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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1957
Page
8
A short intercepted note dated June 22 1957 shows that the writer seeks to shift the middle class into the middle income bracket. The fragment references a reader named Ray and hints at policy or social aims without fuller context.
A reader can mail queries for fact answers to The Charleston Gazette Information Duress Washington DC. Highlights include origins of Quakers name in 1650, L Enfant’s burial and 1909 exhumation, microbes meaning small living things, Red Square name origin, and Coney Island name theory Konijn Eiland Rabbit Island by Dutch settlers with rabbits once abundant.
The piece muses on the myth of the old fashioned tax collector as a villain of song and story. It questions whether such figures ever acted in reality and reflects on modern tax backlash, comparing to the Poujade movement in France and noting a lack of violent clashes against collectors. It ponders public sentiment and the safety role of postage in tax collection.
An unhappy man is offense and bound to be unsuccessful. How dare a man go about among men unless he can take good cheer with him. K LT.
In a 1957 column the writer debates whether today’s Americans are more law abiding than the French during tax protests. He notes how the Poujade movement saw mobs roughing up tax collectors, but argues against advocating violence or tar and feathering. He praises civil, impersonal tax payment to authorities, remarking that death and taxes affect all, with the post office acting as a buffer between taxpayers and collectors.
The appointment of Dr. William B. Rossman as director of mental health is praised as timely and wise. He is a respected Charleston psychiatrist who can keep six state hospitals functioning amid departmental reorganization while a permanent, out-of-state hire faced constitutional and political hurdles. Supporters urge a permanent, long-term tenure, highlighting service to a critically underfunded system and a need for professional leadership.
The Chapel Hill News Leader critiques Secretary of State Dulles for using grandiose and obscure terms like Theoretical Optimum Desideratum and agonizing reap praisal. It argues diplomacy relies on Latin and Greek jargon rather than plain Anglo Saxon terms.
A Gazette readers letter questions sensational reporting from wrecks fires and deaths urging focus on positive teen achievements. Another writer defends editorial stance on city politics fire department leadership and salary debates while discussing sex education urging more knowledge and questioning parental instruction in a dated community forum.
A column on bizarre natural wonders and oddities from slime molds to backward flying birds and color changing lizards. It cites curious examples and notes nature’s grotesque and surprising creations with excerpts from various newspapers.
Washington reports a bitter backstage clash as Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon opposed bypassing the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance the civil rights bill. Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois convened a private liberal meeting. Morse defended his conscience, saying he confessed he was wrong and explained his change.
Victor Riesel reports Walter Reuther moves toward a four day week as he chairs the AFL CIO Industrial Union Department in Washington. He briefs peers on preparing for a broader labor front while targeting Ford Motor Co as the likely first strike, bypassing GM and Chrysler. Reuther screens a public relations and information operation to sustain mobilization into a potential industrial conflict.
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