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Newspaper
Burlington Herald
Location
Burlington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1949
Page
2
Editorial argues the United Nations has made progress across many fields despite press neglect. It urges stronger public awareness and a better press image, praising the UN for mediating the Palestine conflict and avoiding major war through international agency influence.
An editorial asserts membership in the Klu Klux Klan or the Communist party bars enlistment in the Air Force and groups the Klan with other anti-democratic forces. It praises tolerance and urges the Klan to be exposed and defeated as a threat to decency and rational government.
A columnist questions the 154 witnesses to James Morrelli’s electrocuted death in Chicago arguing many were morbidly curious. They urge Cook County to limit onlookers or move the ceremony to a more private setting, noting the punishment’s outcome is already certain.
A column notes Neitzsche’s Zarathustra praise and jokes about obscenity terms from Willliam Rose Benet's Readers Encyclopedia. It also mentions the Lemnos myth Hypsipyle and a playful reference to George Bernard Shaw.
A weekly news note from Burlington Iowa dated January 11 1946 appears under the second class mailing act for the post office. Communications addressed to the Burlington Herald at 210 South Third Street Burlington Iowa.
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