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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1956
Page
4
A Vermont plant grants workers a paid holiday on opening trout season as a lighthearted civic gesture. The piece recalls various quips about crossing lines and missing days, including a highway joke and a Gallup poll anecdote about who Stevenson is, noted as the man with the hole in his shoe.
A columnist argues the cold war label misleads by describing conflicts with bloodshed as nonwar. Noting Algerian killings and Cyprus British casualties, the piece questions if diplomats overuse the term to imply violence-free competition.
Senators and House conferees push a 32.9 billion dollar interstate program toward final approval. By July 1 1956 Eisenhower is expected to sign, with a cent per gallon gas tax hike plus taxes on trucks buses tires and fuels funding the project. Alabama stands to receive tens of millions yearly while linking Birmingham Nashville Atlanta Montgomery and New Orleans Mobile and beyond. The plan promises a nationwide network and a new Tennessee River span.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round outlines Benson’s shifting stance on the soil bank, from vetoing the program as impractical to endorsing payout schemes and urging rapid action, then denying payments for drought and flood losses as opponents press the White House.
A political dispute centers on Benson and drought aid for wheat. The June 8 White House meeting pressured reversal of payments set at six dollars per acre for crops lost to drought, wind, or flood. Morse avoided confirming a reversal as Benson claimed no change after a conference.
The piece urges building true character through truthfulness, fairness, and concern for others. It cites Woodrow Wilson and emphasizes qualities that uplift people, reduce prejudice, and promote innate worth, urging reflection on one’s duties to others.
Several newspapermen heard you make the remark during a session in the Senate Press Gallery. The incident underscores tensions between media and lawmakers in the chamber.
A fragmented line appears to note that four of five people on the Meese 48 Cypres board are said to have Greek associations or ties. The readable text is incomplete, leaving the exact nature of the Greek connection unclear.
A columnist questions the Republican National Committee’s Ethnic Division and whether Democrats have a similar structure. He traces urban ethnic shifts in New York, notes how voters are courted as ethnic groups, and critiques political reliance on identity over citizenship.
Victor Riesel reports on Senate Internal Security probes alleging Communist networks in Wall Street, with funds from Swiss banks and abroad flowing into major firms. The two unnamed Wall Street figures tied to Perlo espionage rings expand a broader push by Soviet influence across U.S. industry.
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