Rail merger hearings weigh private industry fate in Congress era
Washington observers see a potential three year window for class one eastern railroads to reorganize to avert nationalization. The ICC hearings probe a C&O and B&O merger with NYC push, while New York and New England interests seek consolidated reviews.
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Peter Edson
Washington Oe Newson
Washington
U. S
Mississippi River
Norfolk
Louisville
St. Louis
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
John L. Bradford
Chesapeake & Ohio
Walter J. Tuohy
Cleveland
Cyrus L. Eaton
Baltimore & Ohio
Howard E. Simpson
New York Central
Alfred E. Perlman
B&o
C&o
Nyc
ICC
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newport News
New York
New England
Boston
New York State
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Bangor
Aroostook
Maine Central
Rutland
Norfolk & Western
N&w
Virginian
Pennsylvania
Pennsy
James M. Symes
Department of Justice Antitrust Division
EF. Riggs McConnell
Department of Justice
B&o-C&o
Thought for Evening in Editorial Page
A compact editorial note quotes Edward Young on the danger of loving our own mistaken ideas. The line warns that embracing self-deceptions makes many people fools or beggars in spirit.
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Edward Young
Labor tensions inside AFL CIO persist despite pushes for unity
Amid high unemployment and declining union membership, divisions between CIO industrial unions and AFL craft unions deepen through raidings and jurisdictional wrangles. Leaders fear formal split despite hopes to muddle along, recalling 1955 unity and the costly, limited changes that followed. Exiled groups like Hoffa's Teamsters press AFL CIO borders as the federation endures intramural strife.
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Afl-Cio
CIO
AFL
James Hoffa
Teamsters
Federation
Speeders Lose Money And Lives In Public Safety Message
The Maine State Police urge drivers to slow down with a public service warning that excessive speed wastes money fuel and tires while raising crash risk. High speed reduces control and increases the chance of fatal accidents, so travelling at reasonable speeds saves time money and safety.
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Maine State Police
Final Judge of Drug Merit Is the Physician Himself
Paul Rhoades MD of Chicago cites Archives of Internal Medicine editorial arguing the physician must judge a drug's efficacy. He stresses individual responsibility to stay informed, adapt to new data, and base bedside use on sound experiments and observations contributing to a collective verdict.
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Paul
Rhoades, MD
Chicago
Archives of Internal Medicine
Drowning Dangers at Home Highlighted by AMA News
The AMA News cites a Public Health Service report detailing 5 605 drownings in a recent year, with three-fifths under five years old. Many incidents occurred in five gallon cans and buckets, underscoring home hazards for small children and urging constant precautions.
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American Medical Association
Public Health Service
Women on a flat salary? Boyles column sparks debate
In a witty air of satire, Boyles argues a hypothetical pay scale for wives, tabulating earnings for cooking and listening, then mounting debits for imagined slights, ultimately asking how such a fixed wage would affect a marriage. The piece uses sharp humor to critique domestic expectations and gender roles.
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New York
Bees Modern City Poem Atop A Landed Apiary In Abilene
A poem by Muriel Leach portrays a bee city on a land plot with white houses and stacked supers resembling skyscrapers. The piece depicts bee factories and queen bearess, worker bees, and a mock credit in a vivid urban fantasy. In Abilene Kansas AP notes Eisenhower Museum promises an old merry go round horse made in a local factory once sanded by Dwight D Eisenhower.
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Abilene
Kan
Eisenhower Museum
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paul Parker
C. W. Parker
Abiene
TVA plans lower retail power rates and public bond sale
The Tennessee Valley Authority announces lower retail electric rates via distributors while moving a public bond issue to the market. TVA officials say revenues as a wholesaler won’t drop, relying on higher usage. Private utilities challenge below cost financing and tax treatment, noting TVA bonds are backed only by assets and revenues.
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New York
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Edison Electric Institute
Treasury
Kennedy
West
Congress
U.S
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Biddeford Daily Race Journal Ad Rates and Details
Publication details for the Biddeford Maine paper list publisher editor and contact numbers. It also shows subscription rates, pay in advance: one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. The paper notes AP news rights and second class postage.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T J Mahoney
Associated Press
Me too wives horn in on all that husbands do
Ruth Millett explains how some wives imitate husbands hobbies and projects, turning into a crowding influence. The piece cites golf, poker, workshops, and errands as examples where wives assert influence, leaving husbands with less personal space. The tone critiques overbearing wives who seem to assume husbands lose their individuality after marriage.
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Ruth Millett
Assa
Three Billion Dollars Hint in Latin American Dilemma
Paul Harvey critiques Adlai Stevenson and Kennedy era policy on Latin America. He argues Castroism gains sympathy by showcasing government benefits, while urging a bold, noncommunist alternative like Moral Rearmament to help the peasant majority. The piece also notes a local AP report of two brothers, Richard and Robert Ramon, injuring their right arms in unrelated accidents.
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Mexico
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Caribbean
United States
Latin America
Castro
Napoleon
Mr. Stevenson
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
General Features Corp
Daily Crossword Puzzle ACROSS-Superior
Word list and clues for a newspapers style crossword puzzle. Includes Across and Down entries with numbers, unusual spellings, and themed hints across many categories. Readers fill in words for German origin terms, explorers, and geographic references, plus general vocabulary and proper nouns.
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Germany
Los Angeles
Bator
Mongolia
Henri de Navarre
France
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Chiang
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