Eisenhower State of the Union signals tougher Asia policy
President Eisenhower’s address outlines a hardening foreign policy including the refusal to shield Communist China from Nationalist attacks and a push for a new, positive policy. He calls for a balanced domestic plan with tax cuts tied to budget discipline and continued rent controls where housing shortages exist.
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Congress
U. S
China
Asia
United States
United States Seventh Fleet
Strait of
Formosa
Chiang
Korea
Europe
Jacksonian Humor at Alfalfa Club Nominations
At the 40th Alfalfa Club meeting, Robert H. Jackson was nominated for the presidency. He mocked the Eisenhower era as motorized progress ending horse and buggy days, calling the banishment of the high hat the first key decision and noting headroom limits in a General Motors car.
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Washington
Alfalfa Club
Robert H. Jackson
Eisenhower
General Motors
High Wages Challenge Marxian Thesis on Middle Class Rise
Brookings Institution economists report that rising wages may move U S workers into a steady middle class, challenging the view that big business erodes competition. Alfred Sloan Jr and E T Weir sponsor the work, with Steve Dubrul urging that high pay fosters bourgeois values and a stronger middle-class environment.
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U.S
Brookings Institution
A.D.H. Kaplan
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
E. T. Weir
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Alfred Sloan
National Steel
Europe
Brookings
Steve Dubrul
Dubrul
Eneral Motors
Public schools and hospitals need stronger funding push
Raleigh observers tie rising PTA involvement to school administration gains in California and North Carolina. Lt. Gov Hodges urges broader cultural investment, noting only about ten percent of gross income goes to cultural and service phases while mental hospital needs grow with staffing and facility gaps.
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California
Kirkman
Senator Kirkman
Parent-Teacher Association
United States
Parent Teacher Congress
Los Angeles County
North Carolina
PTA
Luther Hodges
Goldsboro
North Carolina Division of Commerce and Industry
Hodges
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kannapolis
Jaycees
Kannapolis Jaycee Club
Hospital Board of Control
General Assembly
Budget Commission
Groundhog Day Reflections on Winter's End and Spring
The piece muses that February signals spring is near, framing Groundhog Day as a playful reminder rather than a weather omen. It notes January’s faults and March looming, with winter’s end becoming a question of when not if.
February Weather Adds Water To Streams In a Warm Thaw
The February thaw brings higher streams and brown hills amid above normal moisture levels. January ran about three degrees warmer than normal, suggesting mixed weather ahead with snow, ice, wind, and rain possible before March arrives in twenty eight days.
Wilson’s three speeches linked to Defense post rise
Washington study traces Charles E. Wilson’s fall 1951 talks on dual purpose defense plants and rapid peacetime to war production. He argues ending direct price and wage controls, replacing with money supply actions, and endorses GM UAW wage formulas with annual 2 percent gains and cost of living adjustments.
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NEA
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
General Eisenhower
Wilson
United Auto Workers
American Ordnance Association
Cincinnati
U. S
Fora
Dallas
Tex
Society For Advancement of Management
Michigan State College
Actress Caroline Jones Defends Inconsistent Social Life
Quote from movie actress Caroline Jones criticizes labeling actresses as only business girls and separating social life from career. The second line presents evangelist Billy Graham urging God intervention through prayer as a solution to the Korean dilemma.
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New York
Chicago
Carolyn Jones
Billy Graham
Evangelist
Flu and public life mix in a High Point column
The column mixes personal illness with reflections on public service and culture. It notes a bout of flu with bronchial complications, jokes about cures, then discusses presidential appointments, fleeting ideas during illness, a radio anecdote on Doré and Christ, and ends with gratitude to a guest writer who filled in for the author.
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United States
Dore
Christ
Strifles
Sir William Osler
High Point
W.A.B
Promising Pitcher Faces Dental Woes and Setback
A young pitcher for a major club struggled with failing teeth after joining the team. The club paid for a dental specialist, but the illness worsened his form and led to him being sent to the minors. One teammate offered sympathy as he left, but the pitcher vowed he would return.
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