Has There Ever Been Such A Man
Sir Winston Churchill celebrated his 83rd birthday taking a break from the final volume of his History of the English-Speaking People as tributes poured in from around the world. The piece recalls Norman Vincent Peale’s recent column about Churchill’s zest for life and achievement and asks if there has ever been such a man.
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Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill
Winston
Norman Vincent Peale
Sir Winston
Alabama voters face 25 statewide amendments in December
Alabama voters have a real stake in the December 17 election voting on 25 statewide amendments. The editor urges approval of amendments 1 through 6 to fund river docks, Talladega Institute for Deaf and Blind, state insane hospitals, Birmingham Medical Center, agriculture training at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and tuberculosis hospital facilities with no new taxes.
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Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Mobile
Talladega
Alabama Medical Center
Birmingham
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Macon County
Enrico Caruso Through the Eyes of Geory
The essay praises Enrico Caruso as the greatest tenor, notes his Naples birth and 21 siblings, and recounts early singing from church choirs to streets, culminating in a life shaped by fate and a mother’s death that redirected him from a mechanic’s path to music. It reflects on genius’ rarity and lineage.
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Francis Robinson
Metropolitan Opera House
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Paganini
Kreisler
Liszt
Chaliapin
Richard Mansfield
Sothern
Marlowe
Alla Nazimova
Ibsen
Mozart
Naples
Benjamin Franklin
Corpus Christi
Anna Caruso
Enrico
San Severino
Met
Farrar
Peking
Great Wall of China
Grand Canyon
Aida
Sele
King
Syndi
A Good Reputation Advice by Arlie B Davidson
A guidance piece urges maintaining a good reputation to advance in organizations and community roles. It stresses clear aims, keeping promises, doing your best, avoiding laziness or parasitic behavior, and living today with future reputation in mind.
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Living Today
Arlie B. Davidson
Davidson
Nixon era pushout of scientist Condon over nose cone clash
In 1954 Navy refused Dr. Edward Condon's new missile nose cone after Nixon on Un American Activities Committee pressed loyalty questions. Condon's security clearance was revoked, delaying and complicating U S missile work, before Navy reversed months later and he resigned from government.
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Los Angeles
Edward A. Condon
Corning
N. Y
Washington
Navy
Navy, However, Refused To Accept It. It Had Called In Dr. Condon
Genious
United States
USA
Russia
Richard Nixon
California
UN American Activities Committee
Dr. Condon
Condon
Bureau of Standards
Communist Party
Edward Teller
Nixon
Un-American Activities Committee
Averell Harriman
Corning Glass
Eastern Regional Security Board
Montana
Secretary of the Navy
Charles Thomas
Thomas
Air Force
Amary Houghton
Paris
Eisenhower
Nixon's early McCarthyism and its California roots
The piece recalls Richard Nixon's 1946 campaign against Jerry Voorhis in Pasadena, portraying his smear tactic as the first McCarthyism. It notes Nixon's later use of similar charges against Helen Gahagan Douglas in 1950 and links Joe McCarthy's rise to Nixon's 1946 methods.
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Nixon
California
Jerry Voorhis
Pasadena
McCarthy
State Department
Voorhis
Labor union experts warn of Russian missiles and US pilotless threat
Hundreds of labor leaders and rocket experts warn in CIA Senate testimony that the Soviets have a new 11,000 mile missile and 500 mile warheads with Arctic submarine launch capability. They argue the US faces a shortage of trained journeymen and apprentices to build future weapons, risking competitiveness as scientists and engineers advance.
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ATI
Antic City
N. J
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
Soviet War Ministry
Kremlin
Arctic
CIA
Nikita Khrushchev
al Hayes
International Assn. of
Machinists
Ethical Practices Committee
Hayes
The
Machinist
U. S
the Han Syndicate, Inc
Marriage Counseling A Path To Save Marriages
The piece argues marriage should begin love, not end it, and urges determination to succeed with professional help when needed. It explains marriage counselors, their role, and how they calm conflicts, address factors beyond sex, and restore rational perspective to save relationships. Tomorrow: Retraining Disabled Older Persons.
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American Medical Association
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