Stillness at Gettysburg as Eisenhower weighs run
An ominous quiet in Gettysburg over the weekend surrounds President Eisenhower's decision on a possible second term. Sources note medical opinions vary on his fitness, with a public choice anticipated within weeks as lawmakers observe stock market signals and party implications.
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Gettysburg
Jim Hagerty
Presidential
Hagerty
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Harry Truman
Washington
Paul Dudley White
Howard M. Snyder
Truman rips Nixon over traitor remark dispute
Leonard W Hall accused Nixon of calling Truman a traitor and Nixon refused to comment aboard a Washington bound flight. Truman defends his stance, says Nixon and fellow Republicans smeared Democrats, and demands accountability for Nixon's remarks and conduct.
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Leonard W. Hall
Harry S. Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Harry
Truman
Nixon
Hall
Washington
South America
Editorial on Territorial Waters and Fishing Rights Disputes
The joint Norwegian Russian communique frames fishing rights as a legal matter. It notes Norway’s four mile limit and Russia’s indirect admission that vessels broke it. The piece reviews global water limits, US Russia tensions, and ongoing UN and Inter-American talks on maritime law and 200 mile claims.
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Russia
Norway
U. S. State Department
International Court of Justice
the Hague
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
France
International Law Commission of the
United Nations
General Assembly
Santiago
Chile
Ecuador
Peru
Mexico City
Dominican Republic
Bid For Stalin Crown Heads For Climax At Red Congress
U S officials report Khrushchev seeks Stalin’s power at the 20th Party Congress opening in Moscow February 14. Purges deepen as Yasnov replaces Puzanov in Moscow, with Zhukov losing prestige and the Red Army under tighter party control. Khrushchev moves to align loyalists while Bulganin remains a front man as Molotov exits power.
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Washington
NEA
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
U. S
Gregory Zhukov
Geneva
Red Army
Stalin
Lavrenti Beria
Khrushchev
M. Puzanov
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
Mikhail A. Yasnov
Moscow
Lithuania
Uzebekistan
Russia
Red Congress
Far
Middle East
Germany
Malenkov
Red China
India
Indo-China
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Nasser
Nehru
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Asia
Africa
Kremlin
Beria
Vyacheslav Molotov
Molotov
Restful living versus the Strenuous Life in a restless era
George Sokolski reflects on rest and purpose amid modern noise and work. He contrasts Theodore Roosevelt’s Strenuous Life with a slower, family-centered pace, questions wage conflicts and political myths, and notes Lenin’s era showing no one is indispensable as life hangs by a thread.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Lily Pons
Soviet Russia
Lenin
Trotzky
Stalin
Mexico
Notable Reflections on Leisure and a World in Flux
The writer ponders how to fill leisure time with elevating pursuits amid a modern din of loud talkers and brainless media. He recalls Petrograd and a perilous journey in 1918, recalling hardships of the Russian Daily News and survival through freezing ordeals before returning home after thirteen years, suggesting a sense of providence and purpose in endurance.
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Petrograd
Siberia
China
Tours and banners for North Carolina historic journeys
Lynn Nisbet describes proposed North Carolina travel tours visiting Roanoke Island, Bath, Guilford Courthouse and other sites, with routes west to east or reverse. The piece also notes Wake Forest Seminary finances and Duke portrait search for J. B. Buck Duke, detailing photo challenges and requests for a good Buck Duke image.
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New York City
Natchez
Mississippi
Tidewater
Virginia
Garden Clubs
North Carolina
Travel Council of
Departments of Archives & History, Conservation & Development
Roanoke Island
Kill Devil Hills
Pasquotank County
North Carolina General Assembly
Edenton
Bath
New Bern
Tryon
Fort Mason
Fort Fisher
Fayetteville
Raleigh
Bennett Place
Durham
Alamance Battleground
Guilford
Charlotte
Kings Mountain
Rutherfordton
Cherokee
DeSoto
Sir Walter Rah
Roanoke
Use Of Atomic Power Seems Likely To Arrive Slowly
Washington reports a Joint Congressional Committee survey on peaceful atomic energy predicts a gradual rise in use. By 1980 only 25 to 40 percent of U S electric power may come from atomic energy, with major gains in transportation and gradual industrial adoption.
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Washington
U .S
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Clinton Anderson
D-Nm
Robert McKinney
Santa Fe New Mexican
McKinney Committee
Ernest R. Breech
Ford Motors
Frank M. Folsom
RCA
Notable quotes mix politics and business across eras
A collage of largely unverified quotations features Gov. Frank D. Clement on union safety, Juan Peron about carrying a gun, Grace Kelly and Mrs. Paley as best dressed, Jim Tatum’s coaching move, and Henry Ford’s remarks on investor hype and Ford Motor Co. stock.
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Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford WU
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