Barbershop talk in Washington hides secrets from public
The Houston Chronicle notes senators and bureaucrats keep many discussions secret citing classification. A reporter failed to pierce the lather curtain in the barbershop as talk about defense and aid remains shielded. Citizens grow wary of limited access to national capital affairs.
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Washington
Laos
CIA
Pakistan
Senate
Pentagon
Wire Service
The
Chronicle
Those Invincible Britons Set World Records
The Herald Tribune praises Britain’s spirit noting two weeks of global records. Bridge players from Cambridge logged 72 hours 45 minutes with 618 hands. 9,001 handshakes in 10 hours 10 minutes. 110 miles of military marching in 3 hours 27 minutes. a machinist's 134 hours piano run. other feats include marathon talking and odd endurance stunts. The piece argues Britain remains capable of leadership in tough challenges.
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Britain
Cambridge
Pennsylvania
Ting
Leeds
Bristol
Toil Or Trouble High on List of Child Labor Reforms
The Montgomery Advertiser discusses child labor laws as a social reform. It notes improved working conditions and cites Gov. Rockefeller and Asbury Park Evening Press calling for study and possible repeal or modification. It argues idle youths fuel delinquency and cites sociological theories on teenage crime and the calming effect of labor duties.
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England
America
Rockefeller
New York
New Jersey
Asbury Park Evening Press
State Department of Labor
Automation and Liberty in the American Labor Struggle
The piece argues against union tactics and warns that automation fuels progress, insisting history shows machines create more jobs over time. It condemns union leaders for hindering production and promoting socialist policies that kill employment while urging acceptance of industrial advancement.
High Point Enterprise Rates Displayed
The High Point Enterprise lists mail subscription rates for 6 months 3 months and 1 month with daily and Sunday options and prices. The notice references publication details and a matter at the Point North Carolina under a March 3 1879 authority.
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Ay Mail
High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
PRL
Point
N. C
Critchfield’s clash with a narrow conflict rule blocks top science post
Dr. Charles L. Critchfield, a leading scientist, declines the head of the Advanced Research Projects Agency due to a so called conflict of interest rule. The piece argues the rule harms national needs by keeping brilliant minds from government service and criticizes Congressman Holifield for opposing Critchfield due to Convair ties. It surveys Critchfield’s career from George Washington University to Los Alamos and Oak Ridge.
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Charles L. Critchfield
Advanced Research Projects Agency
United States
Chet Holifield
California
Critchfield
Convair
Pentagon
George Washington University
University of Rochester
Princeton
Cancer Co., Inc
Los Angeles
Bikini Atoll
U.S
Geneva
Switzerland
Dr. Critchfield
Congressman Holifield
Hodges Names Makepeace Private Secretary and Swain to Lead Roads
Governor Hodges selected Harold Makepeace to be his private secretary and W F Babcock named John P Swain of Raleigh to head the highway department's secondary roads division. Makepeace will join the governor January 1 as Ed Rankin leaves for a public relations career with John Harden Associates. Swain brings eightteen years as Wake County commissioner and leadership in county state relations on road issues. The announcements hint at political calculations surrounding Hodges and potential vice presidential ambitions.
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Hodges
Harold Makepeace
W. F. Babcock
John P. Swain
Raleigh
John Harden
Rankin
John Swain
Wake County Board of Commissioners
State Association of County Commissioners
Notes On The News By Charles Pearson
The piece discusses Hodges 1952 vote margins and a 1956 campaign seen as a historic set up. It notes Makepeace raised funds then kept a large reserve and hints he may move from governor’s private secretary to influential in-state roles and national contacts.
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Calleaders
Hodges
Makepeace
Luther Hodges
Bailiwick
United States
Harold Makepeace
Community Letters Propose Phone Post Reform and Tax Talk
A reader urges a statewide phone post ban with a public asterisk to block unsolicited home calls, praising privacy protections and enlisting support from Mr Bell's system. The piece proposes penalties and asks for General Assembly action.
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Daily
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High Point Enterprise
George Sokolsky
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Politi
Charles Pearson
Senator
Holt McPherson
James H. McKinney
Greenville Piedmont
McKinney
Mr. Bell
General Assembly
Max Cooke
YMCA
United Nations
U.N
Wilbur Mills
Life Magazine
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
A. G. Dixon
Old Methodist Protestant Children’s Home
Baltimore
H. N. Williard
Hervie
High Point
Beeson
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