Professor Calls Student a Jackass in Room
A professor in a classroom denounces a young man as a jackass aloud saying he will resume after the disruption. The tense remark underscores classroom discipline and authority in the scene.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1956
Page
4
Weather Watch: Reflections on Mild Winters and Christmas Warmth
The passage muses on unusually warm Christmas days and wonders if the harsh winter will return, recalling past slips of shirt sleeves on holiday scale.
Eisenhower Protested Leaks On Military Budget Reports
President Eisenhower expressed irritation over public leaks about military budget figures and manpower plans. He warned that divulging such information betrays secrets and undermines defense policy, stressing that two people knowing a detail is enough to break confidentiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Reach of Youth and Age in Norman Vincent Peale Talk
The article recalls Norman Vincent Peale noting many men aged 21 seem 90 while some elders appear just 21. It emphasizes maintaining zest and purpose to resist aging’s withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Vincent Peale
Government deficits threaten future wars in trillions
The speaker warns that for 23 of 26 years the government ran deficits and any future war could cost trillions, arguing this is a strong reason to avoid war by using every available means to stay out of conflict.
Selling is a community job in industrial location
Tennessee Industrial Newsletter argues that industrial expansion rests on community level action with patience persistence and hard work by local representatives. State agencies act as go-betweens providing data and locating advantages, but communities must commit to land sites buildings utilities and favorable taxes and labor conditions to secure a plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Industrial
Tennessee Letter
Decatur
Tennessee
Santa Claus
State of the Union plan to revamp world role outlined
Washington plans a vast foreign aid and security push to raise U S prestige. Aimed at Near East Asia and Europe, the program would be larger than the Marshall Plan, include guarantees for Near Eastern states, irrigation and development, and restore ties with France and Britain under Governor Christian Herter in the State Department. John Foster Dulles would have limited influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Augusta
Eisenhower
Near East
Far East
Europe
Truman
Asia
France
Britain
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Globalone plan reshapes foreign policy at White House
President mobilizes General Bobby Cutler and aides to press a major foreign affairs offensive. Vice President Nixon aims to win over isolationist Republicans while critics label the push Globaloney as Adlai Stevenson scrutiny grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Cutler
National Security Council
Boston
White House
W. “Beetle” Smith
Central Intelligence
Truman
Cutler
State Department
Nixon
Republican
Henry Wallace
Clare Boothe Luce
Wallace
Joe McCarthy
Senator Welker
Idaho
IKE'S CRUCIAL FOUR YEARS
President Eisenhower's pivotal four years shaped his current view on key policies and national strategy. The piece outlines factors that influenced his thinking and decision making during his presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Living Today By Arlie Davidson Trials and Triumphs
Trials are not isolated by age or class yet many great achievements rise from hardship Learn to use trials for growth If you fail restart and learn If people turn away move closer and build confidence Remember Helen Keller Milton Bunyan and Buddha as examples of overcoming adversity No cross no crown and use trials as springboards to higher levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
Buddha
Helen Keller
John Milton
John Bunyan
Bedford
Free World
Budapest
U.S
Ike's Agonizing Reappraisal in Augusta Scrutiny
The article describes Eisenhower's tense nearing Augusta trip with mixed opinions and missteps. He avoided meeting England’s Selwyn Lloyd and Australia’s Richard Casey while hosting Greek Luxembourg and Tunisian leaders. A key impact came from U S Ambassador Douglas Dillon's warning about deteriorating U.S French relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Eisenhower
Selwyn Lloyd
Richard Casey
United States
Greece
Luxembourg
Tunisia
England
Australia
White House
Eden
Jamaica
Douglas Dillon
U.S
France
State Department
Bermuda lily value found by Gen Rus sell Hastings
Retired Civil War veteran Gen Rus sell Hastings in Bermuda identified the commercial value of the Bermuda lily in the colony where he settled for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Gen
Russell Hastings
Soviet Russia and Hungary recall a brutal colonial era
The piece cites Bainbridge Colby's 1920 stance rejecting US recognition of the Bolshevik government as dishonorable and unreliably pledging to observe any treaty. It notes Chicherin’s pro self determinism while condemning Moscow’s aim to spread revolutions, and contrasts 1920 ideals with 1956 Soviet tactics in Hungary, noting UN delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Hungary
Soviet Russia
Bainbridge Colby
United States
Chicherin
United Nations
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Circuit Judge Harold Cook Dies at 56 in Birmingham
Harold M. Cook, 56, a longtime attorney and circuit court judge, died after several weeks illness. He had been elected to the Jefferson County Circuit Court and appointed last January by Gov. James E. Folsom after Judge Hawkins resigned. Cook had previously led the Alabama Bar Association as proctor and was active in disbarment actions related to Phenix City and loyalty disputes within the Democratic Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Harold M. Cook
Jefferson County
Cook
James E. Folsom
Eugene Hawkins
Inside Labor- Hungarian Revolt In Effect Ultimate Strike
Riesel argues the Hungarian workers revolt is the ultimate strike against the Soviet state. He cites wages, living costs, and shortages, contrasting Budapest's hardship with American labor strength and freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
Budapest
Soviet Union
Playing The Game According To Boyle
HAL BOYLE surveys curious facts from old magazines and mail including amusing contrasts on Friday law, Japan electricity, tiger-eaten voters, Queen Isabella baths, charitable giving, prison recidivism, presidential vetoes, US orchestras, and early moon travel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Ohio
Tennessee
Japan
America
Sumatra
Isabella
Spain
Christopher Columbus
India
United States
Thomas Jefferson
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tommy Dorsey
Lord
New Yorker
Lucy Monroe
Wally Rose
Mark Clark
Citadel
France
Funeral for Blythe native Harold Cook Jr. held in Birmingham
Arch B. Ferrell notes Blythe Georgia native Harold M. Cook Jr. survived by widow and son. Cook graduated from the University of Georgia, studied at Columbia and the University of Florida, practiced in St. Petersburg before moving to Birmingham in 1929. Services at Johns Ridout's Chapel at 3 p.m. followed by Elmwood Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch B. Ferrell
Cook
Blythe
University of Georgia
Columbia University
University of Florida
St. Petersburg
Fla
Birmingham
Harold M. Cook Jr
Johns Ridout
Elmwood Cemetery
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Alabama
Associated Press
MAIL
Jesus
Conrad Bergendorf
Rock Island, Iil
Augustana College
Nationa
Pearson
Globalone
Ing
Dulles
Ske
Adlai Stevenson
Near
Middle East
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
Nasser
Washington Post
Arlie
Harold Cook
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
Boyle
Daren Easter
John Patterson Co
Johnston St
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