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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1954
Page
4
Special to The Baytown Sun. Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr faces deciding if perjury claims carry substance as Army McCarthy dispute unfolds. Post hearings, the DOJ must assess lengthy testimonies, a process possibly lasting a year.
A narrator recalls leaving a cluttered suburban apartment for a new New York place with a view of the bridge and river. He notes the missing features, the past comforts, and the sense of home elsewhere, concluding that those who doubted the move are crazy.
The speaker humorously surveys fashion editors and Paris designers shaping next fall trends. imagined silhouettes range from skirts ten inches above the knee to goose feather hats, illustrating how many women may follow major designers' dicta.
The writer rails against fashion dictates in men's and women's clothing. He recalls wearing double breasted suits and a broad brimmed hat, noting shifts to single breasted styles and narrow brims while mocking social conformity and personal vanity.
Dateline Hollywood profiles Peggy Lloyd daughter of Harold Lloyd, who, after leaving wealth and status, becomes a working society columnist. She supports her four year old son, seeks acting, and notes socialites hire press agents for party coverage while Lloyd’s name may help her career.
In Washington May 22, Vice President Nixon receives about 250 letters daily. A Greek writer asks for a spare car to enter the taxi business. Nixon replies he has one car mostly used by his wife Pat. The piece also notes Sen. Wiley’s St Lawrence Seaway pen trophy, Moon trip bids to the CAA, and Capitol completion chatter with cost estimates and architectural tweaks.
Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby does not appear in the presidential line of succession because the Department of Health Education and Welfare was created in 1953 after the Presidential Succession Act. She is thus not listed among cabinet members eligible to succeed to the presidency.
Adm. Arthur W. Radford argues improved weapons boost combat power with fewer troops. Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer denies Communist affiliation and dogma. Christian Pineau warns a U S troop presence in Indo China could spark new conflict.
A compact knowledge quiz recap listing: bluejay as a bright North American bird. Bonhomme Richard named for John Paul Jones. Quebrec river? St. Lawrence. Orphans of the Storm stars Lillian and Dorothy Gish. current English poet laureate is John Masefield. Also notes on May 23 birthdays and other trivia.
Washington ex president Truman discusses congressional probes, McCarthy, and confidential information with Democratic leaders at a breakfast table in Washington. He recalls aiding Roosevelt and guiding investigations while noting White House cooperation and warning against political embarrassment.
Rogers previously appeased McCarthy but this week learned appeasement fails against dictatorial instincts as White House and Justice Department oppose publication of testimony. The piece also notes rising natural gas rate pressures, talks of municipal gas co-ops, and Southeast Alabama district plans, with FPC ruling boosting gas company value dramatically.
A stout man lounges in a Florida beach deck chair watching bathing beauties perform. He jokes about his daily eleven mile walk to watch them. Herbert A. Wise travels to Berlin for an international monetary conference and faces strict train etiquette from a polite conductor who notes three rules in his compartment.
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