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Why Produce Such Weapons A Call To Ban Gravity Knives
An editorial urges a nationwide ban on gravity knives as dangerous teen weapons, arguing manufacture and sale should be outlawed and imports forbidden. It compares to the already banned switch blade and criticizes a New York hearing defending one handed opening. The piece also supports raising the legal purchase age for firearms and ammunition to 18 or higher, with harsher penalties to reduce youth access.
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New York City
New York
Eisenhower outlines path to economic recovery and growth
President Eisenhower signals March as the start of a pickup in job opportunities and a turning point in the downturn. He urges all Americans to work with government to foster sound growth, highlighting housing, urban renewal, defense spending, public works, and easier credit as central drivers of a durable recovery.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Mount Holyoke Girls Rate Car Dates and Driving Habits
Mount Holyoke College surveyed 485 students and found 60 percent of escorts were safe drivers while 12 percent were dangerous. Girls favored courteous driving, disliked horn-happy show-offs, and warned against drinking and risky passes on curves.
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Mount Holyoke College
Moon
Spoon
American Mutual Liability Company
Institute For Living
Coonskin
Mount Holyoke
Detroit
South Hadley
Mass
Aids in Economics Your Money's Worth
This column projects mid spring as a deadline for recovering from the 1957 58 recession with possible tax cuts. It weighs effects of a reduction in personal income taxes and the Administration Congress stance while warning of persistent grim news in February March and the need for decisive policy actions. It notes open mouth statements to boost confidence and contrasts housing, defense, and public works spending as offsets.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Karen
Turnpike traffic spurs resident complaints and future fixes
Residents along Connecticut Turnpike side streets report truck spillovers and access issues as the project expands. Officials warn problems will ease after completion and New York connections are made. drivers adapt, pursuing errands while turning the road into a broader commerce corridor. Political critique follows about budget priorities. A naturalist notes rabbits face predation and superstition linked to a rabbit’s left hind foot.
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New York
Forecasting plain language weather for Great Lakes fleets
The Ontario forecast office plans to issue plain language weather predictions ten months a year starting March for fishing fleets and yacht brokers. The shift expands wartime coded forecasts for security and efficiency, aiding large ships with high frequency receivers and boats with ordinary radio.
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Ontario
Department of Transport
Great Lakes
Brownell Says Auto Giants Dominate Market as Antitrust Question Lingers
In a March 8 1955 gathering in the MacArthur Suite at the Statler Hotel Brownell warned that General Motors Ford and Chrysler control about 87 percent of the auto market with GM at 45 Ford 31 and Chrysler 17 percent He noted Romney limits and said antitrust action could come but was blocked by cabinet opposition and lukewarm White House support The ongoing probe by the Justice Department and the Antitrust Division under Victor Hansen seeks voluntary GM divestiture while Rogers and others weigh future steps.
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Washington
Statter Hotel
Brownell
G. M
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Brownelland
Romney
Department of Justice
Eisenhower
William P. Rogers
Victor R. Hansen
Antitrust
Hansen
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Hanna Empire
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Weeks
Brownells
Federal Trade Commission
Conservatives face PR blame after Rochdale loss in Rochdale contest
Britain's Conservatives see public relations as a factor in their Rochdale defeat where Labor won a parliamentary seat in a three corner race. Macmillan returns from a commonwealth tour amid calls to improve organization and publicity. Hailsham accepts blame while pledging to strengthen the party. Continued inflation and a nuclear deterrent policy hover over the government with no reversal planned. Final Rochdale tally: Labor 22 133, Liberal 17 603, Conservative 8 827.
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Luncton
Britain
Labor
Rochdale
Macmillian
Hailsham
Macmillan
West
Food Sent to Aid Recession Hit Area in Biddeford
Hundreds of families in Biddeford wait for emergency food as nearly six tons of surplus Portland school lunch stock are prepared for distribution starting Monday to up to 1,400 relief applicants. Maine lawmakers urged Eisenhower to grant immediate aid after a worsening unemployment crisis following Bates Manufacturing York Division closure in Saco.
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City
Washington
Portland
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Biddeford-Saco
Hale
Eisenhower
Payne
Agriculture Department
Bates Manufacturing Company
York
Saco
Saco River
Israel Reports Clash In Mt. Scopus Area
Israel accuses Jordan of firing on policemen in the Mt. Scopus demilitarized zone east of Jerusalem wounding three officers. Syria, Egypt also report cross border incidents with no casualties and a 10 year old Arab boy killed near Gaza.
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Mt. Scopus
Jerusalem
Ttruce
Jordan
Syria
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Lake Huleh
Israel Army
Nag Shiban
Gaza Town
Fairfield LWV Polls Opinion On Town Government Set-Up
Fairfield League of Women Voters surveys public sentiment on the town government structure and Griffenhagen recommendations. Questionnaires go to several hundred residents to gauge views on charter revisions, elected and appointed boards, RTM size, finance director role, and long range planning.
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Jules Sebestyen
Fairfield League of Woman Voters
League of Woman Voters
Allen A. Johnson
Val C. Hart
Leagues
League
Fairfield
Griffenhagen
Griffenhagen and Associates
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RTM
Board of Finance
Department of Finance
Finance Board
Town Plan and Zoning Commission
ATM Committee
FCC Hearings Resume On Miami Channel 10 Probe
Washington February 17 AP key figures in the FCC probe resume sworn testimony before House investigators this week. Rep Harris leads the subcommittee and seeks full fact disclosure on the Miami Channel 10 award. Bernard Schwartz will testify first about alleged interference in the agency’s administration. Schwartz accuses FCC commissioner Richard Mack of $2650 from Florida lawyer Whiteside and influence from a White House clique. Mack and Whiteside deny the charges. Barber, a former aide to Whiteside, confirms prior ties but says he has no knowledge of the vote influence. FCC officials note Mack’s appointment in 1955 and state staff roles for legal and engineering assistants.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
House
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
FCC
Miami
Bernard Schwartz
Subcommittee
Schwartz
Richard A. Mack
Florida
Thurman A. Whiteside
Miami TV
White House
New York
Mack
White Side
H. Earl Barber
Whiteside
Eisenhower
Barber
Theft of $1150 in Savings Bonds From Unlocked Car
Police report Philip Bella of 25 Sanford Place had $1150 in savings bonds stolen from the glove compartment of an unlocked car parked in front of his home. The bonds were all in $25 denominations.
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Philip Bella
Sanford Place
Bella
Nomic Dictionary ENOUGH An amount that would always satisfy us
An oblique line on desire and envy hints at a paradox of contentment. The line suggests that satisfaction depends on comparison with neighbors rather than absolute abundance.
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