States urged to tax industry fairly to attract and keep firms
The Connecticut State Development Commission urges fair local taxation for all industry, old and new, arguing against tax exemptions for newcomers. It warns that biased assessments erode a town’s reputation with prospects and stresses shared stakes for labor and management. It notes some unions misuse leverage, while most act in workers’ interest.
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Connecticut State Development Commission
Governor Lodge
Connecticut
C.I.0
A Way to Save Life on the Roads
An editorial discusses driver advisories and shared experiences from officials and citizens. It highlights speed, following distance, inattention, and the dangers of heavy traffic, noting how a moment can turn a safe drive into tragedy and urging universal alertness to prevent accidents.
Public safety focus on traffic accident prevention
The text urges pedestrians drivers and parents to heed safety rules, warning that accidents stem from thoughtless behavior. It stresses personal responsibility and repeated caution to reduce deaths and injuries on streets and highways.
Education and Careers for Boys and Girls in a Complex World
The piece discusses how youths face daunting choices in education and employment within a highly intricate modern society. It emphasizes the need for informed guidance from experienced adults to navigate opportunities, risks, and the potential missteps of choosing the wrong path.
Man's Greatest Wisdom Cheerfulness as constructive courage
James Martineau argued that true cheerfulness is not a silly grin but a constructive outlook built on good courage and self trust. A cheerful person cushions shocks, helps shape outcomes, and inspires others, while pessimism drains energy. A merry heart does good like medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Martineau
Sympathy for Mrs Luce Amid Resignation Rumors
The Waterbury American notes readers’ sympathy for Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce as rumors of her resignation resurface. The piece argues that without an official announcement such rumors remain speculation, and that ambassadors eventually retire with no mystery.
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Clare Boothe Luce
Great Britain
Margaret Rose
Ohio woman shoots husband over arm around her
An Ohio woman told authorities she shot her husband in the hand after he refused to put his arm around her. The remark suggests a volatile domestic moment and prompts questions about their relationship. A separate note worries a couple about their five-year-old boy's behavior, describing a clumsy exit with a slammed screen door. Dior or no Dior, a girl aiming to flatter her figure rejects flattening it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Dior
Kennan Critics Dulles Policies on Liberation War Risk
Former ambassador George Kennan argues in a Princeton press book that Soviet effort to fracture free nations endangers the alliance and that American policy must avoid war or use of atomic weapons. He challenges Dulles and containment while urging two planes of policy toward reality. He warns against war as a tool and favors patient containment through freedom, with emphasis on nonmilitary diplomacy and restraint.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
George Kennan
Amer
Russia
Believ
Kennan
United States
Ian
Moscow
Dulles
Eisenhower
Europe
Truman
Princeton University Press
Princeton
Foreign Service
Institute For Advanced Study
United Nations
Free
Dukes
Ken
Han
Brinz
America
Dies
State Department
Eden in Brussels on arming Bonn
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and the foreign ministers of Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg announced complete agreement on ways to integrate West Germany into western defense plans. They planned a London meeting later this month and said final decisions would stay within the NATO framework. Eden's European tour seeks French agreement and Bonn talks with Adenauer follow.
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Brussels
Belgium
Anthony Eden
Benelux
West Germany
Paul-Henri Spaak
London
NATO
Eden
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Rome
Paris
Spaak
Britain
France
Ike Plans Parleys On Red Peril Today
President Eisenhower cut his work day short and relaxed on the golf course as he prepared for two high level strategy meetings in Denver. An extraordinary National Security Council session will review the Far Eastern crisis while Dulles reports on the eight nation pact to curb communist aggression in Southeast Asia. A second session at Lowry Air Force Base will involve FBI Chief Hoover and Attorney General Brownell to discuss using new legal tools against domestic communist infiltration.
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Denver
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Council
Washington
Dulles
Southeast Asia
Far East
Manila
Lowry Air Force Base
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Brownell
Congress
Moorehead Mayor Sees Hurricane Refugee Shortage
The Moorehead North Carolina mayor reports a dearth of hurricane refugees as residents stay home watching the storm on television.
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Moorehead
N. C
Washington Notes on Jewish Centenary and Early American Jewry
A Washington report reviews the American Jewish Ter centenary from Sept to May, tracing Jewish roots in America from 1654 Shearith Israel to earlier settlers. It covers Columbus era Jews, early colonists like Levi Legardo, and New Amsterdam pioneer Jacob Barsimon, alongside notes on the Spanish Inquisition and Connecticut constitutional provision fostering religious liberty.
The First Jews Arriving in New Amsterdam
Mr Spong notes Holland’s early tolerance since 1579 and traces Congregation Shearith Israel’s origins to a Sephardic community. Jewish settlers, escaping persecution, traveled from Brazil to Holland, then to New Amsterdam aboard a French ship after their voyage was disrupted by a Spanish privateer.
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Holland
Spong
Union of Utrecht
Netherlands
Congregation Shearith Israel
New Amsterdam
Brazil
Portugal
North America
Massacre-driven Jewish migration reshaped U S Jewish population
Researcher Mr Spong notes that major Jewish emigration to the United States surged after the 1881 Czarist persecutions, with about 2 million arrivals between 1881 and 1920, 70 percent from Russian-ruled areas, and an estimated 5 million Jews in the U S today. He cites 2.1 million Jews in New York City and historic census gaps since 1936. Connecticut’s 1930 population is given alongside 1936 Jewish counts in New Haven Hartford and Waterbury.
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Mr. Spong
U. S
Russia
Spong
Europe
Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Connecticut
New Haven
Hartford
Waterbury
Connecticut Jewish tercentenary observed by leaders in Bridgeport and beyond
Connecticut leaders in learning and culture set to observe the Jewish tercentenary over the next nine months. Rabbis from Bridgeport Stamford Ansonia Danbury Norwalk South Norwalk Greenwich Derby and other towns will lead commemorations recalling the story of Jewish citizens in America and their role in building the United States and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Maryland
Alexander Adams
Noah Bokow
Nathan Burstyn
J. M. Jacobovitz
Moses
Malinowitz
Albert L. Martin
Harry Nelson
Ephraim Pelchovitz
Israel Stock
Bridgeport
Joseph H. Ehrenkranz
D. W. Pearlman
Stamford
Israel Fishweicher
Ansonia
Jerome R. Malino
Danbury
Martin Ryback
Norwalk
Samuel Schwartz
South Norwalk
Seymour Wadler
Greenwich
Murray Zivitz
Derby
Six area graduates accepted into Trinity College class of 1958
Six area high school graduates have been accepted into the 1958 class at Trinity College Hartford. The new students are William B. Yahn of Fairfield, Richard B. Noble and David E. Renard of Milford, William D. Miles of Noroton, William H. Bucknell Jr. of Norwalk, and Jeremy W. Buswell of Stratford.
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Trinity College
Hartford
William B. Yahn
Fairfield
Richard B. Noble
David E. Renard
Milford
William D. Miles
Noroton
William H. Bucknell, Jr
Norwalk
Jeremy W. Buswell
Stratford
Indebtedness by Edgar A Guest
Poem praising human labor and skill in making all things from machines to everyday objects. It extols workers across trades for crafting temples, offices, tools, toys, and homes, acknowledging mankind’s great debt to skilled hands. The verse emphasizes nature as separate from human industry and lauds design, manufacture, and construction by men.
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Edgar
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Virginia
Jacob Barsimon
Ferdinand and Isabella
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New Britain
Oliver Wolcott
Roland Mather Hooker
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