Soil conservation viewed as cure for farm overproduction
In a broad discussion of farm policy, Agriculture Secretary Benson faces critics over crop surpluses. The piece argues overproduction requires action and explores Benson backing soil conservation as a cheaper alternative to soil bank subsidies, aiming to protect farmers and preserve national food security during peacetime and emergencies.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
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As Thick As Fleas on Ulysses News Editorial
An opinion piece laments the surge of automobiles on U S roads and highways. It notes 27 billion dollars needed for basic capacity and argues financing and driver behavior must change to prevent a logistics and safety crisis. The piece urges reform in road planning and vehicle operation.
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America
United States
Notable Kansas Quotations From Area Newspapers
A collage of local quips and wry observations from Kansas papers. Headlines joke about politics, shopping, driving, and history with sharp, humorous bites reflecting regional voices and familiar concerns. Entitled byline style, the items capture small town perspectives and everyday quirks.
Adams Helps Ike Across Illness In White House Years
Adm. Lewis Strauss voiced a satirical take on Dixon-Yates to link it with the earth satellite program. Sherman Adams and Jim Hagerty run the White House team, shaping policy, public mood, and Ike's health narrative while Dulles and Dr Snyder navigate Geneva and medical decisions. The York Mirror program and Harvard data underscore media and education aims.
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Len Hall
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York Daily Mirror
White House
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West Germans Back Western Allies on Unity Policy
Bonn government under Chancellor Adenauer stood with the Western Allies on German reunification, ruling out bilateral talks with Russia. Foreign Minister von Brentano declared in the Bundestag that Germans will not strike a deal jeopardizing freedom, following the Geneva talks.
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Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Heinrich von Brentano
Geneva
Bundestag
Eisenhower Holds Budget Talks With Top Defense Leaders
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania President Eisenhower met today with Secretary of Defense Wilson and Admiral Arthur W. Radford chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as he nears a final decision on next year’s military budget.
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Eisenhower
Defense Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Darkness at Noon by Koestler review in The Bookshelf
A critical survey of Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, detailing its Old Bolshevik Rubashov as he disillusioned with Communism. The piece notes the novel’s focus on individual integrity versus party aims, its ironic tone, and a warning to Western civil rights values.
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Arthur Koestler
Rubashov
People
God
Koestler
Christmas Seals Began In 1907 Aid For TB Hospital
A Wilmington welfare worker started Christmas seals in 1907 to raise funds for a small TB hospital and gain support for tuberculosis research and education. Leigh Mitchell Hodges popularized the effort, and the seals became a lasting method of public health funding. Mrs Allan Gyre, a Topeka mother who has battled TB, speaks on protecting children, noting public health dollars are an investment in healthy futures.
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Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Allan Gerye
Topeka
Mary
Civil Rights Congress Called Communistic Front
A Subversive Activities Control Board member urged registration of the Civil Rights Congress as a Communist front. Retiring member David J. Coddaire said the CRC is substantially directed by the Communist party and primarily operated to aid communists. The CRC issued no immediate comment.
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Subversive Activities Control Board
Civil Rights Congress
David J. Coddaire
CRC
Communist Party
August Moon Or Not Tea Houses Off Limits
Taipei Formosa tea houses employing waitresses are banned to students by order of the Education Ministry. Students violating the ban face dismissal. The ministry cited concerns that waitresses may provide non restaurant services and exert a corruptive influence.
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Taipei
Formosa
Education Ministry
Heritage of the Free Man Cited in Cold War Discourse
A concluding flourish asserts that the heritage of freedom belongs to the free man and that facing a Communist foe who mocks that idea, the first duty is to keep the heritage convincingly alive through steadfast resolve and ideological defense.
Greek letters and cryptic clues fill daily puzzle page
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer lists horizontal clues with numbers and themes, plus vertical clues and several misprints. A Cryptoquip puzzle follows with a substitution cipher line and an earlier solution line noting Pretty Gypsy Women usually wear loud colored cotton garments.
Prayer, The Upper Room Reflection Note
A devotional prayer fragment invoking purification of the Levites and a plea for grace to see the Messiah's purpose. It asks for courage to devote and to embody Christlike spirit, seeking riches and joy in doing good through prayer.
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Malachi
Christ
Lonely jail prisoner seeks marriage in Kentucky letter
Madisonville Kentucky prisoner Robert D. Foster writes to the local press offering marriage while in jail. He faces charges including forgery illegal whisky distilling and obtaining property under false pretenses.
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Madisonville
Robert D. Foster
Foster
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