Federal Indian Bureau faces shrinking role in government
Washington reports legislators seek to cut federal oversight of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. A survey backs shifting duties to states or tribes, including education, health care, welfare, law and order, and road and irrigation projects. Critics warn of tax savings but Indian groups oppose the plan. The piece notes the bureau’s long history from 1824 and current budget debates.
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Florida Away From Home Love Letter
The author recalls a Florida trip from Connecticut to Capiva Island and Fort Myers, praising warm weather and tropical beauty while weighing life choices. They consider moving south, visit a real estate agent, and reflect on home as the heart’s anchor amid temptations of endless vacation pleasures.
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Hollywood Gabor sisters find love after seven months
The 1951 version of the Gabor sisters chronicles Georgette Magnani and Christine Magnani arriving in Hollywood. Christine marries Ronald Marengo of Stockton, Georgette wed MGM director Vincente Minelli. Georgette says they came to avoid husband hunting and learned English, enjoying Beverly Hills life with Minelli. The piece also notes Ethel Merman’s return to TV in Anything Goes with Sinatra and Lahr, and a broader forecast on TV variety shows. A riot in India sparked by a teachers' strike ends with education reforms.
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Bert Lahr
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Helen Hayes
Vandals Hit Cars At Automobile Shows Says Dealers
Washington report notes how automobile shows suffer wear and vandalism as attendees prize test drives. Dealers recount missing knobs, radios, door locks, and even car interiors including rugs and a backseat bed setup. Entitled visitors leave damaged merchandise while parents watch.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Fragmented nocturnal musings in Manhattan slums
A surreal scene unfolds in lower Manhattan as derelicts watch traffic near the Williamsburg Bridge. A driver questions who owns a Cadillac, while HY GARDNER jokes about bachelorhood and a grandfather’s wedding. An owl calls in the night as nature lovers realize they’ve wandered far, joking they’ve reached Boston.
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Quick Knowledge Quiz From History and Headlines
A compact trivia column covers five questions: the current secretary of labor, a diplopia related disability, Cabinet limits in the Constitution, the United States northernmost state point, and Senate impact if Hawaii became a state. Answers indicate James P. Mitchell, a visual impairment not specified, no constitutional limit, Minnesota, and two.
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Knowland clashes with Dulles over Geneva and Indo China
Republican Senate leader Knowland publicly challenged Secretary Dulles over sitting with Red China at Geneva and placing Indo China on the agenda. Dulles argued the talks required Indo China to avoid looking as if the US ignored French concerns. The exchange ended with mutual, restrained politeness and a plan to continue discussion.
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Freedom Behind the Iron Curtain and Election Buzz
The piece recalls Hrasta and Hvasta praising American influence in Czechoslovakia and the impact of freedom balloons, noting U S bills to aid behind the Iron Curtain. It mentions libel concerns over publishing names in James Roosevelt's letter and rising U S business failures. It also notes political sloganeering on unemployment and Taft Hartley era civil rights considerations.
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Monks, Navajos, and twins in history
This passage links monk etymology to solitude, notes the Navajo as the largest U.S. tribe, explains identical versus fraternal twins, forbids foreign entry to West Point unless Congress acts, and credits Dr. Alfred Southwick with originating the electric chair.
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