deaths and injuries in 653 000 persons in the United States during 1914.
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United Stes
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