Opinion on Public Interest and Voter Participation
The piece critiques voter apathy noting 49,000,000 voters cast ballots while 46,000,000 abstain. It discusses representation, Congress, and public opinion, citing the book Public Opinion and Foreign Policy by the Council on Foreign Relations. It highlights gaps between policy makers and the American people.
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America
Satten Tatonen
Congress
Council On Foreign
Harper
Nine Menadler
State Department
Town Talk During the holidays shoppers fill downtown streets
The Herald notes Christmastime crowds in downtown, a weary shopping rush, and a retired publisher buying a yacht after holiday advertising. A quirky tax quip, a Tinkertoy set, a small alley on Third Street marked No Parking, and a library busy with students over the holidays wrap the slice of city life.
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Rolland Richardson
The
Herald
Chicago
Third Street
Jefferson and
Washington
Lamb Claeners and
Burrell’s Jewelry
Crosley
The United States in World Affairs in 1950
A review of The United States in World Affairs by the Council on Foreign Relations covers April 1948 to April 1949. It notes postwar recovery, Tito's split with the Cominform, Berlin airlift, the Atlantic Pact, Germany's demands, and the broad, unsettled global struggle shaping 1950.
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Council On Foreign Reations
United States
Council
Harper’s
Tito
Cominform
Berlin
Germany
Eleven Cities Share Burlington Name Origins
A historical note lists eleven places named Burlington across the U S. It cites Burlington Colorado population 1280 in 1940, Burlington Connecticut settled 1780 incorporated 1806, and Hartford County site 1246 with a trout hatchery. It covers Burlington Kentucky Boone County 216, Burlington Massachusetts near Lowell, and Burlington New Jersey as a county seat with 10 905 residents in 1940.
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Orchard City
Burlington
Vermont
Colorado
Kit Carson County
Connecticut
West Hartford
Coffey County
Kansas
Emporia
Kentucky
Boone County
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
Lowell
New Jersey
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Penny Gust
Bruce Meeks
Penny
International Soundphoto
Christine
New South Ne Er
China
Alamance County
North Carolina
Back Bay
Boston
Boston Society
New England College Blades
Flossier
Douglas Burns
Babson Institute
Jane Russell
Ithh
Burns
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