High Rock's Challenge Prompts Lake Safety Action
Milford H. Byerly captain of the High Point Rescue Squad describes the search for two boys lost at High Rock Lake. He urges citizens to form a patrol for lake safety and promote use of life preservers to prevent further tragedies. He notes recurring deaths over 25 years and calls for leadership to implement safeguards.
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Milford H. Byerly
High Point
High Rock Lake
Byerly
High Rock
Senate
Washington
Alger Hiss
State Department
United Nations
Department
United States
U.N
Hiss
James F. Byrnes
U.N. Secretariat
Gerhart Eiseler
Winston-Salem Journal
Eisler
95 Fold Tax Boost On Government Finances In 20 Years
Eisenhower faces a vastly different fiscal picture as he takes office. The piece compares 1932 tax data with the 1953 outlook, noting per capita taxes rising from about 14.40 to 425 and total federal revenues approaching 70 billion. It frames the shift as a challenge for Republicans and taxpayers alike.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
United States
Washington
New York Law Holds Parents Liable For Public Property Vandalism
City officials push a Moses backed measure making parents liable in court and subject to fines when children damage public property. Officials cite yearly losses in the hundreds of thousands and note vandalism from buses to apartment halls, with both genders involved and police creating a special squad to respond.
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New York
Moses
Dad
Junior
Free enterprise can build power plants for needed capacity
The Chattanooga News Free Press asserts private power firms can meet expansion needs without socialism. It cites 15 companies forming Ohio Valley Electric Corporation to build two steam plants totaling 2.2 million kilowatts for the Atomic Energy Commission and plans by five New York power companies for Niagara Falls expansion, arguing government approval underpins private enterprise output and criticizing socialized power efforts.
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Free Enterprise
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
Atomic Energy Commission
Niagara Falls
New York State
Ohio
America
Britain
Chattanooga News-Free Press
Brannan’s Farewell Humor Draws Gauntlet of Jests
Washington notes roast of Secretary Brannan as he leaves the Agriculture Department. Critics mock his brochure What’s Your Future guiding unfired staff and urge education while joking about mustard and turnip greens policy. A Philippine student letter to Senator Case adds light irony to the scene.
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Washington
Charles F
Baldy
Brannan
Agriculture Department
U. S
Francis Case
South Dakota
National Agricultural School
Philippines
Hon. Case
United States Senate
Demas Landazabel Jr
Demas
OPS
Fleet Admiral King biography on sale in New York
A new biography Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record by W. W. Norton and Company is on sale. Roscoe Drummond praises King as WWII CNO architect of naval strategy and a driving force behind Allies' victory. Local veterans recall his leadership and a barber describes his courtesy aboard ships. The page also notes a 24-person Morgan Kirkman reunion in the Sheraton and various regional political notes.
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Joint Chiefs of Combined Staff
Combined Chiefs of Staff
King
Drummond
Admiral King
Pacific
Notable quotes on prejudice and economy from Carter and Truman
Hodding Carter praises diminishing racial and religious prejudice with an end in sight, while a Truman quote urges distinguishing true economy from false economy and suggests ending Korea fighting promptly if possible. The remarks reflect mid century political discourse on civil rights and war diplomacy.
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Hodding Carter
Mississippi
Notable New York Social Buzz Flows From Moonlight Town Gossip
A collage of late 1950s gossip and mini-news items spans royal ties, political intrigues, divorces, marriages, and show business. Items mention Eleanor and legal talks in Billy Rose case, Patricia Neal linked to Royal Dahls, war hero lore, boxers and promoters, and socialites in New York clubs.
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Duke & Duchess
Jimmy Donahue
St. Patrick’s
House of Lords
Windsor
Protestant Episcopal Church of England
Billy Rose
Eleanor
Patricia Neal
Children's Hour
Royal Dahls
The
New Yorker
Gen. Montgomery
Dahl
Stass Reed
Martha Cuneo
Mex
Vace
American Civil Liberties Union
Nat'l Board
Quirky 1950s Snippets Spark Conversation Across Newsroom
A Birmingham dealer’s free snowplow aid wins buyers while another offers free car in emergencies. The Miami News riffs on mink theft, sex tests, wall adhesives, cigarette trends, and Gulf Stream lore. Punchlines on dating, sky writing, and peanuts round out a collage of era talk.
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Birmingham
Mich
Miami Daily News
Radio-Electronics Magazine
Hugo Gernsback
Matthew Maury
Oine
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N. Y
Rk. BR
Holt McPherson
Co. W., Patterson, JR
Chattanooga News Free Press
Humorist
George Dixon
Bald Bird
USDA
Department of Agriculture
Govment
Ike
O. Arthur Kirkman
Sheraton Hotel
Kirkmans
Morgan
Kirkman
Tormer Katharine Morgan
Salisbury
J. L. Morgan
Lutheran Synod of North
Dr. Morgan
Oak Ridge
Rope
Sweden
Stock
Hopper
Lenoir
Great Britain
India
Gladys Morgan Hopper
Raleigh
Solon
Guilford County
President Truman
Korea
Uu Ve
Eisenhower
Truman
Capitol
Adlai Stevenson
Dorothy Thompson
Rosenbergs
Arthur Vandenber, Jr
Jim Norris
Int'l
Dick Merrill
Eastern Airlines
Tropical Park
Constellation
Ussr
Russia
Nehru
Stalin
Atty
Brownell
Acheson
Mrs
Archibald MacLeish
Joe McCarthy
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Daddy
Margaret Better
Teevy
Canada
Pres. Truman
Commodore Hotel
Wall St. Journal
Howard Hughes
Aquanetta
Charles Mosconi
Edith Brady
Loui Prentiss
Alan Dale
Oblivion
Victoria Cordova
Roger Dann
Herbert Marshall
Lee
Peter
Alicia Krug
Maggie
Aida Alvarez
Richard Douses
Frankie Carle
David Marx
N. Y. City
Runyon Cancer Fund
Coplon
Siam
Greece
Italy
Josephine Baker
Colombia
Alfonso Lopez
Park Ave
Depravda
Dmitri Trofimovitch Shepilov
Miami Beach
Joanne Gilbert
Clover Club
Martha Raye
George Hine
Bamboo Room
Park Avenue
Wingy
Jerry Cooke
Gulf of Mexico
Hollywood
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