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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1957
Page
4
Congress Holds 893 Education Bills for Debate
Congress has 893 education measures to consider but real action may come from local and state levels. The passage highlights the heavy workload in committee rooms and urges attention to school policy efforts closer to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Salvation Army Christmas Aid Drive Urges Callbacks
The Salvation Army asks Decatur residents to volunteer to sponsor a family this Christmas. With many families needing food clothing and toys and funds scarce the paper urges readers to call and offer help to ensure no family goes without this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Decatur
Christmas Road Safety Sermon Remains Urgent
The article reflects on holiday road tragedies including a collision near Arab killing three people and injuring six, and another near Madison killing a man and his wife. It argues no legal cure beats careful driving and urges readers to follow traffic rules and show care on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Marshall
Arab
Our Position In Europe Urges Armed Deterrence Against Russia
The speaker argues for unwavering strength to contain the Russians, warning allies that bargaining with the Kremlin is futile. He states Europe must be armed to the teeth, including nuclear missiles, to preserve freedom and deter Soviet occupation, noting American taxpayer sacrifices and NATO’s resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Kremlin
Russia
United States
NATO
Ideals, Liberty, and Wars Beyond Bread Alone
George These Days presents E Sokolsky arguing that wars are driven by beliefs and liberty rather than bread. He critiques US aid, imperial collapse, and Soviet expansion, asserting history shows austere peoples sacrifice for ideals and that material aid cannot end conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenghis Khan
Napoleon
Reasons for marrying and the value of home life
The piece argues marriage offers practical benefits including division of labor, reduced loneliness, stability for employment, economic efficiency, and mental health safeguards. It then weaves in a quotation about bread and sacrifice, referencing Winston Churchill and Father Yelchaninov to illustrate enduring calls for meaning beyond material needs.
Preventive War Talked by Nixon and Missile Gap Report
Washington advocates reveal a top secret study warning the U.S. faces a missile lag risk and could face preventive war. The report urges public education on national defense and forecasts Soviet ICBMs by 1959, with a five year plan boosting defense spending by about $20 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ussr
U. S
Russia
America
SAC urged to widen strike reach and harden basing
The report urges broader dispersal of Strategic Air Command striking power and faster alert response, noting SAC cannot launch one third of its bombers within 15 minutes. It calls for boosting capability by at least half and enhancing warning networks, plus hardening bombers and bases with shelters or underground sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Defense
Mansfield Srague
Kremlin
Antarctic ice depth reaches 9750 feet at measuring site
Recent measurements report an ice depth of 9750 feet in a specific Antarctic area. The finding highlights extreme ice thickness within the region and informs glaciology studies and climate research.
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Antarctic
Temptation and turmoil in unions weigh on labor funds
A 1957 King Features syndicate column reports rising union dues totaling about 620 million dollars annually, with 162 million added in two years after the AFL-CIO merger. It highlights misappropriations in Laundry Workers and related scandals, noting indictments and probes by McClellan Committee and Kennedy, urging reforms to protect labor funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afl-Cio
James J. Bambrick, Jr
National Industrial Conference Board
U. S
U.S
George Meany
William Schnitzler
Illinois
Paul Douglas
Dave Beck
Jimmie James
James
Laundry Workers Union
Jim Hoffa
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Laundry Workers Brother
Charles Naddeo
Laundry Workers International
Local 10
Can Workers Union
Philadelphia
Cleaners and Dyers
McClellan Committee
Bob Kennedy
King
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