Editorial: Industrial mergers reshape towns and economies
The piece examines how absentee ownership from mergers into national corporations affects local economies. Rochester finds both benefits such as increased production and employment, and drawbacks like insecurity among top staff and loss of local business with banks and law firms. A call for an official body to mitigate these effects is urged.
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Rochester
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Rochester Chamber of Commerce
Grafton
Charleston
Implying Significance Turns Books Into Best Sellers
A critique notes publishers exploit alleged political or racial meanings to boost sales. It cites Dr Zhivago and The Rabbits' Wedding as examples, where scandalized or sensational readings drive demand while authors like Garth Williams face surprising interpretations of simple children’s stories.
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Dr. Zhivago
Alabama
Wall Street Journal
Garth Williams
Readers Forum Denounces Coonskin Park Editorials
A Kanawha County official accuses The Gazette and The Mail of bias over Coonskin Park development. He cites decades of volunteer work, describes plans by Wigginton for a full recreation complex, and argues a golf course and swimming facility are needed despite editorial opposition.
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Gazette
the Mail
Coonskin Park
Kanawha County
Coonskin
Oglebay Park
Oglebay
Corby
National Recreation Association
Lynch
Carey
Wigginton
Charleston
Hay
National Recreation Assn
Mayors and Park Commissioners
Dunbar
Kanawna State Forest
Fish
Daily Mail
Kanawha
Grover Smith
Intercepted Message From 1959 Letter
A short intercepted message dated June 6 1959 is shown with greetings to Simba and a sign off Ars Gratis Artis. the rest is unreadable and appears in an informal, cryptic tone.
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Ars Gratis Artis
Russians Curious About U S Exhibition Dome In Moscow Park
Inez Robb reports curious Soviet observers gather at Sokolniki Park to watch the American National Exhibition dome rise 200 feet across and 78 feet high. Russians praise the design while a police order clears the site and a journalist fails to secure a lunch meeting with Soviet officials.
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Sokolniki Park
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Nicholas I. Murayev
Amtorg Trading Co
New York
Muravey
Abramov
Moscow
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Iba
Nixon Gromyko Bond Seen At Eisenhower Luncheon
Nixon and Gromyko exchanged jokes at a post funeral foreign ministers luncheon hosted by Eisenhower. The Nixon-Gromyko exchange highlighted mutual misidentifications as they discussed roles and public perception during postwar diplomacy.
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Gromyko
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Russia
Eisenhower
Dulles
Mr. Gromyko
Faith and Courage of Bishop Spencer Rise from Farm Boy to Cleric
Howard Brodie recounts Bishop Robert Nelson Spencer, former Episcopal bishop of West Missouri, famed for allied acts of mercy in times of need near Chicago. He freed a captive from a gangsters hangout and attributes his bravery to prayer. The governor praised his devoted services. Spencer built a sanatorium and ran a soup kitchen and cot house for the unemployed during a bitter cold spell.
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Robert Nelson Spencer
Wesr
Missouri
Spencer
Christs House
Quitting Smoking The Easy Way A Collective Bet
Four St Paulites say they quit smoking for 24 days through communal risk and a $1000 for any drag. Mer ritt Steincamp and others describe the tough start but insist abstinence beats relapse. A lighthearted round of column humor reflects on smoking, culture, and comic observations.
Fletcher Knebel’s Potomac Fever and political brinkmanship
A collage of dated, satirical items touches on Secretary Strauss and Ike, Nicaragua’s rebellion as a booming business, secret meetings on finances, recurring government allergies, and economic jabs about money and debt. Space Monkey Abje dies and Baker hawks an exclusive story. Rockefeller contemplates the presidency as the nation’s finances wobble.
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Ugly Baker
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