Editorial proposes advisory citizen boards for local studies
Dudley A Williams suggests charter could authorize town government to call advisory boards of local professionals to study problems as they arise. He cites past sewer study led by Prof Coles and notes such experts could provide unbiased reports without public office. Authors question charter change but endorse tapping unused local talent.
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Dudley A. Williams
Charter Commission
Williams
Coles
Bowdoin College
Council
Hope
Labor Leaders Call for Holding the Line on Wages
An editorial argues labor leaders should push for more money cautiously while preserving jobs and keeping prices down. It cites Walter Reuther as an example of prodding for higher wages and warns that sustaining wage gains now could worsen hardship for many on short time or unemployed. It urges cooperation between labor and management without capitulation to pressure for always higher wages.
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Walter Reuther
Admired Secretary Benson Presses Farm Reform
In Washington Secretary of Agriculture Benson champions a farm program to cut subsidies and reduce the tax burden. Though opposed by veteran farm lawmakers and lampooned in cartoons, he stands firm to steer American agriculture toward a sane, competitive footing, earning respect from many citizens and farmers alike.
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Washington
Benson
Congress
White House
Leaving The Lighthouse in North Tarrytown Reveals Quiet Life
From the New York Herald Tribune, a reflection on lighthouse keepers. It portrays Richard Moreland and family at Tarrytown Light, the solitary, contemplative life, limited upward mobility, and the keeper’s wife longing for mainland social life and clubs.
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NEW York Herald-Tribune
North Tarrytown
N.Y
Hudson River
Tappan Zee
Richard Moreland
Moreland
Tarrytown Light
Preservation Society outlines twenty year city plan
Mrs William Slater Allen president of the Providence Preservation Society told Bristol Historical Society members that the group pursues an over all project to shape a city viewed by planners from a resident’s perspective over the next two decades. The talk at the National Guard Armory highlighted College Hill preservation with a $20000 grant and a study team including William Warner and Chong Keat Lim.
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William Slater Allen
Providence Preservation Society
Bristol Historical Society
Allen
New National Guard
Metacom Avenue
Colege Hill
Providence
Preservation Society
Wiliam Warner
College Hill
Chong Keat Lim
Panang
Malaya
Commonwealth Fund of New York
Five Day Weather Outlook With Above Normal Temps
Forecast indicates temperatures will run five to ten degrees above normal from today through Saturday. Providence normals for the period are 28 high 36 and 20 low. Precipitation expected to total over seven tenths of an inch, with rain in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and possible snow or rain in northern New England Thursday. High and low tide times and sunrise sunset figures included for Tuesday through Friday.
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Providence
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New England
Bristol Area Community Events Chronicle
A sequence of local society items lists meetings and dinners in Bristol. Highlights include the Bristol Senior High Alumni Association meeting at Colt Auditorium on January 2, a January 28 Distinguished Service Award Dinner by the Jr. Chamber, and February card parties and Valentine bridges hosted by Ladies Auxiliary and Daughters of Isabella at local halls and churches. A February 23 Fathers Night and an Eagle Scouts reunion are noted, along with ongoing nursing association meetings.
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Bristol Senior High ‘School
Ass’n
Colt Auditorium
Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Midway
Ladies Aunthary
F.O.E
Eagles Hall
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Church Audi
Hope Circle, No. 70
Valentine Bridge
Trinity
Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Bristol County
Battery C
Metacom
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Mothers’ Club
Bristol
Eagle Scouts
the Castle
Bristol District Nursing Association
Bermuda Editor Slam Sparks Short Shorts Debate
A Bermuda letter-to-the-editor recalls a fellow editor calling the island stuffy and prudish over Bermuda shorts and bikinis. It notes visiting British prize winners and locals joking about dress, policing, and cultural clashes while the author and his wife stick to trousers and dresses.
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Bermuda
Christina Griggs
Marvis- Gillies
Great Britain
John Lees
Adonis
Manchester
Dorothy
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