Supreme Court Forces Federal Action in Clinton School Integration
The Clinton Tennessee case frames a Southwide test as federal enforcement of desegregation looms. Opinion warns the federal government to avoid forcing a clash with public attitudes, noting the Supreme Court’s long stance on school integration and the potential for noncompliance in the region.
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Supreme Court
Clinton, Tenn
United States
United States Supreme Court
South
Clinton
Railroads Urge Safeguards as Highways Seek Better Routes
The Southern Railway System and other railroads push against placing express highways near tracks to protect potential industrial sites. The editorial notes Decatur and southern communities face site challenges and urges routes that avoid rail corridors to preserve future development.
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Southern Railway System
Southern Railway
Decatur
Recognition of Red China debated in foreign policy
An editorial in Christianity Today argues against recognizing Red China citing violations of human rights and international law. It says the regime imprisons prisoners of war, harms American interests, and would legitimize brutal purges estimated by the State Department at 15 million.
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Red China
Christianity Today
Department of State
Coolidge
Soviet Russia
Eisenhower policy fears and bond market strain rise
The Washington Merry-Go-Round notes advisers worry over domestic fiscal policy and war sitters as government bonds fall to postwar lows and high rates squeeze small business. Banks profit from spread while small investors suffer, with the Office of Small Business planning regional meetings to field complaints.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Office of Small Business
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Inflation Strains Small Investors in War Bond Era
The piece explains how Series E bonds bought for patriotism offer 3 percent interest but must be held for 10 years, are taxable, and non negotiable while inflation and higher rates press the market. It notes municipal bonds at up to 4 percent, rising prices for goods, and the impact of high rediscount rates on investors and policy debates.
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U.S
Harding
Hoover
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Humphrey
Arthur Burns
Eisenhower
The Good You Do Always Returns in Time
The piece urges persistent benevolence amid little reward, noting rewards may be delayed or come through unexpected beneficiaries. It cites Edwin Markham and says altruism benefits the doer, with living returns and compen sation beyond immediate results. Keep showing good by living rightly even if rewards seem few.
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Davidson
Edwin Markham
Congressman Patman to Probe Government Fiscal Policy
Texas congressman Wright Patman, longtime advocate for small business, plans a full scale inquiry into government fiscal policy when Congress returns to Washington, as economic warnings and potential risks to small business loom.
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Wright Patman
Texas
Congress
Washington
British Empire Feared Fallen as Intl Hotel Meet Opens
London hotel executive Sir Charles Taylor, in Washington for the International Hotel Convention, recalls England’s status while a clerk questions if it remains a separate country. Meanwhile Commerce official Mueller promotes small business growth at a Cleveland conference.
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Charles Taylor
London
Washington
Taylor
England
Mueller
Cleveland
Joseph P. Adams
Civil Aeronautics Board
Military’ Services
Adams
U.S. Marine Corps
Massachusetts
Saltonstall
Kennedy
Senate Republican Conference
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Republican National Committee
Reed Benson
Secretary of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
New York
Benson
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Russell Harrington
Congressmen
Aramco Oil Pipeline Holds Live Flow From Saudi Arabia
A single pipeline remains active carrying 320000 barrels daily from Saudi Arabia to Sidon on the eastern Mediterranean. Its operation is guaranteed by a pledge that no oil reaches Britain or France, with Saudi threats to destroy facilities if that pledge fails. Aramco is owned by Standard of New Jersey 3 percent Standard of California 30 percent The Texas Company 30 percent and Mobil 10 percent.
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Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Arabian-American Oil Company
Saudi Arabia
Sidon
Aramco
Standard of New Jersey
Standard of California
Texas Company
A Mobil
Hungary and the Yalta era the uneasy postwar history
The text analyzes the postwar fate of Hungary from the end of World War I through the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, detailing Soviet control, American aims for free elections, and the evolution toward a Soviet satellite status by 1947. It cites Truman's autobiography and emphasizes failed promises of democratic governance and relief from Soviet dominance.
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Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Russia
United States
Russia
Hungary
Allied Control Commission
Great Britain
Hungarian Control Commission
Harry Truman
Truman
Stalin
Soviet Union
Rumania
Bulgaria
United Nations
Yalta
Europe
Diplomatic Allegiances Stir West Economic Powers
The text notes Boycotting nations where diplomats serve. It mentions Winthrop Aldrich as Ambassador to London and linked Rockefeller family interests in Standard Oil affiliates. Douglas Dillon and a firm aiding the Arabian-American oil combine are cited, with references to Loerie and The Bel Symdicaie.
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Winthrop Aldrich
London
Rockefeller
Standard of N.J
Standard of California
Douglas Dillon
Loerie
Bel Symdicaie
Labor unions write off Adlai Stevenson as unlikely winner
A confidential eight page Labor memorandum, distributed Nov 28, argues Stevenson failed with labor voters in virtually all districts except Detroit, and predicts unions must build a year round political machine to counter city machines and shift influence within the Democratic Party by 1960.
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Adlai Stevenson
Labor
Stevenson
Detroit
Walter Reuther
Democratic Party
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Memphis
Chicago
New York City
Washington
Tammany
Hague
Crump
Arvey
Eisenhower
Hall Syndicate
Tec
Third Lee County Burn Victim Dies In Week
Carrie Silas 76 died after a robe caught fire from a bedroom heater in her daughter’s home in Opelika Lee County. Fire Chief G A Mitchell said she was the third Lee County resident to die from burns in two weeks.
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Opelika
Ala
Carrie Silas
Lee County
Archie Lee Finney
Silas
G. A. Mitchell
Educational TV To Carry Messiah from Auburn Campus
Handel's The Messiah will be televised at 8 p.m. Thursday over the Alabama Educational Television Network. John Williams will direct the Auburn mixed chorus and Edgar Clyde the orchestra. The 12th presentation originates from the Student Activities Building on the Auburn campus and marks the first televised performance.
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Auburn
Alabama Educational Television Network
John Williams
Edgar Clyde
Sailor’s spear fishing ends as car sinks at Galveston tide
Enthusiasm for spear fishing waned when Charles Hayes returned from four hours of the sport to find his car sinking slowly under a high Galveston tide. He had parked on the beach believing it would be safe, but the advancing water overwhelmed the vehicle.
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Galveston
Tex
Charles Hayes
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