Government In News Agency Business Sparks Constitutional Debate
A critical examination of USDA establishing a government run market news wire, challenging press freedom. Critics warn of government controlled information, potential for propaganda, and erosion of independent journalism. Proponents cite market data and accessibility. Legislative response calls for stopping the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
America
Izvestia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
USDA
Assn
Agriculture Department
Orville Freeman
Washington
State Department
Commerce Department
Defense Department
Department
Senate faces crucial vote on nuclear test ban treaty
Senate debate looms after a 16 to 1 favorable committee report. reservations from critics could alter the pact or force renegotiation, risking a renewed arms race involving Russia the United States France and Red China and others. The Foreign Relations Committee urged sweeping approval without reservations.
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Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
U. S
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
France
Red China
Fewer Regrets on Holiday Roads Warns of Traffic Dangers
A reflective holiday column urges motorists to observe traffic laws and drive with caution to avoid accidents and loss of life. It warns that failures to yield, speed, or misjudge oncoming traffic lead to tragic outcomes and calls for personal responsibility and safer driving.
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Old North
Jokes and remarks from various papers
Short quips and humorous lines from several sources. An Elberton Georgia note jokes about steps and direction while prison anecdotes from Soviet jail inmates cite lateness being a crime. A Memphis paper quotes a man claiming an American watch led to his imprisonment and a Lamar Missouri column features a new maid and a light drink joke.
Internal Revenue This 19th Century Tax History
In 1862 Congress created the Internal Revenue Service to fund the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln signed the bill as Washington faced war and wounded troops. By 1864 Lincoln acknowledged inequities in how taxes were applied and taxes remained a contentious issue.
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Ken McKenna
Herald Tribune News Service
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
Internal Revenue
Lincoln
Lincoln's Day Until Now The History Of The Income Tax
The article traces the U S income tax from 1862 through 1943 detailing 1862 3 percent and 1865 10 percent rates the 1894 Supreme Court challenge the 1913 Sixteenth Amendment and Cordell Hulls 1913 law the 1917 war act Tax rates rose to 77 percent during WWI and reached 94 percent in WWII it notes evolving structure the shift to everymans tax and ongoing postwar adjustments through World War II.
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Congress
Supreme Court
High Court
United States
Cordell Hull
Internal Revenue Agency
Bureau
U. S
Beardsley Ruml
Europe Faces Change As New Leaders Shaping Postwar Policy
A capital by capital AP analysis reports West Germany under Ludwig Erhard moving toward closer US ties and freer trade, Britain facing a faltering economy and Labour appeal, France under de Gaulle projecting nationalist stance with NATO skepticism, Italy aiming at Common Market growth, and Spain edging toward monarchy. The piece notes Kennedy’s view of unsettled NATO unity and Europe’s evolving balance of power.
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West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Dr. Adenauer
United States
Bonn
General de Gaulle
Erhard
Adenauer
Germany
Europe
Britain
Macmillan
Labor Party
France
de Gaulle
Napoleon
Family of Nations
NATO
Georges Pompidou
Michel Debre
Italy
Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Kennedy
God Speaking Now Through Human Hearts and Works
A Sunday sermon urges that God communicates today through everyday acts and people. It recalls biblical visions and names modern contributors from Wilson to Nightingale, Pasteur, Edison, and Martha Berry, arguing God is active in schools, hospitals, and service to the poor.
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Niagara
Yellowstone
Alps
Himalayas
Jacob
Bethel
Charles B. Aycock
Commonwealth
Lord Christ
John the Divine
God
Jefferson
Peter and
Paul
Woodrow Wilson
Louis Pasteur
Florence Nightingale
Thomas Edison
Walter Reed
Martha Berry
William Booth
Christ
Immanuel
Cer
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North
Maine
High Point
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R. B. Terry
Associated Press
N.C
Holt McPherson
Good Morning
Moscow
Land’s End
Siberian Steppes
Moses
Elijah
Isaiah
Jehovah
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