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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1954
Page
6
Babson discusses diversification via mutual funds and the need for some investors to back new enterprises. He notes Americans should balance safety with ventures in invention and industry, citing tax law shifts and historic New England factory growth driven by risk takers. He challenges SEC outcomes and urges measured speculation.
The column argues that favorable tax changes encourage young entrepreneurs to start businesses and attract older investors to new ventures such as uranium prospecting. It contrasts this with past legislation that hindered employment, urging Americans to take calculated risks for national good and feature profiles of Babson Institute founders.
Washington notes GOP strains in Pennsylvania Michigan and Oregon as Election 1960 heats up. Lloyd Wood a turkey farmer competes with George Leader. Detroit jobs loom as GM and Summerfield clash with Chrysler. Oregon's Cordon faces Newberger in a veteran credentials battle amid ads and political maneuvering.
A multi-state tax war on trucking escalates as Ohio and New York impose levies on out of state haulers. Retaliatory taxes drive at least 15 trucking firms to relocate their headquarters. Congress considers an inquiry while campaign politics stir Washington.
An 18 year old German refugee named Alfred Oestman survived 21 days without food or water in a freighter hold, found by a Brooklyn seaman. Emaciated, he was cared for at a city infirmary and promised to return to Germany and try the “regular way” to America. He viewed the Statue of Liberty before being sent back to Bremen aboard the Gripsholm.
Erich Brandeis reflects that returning correspondents report Europeans and Asians dream of America not for wealth but for freedom to speak worship and live without hunger or fear. He laments internal squabbling and urges recalling ancestors who forged the nation’s rough road to ease current travel.
A brisk column from New York recounts social life notes in Manhattan. The writer mocks how-to books while praising Ruth Douglas’s Brookyn College course, laments lonely New Yorkers, and critiques Hollywood glamour and city booms. He cites Ruth Douglas, Judy Garland, and the Museum of the City of New York as touchpoints, and mention bands led by Lester Shanin with ties to prominent families.
A daily Bible quotation cites Romans 3 20 stating that by the deeds of the law no flesh is justified before God and that the law brings knowledge of sin. The verse emphasizes justification by faith rather than works.
The observer recalls Libby Holman's torchy songs at the Bijou and previews Otto Preminger’s Carmen Jones film. Dorothy Dandridge and Tallulah Bankhead also captivate patrons as discussions touch on Rain She Little Foxes and TV performances.
The 16 year old John B. Fuqua of Augusta Georgia rose from radio ham and Merchant Marine officer to owner of WGAC WGRF and WGRF TV. He then expanded into auto finance with assets exceeding two million and forecasts more than four million in business this year. His lesson: borrowed capital, plug capital and capacity unlock vast opportunities in a free economy.
Portly jovial Johannes Hoffmann, Saar prime minister and foreign affairs chief, did not attend the Paris talks but faces running the Saar referendum on the new Saar statute with French and German backing. He must balance pro German opposition and threats while guiding the vote and potential general election, amid fears of extremist violence.
A noisy collage of questions and clues screenshotted from a newspaper page. It asks about orientate usage, Amos, completing a verse line, current chief justice, DAR headquarters, a war officer born in 1900, an actress’s real name, and other scattered items including dates and birthdays.
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