U.S. Pushes Self-Determination to Counter Soviet Pressure
Washington signals a counter-offensive on Berlin by pressing self-determination for Eastern European areas under Soviet control. The State Department compiles evidence of wartime pledges, arguing Moscow uses self-determination rhetoric to mask power grabs while demanding stronger Western bargaining and a transparent, moral showdown over Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Berlin
Europe
State Department
Eastern
West
Soviet Union
Fair Trade Legislation Faces Hurdles in Senate Hearings
A special Senate Commerce subcommittee opens hearings on fair trade bills amid a patchwork of state laws. Support from national retail druggists clashes with opposition from discount houses. Since 1950, Supreme Court rulings have weakened state price fixing, complicating federal action. Public interest skews to lower prices, while passage remains unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Commerce
Supreme Court
Congress
House Rules Committee
Truth in Lending Debate Opens in Senate Subcommittee
Editorial notes a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing on the Douglas truth in lending bill to require written disclosure of total costs and annual rate on consumer credit. It cites opposition as politically risky and outlines technical flaws, with support from bankers groups and consumer advocates, yet federal regulators hesitate to enforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Douglas
D-1
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Congress
Douglas
William McMartin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
William J. Cheyney
National Foundation For Consumer Credit
American Bankers Association
National Consumers League
Afl-Cio
Hal Tribbte
Asheville
U.S
Space Age Hiring: Celestial Mechanic for Mars Route
Space era jobs hint at a celestial mechanic needed within a decade to chart interplanetary routes, set departure times, and monitor astral weather. Experts warn of gravity fields, radiation belts, dust, and asteroids while noting Harvard, GE plans for a space weather station and early computer use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goverprise
Asia
New York
Celestial Mechanic
Mars
Venus
Cape Cod
Cape Canaveral
Moon
U. S
Earth
Harvard University
General Electric
Space Vehicle Department
Isaac Newton
Whitener fears eased by Quaker action
A High Point Friends Meeting action disavowing the American Friends Service Committee reassures Christians and conservatives about religious freedom. The church group’s stance follows a Church League of America report and cites names like Martin Hall Alger Hiss and Bayard Austin as involved in alleged political activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitener
Enterprise
High Point
Wheaton
Minois
Martin Hall
Alger Hiss
Bayard Austin
McDaniel Lewis
Greensboro
Church League of America
Lewis
Smuggling of pep pills and border line drugs exposed
Columbia police break up a plan to smuggle 1000 pep pills from the Mexican border to the South Carolina Penitentiary in a shoe box addressed to the prison education director. Three convicts and three Columbia men face charges as FDA campaigns curb teen use of sets and related narcotic risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina State Penitentiary
State Penitentiary
Food and Drug Administration
Insiders
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ovid
God
Africa
Latin America
Moscow
Senate
High Point Enterprise
N.C
UN North Mato Stlvet High Point
Iitita
D. A. Rawley
B. Terry Holt McPhersoon
Joe Brown
Pat Reson
W. Idol JR
Charles
N C
Ward Cannel
Jupiter
Adiion
Nyc
The
Freedom Riders
Midtown Manhattan
Seventh Ave
20Th Street
Irving Potash
Communist Party
Nesro James Jackson
Benjamin J. Davis
Party
New York City
South
Milton Rosen
Mildred Macavoy Edelman
National Committee
Griffin Asheboro
Cobb
Bill Cobb
North Carolina
State Election Board
Madison County
Marshall
Mars Hall
Zeno Ponder
Adam Thomason
Lake Street
Southern Furniture Exposition
Yuri A. Gagarin
Khrushchev
Soviet Russia
House of Israel
Balaam
Agag
Israel
Eet Aifernon
FDA
Paul O'Halleran
O’halloran
Ford
C. C. Stoker
Molt McPherson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!