Canada’s Centenary Celebration Honors First Dominion Milestone
Our Opinion notes Canada marks 100 years since becoming a self governing dominion within the British Empire. It highlights Canada’s evolving autonomy, Britain’s imperial shift, and the enduring U S relationship. The piece praises the peaceful co operation between two powerful neighbors and wishes Canada continued prosperity.
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Canada
Canadian Confederation
Empire Building
Britain
Dominion
United States
One hundred years since Sholes started the typewriter era
An editor’s outlook recalls Christopher Latham Sholes born in Milwaukee and his 1867 invention that evolved into the typewriter. The piece traces early ideas, the qwerty keyboard, key figures like Glidden Soule and Edison, and the device’s social impact on women, business, and communication.
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Kleinsteuber
Milwaukee
Sholes
Kleinsteuberg
Henry W. Robey
Carlos Glidden
Scientific American
John Pratt
Centre
Ala
Glidden
Samuel Soule
Western Union
New York Ywca
Longley
Ohio
George Washington
Robert E. Lee
Christopher Sholes
Washington portrait on the 5 cent stamp draws complaints
Readers joke about the Washington portrait appearing unhappy and unshaven in the stamp design. The piece notes old fashioned grooming, era limits on razors, and mentions Congress threatening a higher value stamp amid stamp redesign chatter.
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Washington
George
Lyndon
Congress
Censure Tales Span Senators from Bingham to Dodd
Washington column recounts censures and investigations from Connecticut’s Hi Sennotr Bingham over 1928 tariff lobbying to Joseph R. McCarthy and Tom Dodd. It links Kennedy’s reporting to Bingham’s censure, then details McCarthy’s Army critique and Senate reaction amid Libya Wheelus base and Moroccan labor unrest, noting broader pattern of political scrutiny.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Connecticut
Hi Sennotr
Hiram Bingham
John A. Kennedy
Universal Service
Farflung
Hearst
Sioux Falls
D.D
Argus-Leader
Congress
Kennedy
Sen. Bingham
Senate
Pat Harrison
D-Miss
Charles Evanson
Evanson
Connecticut Manufacturers Association
Eanson
Pulitzer
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Connecti
Tom Dodd
McCarthy
Gerard David Schine
Fort Dix
Roy Cohn
MecCarthy
Gerard David
Cohn
Cornelius Ryan
Army
Robert Stevens
Joe McCarthy
Secretary of the Army
Schine
Camp Gordon, Ga
Francis Kreidel
Tokyo
Provost Marshal's
Sen
Stevens
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Dodd
Air Force
Wheelus Air Force Base
Tripoli
United States
Johnson
Wheelus
Morocco
U.S
VMT
USA
Flag Cleaning Promises and Promos Mixed in Drycleaning
A Washington columnist probes the Fourth of July flag cleaning pledge, finding some drycleaners honor the offer, others charge after the first free clean, and several require multiple flags. The piece also notes quirky tidbits about politics, media, and culture in Washington.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Drycleaning Institute
Summit meetings fail to yield lasting peace lessons
Washington analysis argues that Johnson Kosygin talks reflect desire for quick peace but rarely deliver substance. It notes the enduring appeal of leaders meeting face to face, while stressing that true progress requires more than symbolic gestures and that leaders act as stewards of humanity amid ongoing Cold War rivalries.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Enterprise Assn
Glassboro
N.J
Johnson-Kosygin
Earth
Johnson
Kosygin
Rights of policeman too often neglected by society
Paul Harvey argues that police face psychological abuse from external review boards and vigilante committees that undermine due process. He cites FBI concerns about political overtones, warns officers lose constitutional protections, and urges awareness of police rights amid reform efforts and citizen groups like Indianapolis Ant i-Crime Crusade.
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Paul Harvey
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Mands
Durin
Indianapolis
Winning Mindset and Humility Across Headlines
A Sydney J Harris style meditation contrasts winners and losers, urging responsibility and self-improvement. The column cites a Geneva trip by Rep. Frank Thompson Jr and a State Department phrase about spring housecleaning, then closes with a biblical call to lose to gain. Published daily in Biddeford Maine with publisher W Paul Casavant and editor E P Ingalls.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Frank Thompson Jr
Frank
Badociord - Sece
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
TNE
Associated Press
Post
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