We Live in a Wary Age and Community Ties
An essay reviews Vance Packard’s critique of choose-friend groups and the nostalgia for broader social mingling. It contrasts past neighborhood trust with today’s mobile, security‑conscious society and notes shyness and systemic changes limit “togetherness” for many. The column also praises Rep. Bernard Balch’s open government stance and laments party tides.
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Vance Packard
Packard
Tate
Bernard Balch
Chicago
Ford Motor Company
Iowa
Rep. Balch
Rep
Balch
Some Suggestions for Easing Tensions in Palestine
Editor presents Dr. Settle's impressions from the Near East on the Arab Israeli dispute. He argues for Israel to pledge no further expansion, allow Arab refugees to return or be compensated, repudiate political Zionism, and urges Arab leaders to forgive and cooperate. The piece calls for continued refugee aid and the elimination of prejudice to avert a fractured world.
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Gazette
People’s Forum
Settle
Coe College
Near East
Israel
INCE
Ministry of Labor
America
Weizmann Institute
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Mediterranean
Palestine
Gaza Strip
Suez Canal
Lebanon
Syria
Berlin
Jordan
No-Man’s Land
Mandelbaum
Israel Guards
Frank Lindhorst
The
College of the Pacific
American Colony Hotel
Orgil
United States
Mandelbaum Gate
Jerusalems
West Germany
New York City
Mr. Reeves
Gsai
United Voice
Free America
Confident Living Blessed Is the Disciplined Child
A reminiscence on Halley’s Comet and childhood discipline in Norwood Ohio. The author recalls a preacher father and a stern schoolmaster, noting discipline shapes character. He argues that fair, real discipline at home and school forms strong, self controlled individuals.
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Norwood
Ohio
Cincinnati
Halley
Congress Must Reform Farm Policy To End Albatross
The piece argues agrarian policy failures waste billions and depress farmer incomes. It urges Congress to retire land and remove price supports, limit production, and restore a free market for farm prices while preserving targeted supports for national interests. It warns of persistent surplus and misaligned incentives harming farmers and the economy.
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Congress
Department of Agriculture
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Times
Edwin B. Settle
Negev
Dead Sea
Prof
By Norman Vincent Peale
DR. Peale
Williams Avenue
New York Herald-Tribune
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