Supreme Court grants freedom to travel for Americans
The Supreme Court rules the State Department cannot deny passports based on beliefs or associations. The decision affirms Americans’ right to travel abroad and critiques government overreach in inspecting private life. The piece argues this upholds democracy and counters anti-communist excesses.
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Freedom
Kanawha Welfare Council's Budget Keeps Community Aid Steady
The Kanawha Welfare Council marks its 26th year with a budget just over $14,000 spent on coordinating inter community charity services, conducting surveys, and informing itself on local needs under the leadership of past president W. Gaston Caperton.
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Kanawha Welfare Council
W. Gaston Caperton
Potomac Fever and Political Humor Across a Busy Week
Fletcher Knebel surveys political quips and power moves from 1952 to 1958, noting Republican and Democratic tensions, defense chiefs at Quantico, and changes in influence around Eisenhower Nixon Adams and Gold. The piece weaves satire with reports on White House activity and diplomatic credits in Manila. It closes with Kanawha Welfare Council urging continued cooperation to wisely spend federal and local aid.
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Sherman Adams
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Clearing House
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Readers Forum cautions on indignation at editorials
In a Gazette Readers Forum letter, Jonathan Beit Spencer chides readers who let editorials provoke irritation. He recalls his habit of reading multiple papers from Boston to St Louis and at libraries, arguing TV would inflame him more than any paper.
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Now, About That $81 Editor The Gazette
A letter criticizes an $81 per family foreign aid proposal to boost goodwill for Ike. The writer urges families without $81 to join the Constitution Party, claiming it pledges to cut excessive aid and foolishness. Frankford, K. H. Green.
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Miss West Virginia California Bound Intercepted Message
An intercepted message dated June 23 1958 addressed to Mary Ann hints at a planned journey to California and mentions Miss West Virginia and Sissonville Road. The note reads Tomorrow the universe and references a personal communication between unknown senders.
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West Virginia
California
Sissonville Road
Public Figures as Gadflies: A Citizen's Media Plea
Inez Robb urges a pause in coverage of Gabor, Novak, Trujillo, Mansfield and others. She argues media glamor fuels juvenile aspiration and asks publishers and broadcasters to spare the public from these celebrated figures.
Power Play Unions Tie Hoffa Bridges In Hidden Pact
Victor Riesel outlines a joint strategy between James Hoffa led Teamsters and Pacific Coast Longshoremen under Harry Bridges. The pact aims to coordinate strikes and prevent separate agreements, signaling a potential broad economic and political influence from Hawaii to the Arctic and raising concerns about AFL CIO opposition.
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Jimmy Hoffa
Harry Bridges
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Atlantic
Saudi Arabia
Arctic
California
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Dockwallopers
CIO
Hoffa
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Denver
Los Angeles
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Washington
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Bridges
U. S
Thought for Today from Psalm 1 1 2
A devotional excerpt presents verse 1 and 2 in a traditional King James style. It contrasts the blessed man who avoids ungodly paths with the one who delights in and meditates on the Lord's law day and night.
Adams empire grows with White House staff tightens grip
A profile of Sherman Adams and his expanding White House operation from 1953 onward. The piece surveys staffing growth, cost rises, and the wall built to shield presidential activity, noting Adams as a powerful, sometimes imprudent influence and hinting at a potential successor amid scrutiny.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
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Alaska Set to Enter Union Amid Southern Realignment
W S White examines Alaska statehood as the Senate may approve, adding a 45th star to the flag. He argues the shift reflects a broader realignment where Southern conservatives are challenged by Western liberals and modern Southern moderates, reshaping U S politics with civil rights as the catalyst.
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