Athens Limestone residents back daylight time vote
Hope Limestone voters approved daylight saving time by 693 to 315, signaling support for adopting fast time in summer. The note urges Athens and Limestone County authorities to join Morgan and Madison counties, aligning with Redstone Arsenal's request.
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Hope Limestone
Athens
Limestone County
Morgan
Madison
Redstone Arsenal
Limestone
Lawrence
Our Man Gets A Licking In Governor Race
North Alabama voters rally behind A. W. Todd of Russellville while condemning vague stances on reapportionment. The endorsement signals that the region will no longer support easy targets and demands clear positions from future candidates.
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A. W. Todd
Russellville
North Alabama
Morgan County Seeks Voting Machines for Accurate Counts
The piece urges Morgan County and nearby municipalities to collaborate on procuring voting machines. It argues machines improve completeness and speed of returns, noting several counties already use them while Morgan has low turnout. It emphasizes need for accuracy and a faster, complete count.
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Morgan County
Colbert
Lauderdale
Madison
Montgomery
Mobile
Houston
Ending The Teacher Shortage: Dallas Times Herald Opinion
The Dallas Times Herald urges ending the teacher shortage by funding able teachers rather than expensive facilities. It argues schools overemphasize architecture and athletics, and criticize pedagogy over subject knowledge, asserting Albert Einstein would lack teaching credentials. It calls for public insistence on common sense and higher teacher quality.
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Dallas
Texas
Albert Einstein
Podunk
Knowland Pushed as California Governor Nominee
Be These Days praises Senator William F Knowland as a bold choice for California governor. The piece lauds his Senate leadership and Right to Work stance while opposing labor barons and critics who doubt his electability. Helen Knowland and the daughter are noted as supporting the campaign.
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William F. Knowland
California
Knowland
Republican Party
United States Senate
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Bill Knowland
United States
Washington
Congress
Helen
Helen Knowland
Senator Knowland
Sena
McLeod
Wagner
Dublin
Scott Mcleod
Galway
C. Yarborough
Washington Star
Scotty
Des Moines Register-Tribune
Reeber
George Garrett
William Howard Taft III
Shannon
Limerick
Swiss Watch Cartel
Swiss Watch
International Migratory Committee
Walter
Pennsylvania
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Worry and the Body and A Political Voice by Knowland
Worry harms physical health including fatigue digestion appetite sleep and sexual function with symptoms easing when worry stops. A political take argues for strong state governance, praising Senator Knowland as a defender of state rights against federal overreach.
Military maneuvers echo in Willys Ford jeep dispute
Washington scene shows friction between Willys Overland and Ford amid Army jeep funding debates. Congress questions the new Willys jeep while the Army weighs a Ford order, highlighting defense contracting favors toward big firms and risks to smaller companies.
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Washington
Frank Higgins
Army
House
Subcommittee
Sweden Church Assembly votes against women ordination
The Church of Sweden assembly in Stockholm voted 62 to 36 against permitting women to become ordained ministers.
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Church of Sweden Assembly
Stockholm
Becks eviction stirs union code clash over loans
Inside labor analysis shows AFL CIO code 5 5 may block unions from lending to employers or joining corporate ventures to preserve jobs. The piece recalls unions like Hat Co Rose affair and Sea Farers loan, outlining potential impact on workers and firms amid a slump.
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Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Labor
Beck
Afl-Cio
Glad Hatter
Alex Rose
Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers’ Union
Charles Kartiganer Hat Co
West Upton
Mass
Rose
Kartiganer Hat Co
National Union
Paul Hall
Seafarers’ International Union
American Banner Line
Arnold Berstein
Big Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
Curran
Hall
Afl-Cio High Command
The
Hall Syndicate
Missing Promoter Probers Focus on Lakers of Labor Ads
Senate Rackets Committee aims to conclude its inquiry into how promoter Ben Lapensohn, now fugitive in Bermuda, via Niagara Mohawk Power Co. of Buffalo and the New York State Federation of Labor, sold ads worth nearly a million dollars with many never published and funds misappropriated. Harold C. Hanover calls Lapensohn an unconscionable rogue who misused the federation name and deceived advertisers.
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Washington
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Niagara-Mohawk Power Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Ben Lapensohn
Lapensohn
Bermuda
New York State Federation of Labor
Kennedy
New York Federationist
Harold C. Hanover
New York Federation of Labor
Lapenohn
Rainbow trout reels in big Bennington lake catch
Edward Hussey of Cambridge fished Whittemore Lake Bennington and after his line broke he jumped in and retrieved a five pound fourteen ounce rainbow trout. Jerome Hirschberg of Newark questions if two Texas air mail postcards arrived by plane or wind.
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Bennington, N. H
Edward Hussey
Cambridge
Mass
Whittemore Lake
Bennington
Newark
N. J
Jerome Hirschberg
Texas
Hirschberg
Selbar Optical Co
Amarillo
Gloria Swanson
Gloria
Charleston
S. C
Fort Sumter
National Park Service
Seventh-Day Adventists Per Capita Giving Rises in 1957
The Seventh-Day Adventists report a per capita giving rate of 212.80 dollars for 1957, up 10.78 dollars from 1956, reflecting higher per person contributions to church funds.
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Washington
Salt Harvest From Pacific Beach Ponds
New salt sources form in pools of Pacific sea water trapped behind sand barriers on the Mexican West Coast. Sun and wind evaporate the water to leave a harvest of salt.
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Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
MAIL
Jesus
John W. Shackford
Waynesville, N. C
National Council of Churches
George £. Sokolsky
Living Today
Arlie B. Davidson
Davidson
Taft
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
King
Merry -Go
Pearson
Willys- Overland
Higgins
Harry Sheppard
George Mahon
Congressman Sheppard
Pentagon
Sheppard
Mahon
Willys
Ford
Willys Company
Jeep
Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Ross Collins
Mississippi
Collins
Pennsylvania Avenue
New York
Emerald Isle
Newfoundland
Germany
Glendalough
St. Kevin
Kathleen
de Valera
Chrysler Building
Manhattan
Ireland
Mahat
Ma Ghandi
Northern Ireland
Atlantic
Gene Akern
Marty
By Victor Riesel
Riesel
St. Paul’s Hospital
Mary Helen
Los Angeles
John E. Silvia
Nebrig Plumbing CO
Otte Nebrig Box
Ynvestrs Stock Fund
Joseph M. Fitzsimmons
Melvin L. Hyatt
Alabema
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