Chicago study links murder rate to violent media
The Chicago Daily News hired 30 monitors to track children's TV from Christmas to New Year and counted 93 murders and 295 violent crimes. The text suggests violent media may contribute to national violence, noting higher U S murder rates versus Europe and Britain.
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United States
U. S
England
Wales
Netherlands
Finland
Europe
Russia
Chicago
Great Britain
Chicago Daily News
Citizenship Fight Spurs Irish Born Soldier in Korea
Editorial backing Eddie Cantor urges U S citizenship for Patrick Desmond Kennedy an Irish born Cleveland man who served in Korea. The piece argues service during Korea should qualify as wartime and criticizes denial of Kennedy’s petition calling the Korean conflict a real war and noting families affected by the fighting.
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Eddie Cantor
U. S
Korea
Patrick Desmond Kennedy
Voung Kennedy
Cantor
Kennedy
Eisenhower Reassigns VIP Plane Dew Drop for Use
President Eisenhower redirects Truman era DC 6 Independence to routine VIP service and instead uses the Constellation 8610 named Dew Drop after Tom Dewey once linked to it. The switch reflects the administration's transport choices for high level travel.
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Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Independence
Air Force
Tom Dewey
Portrait of Wesley Roberts Elevates GOP Chairman
Washington columnist Peter Edson profiles Wesley Roberts as the new Republican national chairman. Described as quiet, efficient, and straight-talking, Roberts rose from Kansas state politics and helped align Eisenhower’s campaign with the Old Guard for victory. His challenges include patronage, limited jobs for loyalists, and widening margin to regain Congress in 1954.
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Wesley Roberts
Republican
Peter Edson
Washington
Roberts
Kansas
GOP
Eisenhower
Congress
Life Is A Burden From Our Annual Material Footprint
A passage estimates per person yearly material use totaling 18 tons and a 65 year retiree consuming about 1 170 tons across a lifetime. It breaks down annual needs into fuel 14 000 pounds metals from ore 800 pounds food 1 600 pounds and other commodities including cotton wool timber and building materials 10 000 pounds.
PTA and a Secret
Senator Arthur Kirkman of Guilford cites North Carolina's 237,998 PTA members, noting state participation signals local school interest. He argues active citizen involvement underpins internal growth and could attract industry, urging engagement in churches libraries hospitals and recreation as faith in the state.
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Arthur Kirkman
Guilford
North Carolina
Kirkman
Parent-Teacher Association
Los Angeles County
California
P.T. A
Hodges
Formosa Freed From Enforced Inactivity Policy Reversal
The piece argues that after Truman and Acheson, U S policy kept Chiang Kai shek on Formosa and limited his raids while Soviet China moved toward recognition. It credits Eisenhower and Dulles with reversing the policy, freeing Formosa from enforced inactivity and endorsing stronger action to counter Communist advances in Asia.
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China
Harry Truman
Dean Acheson
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
America
Lin Piao
South China
Manchuria
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Chiang
Mainlland
Marshall-Acheson
Soviet China
United Nations
United States
State Department
Eisenhower
Truman
Seventh Fleet
Pacific
Japan
General MacArthur
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Okinawa
Philippines
Far East
Rotary
John Foster Dulles
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Leahy
Radford
Reorganization Debates Rile NC Highway Plans
In Raleigh debate over Governor Umstead’s highway and Public Works Commission reorganization flags opposition to concentrating control in a five member governor appointed commission. Critics worry about checks and balances as discussions consider prison system studies and gubernatorial authority amid hospitalizations.
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State Highway and Public Works Commission
Senate
House
North Carolina
Special Commission
General Assembly
Umstead
Broadway social notes sparkle with stars and scandals
In New York honky tonk and supper club culture, celebs including ZaSu Pitts Jessie Royce Landis Morton Downey and Geraldine Page mingle at the Penguin Stork Club and Lindy’s. A bartender jokes that a $1 tip is Republican money as Broadway gossip, fashion and theater buzz flow through Midtown venues and public notices.
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Geo
Jean Nathan
John Chapman
Brooks Atkinson
Katzendrama
ZaSu Pitts
Penguin
G'wich Village
Jessie Royce Landis
Morton Downey
Geraldine Page
Toy Lewis
Jarma
Neighborhood Playhouse
John Wayne
Hollyweird
la Vie En Rose
Wayne, Women & Son
Anne Baxter
Gilmore
Lindy’s
Milton Berle
AEC Quells Fears of Atomic Tests in Nevada
The Atomic Energy Commission announces a March Nevada test series with 18 000 troops involved and a 121 station radiation monitoring network. It reports no injuries from blast or fall out and minimal impact on soil water and livestock, urging no alarm and wider safety briefings.
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Washington
NEA
Nevada
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Nev
United States
U. S
AEC
Nevada Proving Ground
Armed Services
Civil Defense
Commission
Japan
Alamo Gordo, N. M
Civil Aeronautics Authority
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Qeres
U.S
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Chester Nimitz
Mr. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Raleigh
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
Franklin Roosevelt
Scott
Durham
the Broadway Owl
New York
Walter Winchell
Peter
George M. Cohan
George M
Mickey Jelke
Boyfren
S. S
Confucius
D. A
Sutton
Nite Pipple
Dolores Gray
Flanders
Dolores
Wrens
Maggie
M. Barrie
Michael Gordon
Victor Lasky
Lousephine Baker
Mag
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Constance Carpenter
King and I
Miami Beach
Eve Perf
Stork Club
Runyon Cancer Fund
Walter
Mr. Big
Idlewild
Stork
Medical Society
Dubrow
Major
McCarthy
Bob Olin
Theodore’s
Broadway
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Lenox Hill
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