Brooklynite Sees UN Peace via Subways and Dignity
In New York taxi cab chat, William J. Sheridan a Brooklyn driver and World Affairs student, argues United Nations officials should ride the subway to meetings to regain the common touch and curb prestige symbols. He warns diplomats risk losing touch with ordinary people when confined by limousine luxury and sovereign ego.
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ED Creagh
Hal Boyle
New York
United Nations
William J. (Boxer) Sheridan
Brooklyn
Student of World Affairs
Boxer
Fifth Avenue
Witness Groves testifies on uranium shipments to Russia
Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, head of the Manhattan Project, appears before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington recounting a 1943 44 uranium oxide shipment to Russia. He says one shipment had been ordered and could not be canceled without arousing suspicion, a key testimony in the probe.
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Leslie R. Groves
Washington
House UN- American Activities Committee
Russia
Manhattan
International
Curry Motor chief in Grafton joins civic life
Charles A Curry moves to Grafton last August bringing a broad family, business ties, and a Bowling Green degree. He runs Curry Motor on Maple Avenue with 13 staff, faces winter upkeep in snow and sleet, and participates in First Baptist Church and the Grafton Woman's Club while his wife Evalyn engages locally.
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Charles
A.curry
Grafton
R. Curry
C. A. Curry
Horse Cave
Kentucky
Texas
Buckhannon
United States Navy
Saipan
Curry
Curry Motor Company
Maple Avenue
Bowling Green Business University
Ohio
Wesleyn College
Curry Menage
Maph ‘Avenue
Anonth
Bundie
Spagins
Evalyn Gross
Curry’s
First Baptist Church
Etaoin Shrdlu
Eta Eese Waen
Truman Speech Sparked Clash Over Fair Deal Tactics
The article contrasts President Truman with critics including James F. Byrnes and Dwight D. Eisenhower. It reports on Truman drafting a State of the Union message advocating a Fair Deal, while opponents target his proposals. The piece mocks delegations living in luxury and imagines delegates experiencing ordinary life to provoke reform.
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Byrnes
Eisenhower
New York
Eneral
James F. Byrnes
Groves mulls Senate run amid atomic controversy
In a developing atomic controversy, Groves reportedly weighs running for Senate in Connecticut as a Republican. He would face Democrat chairman McMahon if elected. Party heads favor Lodge or Clare Boothe Luce, while a radio debate spotlights the Russia secrets case with Fulton Lewis Jr. and Edward R. Murrow discussing the issue.
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Groves
Senate
Connecticut
McMahon
Senate House. Atomic Energy Committee
Rep
Lodge
Clare Boothe Luce
Fulton Lewis, Jr
MBS
Edward R. Murrow
CBS
Average life expectancy and commuters' distance noted
A fragment notes the average life expectancy in the United States as 67 years and mentions New York City commuters traveling as far as 90 miles, followed by an unrelated line about Selenium as a chemical element.
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United States
New York City
Smellovision Still Unproven Say Engineers
Engineers acknowledge the idea of smellovision as a potential development, but classify it as still scientifically unproven despite ongoing exploration and interest.
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