Editorial on Eden hospital charges defended by medical schools
A local editorial rebuts an out of town attack accusing Eden hospital and three specialists of misfeasance. It argues for full factual marshaling, cites radiology and anesthesia revenues, calls for expanding medical training to ease doctor supply, and asserts the hospital is public property, not the doctors’ target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden Hospital
Chad Eden
University of California
Stanford University
Mately
Stanford
American Medical Association
Battle of the Auto Makers in a Competitive Nation
The United States, a nation on wheels, sees the Big Three Ford Chrysler and General Motors locked in a fierce postwar battle for car market supremacy. Chrysler reports 1955 nine month net earnings of 70.6 million, up 1800 percent from 1954, with production up 95 percent and 1,145,235 vehicles sold this year against 583,783 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
AFL-CIO drive targets South union growth in 1956 era
PAY TUCKER MIAMI AFL-CIO merger sparks debate across the South as labor organizers push for unionization in growing industries. The movement, tied to race integration tensions, could upend established social patterns and alter employer employee relations in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
South
Afl-Cio
Emees
Unions plan drive threaten the South’s gains
Unions plan a drive in the South threatens the region’s unprecedented prosperity driven by radical changes in manufacturing and transportation. The political landscape shifts as leading Democratic presidential candidates show sympathy for these northern invasions, complicating southern economic and political gains.
Labor leaders eye Southern union gains after merger
AFL Meany signals to expand union drive into the South as Reuther eyes broader triumphs. The executive report notes 1955 organizing campaigns in the South showing growing union votes despite obstacles, with aims for a clear change in Southern labor strength. Ben-Gurion says Israel and Arab states should avoid compensating each other for peace, peace being its own reward.
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Hes Jong
George L. Meany
Meany
Reuther
AFL
United States
South
Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Appointees reshape control of regulatory commissions
Congressional Quarterly reports Eisenhower by his third year will hold majorities on four of five members in the FTC, FPC, and SEC, and four of seven on the FCC. ICC vacancy shifts and other resignations push toward more presidential appointments, sparking Democratic charges of a stacked system and debates over the commissions' proper role amid fiscal and policy tensions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Federal Regulatory Commissions
Congressional Quarterly
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Power Commision
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Guy Farmer
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
Civil Aeronautics Board
Josh Lee
Okla
Lee
Hiseshower
Congress
Senate
Harold C. Patterson
SEC
Patterson
Virginian
William Latger
N.D
Dixon- Yates
Sherman
GOP
Stopping Old San Lorenzo Incorporation Sparks Debate
From Our Readers condemns a November meeting on Old San Lorenzo incorporation led by Ger ald Cochran. About 40 of 1000 area property owners were informed. critics allege plans would burden taxpayers, grant political power to a few, and misrepresent costs versus benefits, urging all owners to oppose the move.
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Old
San Lorenzo
Cochran Clique
Tepley
Tex Free Land
Old San, Lorenzo
Old San Lorenzo
Cochran
Bay’ City
Cachrari
Stop light needed at Blossom Way and East 14th
A reader urges the city to install a stop light or crossing signal at the busy corner of Blossom Way and East 14th Street. The location handles heavy traffic, lacks crosswalks or pedestrian safeguards, and has frequent accidents. The author cites near-miss incidents and asks officials to protect pedestrians with a traffic control device.
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Blossom Way
East 14Th Street
Bridge Avenue
East 14Th
Meadows Hayward
Johnson adds 14th point to defense plan in 1956 program
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B Johnson pushes a 14th point to his 1956 defense program aiming to raise Air Force wings to 143 150 by 1957 with costs up to 3 billion annually. He seeks to keep Army Navy spending at current or higher levels and plans a legislative time schedule to push key bills through the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Army
Navy
Pentagon
Texan
Richard Russell
Armed Services Committee
Carl Hayden
Ariz
Appropriations Committee
Stuart Symington
Air Force
Armed Services
Thomas Finletter
Eisenhower
White House
Dee
Congress
House
Herbert Lehman
N.Y
Marehi
Einenhower
Indoor gardens brighten a cramped Telegraph Hill flat
A San Francisco couple on Telegraph Hill turned a dreary apartment into miniature indoor gardens. They used white flowers in the living room and luminous glass bricks in the bedroom, plus herb and language friendly arrangements in the kitchen. They shared practical gardening tips for children from seeds, window niches with mirrors, soil from nurseries, regular lukewarm watering, leaf washing, and daily fresh air for healthy growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Telegraph Hill
Bay Area
San Francisco Bay
Walch
Eugene Burma
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Tucker
Walter Reuther
Emily and
Mabel
By Angelo
Qoy
Ghdad
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. Haden Alldredge
Alabama
ICC
Roosevelt
Robert Allen
Ranger Eugene Burns
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