Editorial Calls For Reform Of Presidential Transition
Editorial argues that a smooth transfer of power after a close or contested election is essential to avoid dangerous delay and confusion. It notes risks if unpledged electors or House decision take center stage and surveys reform ideas from Kefauver’s committee.
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House of Representatives
House
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Committee
Congress
Britain weighs decimal money reform amid long standing debate
Britain continues cautious study of converting from pounds and shillings to decimal coinage. A government commission since 1961 is due to report on feasible systems and costs, but strong loyalty to the pound and potential world currency effects temper any swift move.
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Britain
Guinea
Canada
Malaya
Ceylon
Kenya
Australia
India
Burma
Selwyn Lloyd
Sun exposure dangers and health cautions
Sunlight can harm blood cell production and cause anemia if not blocked by clothing or ointment. Excessive tanning risks death from heat and desert exposure. Doctors advise discretion, especially for children, as sun can be life threatening despite its life giving nature.
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Tropics
Chamber panel forecasts optimistic second half economy
Washington experts from Chase Manhattan Bank and Ford predict interval growth into 1964, with unemployment easing slowly. They anticipate tax cuts, favorable balance of payments trends, and robust steel and auto demand, foreseeing 7.4 million new car sales and a large year for steel output.
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Washington
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
U. S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Congress
Chase Manhattan Bank
William F. Butler
U. S
Butler
U.S
Europe
Kindness as a political weapon in modern life
Ruth Millett argues that empathy can harm when used to humiliate others and urges mothers to teach daughters kindness. The column links personal conduct to national unity, criticizing piecemeal policy and proposing a four month national study to craft a decisive program.
Teens Provide National Jobs Challenge And Shifting Labor
AP News analyst notes teen job seekers remain a national issue as employment for all ages passes 70 million. Union focus shifts to job security amid steel and railroad bargaining. While output rises, employment falls in several basic industries as service and skilled production grow. Training and schooling shape teen prospects for entry jobs in a mechanized economy.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
Steel la
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Boyle's Column News 200 years hence
Hal Boyle surveys space age news across capitals with a satirical voice. The items mix political misadventure and cosmic humor from London Rome Moscow New York Albany and Corncob Nebraska. The piece sketches a playful snapshot of imagined futures and current woes in a single column.
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Hal Boyle
New York
London
House of Lords
Venus
Rome
Pius XV
Washington, D.C
John Adams
Paul Harvey. Our national purpose and Soviet planning
Paul Harvey critiques American national purpose comparing Readers Digest responses to a Kremlin one week plenum that charted twenty years of Soviet life. He notes Russians set clear aims while America drifts, citing strategic timing in military crises and the systemic planning evident in Soviet governance.
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Cuba
Congress
America
DeWitt Wallace
Kremlin
Russia
Philadelphia
Biddeford Journal Publisher and Rates Notice
Biddeford Journal of Biddeford Maine lists publisher Paul Casavant and editor E P Ingalls with contact numbers and rates. Subscriptions are 1 month 1.85 six months 10.50 or 21.00 yearly. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and entered as second class mail.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Second Lass
Shamroy on Cleopatra and movie making pain
Hollywood ace Leon Shamroy recalls Cleopatra as the toughest project of his career. He praises the film’s photography and notes the outdoor shooting mistake and misfit Italian production timing.
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Hollywood (Ap
Ace
Leon Shamroy
Shamray
Hollywood Hills
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A complete set of crossword clues listed for both across and down entries including numbers and partial phrases such as Old salt Not set upright Finale Counter tendency Docile Midwest colleger town Vehicle Certificate for fractions of shares of stock Fleur Fr two words Risky Lunch Theme of famous FDR speech Involve Latin American Rete i identificat ion of our astron auts 2 words Federal agency established 1887 Abbr List of mistakes with corrections Inland state of Saudi Arabia Namesakes of Ibsen heroine Plum pudding ingredient Egyptian goddess Opera role Type of blow in boxing Three Horse 3 words Nautical term 2 words French classicist painter Old Italian coins Horses and Down clues Habit Large government building Roving one Take view of Regions Humpty Dumpty Guess Protection for a basketball player Cleopatra's maid Cry as wine Piece of workshop equipment Bird City in Illinois Vincent Millay Composer Rule Britannia Eating place Beauty aid Stenographer correction Israelite tribe Revolutionary statesman Affront Quick motion in dancing War Dress Nuclear equipment Catkin Church picture American dramatist Greek letter Wrong Prefix Equine animal
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F.D.R
Federal Agency
Saudi Arabia
Ilinois
Vincent Millay
Britanniat
Revolutionary Statesman
Generators and improvisation shaped Elizabeth Taylor film work
Shamroy recalls scarce power and equipment forcing Europe wide generator hunts for a project. Joe Mankiewicz wrote the script on the fly with little preparation time. Shamroy praises Elizabeth Taylor as a standout star, second only to Carole Lombard in his view.
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Europe
Joe Mankiewicz
Shamroy
Elizabeth Taylor
Carole Lombard
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