How Long Will Prosperity Last Editorial
A Babson Park editorial questions the longevity of postwar prosperity. It cites soaring adoption of radios and refrigerators, rising education and car ownership, and swelling life insurance as signs of growth while warning that heavy government borrowing risks a future collapse. The piece compares national finances to a family living beyond its means and cautions that prosperity may endure only if borrowing ends and a reckoning occurs.
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Babson Park
U.S
Europe
Russia
Globe
Joseph Dodge
Texas faces possible special session on school integration
In Austin a Big Spring lawsuit seeks to bar state funds from going to bi racial schools, potentially delaying or forcing changes to Texas segregation laws. Gov. Shivers weighs a special session as a key court decision looms, while local districts pursue desegregation steps and UT student polls gauge opinions on Negro students. Senator Wayne Waggonseller of Bowie dies in Fort Worth crash, prompting tributes in Austin.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Texas
Big Spring
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Supreme Court
Shepperd
Allan Shivers
Citizens’ Advisory Council On
Board of Education
University of Texas
Wayne W. Waggonseller
Bowie
Weagonseller
Fort Worth
Senate
Giles Pleads Guilty In Bexar County Land Deal
Bascom Giles pleads guilty in San Antonio to two charges in a Bexar County land deal tied to a $20 000 bribe. He faces a six year prison term concurrent with a three year sentence for theft from the veterans land fund. Arthur McKenzie and C V Wytin await trial for offering the bribe.
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Giles
Bascom Giles
San<Antonio
Bexar County
Buck
Jones
Austin
Veterans’ Tand
San Antonio
Arthur McKenzie
C. V. Wytin
Cro-Magnon Throwbacks Inspire Derby Name Contests
In Saratoga Springs Ted Warner promotes the Kentucky Club Darby Day Contest where a pipe-tobacco company buys a horse and awards it to the best name. The third year draws hundreds of thousands of entries. winners include Filleguine and Delphidessa, with entrants joking about Devil Diver and Frogman.
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Saratoga Springs
Ted Warner
Warner
Shirley May
France
New England
English Channel
Mississippi
Antonio Abertondo
Yonkers
N. Y
The
New Yorker
Ted
Saratoga
Evelyn Foley
Danvers
Mass
Walter Mills, Jr
Cincinnati Linotype
Nobody Wins The Derby Of A Rowdy Yearling Contest
By Mel Heimer and associates the piece follows rival owners resisting cheaper claiming races for their fillies while a stable of racing figures pitches a bold marketing plan. Ted Atkinson and Lew Haggin are cited. a Kentucky Derby prize covers training expenses to July 1 as owners gamble on a quirky name Nobody. The tale also recalls a Shirley May France voyage memory and a colorful Australian swimmer.
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Ted Atkinson
Lew Haggin
Paya
Ted
Mel Leavitt
New Orleans
Leavitt
Warner
England
Abertondo
Mississippi
Set
Be Ye Doers of the Word James 1 22 Verse
A compact verse exhortation from James 1 22 urges believers to act on God’s word rather than merely hear it, warning that self deception follows without deeds. The note emphasizes living faith reflected in actions.
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James
Baytown Sun Address and Subscription Rates
The Baytown Sun lists staff roles including Fred Hartman as Editor and Publisher and Syd Gould as Advertising Director. Subscription rates are given for carrier, mail, and military options with multiple monthly and yearly plans.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Fred Hartman
Syd 8. Gould
Beulah Mae Jacerove
Armed Services
You're Telling Me! by William Ritt
End of June reports show payments due totaling 82.6 billion dollars, exceeding the national debt. Officials warn the economy may lack solid footing as debts to others surpass internal obligations. Global leaders call for collective security beyond blocs while credit buying rises. Senate delinquincy study urges more inquiry into media influence on youth behavior.
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Tms
Caboose controversy stirs rail columnists debate
Washington columnist Harman W. Nichols recounts a dispute with D. G. Williams over a runaway caboose tale. Robert F. Spears of Whitefish defends Nichols, recalling 1898 era freights, way cars, and old time cabooses with stove, sleeping quarters, and a memorable rear-end collision that left a dress-up coat upside down on the engine.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
D. G. Williams
San Antonio
Tex
Robert F. Spears
Whitefish
Mont
Daily Inter Lake
Kalispell
Spears
Nichols
Minneapolis and
St Loui
Minneapolis
St. L
Great Northern
Fetta
Base
Mulligan
Grab Bag Of Easy Knowledge The Answer Quick
A mixed trivia page asks: 1 The Book of the Dead was written in an ancient Egyptian language. 2 The charge led by Napoleon is associated with the bridge of Arcola in Italy. 3 Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederick Handel were born in adjoining German communities on consecutive dates. 4 The two letter word ending in ex that means summit is apex. 5 Nai ads appear where? The column also frames biographies, birthdays, vocabulary, and quick historical notes with names like MacArthur and Hopkinson.
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Napoleon
Bridge of Arcola
Italy
Johann Sebestian Bach
George Frederick Handel
Apex
Douglas MacArthur I
Francis Hopkinson
Army McCarthy Fallout Hits Stevens Staff
Washington Merry-Go-Round traces the Army McCarthy probe fallout as Stevens aides face transfers and downgrades after Stevens resigns and Brucker takes office. It also notes De Sapio and Kefauver era Democratic maneuvering shaping the 1952 presidential race and Carlos Marcello’s deportation trouble.
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Pearson Washington
Bob Stevens
Army
Pentagon
Ike
John” Adams
John Kane
Stevens
Mc+ Carthy
Colin
And
Ehine
Jean,Wood
McCarthy
Wilbur
Brucker
McCarthy’s
Teck Tues
Cate Retary
Secretary of
The
John Schott
Lucas
Jane Pike
Roy Cohn
Belleu
Capitol Hill
At & Pam
Senate
G. David Schine
Dce Sapio
Ike Tuns
Carmine de Sapio
Tammany
Averell Harriman
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Adial
New York State
Frehser
California
Paul J .Zlffren
Harry Sheppard
San Bernardino
Kefauver
Chicago
Ziffren
Sheppard
Stevenson
Harriman
Adlai
Soapy
Williams
Michigan
de Sapio
Carlos Marcello
New Orleans
Italy
France
Washington
Beverly Country
Costello
Phil Kastell
OK /Allen
Aince Lile
Joe Adriatico
el Rico
Dixie Coin Machine Co
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Shivers
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University of Texas Great Issues Committee
America
Department of Public Safety
Jowéy
New York
Mel Heimer
Newamen
Baytown Sun
William Ritt
Red Ching
Chou En-la
Agia
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Bob Spears
Iran
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Erry Tga
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Philadelphia
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Phil Baker
Preston Foster
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