Grave Quotations From Job and Burke
A verse from Job 21 32 lines a man toward the grave while a Burke quip calls the grave a common treasury to which all must be taken in time.
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Edmund Burke
Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1957
Page
4
Cost May End Arms Race With Rising Military Costs
The piece argues that shrinking civilian goods output and mounting expenses for land, sea, and air forces may slow or halt the arms race. It notes doubts about sustaining future budgets in the United States and Russia and suggests economic limits could deter continued nuclear buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Population growth fear as UN warns of crowded planet
The UN Demographic Yearbook 1956 projects a world population of 5.4 billion by 2000 if trends continue. Birth rates outpace deaths despite postwar health gains. Latin America and Asia show the fastest growth, with Europeans likely to see shrinking relative importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Europe
Asia
Latin America
Controls Threatened in Push for Auto Safety Rules
The piece argues that growing car sizes and parking issues, plus higher speeds and crash costs, spur calls for stricter safety measures. It notes Capitol voices urging federal action if industry fails to self regulate, including belts, crash panels, and safety locks as standard features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tentative Roberts
Alabama
House
Subcommittee
Congress
Congress Eyes Tax Cuts as Lobby Influence Fades
Congress moves to curb lobby spending and cut taxes with estimates of over 5 billion in taxpayer savings. A projected 195% surplus near two billion could fuel a large tax cut while defense and foreign aid face reductions. Pan American World Airways losses prompt renewed scrutiny and demands for repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
UN Ar
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Pepe
F.D.R
Afl-Cio
Dave Beck
Federal Power Commission
Hell's Canyon
Supreme Court
New York
St. Lawrence
Niagara Rivers
Formosa
William F. Knowland
Chiang Kaishek
Panerican World * Airways
Tigh
Commerce Depart
Civil Aeronautics Board
Commerce Department
Pan American
Reas
Addit
Pan Am
House Appropriations Committee
CAB
U.S. Treasury
Hollywood Studio Sign Cassavetes Star in Saddle Girl in the Picture
Hollywood beat rival studios to sign television star John Cassavetes for his exclusive contract. He will co star with Robert Taylor and Julie Lemmon in Saddle Girl in the Picture with Gina Rowlands. Other notes mention Carol Haney delaying work for childbirth and Michael Wilding's five month engagement in England.
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Hollywood
Metro
John Cassavettes
John
Robert Taylor
Julie Lemion
Cassavetes
Gina Rowlands
Edward G. K. RoRineas
Joanne Dru
Joe Kirkwood
Barra¢ Ie
Seres
Chiari
Ava
The State Department Building Recalled in Washington Memory
Across from the White House a granite and cast iron edifice long called the State War and Navy Building is praised in nostalgia. The piece recalls its spacious corridors, lack of guards, and past leadership from Stimson to Hall, noting its relocation of Navy and Army functions in wartime.
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Washington
White House
State, War and Navy Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
Henry Stimson
Cordell Hall
Navy Department
War Department
Army
State Department
Navy
Carger Quarters
Virginia Avenue
Remoans Plan To Dismantle Building
A writer recalls the Pentagon and State Department expansion into the old building across from the White House. He criticizes ornate features and predicts a future of uniform air conditioned government buildings, hopeful that future generations may see less bureaucracy.
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Remoans
Pentagon
State Department
White House
Washington
Retailers face stormy period with low survival odds in 1957 58
Elmer Roessner reports in New York University's Journal of Retailing that many small retailers confront a grim outlook. Only 49 percent survive beyond six months, and a mere 17 percent endure ten years. Causes include suburban migration, lagging incomes, manufacturer dominance, and rising prices amid fierce competition from discount houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
New York University
Journal of Retailing
Mr. Lebow
Lebow
Plight of Smaller Stores Affects 1957 Retail Volume
The article notes the squeeze on smaller retailers as consumer income slows and installment debt rises, potentially pushing 1957 merchandise volume below 1954 levels. It predicts price cuts will dominate retail promotion amid stiff competition and weak buying. It also cites a Brooklyn firm, Aacon Contracting, which controls its lumber supply and packaging as a model of vertical integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamship Comio
Woolworth
Empire State Building
Aacon Contracting Company
Brooklyn
Britain Ends Trade Blockade With Communist China
Washington officials fear Britain's decision to renew trade with Peiping will undermine Western unity and weaken U S strategy against China. The move shows each democracy pursues its own interests when alliances pause, risking a broader diplomatic setback.
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China
Peiping
UK restraint on bombing Chinese lines during Korea war
Writings recount how Clement Attlee pressed Truman to bar Gen MacArthur from bombing Manchurian to Yalu Chinese lines, with Shinwell weaving influence in Washington to keep Comranes as a Far East counterweight. Berunda talks urged Britain to avoid boosting Communists, despite vast trade interests in Red China.
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Korea
Clement Attlee
Truman
Washington
MacArthur
Manchuria
Yalu
Britain
Defense Shinwell
Comranes
Eisenhower
Dulles
Macmillan
Bermuda
Far East
Red China
Free Countries
Peiping
The McClellan inquiry and unions in American life
A correspondent from Butte Montana questions rights to work and argues unions show a pattern of undemocratic control and secret funds. The writer urges public accounting of union receipts and expenditures and free elections of leaders as the sole control.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Congress
Senate
McClellan Committee
Eastland Committee
United States
Wall Street
McClellan
Dave Beck
Treasuries
Butte
Montana
Chronicle of dated notes and capsule of past events
A compendium lists events from 50 to 10 years ago including business visits by J L Henritz and Dr Johnston, commencements at Emory and Henry, trans Atlantic flight efforts, exams for prohibition unit posts, college ceremonies, and industry meetings. It also includes a capsule about farm problem solutions and a Chicago group's capsule meal concept with uncertain farming impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Chamberlain
Charlie Levine
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Prohibition Unit
Bluefield
Marshalltown Times
Republcan
C.a Chicago
Footsie links to Trujillo regime widen in Washington
Drew Pearson reports on relatives of top figures tied to Dominican Dictator Trujillo. Names include Robert Hinshaw Dulles son in law and Gordon Moore Ike’s brother in law. The piece outlines sugar quota dealings and offshore payments linked to Trujillo and U S officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Caesar
Caribbean
John Foster Dulles
Robert Hinshaw
Fisenhower
Gordon Moore
Henry Olland
Congress
United States
Rocky Mountain States
Louisiana
Dulles
San Cristoval
Hinshaws
Jaragua
Hinshaw
Dean Acheson
Henry Holland
State Department
Holland
William Pawley
Brazil
Pawley
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Charles Patrick Clark
Franco and
Roosevilt
Ike
Trujillo Land
White House
Colonel Moore
Moore
USA
Guy
U.S. Customs Bureau
Jack Kennedy
Phil Philbin
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Hale Boggs
Robert G. Lynch Company
Lynch
Song of a Girl and a Young Heart
Poem fragment attributed to Emlyn Cantwell in Ladies' Home Journal expresses enduring love. The speaker pledges memory of blossoming days on hills and a December sky, insisting the heart remains unchanging and tied to the beloved's gaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganahi
Emlyn Cantwell
Ladies’ Home Journal
Three Ring Ceremony by Howard Winely
A poem railing against repeated circus touring and familiar spectacle. The speaker notes adults use excuses about bringing children while truly craving novelty and thrill, lamenting the sameness of elephants stunts sideshows and parades. The tone is critical and reflective about grownups seeking renewal.
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Howard Winely
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