Influence Of Newspapers In An Evolving Public Sphere
A Huntington Herald-Advertiser column argues modern newspapers no longer wield as much influence as 19th century papers. It cites reader education, government complexity, and the need for truth and integrity as the core roles of journalism, noting Los Angeles papers failed this standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Bull Run
Trib
Une
Greeley
Mead questions US education approach and home schooling potential
Anthropologist Margaret Mead questions the entire US school system in an educational journal. She asks if mothers who spend all day with children could teach reading, money sense, time, space, and calendar, challenging the need for schools and raising issues of class, responsibility, and acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mead
United States
The Clock Follies of a Local Woman
A humorous piece from The Asheville Citizen Times lampoons a woman who relies on many clocks to manage time. Six timepieces, plus a wristwatch, create varying readings from a kitchen stove to a bedroom. The narrator pokes fun at misaligned clocks and the result is a chaotic personal time system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
Raleigh presses push for better facilities in new statehouse
North Carolina editors denounce rumored plans to deny journalists adequate space in the multimillion dollar Raleigh building. They urge a proper press room as reporters and photographers serve as the public’s ears and eyes during the General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Raleigh
General Assembly
High Point Enterprise Formally Lists Staff and Rates
The High Point Enterprise of High Point North Carolina issues a staff and rate sheet with president secretary treasurer editor and management names and carrier and mail subscription prices. It notes AP cooperation and postal classification with contract and advertising details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Holt McCpherson
Joe Brown
Eevee
Co. W. Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflin
THE
Associated Press
Conssear Oie
N.C
High Point
N. C
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Centaur to surpass Glenns in power for future space flights
The Centaur rocket, designed by General Dynamics Astronautics, will use liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to power upper stages, offering far higher energy per pound than the Atlas. NASA ordered 10 Centaur rockets for R D through 1964, with first tests aiming for sub orbital flights at Cape Canaveral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart H. Loory
Herald Tribune News Service
Cape Canaveral, Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Space
Glenn
Centaur
Atlas
Col. Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agency
General Dynamics’ Astronautics
Soviet Union
Pratt & Whitney
GDA
Venus
Earth
Pratt and Whitney
NASA
Moon
Government intrusion in steel bargaining sparks debate
Labor and industry leaders recoil at government role in negotiating contracts after Arthur Goldberg urged considering the public welfare in wage talks. The issue echoes the 1959 116 day steel strike and raises questions about potential price controls and arbitration. Goldberg proposed prestrike industry statistics to inform the public and pressure parties toward settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Government pressured early in steel contract talks
Notes on the News recount how the government has long intervened in labor disputes and argues for early guideline setting and possible recommendations. It recalls 1959 efforts, Eisenhower era injunctions, Kennedy’s 1960 stance, and current pushes by Kennedy and Goldberg for faster negotiations and flexible weapons in labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Goldberg
Democratic
Congress
Heroic Boy Scout Rescues in Lake Moultrie Tragedy
Buck Crawford, a Boy Scout field executive, saved D. L. Taylor after the 17-foot boat sank in icy Lake Moultrie waters. Crawford held Swink afloat for hours, dived repeatedly to locate him, then revived Taylor with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. He and Taylor were later rescued by locals from Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Moultrie
Alan Swink
Buck Crawford
D. L. Taylor
Swink
Crawford
Taylor
Aiken
Bucky Crawford
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Huntington Herald-Advertiser
Green Bay
Asheville Citizen
High Point Enterprise
North Main Street
Rocketry
Glenns
By James Marlow
Richard M. Nixon
James P. Mitchell
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers’ Union
Eisenhower
Mitchell
Nixon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Steel Industry
Holt McPherson
Carson Stout
Twilight Civitan Club
Vern Nygard
Jack Boylin
High Point College
Gernander
Gleason
Method
Duluth
Nygard
Duluth Eskimos
Chicago Cardinals
Vern
Department of Interior
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