Bird dog remark stirs critics over unemployment comment
The passage recounts Charles E. Wilson, head of the Defense Department, defending offhand remarks about the jobless in Detroit. He said he preferred bird dogs that hunt for food over kennel-fed dogs, arguing workers should seek employment rather than rely on government aid. The incident drew political debate and mixed interpretation.
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Charles E. Wilson
Department of Defense
Detroit
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Washington
National Nurse Week Business and Professional Women Oil Progress Week
The Enterprise highlights National Nurse Week three observances this week Oil Progress Week and Business and Professional Women's Week. It lauds nurses for their selfless service and notes the Economic impact of the Business and Professional Women’s Federation with 165000 members across 48 states and territories. It traces oil’s rise from a Pennsylvania well to a $30 billion industry and humorously cautions against week fatigue.
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Business and Professional Women's National Federation
States
District of Columbia
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Pennsylvania
FTC files suit over coffee futures market manipulation
The Federal Trade Commission charges the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange with unlawful restrictions on trading that inflated coffee prices for consumers. The suit cites restrictive contracts limiting futures trading to 10 percent of US imports and ties the 1953 54 price spiral to the exchange’s trading methods.
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New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Federal Trade Commission
United States
FTC
Gray urges direct petitions for paved roads through district office
Ninth District Highway Commissioner James A Gray Jr urges Forsyth County to direct paved road petitions to the district highway office. He notes many county petitions are approved without real authority and suggests the State Highway District handle inquiries and establish work priorities. Road matters should proceed through proper channels, avoiding county commissions rubber stamping requests.
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Ninth District Highway
James A. Gray Jr
Forsyth Board of County Commissioners
Guilford
State Highway District Office
Gray
Muffed Chance Looks Good For Water Insurance in Piedmont
The ghost of Styers Ferry looms as North Carolina cities debate water security and flood protection. High Point pursued a power site and reservoir on Deep River while Winston-Salem and Greensboro weighed bids on land resold by the federal government. Kerr Scott warned these towns to secure long term water insurance.
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Piedmont
Forsyth
Davidson
Davie
High Point
Greensboro
Styers Ferry
U. S
Yadkin River
Thomasville
Lexington
Winston-Salem
Washington
Kerr Scott
Open Letter to Senator Ralph E. Flanders from George SokolsKy
George SokolsKy writes a confessional open letter to Senator Ralph E. Flanders criticizing Joe McCarthy and praising Flanders. He reflects on Pat McCarran’s death and notes the siege of anti-Communist battles, concluding with Lao Tzu quotes and a personal farewell.
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Ralph E. Flanders
Senate
Senator Flanders
Joe McCarthy
Joe
United States Senate
British Labour Party
Pat McCarran
Pat
Absentee Ballot Scandal Spurs North Carolina Change
The episode in Graham County reveals absence ballot price manipulation across counties. A 1939 statewide act repealed prior local laws, nullifying old controls and prompting an SBI probe as factions race to expose and curb absentee sales amid a Democratic party tug of war.
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North Carolina
Graham County
Eighth Congressional District
Cherokee
Rutherford
Graham
Macon
Wilkes
SBI
R. M
Jack
Atk Woe
Eratic
Campaign ethics and absentee voting amid North Carolina politics
The article recalls misuses in the 1938 Burgin Deane primary with absentee ballots and ties resolved by drawing straws. It notes SBI investigations, private data seeks tying candidates to liquor interests, and a call for indictments. It links past court battles to current efforts for a seventh district superior court nominee and voter-process reforms.
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SBI
Burgin-Deane
Superior Court
Burgin
Deane
Board of Arbitration
Congress
William O. Burgin
W. C. Harris
The
Judicial District
Wake
Franklin
Raymond Maxwell
State Board of Elections
Seventh Cral District Committee
Munici
Quotes and quips on leadership and society
A collection of remarks from public figures and humorists on leadership, cooperation, McCarthyism, juvenile crime, naval power, isolation, and economic strength. Notable names include Fadiman, Kefauver, Leibowitz, Thomas, Lane, Bender, Burke, and Eisenhower, reflecting mid century concerns.
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Eisenhower
Pentagon eagerly awaits Nevada atomic test results in 1955
Washington reports the next Nevada Proving Ground series slated for mid February 1955 could showcase guided missiles with atomic warheads, atomic antiaircraft shells, and refined A weapons. The tests exclude hydrogen bombs, with Army Air Force and FCDA roles highlighted and potential deployment near ground zero.
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Washington
Nevada Proving Ground
U. S
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific
AEC
Department of Defense
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Nevada
Air Force
Ence
FCDA
Pentagon
Europe
America
Sooner Dog and Politics in Unrested Times
A humorous sketch recalls the farm dog Sooner who prefers sitting to chasing rabbits, then shifts to a column on politics, labor unrest, and sympathy for workers. It notes Defense Secretary Wilson's controversial bird dog remark, McNamara's critique, and parallels to labor policy and public libraries.
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R. B. Terry
Holt McPherson
D. A. Rawley
C. W. Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflin
Lexington Dispatch
Chance
Winston- Salem
George Sokolsky
Selec
Institute of Pacific Relations
Pat Me
Carran
Bourne
Lao Tze
Witter Bynner
Heaven
Earth
Tower of Babel
Lao
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Pal
Johnston
Fadiman
NBC
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Br . N
Samuel S. Leibowitz
China
Navy
Thomas
Cleveland
Ans
Frank Lane
Chicago White Sox
George Bender
Republican Party
Thomas Burke
Ohio
Douglas Larsen
W. A. Bivins
U.S
Bud
Lee
Patrick V. McNamara
Michigan
Marie Antoinette
France
General Motors
Ble
Providence
A. 1
Ith
Joseph Desroches
Desroches
Charles Mercer
Associated Press
Mercer
Chicago
Paul R. Hawley
American College of Surgeons
Dr. Hawley
Tis
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