Washington News Concern over city growth
Washington columnist notes a new study from the Committee for Economic Development endorsing Democratic platform ideas for metropolitan growth. It urges federal aid for planning and transportation, slum clearance, and anti pollution efforts amid a sprawling urban population and 6,000 local governments. Senator Clark backs a cabinet department for urban affairs, though Congress resists.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Jervis J. Babb
New York
Lever Brothers
U. S
Los Angeles
Miami
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Department of Urban Affairs
Congress
Editorial Page Thought for Evening
Quote from Mary Baker Eddy on not asking for tomorrow and trusting divine Love as an ever-present help. If you wait without doubt, you will have all you need each moment.
Airlines face profit squeeze as jet era boosts capacity
The CAB era has opened many cities to competition and left airlines with high seat capacity and 60 percent occupancy. Six of twelve major lines posted losses in early 1960 despite a 9 percent rise in gross returns, signaling a need to cut routes and align operations with traffic to avoid taxpayer harm.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
U.S. Airlines
Capital Airlines
United
CAB
Braden Calls Socialism a Prep School for Communism
The author notes Spruille Braden’s comparison of socialism to a prep school for communism and argues that while some socialist leaders are benevolent, most realists treat communism as a religion. He warns that limitless state power erodes individual freedom and leads to slavery, regardless of initial motives.
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Spruille Braden
Cuba
Election Years and Stock Market Patterns Across Presidencies
The Exchange magazine examined 1940 1944 1948 1952 and 1956 market data and found no consistent election year pattern. In 1940 war news drove a June low then a Roosevelt re election rally. 1944 saw a rise with a brief dip after Roosevelt's fourth term. 1948 fell after Truman. 1952 rose after May then closed at a high. 1956 declined briefly before a late year rally.
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The
Exchange Magazine
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
School Zone signs bolster child safety as students return
The piece highlights renewed attention to school zone safety as millions of pupils go back to classrooms. Alan F. Strong urges motorists to increase caution and respect for child pedestrians while parents share responsibility for safety education. The article also mentions a Kansas man becoming a father of eleven and a casual allusion to trailer life and winter weather.
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Alan F. Strong
ALA
Hat Checkers Get Tired Of Hearing Half Jokes
Boyle catalogs three hat checkers remarks from Gloria the hat check girl in New York. Customers joke about contracts, names, tips, and rates while one patron rails at 25 cents per hat check since 1955 totaling 130 dollars.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Gloria
Joe
Whistler
Little Red Riding Hood
Ontario
Florins and Flora-Cheques Debut For Global Flower Gifting
A new paper currency the fleurin with three denominations debuts to support flower gifting worldwide. The flora-cheque valued at 5 750 and 10 dollars lets recipients choose their blooms while avoiding exchange fluctuations. Clearing houses in Detroit and Zurich handle intercontinental accounts and 24 000 Florists Telegraph Delivery spots accept the system.
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New York
U.S
France
Detroit
Zurich
Switzerland
International
Telegraph Delivery Assn
Interflora Inc
Rome
Husband's vacation at home becomes wife’s hard labor
A wife writes about a two week at home vacation for her husband ending in a busy grind for her. She details mornings with breakfast for kids, a neighborhood cookout, and the washing and ironing that follow, noting the irony that the husband calls it a vacation while she begs for a break.
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Papa
NEA
Job hunting tips for workers over forty five
An AP News feature offers practical advice for job seekers over 45. It urges self assessment of skills and limitations, gathering past employer references, and using US Employment Service offices, newspaper ads, directories, and direct visits to local firms to find openings. It also stresses presenting well at interviews, seeking feedback, and staying persistent despite younger competition.
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U. S
SES
Biddeford Maine Daily Ad Local Rates and Staff Notes
The Biddeford Maine newspaper lists 11 Adams Street as office, with Paul Casavant publisher and T. J Mahoney editor. It notes telephone numbers for business and editorial depts and provides subscription rates: one month 1.85, six months 10.50, one year 21.00. It is a member of the Associated Press and credits AP dispatches.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T. J Mahoney
Associated Press
AP News
Daily Crossword Clues Puzzle Entry
A compact crossword style listing of numbered clues across and down with brief answers for extreme slang phrases and classic terms. It includes 46 to 59 across and down entries like agree to mended place Hunza aquamarine and other short definitions with varying word counts.
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Cremona
The
Hebrides
Rummage Sales and Broadway Opening Prompts
A poem extols rummage sales as fundraisers and thrift finds while noting the value others see in discarded goods. It also reports that Irma La Douce will open at the Plymouth Theater in New York on Sept 29 with Elizabeth Seal starring, highlighting her famed role.
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New York
London
Paris
Plymouth
Elizabeth Seal
Miss Seal
Letter Calls for Radio License Reform Over Un American Activities Testimony
Charles Parsons urges Congress to deny radio licenses to operators who refuse to answer questions about personal activities and affiliations amid testimony before the House Committee on Un American Activities. He warns that disloyal operators threaten national security and radio systems like Conelrad. He cites testimonies from Joseph F. Keating and Wilson McMakin about potential subversive interference and urges action.
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Select Committee
House of
Joseph F. Keating
Mutual Broadcasting System
Air Force
Wilson McMakin
American Cable and Radio Corporation
House Committee On UN
Charles Parsons
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