Eisenhower urges cross party support in partisan war
President Eisenhower delivers a nationwide address urging Democrats and independents to back GOP candidates in the November elections. He defends his record, warns against a two-driver Congress, and argues bipartisan backing is essential to avoid domestic and international harm.
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Ike
Esenhower
G.O.P
Truman
Democratic Party
Denver
Congress
White House
Executive Branch
Chou En-lai speaks sense on unemployment
The piece notes Chou En-lai acknowledged wide unemployment in Red China during the National People's Congress and proposed a wage system echoing capitalist ideas. It contrasts Maoist doctrine with Lenin and Stalin, warns of potential punishment for heresy, and laments China’s floods famine and war worsened by lack of production know-how.
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China
Peiping
Chouen-Lai
National People’s Congress
Red China
Smart Chou
Congress
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Fifth District
Connecticut
James T. Patterson
R-Conn
Patterson
Prescott Bush
Naugatuck Valley
Fairfield County
Albert P. Morano
Czecho-Slovakia
Unconventional Economic Assertions Under Cold War Lens
The text argues against Marxism and Soviet rule, claiming capitalism offers a superior plan for prosperity. It suggests that applying capitalist competition in China would rapidly cut unemployment, contrasts Russia and satellite states with Chinese peasants, and labels Marxist doctrine as historically ineffective. The tone critiques communist systems and praises capitalist efficiency.
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Kremlin
Red
China
Russia
Reckless driving a community menace urges support for tickets
A text by E LeRoy Emmanuelson argues reckless drivers threaten families and calls for public backing of police who issue tickets. It urges motorists to accept enforcement as essential for safety and to back officers rather than resist them.
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E. LeRoy Emmanuelson
Connecticut.Petroleum Industries Committee
The Good Companion Reflects On Religion’s Resurgence
A popular magazine notes the surge of religious and spiritually oriented books since 1945. The piece argues faith remains humanitys counterbalance to anxiety, stating science cannot answer the soul and the longing for meaning persists in modern life.
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Good Companion
Sfeal
THAT CALCIUM REMOVER
A Manchester Herald fragment jokes about atomic science removing calcium from the body via spinach, praising the possible easing of spinach resistance at dinner tables. It playfully suggests spinach may be less a staple than previously thought, and parents may stop forcing it on children.
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Manchester Herald
Junior
Attlee's Head Pilloried in China Critique
A Dallas Morning News column rebukes Clem Attlee for praising Red China after touring the Orient. It accuses the Communist regime of enslaving fifteen million for noncooperation and denounces propaganda as pre-digested pap for puerile minds.
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Dallas Morning News
Clem Attlee
Britain
Red China
China
Clam Attlee
Dulles Aims to Weave Middle East Into Anti Communist Bulwark
Washington report outlines John Foster Dulles goal of building a Western anti Soviet barrier through the Middle East. It notes oil wealth and strategic bases as leverage, Egyptian Israeli frictions hindering unity, and U.S. arms policy shifts amid Britain’s Suez withdrawal and regional tensions.
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Ray Tucker
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Western
Europe
Middle East
Ower Wee Re Eeewan
Bauer
Russia
Irow
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Italy
Les
Seato
Indochina
Japan
South Korea
Philippines
Hawaii
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Nasser
United States
Kremlin
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
Mohammed Ibrahim
U.S
Improved Ties With Egypt Sparks Bridgehead Diplomacy
Improved relations with Egypt’s Nasser regime highlight the need to cultivate rulers and peoples as a bridgehead between three continents. The passage points to another Dulles effort to iron out tensions and advance cooperation.
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Nasser
Dulles
Yale Alumni Fund workers to commence campaign planning
About 200 Yale Alumni Fund agents and regional chairmen will gather in New Haven October 9 to plan a drive aimed at a $1 million goal for 1954-1955. Last year’s drive raised $1,083,128, the highest unrestricted total for any college. Speakers include Charles G. Gadge, Prescott Bush, and Yale President A. Whitney Griswold.
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Yale University
Yale
Charles 8
Gagd
Prescott
Yale Corporation
Connecticut
A. Whitney Griswold
Woolsey Well
Cornell
Bonn leads Dulles to believe in diplomatic miracles
A garbled brief reports Bonn convincing Dulles a miracle is possible in diplomacy, while Dulles vows to achieve a breakthrough on his Middle East mission.
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Bonn
Dulles
Middle East
Hemingways Hot Bet for Nobel Prize in Literature
Stockholm rumors place Ernest Hemingway as a leading contender to win the Nobel Prize in Literature this year with Halldor Laxness as a close rival and Nikos Kazantzakis also favored by some. The prize is valued at a record 181,646 crowns and announcements are expected late this month or in early November.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ernest Hemingway
Halldor K. Laxness
Iceland
Niko Kazantzakis
Zorbas
Swedish Academy
Academy
Alfred B. Nobel
Nobel Foundation
Hemingway
Winston Churchill
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Laxness
Salka Vaika
Fairfield men among 17 deferments granted
Three Fairfield county men were among 17 deferments approved by the Connecticut Selective Service Appeals board yesterday. The men named are Malcolm E. Reed of Stepney Main street Richard C. Schmitt of Mumford Sylvan Knoll road and Robert A L Paylor of the Greenwich YMCA.
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Fairfield County
Connecticut Selective Service Appeals Board
Malcolm E. Reed
Main Street
Stepney
Richard C. Schmitt
Sylvan Knoll Road
Mumford
Robert A. L. Paylor
YMCA
Greenwich
McCarthyism and campaign vigor stir voters across parties
A Washington observer notes that McCarthyism remains a potent issue, stirring both parties as President Eisenhower may frame a pivotal Oct speech at Trinity College Hartford. Labor leaders worry over protectionist shifts while dispersion of industry emerges as a national defense debate shaping CT districts and broader policy.
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Trinity College
Hartford
White House ignores air cut off incident
Denver reporters and stations logged calls protesting the half minute cut off of President Eisenhower’s nationwide TV radio address. White House assistant press secretary Murray Snyder said there was nothing to protest, noting the time was paid for by the Republican National Committee and few public protests reached the White House.
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Denver
Denver White House
Eisenhower
Newemen
Murray Snyder
Republican National Committee
Snyder
Acarcely
White House
Contentment In His Later Walk Through The Street
An elderly man walks at a calm pace observing children at play. He reflects that while youth’s strength faded, life remains rich with lessons and usefulness. He recalls past haste, vows to learn from mistakes, and embraces a wiser, calmer outlook.
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U. S
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