The Cult of Personality in American Politics
The essay argues that personality often dominates political impact more than economic or social forces. It cites Nixon, Eisenhower, and Roosevelt, notes the 22nd Amendment limits, and discusses media’s role in shaping voter's perceptions through television and image over substance.
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Alexander
Caesar
Charlemagne
Wang Anshih
Akbar
Napoleon
Hither
Stalin
Genghis Khan
Franco
Simon Bolivar
George Washington
Chambers
Baltimore
Mundt
Nixon
Alger Hiss
Republican Party
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Supreme Court
Taft
Owas
William Knowland
United States
Manu
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Merit Pay Basis For City Workers Progressive Step Long Past Due
City hall faces resistance from several department heads to a proposed merit pay plan tied to a city job and salary survey. The piece argues merit pay would replace automatic raises, improve efficiency, and align city wages with performance, urging the City Council to adopt the policy now.
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Employment Security Commission
Institute of Government
Conventions Loom as Kefauver Backs Stevenson and Nixon Faces GOP Drift
The article notes Kefauver withdraws and endorses Stevenson easing Democratic convention tensions. Stassen abandons hopes for the White House to target Nixon, framing a liberal challenge within the GOP. Eisenhower’s neutral stance leaves leaders waiting as conventions near and momentum builds.
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Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Harold Stassen
Nixon
Stassen
White House
Eisenhower
Stassen Motto Appears On Air Force Magazine Cover
Washington report notes a WWII era motto by Harold E. Stassen on the August 1954 Air Force magazine cover. Ed Lahey says the cover is now a collector’s item and the wall motto reflects a critique of ambition among lesser officials.
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Wilson
U. S. Air Force Magazine
Harold E. Stassen
Ed Lahey
Washington
North Carolina Leads in Highway Cleanup Drive
The first year of North Carolina clean highways reports 81 arrest for trash strewing and 80 convictions. The effort mirrors tougher laws in Georgia Virginia and thirteen other states. A study finds Americans pay 15 to 20 dollars per mile annually to clean roadside refuse.
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North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Small business health debated in 1955 figures
A Huntington Herald Advertiser summary notes noted figures from Congressional Quarterly and Dun and Bradstreet showing 1955 had 4,225,000 U.S. small businesses and one per 39 people, with small business failures at 42 per 10,000 amid postwar growth and long-term rising failures. It contrasts Brannan's warnings with data and cites Denver Post commentary.
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Congressional Quarterly
Small Business Administration
Dun & Bradstreet
Denver Post
High Point Enterprise Masthead Caption and Staff Note
The fragment shows the newspaper masthead with staff roles including president treasurer and advertising director. It lists circulation manager and business manager duties and a yearly subscription rate. The readable elements suggest a mid-century local paper layout and personnel credits.
PTA on School Amendment Policy Still Unclear
The North Carolina Education Association and its 25 000 members have not set a policy on the September 8 school amendment. Directors are on vacation and President Johnson is out of state, delaying a meeting to decide whether to convene the Delegate Assembly for broader member input. Governor Hodges seeks campaign strategy as members weigh positions.
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North Carolina Education Association
Ethel Perkins Edwards
P. Johnson
State
PTA
Hodges
Bell ads lure a church bell to Charlotte scoop
Potpourri notes a Charlotte reader trades for farm bells via the Agricultural Review. A Baptist church bell from the east was bought for a Presbyterian church in Charlotte. The incident prompts quips about a growing bell business and a light mood about the era’s public schooling debates. Governor Hodges enjoyed a calmer week until a lightning strike destroyed his Edenton Street church and a fishing trip mishap followed.
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Charlotte
Agricultural Review
State Department of Agriculture
Bell
Pauline Deccosta
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
Supreme Court
Advisory Budget Commission
Ken Doughton
Joe Eagles
C. V. Henkel
Luther Hodges
Raleigh
Toto
Gulf Stream
Bee
Edenton Street Methodist
Coast Guard
Congressional Mixups End in Midnight Capitol Song
Washington reports chaotic last days of the 84th Congress as misfiled papers and open microphones spark clashes over public housing and atomic reactor bills. Rep. Howard W. Smith and Rep. William M. Colmer misfiled a bill, triggering frantic attempts to correct the record while Clarence Cannon seeks extra debate time. The night ends with lawmakers singing in the Capitol halls.
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Washington
Eee
Howard W. Smith
Virinia
Case Rules Committee
William M. Colmer
Mississippi
Gress
Brent Spence
Kentucky
William Beck Widnall
New Jersey
Spence
Smith
Colmer
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
Congress
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Cannon
Clarence
Liechtenstein Plans Colorful Sept Celebrations
Vaduz reports Liechtenstein to mark its 150th anniversary next Monday and Prince Franz Joseph I turning 50 on August 16. Sept 8-9 festival will feature a history pageant tracing Celtic origins, Charlemagne era, Holy Roman Empire ties, and sovereign status after 1896.
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Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Austria
Hitler
Germany
Vaduz
Franz Joseph I
Charlemagne
Liechtenstein parade to feature royal reception and fireworks
A government spokesman previews a Liechtenstein parade with public merrymaking, a fireworks display from the royal castle mount, and a Western-style welcome by Paul Gallico the American author living there. The small Alpine principality is described as green, with a population under 15,000 and a balanced budget of 1,870,000 dollars while Prime Minister Frick travels by bus.
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Liechtenstein
Principality
Royal Castle
Paul Gallico
Rhine
Alps
Frick
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