Truman Defends Campaign Tone While Advancing Presidential Papers
The piece notes former President Truman admonishing campaigns to avoid empty rhetoric and stressing the importance of preserving presidential papers. It highlights his Iowa visit and remarks on politicians, then details his push to organize and index papers from 16 presidents, with Hoover and Roosevelt already archived and others partly sorted.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Truman
Ohio
Hayes
Library of Congress
Mr. Truman
Might Have Been Worse
National reaction to the Birmingham stage attack on entertainer Nat Cole drew indignation and disappointment across the nation. Cole’s poise under pressure helped calm an inflammable moment, though the danger of a more volatile incident remains a worry for future celebrity appearances.
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Nat Cole
Birmingham
Ala
South
North
Cole
Old Fashioned Liberty Revamped by Reader Letter
A Newsweek noted idea prompts reader letter proposing modernizing the Statue of Liberty. Conceal a phonograph to play God Bless America, sell tasteful spot ads to fund it, and imagine other cosmetic upgrades like a ponytail perfume atomizer lipstick or cigarette lighter.
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Newsweek
Empire State Building
New York
America
Lady Liberty
the Times
Watch Out for the Manipulators
Merryle Rukeyser argues that manipulation spans finance and politics, urging full disclosure and independent judgment. She warns against using selective facts to mislead investors and voters, advocating disciplined accounting and integrity in public life.
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Merryle Rukeyser
Oral hearings set on United Air Lines Cedar Rapids route
Civil Aeronautics board announced hearings in Washington for United Air Lines to serve Cedar Rapids on its East West mainline transcontinental route, scheduled for May 6.
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United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Iowa
Robert Ue
Future Farmers of America
Calorie counting and vitamin guidance for weight loss
In a reader question the author, a 68 year old man, asks if standard vitamin and mineral capsules cover daily needs while on a 700 calorie diet. The doctor says yes but cautions that alcohol and certain foods can add hidden calories. He advises using calories as a guide, determine daily needs by watching scales, then reduce by 100 to 200 per day. An ounce weight loss per day is suggested and a Calorie Counter offered for 5 cents.
What Happened in Illinois Primary Voting Rules
Washington reports Illinois primary confusion stems from law only party loyalists could vote in each party. Laurence notes both parties drew roughly the same share of their 1952 vote, about one third, so Republicans again outvoted Democrats in 1956 Illinois.
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Washington
Illinois
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Lawrence
Voters Skip Primaries Show Party Loyalty Shifts
The piece analyzes 1952 to 1956 primary turnout in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and more, noting Republicans fell from 56.8 to 32.6 percent while Democrats dropped from 44.5 to 36 in 1956. It questions why primaries attract fewer voters without contests and contrasts Kefauver Stevenson and Eisenhower support across states. It asks why Wisconsin exceeds Minnesota and Illinois in turnout despite no contest and seeks managerial answers.
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Illinois
Taft
Stassen
Eisenhower
Kefauver
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Stevenson
Nehru Gains in Plan for China's Recognition
George E. Sokolski reports on moves toward recognizing Red China in 1957. Nehru’s U.S. visit, Geneva talks, and pressures over Taiwan and Quemoy Matsu shape East Asia policy and potential shifts with Ceylon’s government changes.
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George E. Sokolsky
Nehru
China
San Diego Man Stays Underwater Eight Minutes
A San Diego man remained submerged in a secluded pool for over eight minutes, an eccentric stunt that avoided traffic disruption and passersby annoyance, though its outcome remains unknown.
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San Diego
Britain Faces Crisis Again in Oil and Empire
Joseph Alsop argues Britain teeters on a long term crisis driven by dependent oil from the Middle East and export earnings from Malaya Nigeria and the Gold Coast. He warns that an oil disruption or renewed colonial pressure could precipitate bankruptcy, forcing risky moves in Cyprus and Kuwait as the West faces a Kremlin strategy.
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London
Dan- Joseph Alsop
Britain
Kremlin
Malaya
Singapore
Nigeria
Gold Coast
Africa
Cyprus
State Department
Middle Eastern
Middle East
Kuwait
Western Alliance
Churchill and His Parakeet Spotted at Orly Airport
A dignified British man at Orly with a green parakeet in a cage and a furled umbrella identified himself to reporters as James Kirkwood while James Churchill, a Sir Winston Churchill, his master, wore a windbreaker and prepared for a stay in Nice.
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Orly
Paris
James Kirkwood
Winston Churchill
Nice
Prance-Amerique
Higher Authority Dean's Tyrant Rule Provokes Note From God
A western theological seminary dean, wielding unchecked power, faces growing unpopularity as students and faculty endure arbitrary decrees. A note slipped under his door reads Tomorrow is Thursday if it is all right with you signed God, signaling a turning point amid campus tension and unrest.
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Western Theological Seminary
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