Roosevelt Ruark Sees Welfare Plan as Stopgap Charity
The writer questions a proposed unemployment aid program backed by Kennedy aides, arguing it trains the unemployed for better work but risks reliance on relief. He cites Basque shepherds and foreign maids as examples of importing labor and notes the urge to move or change trades meets stubborn habits and snobbery. The piece ends with skepticism about practical results and a critique of big plans without clear funding or buyable medicine.
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Miami
Pennsylvania
Joe Clark
Elmer Holland
Pittsburgh
Labor Department
United States Unemployment Service
Spain
California
Pamplona
Kennedy
Broken OCR front page item from Bailey Telegraph
Fragmentary newspaper note from a historic paper page appears with garbled header. It mentions days and places in unclear form and lacks readable events or names. The readable content does not present a coherent news item or identifiable entities.
Prayer and Unity in Early Christian Fellowship
A citational note reflects on communal prayer as described in Acts 1 14 with Mary and Jesus brothers present. It defines prayer as a sincere heartfelt pouring out to God through Christ with the Spirit’s aid, aligned to God’s promises as explained by Bunyan.
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Mary
Mother of
Jesus
Christ
John Bunyan
Remembering Dr. Arnold Gesell 80 noted child development pioneer
Dr. Arnold Gesell, director at Yale Medical School Child Development Clinic, died at 80. He offered comforting, stage based guidance for parents and observed constant age patterns in child behavior, helping families ease worries as children grow from five to ten.
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Arnold Gesell
Dr. Gesell
Gesell
Yale Medical School
Heat in Washington Spurs Summer Recess Talk
Congress faces a humid Washington summer as members weigh a summer recess. Younger lawmakers favor time off for families, while most prefer finishing work first. The 22nd Amendment sets January 3 sessions, but no fixed adjournment date exists. The 1906 Reorganization Act aimed for late July adjournment, yet wars and taxes have caused delays.
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Washington
Congress to Extend Nuisance Taxes Ahead of June 30 Deadline
The House sent to the Senate a $3.6 billion bill to renew taxes on liquor beer cigarettes new autos and trucks travel telephone calls and corporate profits. If the Senate rejects changes July 1 would bring lower corporation taxes travel tax cigarette price cuts phone tax repeal beer and liquor levies reductions.
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Congress
House
Senate
Fifty Years Ago Easley Vacation in Danville
A Daily Telegraph note recalls Easley spending his vacation in Danville Virginia with friends. The item reflects a past social outing and local travel in the era reported.
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Easley
Danville, Va
Ed Koterba on Uncle Sam's bargain basement
A columnist critiques Pentagon surplus sales showing brand new unused electronics sold far below cost. Examples include wiring, gasoline containers, clamps, and switch boards bought by the Defense Department at large totals yet advertised costly. He notes advertising costs and questions why surplus items are dumped while taxes rise.
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Pentagon
Defense Department
Lexington
Eee
U. S. Army Signal
Philadelphia
Ohio
Sam
Italy Seen as Pro American by Citizens and Officials
C Brown reports from Rome that Italians show strong pro American sentiment after World War II. He notes Mussolini's regime failed by forcing wars and that postwar Italy enjoys growth, social benefits, and renewed self confidence despite past defeats.
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Rome
Italy
Mark Clark
Mussolini
Il Duce
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Ethiopia
Hitler
North
Africa
Haly
Red Sea
Peninsula
Atlantic
United States
U S Italians and the enduring kinship pull to America
The piece argues that ItalianAmericans remain tightly connected to their homeland, maintaining Italian language use and broad kinship ties. It notes pride in American opportunity and visits to ancestral towns, shaping strong pro American sentiment among Italians in the United States.
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United States
Ellis Island
Italy
Sicily
America
Roosevelt aids critique of Castro in wartime cable exchange
In a sharp reply attributed to Walter Reuther, critics say Fidel Castro’s Prisoners-For-Tractors proposal should swap for a public U S leadership display. The letter advocates using Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower to counter Castro with high profile propaganda and a Havana image offensive.
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Walter Reuther
Fidel Castro
Uncle Sam
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Jacqueline
U. S. Joint Chiefs
Roosevelt
Havana
Milton Eisenhower
Fidel
Eleanor
A Reply To Fidel Suggested By HIP
Broad won a recent horse race and Carry Back's leg headlines last week with Carry Back in a slight lead. Talks of moving UN to Vienna emerge as a waltz mood grows. Mayor Wagner's TV show on Betty Furness prompts questions about Tam many Hall. Peter Lawford starts a movie company planning The Great Train Robbery as first release.
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Broadway
Carry Back
Mitchell
Peter Lawford
Bunnell
Patriotism and courage versus defeatist talk in American discourse
A reader derides claims that capitalism and communism cannot coexist arguing that patriotic resistance is foolish. The piece defends defending freedoms, notes risks faced by journalists in wars, and asserts Western civilization relies on courage and duty. It laments defeatist views and warns a nation lacking patriotism risks conquest.
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Staten Island
Seraglio
Political QandA On Education And Bribes
A collection of random quotes touching education policy state versus federal methods, honesty in small and tall men, a supposed basketball bribe, vacation remarks about the Duke, traffic courtesy and odd looks, briefing presidents for conferences, and wives briefing husbands about party topics.
Kennedy era foreign aid clash highlights Latin America critique
Senate Relations Committee pressurized Henry Labouisse to overhaul the aid plan with a proposed 51 million dollar Latin American program. Critics like Sen. Hubert Humphrey assailed aid to Haiti Bolivia and Guatemala calling it misdirected and ineffective. The piece notes Eisenhower era staff delays and opposition by John Birch Society allies amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Senate Relations Committee
Henry Labouisse
Latin America
South Overam
South America
Sen. St. Symington
Missouri
Haneet
James
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Haiti
Bolivia
Guatemala
Frank Coffin
Maine
Redevelopment Loans
Poems the Native Place
Poem from A Thicket of Sky by Edsé Publishers reflects on homecoming and nature. The speaker contrasts past absence with present belonging, praising familiar creatures and landscapes as welcoming despite change.
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Edsé Publishers
Fort Smith, Ark
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