Editorial Page Looks At Dams And The Wild Snake River
In Our Opinion big power dams have benefits but also destroy the dramatic free flowing sections of western rivers. The Snake River in Hells Canyon in Idaho lost much of its wild character after dams. Proposals for another dam threaten stilling the river, while Interior Secretary Udall opposes this site. The piece laments lost scenic beauty and warns future generations may demand dam removal to restore natural grandeur.
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Hells Canyon
Ruggard
Idaho
Idaho Power Co
Snake River
Snake
Colorado
Columbia River
High Mountain Sheep Dam
Sec. of Interior
Udall
Power
Paul Harvey attacks Ralph Abernathy protest fund
Paul Harvey labels Ralph Abernathy a professional protestor in Washington, accusing him of extorting Congress for cash through the Poor People’s Campaign. He cites large church and union donations and questions finances, noting Abernathy’s controversial past and claims of nonviolence.
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Paul Harvey
Ralph David Abernathy
Washington
Congress
SCLC
Poor Peoples’ March
Brinks
The Needle Its Good to Get Home from the Hospital
A humorous monologue on returning home from the hospital. The speaker jokes about the ease of life for housewives and jokes about a 24 hour nurse wife. He notes hospital food versus TV dinners and teases about his wife’s telephone chatter and domestic duties.
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Federal Communications Commission
Biddeford-Saco Journal Publisher and staff listing
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher W Paul Casavant and managing editor E P Ingalls. It includes address 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 and editorial and subscription office contact numbers. Subscription rates payable in advance are one month 2.60 six months 15.50 and one year 31.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Epec
Associated Press
Steel seeks quotas to shield US imports in tariff hearings
Washington observers note big steel presses for import quotas to protect the Treasury amid postwar price gains and lagging American R&D. The piece highlights the sector's profits and capacity limits, plus political ties involving Rep. John Byrnes, Sen. Tom Dodd, NBC, and the Cahill firm in controversies over TV violence reports and Dodd's defense.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Big Steel
U.S. Treasury
Japan
Europe
Little
Austria
Congress
Congressional
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Bobby Baker
Adam Clayon Powell
Powell
Byrnes
Ways and Means Committee
Tom Dodd
D-Conn
Senate
Dodd
James Boyd
NBC
Peter Kenney
Kenney
Boyd
Justicepartment
All Men
Macs World TV needs nut detectors
Washington columnist Ridicules talk show guests and media egos while railing at nutty callers and sensationalism. He contrasts newspaper editors filtering oddball voices with TV chasing drastic topics. The piece mocks Fulbright Nixon and aging campaign cues amid a broader media critique.
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Washington
White House
Washington Post
Helen Keller remembered for curiosity and impact
Washington correspondent recalls meeting Helen Keller in Tokyo at the Imperial Hotel and cherishing the encounter. The story highlights Keller's lifelong curiosity, her bond with teacher Anne Sullivan Macy, and how Keller's blindness and deafness became incidental to a purposeful life that inspired many disabled children toward useful citizenship.
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Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington Correspondent
Washington
Tokyo
Imperial Hotel
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Anne Sullivan Macy
New Morality Traced to Ishtar Cult, Editor Says
An editor argues Life magazine’s May 31 feature on college couples living together signals a shift in sexual ethics. He links the “arrangement” trend to a broader cultural move, citing scholars and students, warning of emasculation and social disruption if responsibility erodes with casual sex and contraception.
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Ishtar
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Life
Look
Ira Reiss
University of Iowa
William Masters
Kinsey
Joseph Katz
Stanford
Wally Sikes
Antioch College
M. W
North Dakota
Muskrat
Death's
Patty
New Orleans
Carol
Berkeley
UCLA
Millie
Ned
Janeish
Harvard
Laura
San Francisco
Life Magazine
Hell
Minnesota
America
Moses
Mothers in Rochester Demand Safer Streets
Three minutes a day of marching with brooms strollers and placards led Rochester mothers to press for safer traffic after a child was injured. The mayor ordered a stop light and ten one hour parking signs to ease congestion. Nationally mothers press for uniform signs better driver training stricter penalties and improved traffic courts as part of a broader safety movement led by Patricia McCormack and the Automotive Safety Foundation.
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Rochester
N.Y
Mother Power
Patricia McCormack
Automotive Safety Foundation
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Martin Luthering
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Montgomery
Ala
Mr. Abernathy
Nic
Boston
Ralph Abernathy
Birmingham
UPI
Hosea Williams
Harold Coffin
Biddeford - Saco Journal
Steel
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Meet the Press
Red Coach Inn
Hartford
Rotunda
Ed Sullivan
Cahill
New York
John Sennett
Radio Corporation of America
Don Maclean
Joe Pyne
Francis Scott Key Bridge
Venus
Vietnam
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Humphrey
Nixon
Eisenhower
Washington News
James Keller
Amos
God
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