Not Another Bureau Opposes a Consumer Protection Dept
The editorial argues against creating a cabinet level Department of Consumer Protection, warning it would stifle innovation and production. It notes existing laws and agencies and cites high failure rates for new products as evidence that regulation encumbers progress. It praises market-driven risk as essential to invention, using the pharmaceutical industry as an example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of
Comsume Era
Distaff Side and Local Notes Span Light Gossip
The column recaps scattered town chatter about a living bra tale, local Miss Aggieville contestant Patty Sughrue, a Japanese Kennedy doll on market, Governor Anderson and Truman birthdays, Red Cross head Grace in Philadelphia, California autos circling the globe, and a joke about Miller insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson
Harry Truman
Stoner’s
Princess Grace
Red Cross of
Monaco
Red Cross
Philadelphia
California
No Wonder It's Tough To Park Says Boyle
AP report highlights urban parking scarcity with quotes and facts on cars existing since 1886, urban commuter patterns, life expectancy shifts, and a Wichita gunshot incident. Leonard Agnew, 18, was shot in the chest. motive unknown. police pursue lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Westchester
Wichita
Leonard Agnew
Agnew
Supreme Court awaited on Birmingham lunch counter cases
Drew Pearson notes two Birmingham sit-in cases before the Supreme Court seek to rule on integrated lunch counters. He traces federal action, political missteps, and local leadership, citing Kennedy appointee Meriwether and Alabama figures, with broader implications for civil rights demonstrations and national prestige.
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Washington
Birmingham
White House
Supreme Court
South
James Gober
Pizitz’s
Fred Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
Alabama Supreme Court
North Carolina
Lousiana
Maryland
Burke Marshall
Kennedy
Atlanta
Charlotte
Knoxville
Nashville
Louisville
William Hartsfield
Ben West
George Dempster
Alabama
Charles Meriweather
Export-Import Bank
John Patterson
Los Angeles
A—Kennedy
Mississippi
Civil Rights Commission
Bob
Baltimore
William Moore
U. S
Albert Boutwell
Eugene “Bull” Connor
Boutwell
Bull Connor
United States
Little Rock
Ole Miss
Peace Corps in Nigeria seeks double volunteers
A 1963 note recounts how Nigerian officials urged doubling Peace Corps helpers from 36 to 300. Margery Michelmore’s postcard spurred discussion, and the government’s push followed, with praise for Peace Corps and Sargent Shriver as leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Corps
Nigeria
Margery Michelmore
Sargent Shriver
Telegram newspaper blotter fragment hints at mailing rates
Partial telegraph style notice shows publication details and pricing for Garden City and surrounding counties. Mentions Associated Press rights and editor names. The fragment ends with a note about 18 months passing, lacking full context or event.
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bin Brown
Warvin Smith
Associated Press
Garden City
Finney
Pine
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamton
Kearny
Grant
Haskell
Gray Counties
Warden City
Kansas
Telegram
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Federal Trade Commission
Playtex
George Purnell
Patty Sughrue
Aggieville
Patty
Herb Sughrue
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Hal Boyle
George Eliot
America
London
Samuel Butler
Drew Pearson
Eral
Justice Department
Patterson
Ed E. Reid
Alabama League of Municipal Councils
Wayne Morse
Maurine Neuberger
D.-Ore
William Proxmire
D.-Wis
Jack Javits
R-N-Y
Meriwether
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
Garden City, Kansas
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