Smathers Proposes Nationwide Primaries and Direct Election Plan
Senator Smathers calls for nationwide party nominating primaries to empower voters, direct presidential voting to end Electoral College dependence, and a three day voting period. He also seeks a limit on vice presidential terms after a death in office. He argues both primaries and direct election would strengthen democracy.
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Gov
Adlai F. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard Russell
Georgia
Hatteras National Park Aims to Boost Outer Banks Boom
North Carolina's Outer Banks could become a major tourism and hunting area with the new Hatteras Seashore Park. National Park Service Director Conrad Wirth says seven villages will stay free of government restrictions, allowing locals to control development and profits.
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Atlantic
Hatteras National Park
Conrad Wirth
National Park Service
National Park
Wirth
Hatteras Seashore
United States
Lost Colony
Nags Head
Dare
Virgin
New Model Cars Delayed By Hiring Women Test Drivers
Reports say car makers delay this year due to hiring women test drivers. Other items note a Toledo man admiting to stealing a car and a Lorain resident buying a 40 by 13,300 foot land strip with unclear use.
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Lorain
Ohio
Neighborhood divides over bomb fears and TV dreams
In Greeneville Tennessee the town splits between those bracing for an atom bomb and others looking forward to color television, reflecting a national mood of anxiety and optimism.
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Greeneville
Tenn
Sun
Conflicted View of China Policy Reveals Hidden Communist Ties
In The Enemy Within, Father Raymond J. de Jaegher and Irene Kuhn trace how a Chinese Communist, Ching Nu-chi, served as Chief Secretary of the Chinese Documents Secretariat under General Marshall. The account suggests he manipulated translated data and published top secret documents, highlighting intelligence gaps and alleged Communist influence in U.S. China policy from 1945 to 1949.
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China
Raymond J. de Jaegher
Irene Corbelly Kuhn
Ching Nu-chi
Chinese Documents Secretariat
George Marshall
Chicago
Mashall
Marshall
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Hongkong
Wedemeyer
General Marshall
Peiping
James Grant
Genera Marshall
Korea
Manchuria
Father de Jaegher
Mark Tennien
Father Tennien
Foreign policy challenges face new U S President in 1953
The incoming president must be briefed on Korea war progress and UN negotiations and decide whether major aid programs will be abolished cut back or expanded. Expiring trade and defense acts loom as the new administration shapes policy amid Cold War pressures.
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Nea
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Korea
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
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Council
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Europe
Near East
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Asia and Pacific
Latin America
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Mexico
Canada
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Haiti
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Denmark
Ethiopia
Greece
Israel
Italy
UN Children’s Emergency Organization
International Labor Organization
U. S. Commission For
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
U. S.S
Wisconsin
Charles J. Kersten
Entertainer Offers Spark up to 15000 Weekly Appearance
A certified standing offer proposes Margaret to earn 15000 dollars per week for a five minute teevy appearance with Iulia piano and Margaret singing on the Arthur Murray program. The Conaway Agency claims multiple similar offers exist.
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Dght
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Arthur Murray
Conaway
Robert Maurice
Baruch
Connecticut
Ike
Prez
Benton
Borey Yellow
Raymond G. Swing
Voice of America
Dept. of State
Macy's
Chucklers
Boxing Industry Medical Reform Calls From Doctor
Dr. Frank Ferlaino says quotes boxing as an industry has not valued a medical program and overdue reforms are needed while warning of ongoing off ensive threats. Air Force Secretary Finletter notes repeated enemy attempts in the air may occur again. President Truman comments on Republican control and potential loss of scenery and fishing access.
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Frank Ferlaino
Air Force
Thomas Finletter
Mayor of Washington and the Ike question in a smoggy political year
A satirical column rails at Washington corruption and the outgoing city leadership. It riffs on District of Columbia officials including F. Joseph Donohue and mocks the idea of new crooks. The piece recounts an FBI tour anecdote and critiques the new U.S. Courthouse lacking a private dining room for judges.
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F. Joseph Donohue
Fnster
Donohue
Ike
Ben Merson
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Merson
Mr. Merson
U.S. District Court
U.S
3Rd St
Pennsylvania Ave
Grand Jury
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