Stevenson and Eisenhower duel over FEPC and Negro vote
The piece notes Adlai Stevenson wavering on a federal fair employment practice act to quell Southern Democratic revolt and attract urban Black voters. It also reports Eisenhower facing pressure from Senator Lodge to back civil rights, with Byrnes and Dixiecrats adding complexity to party loyalties.
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Adlai Stevenson
Franklin Roosevelt
Governor Talmadge
Georgia
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Stevenson
Lodge
Eisenhower
Military talk stirs Democratic campaign leadership clash
In a heated exchange over campaign roles several leaders dispute who is in command for Stevenson. Eisenhower calls Nixon his chief of staff while Sparkman opposes military phrasing. McKinney Wyatt Mitchell clash over who is commander in chief and Truman adds a private in the rear ranks remark.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Sparkman
Stevenson
National Democratic
Frank E. McKinney
Democratic National Committee
Wilson Wyatt
Stephen A. Mitchell
McKinney
Truman
Washington
Independent Editorial Services Group
Palmach
U. S
Myles J. Lane
Chandler’s
Billy Rose
Ben Bernie
Yale study links mental illness to economic status on public record
Yale University researchers, backed by a $78,000 Public Health Service grant, study how poverty and access to private care affect mental illness in the United States. They find crowding in public hospitals and more schizophrenia among lower economic classes, with treatment quality rising with income. The work aims to clarify how finances shape prognosis and access to therapy as the project progresses.
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American Psychiatric Association
Yale University
United States Public Health Service
Yale
Yale Group
Our Beloved America and the Immigrant Journey
A reminiscence on American immigration starting with a father from Bialystok arriving via Castle Garden. The writer recalls Battery Park beautification as a symbol of new America and the era when the nation welcomed hungry, frightened newcomers. The piece contrasts past myths with the immigrant experience.
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Bialystok
Russian
Poland
Park
New York
Battery Park
America
Castle Garden
Europe
United States
Campaign tensions and wartime echoes in a wide spread race
A roundup from Washington details Louisiana Senator Russell B. Long's clashes with Leander Perez, plus notes on vice presidential candidate continuity, Secretary Acheson's green carpet press conference, Boeing's B-52 origins, and espionage ties to Willkie and Wallace. Immigrant family memories highlight American assimilation and minority tensions.
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Washington
NEA
Louisiana
Russell B. Long
Leander Perez
Plaquemines Parish
Perez
Europe
Long
John Sparkman
Alabama
Richard Nixon
California
Senate
Sparkman
Nixon
John Garner
Texas
Senator McNary
Oregon
Willkie
Alben Barkley
State Department
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
Farouk
Dayton
Boeing Airplane Co
Boeing
Air Materiel Command
Air Force
Air Materiel Command Headquarters
Ed Wells
Art Carlsen
Maynard Pennell
H. W. Withington
Vaughn Blumenthal
Casual Comment on News and Travels of Thought
A reflective weekly column notes the churn of news from wars abroad to local tragedies and laughs at quick judgments. It recalls a Wall Street Journal quote on political argument and parables from a biologist lecture about life origins. The piece also mentions Dr. E Stanley Jones and jail terms in India, then reflects on Greek history and American religious influence.
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Germany
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Winston-Salem Journal
Medina
Old Country
Sheenie
Europe
America
Louis
Enterprise
Korea
Pacific
Aragment
Wall Street Journal
Earth
New Delhi
India
Broadway Season Preview Promises Wide Variety of Shows
Variety reports a large 1952-53 Broadway season with 69 plays and 24 musicals, boosting ticket scalpers with high net dividends over 1,000,000 dollars. Rural circuit premieres and critics praise some productions while others draw harsh judgments, with notes on stars Joan Crawford Patti Page Basil Rathbone Miriam Hopkins and industry chatter on TV and legal matters.
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Variety
Guys and Dolls
Angels
Broadway
Stockbridge
Mass
Pirandello
Westport
Conn
Sunday Times
Oklahoma
South Pacific
King and I
Heaven
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High Point
N. C
R. B. Terry
Robert L. Thompson
D. A. Rawley
W. Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflin
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FEPC
Byrnes
South Carolina
Military Democrats
West Germany
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Finland
George Sokolsky
Wendell Willkie
Henry A. Wallace
Pegasus
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Russia
China
Wallace
Moscow
W. A. Bivins
E. Stanley Jones
St. Paul
Christian Science Monitor
Greece
The
Monitor
Helen R. H. Nichol
Saint Paul
Drouth
Walter Winchell
Joan Crawford
Saddle Legion
Path of Hope
Donald O'Connor
Francis
West Point
Silver Creek
Curvey
Faith Domergue
John Crosson
City Hall
Ike
Henry Clay
Alger
Cong. Celler
Patti Page
Teevoo
ABC
East Side
Basil Rathebone
Sherlock Holmes
Max Gordon
Miriam Hopkins
Mme. Tussaud
Peter Lorre
Jean Dakrymple
P.a
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Philip Bloom
Pat Marad
Christopher Morley
Somerset Maugham
Chris
Maugham
Otis Guernesey
Herald
Hillyer
N. Y
G. Genzmer
A. Marx
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