Truman at 80 Brisk, Cocky. Enduring Presidential Voice
Harry S. Truman, turning 80 on Friday, remains confident and outspoken about his legacy. Contemporaries once called his era a model of decisive leadership, with historians later considering his presidency among the near great and his doctrine of firm anti-communism shaping postwar policy.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Harry S. Truman
White House
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Steele Commager
New York Times
Commager
LBJ Urges Labor To Hold Price Line
President Johnson urged labor leaders to keep wage settlements within government guideposts to curb inflation. At a White House dinner with 139 union chiefs he warned against a wage price spiral while noting some unions may ignore the guidelines. He appealed for cooperation and cited public interest.
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White House
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Beef Oven Stew For Family Dinner
Meat is browned in fat then simmered with onion carrot and tomato sauce in a two-quart casserole. Bake at 350 degrees until tender about 1 3/4 hours. Chill overnight if desired and reheat. Makes six servings.
Pulitzer Prizes Reveal Mixed 1964 Results Across Fields
The 1964 Pulitzer prizes omit awards in fiction drama and music for the first time. The St Petersburg Times wins the public service prize for Florida Turnpike Authority investigations. Norman C. Miller of the Wall Street Journal wins local reporting for a multimillion dollar oil swindle case in New Jersey. A Philadelphia Bulletin team shares the local investigative prize for exposing South Philadelphia graft and police corruption, prompting dismissals. Malcolm W. Browne and David Halberstam win international reporting for Viet Nam coverage. Hazel Brandon Smith wins editorial writing for steadfast duty amid pressure, Merriman Smith earns national reporting on Kennedy’s assassination, and Robert H. Jackson captures a dramatic Ruby Oswald shooting photograph. Awards include a special Gannett citation for integration coverage.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
South
Viet Nam
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Times
Florida Turnpike Authority
Florida
Norman C. Miller
Wall Street Journal
Allied Crude Vegetable Oil and Refining Corp
New Jersey
Malcolm W. Browne
Associated Press
David Halberstam
New York Times
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Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
St. Louis Dispatch
Hazel Brandon Smith
Lexington
Miss
Merriman Smith
White House
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Robert H. Jackson
Dallas Times Herald
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
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Board of
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Gannett
Washington
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N.Y
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N.J
Pulitzer Board
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Denver Post
Los Angeles ‘Times
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Magee
Gaudiesi
Meyer
Sumner Chilton Powell
Sudbury
Marlboro
Mass
New England
Itowns
Walter Jackson Bate
Jol Keats
Harvard University
Rains Urges Redistricting to Alabama Democrats
Congressman Albert Rains urged a summer special session to redraw Alabama's congressional districts at a $10-a-plate farewell dinner. He warned that a federal court may be needed to guarantee constitutional rights and predicted Lyndon Johnson would win easily. He retired after 20 years in the House amid regional political tensions with Gov. George Wallace.
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Alabama
Rains
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Solon
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
George Wallace
United States
Wallace
Two Decatur Students Honored in UA Law Activities
Decatur natives James Clifton Francis and Jerry Ange received UA Law awards in recent ceremonies. Francis won the Sigma Delta Kappa Scholarship Improvement Award while Ange earned a Phi Alpha Delta moot court award. Both men held multiple campus honors and memberships. He is a 1957 Decatur High School graduate. Ange is married and living in Tuscaloosa.
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University of Alabama
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J. J. Francis
7Th Ave
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Jerry Ange
E. D. Ange
Jackson
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Bar
Alabama Law Review
Decatur High School
Key Club
Elaine
Ange
Betty Earle
FAA Northington
Tuscaloosa
Capstone
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Lambda Chi Alpha
The
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pulitzer Prize Winners and Poetry Laureate Named
Richard Hofstadter, 48, Columbia professor, wins 1956 Pulitzer in history for The Age of Reform, study on populism and progressivism. Poetry prize goes to Louis Simpson, 41, UC Berkeley English assistant professor born in Jamaica, for At the End of the Open Road.
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Richard Hofstadter
Columbia
Louis Simpson
Jamaica
University of California At Berkeley
New York Herald Tribune
Rains Praised For Housing Work by FHA Official
Albert Rains receives high praise from FHA Commissioner Philip Brownstein at a joint builders and real estate brokers meeting. Brownstein says Rains has done more for housing than any American and will be missed after 20 years in Congress. He also commends Senator John Sparkman. The speaker notes per-family food expenditure in India, Japan, and the U.S. is far lower in the United States.
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United States
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Federal Housing Administration
Alabama
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Rains
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FHA
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Brownstein
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John Sparkman
Wallace racism cited by Maryland Episcopal bishop
The Rt. Rev. Harry Lee Doll, bishop of the Maryland Episcopal Diocese, says Alabama Governor George Wallace's Maryland primary bid mirrors Nazi era racism. In a letter to about 180 clergy, he accuses Wallace of using a platform aligned with the Ku Klux Klan and of opposing civil rights measures, warning of a race war sparked by his campaign.
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