Court hands welfare freedom drive hit with fear and blame
Thurman Sensing argues the Supreme Court’s six three ruling bars states from restricting welfare eligibility, warns of mass mobility of relief seekers, higher taxes, and a federal standard. He calls for a taxpayer revolt in state legislatures Congress and courts to defend free enterprise.
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Education lobby tactics draw Missouri lawmakers’ ire
Jefferson City Rep Thomas Graham condemns district billboards that insult education in Missouri and protests by pickets at the Capitol. He argues the metropolitan education lobby’s demonstrations, including offensive signs, hinder rather than help education policy in the Show Me State.
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MIT Panel Pins MIT Defense Research Debate in 1969
Washington reports a controversy over military related university research at MIT centered on the instrumentation and Lincoln Laboratories. SACC critics push to halt war related projects while the Pounds Report recommends continued defense work under university control and a shift toward non military funding as safe from campus upheaval.
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Pounds Panel
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War costs weigh on a nation beyond the field
Paul Harveys voice laments war’s enduring price across generations. He reflects that veterans benefits burden the country, while future leaders may be lost to conflict. He cites WWI and Guadalcanal as examples, and voices from Pearl Buck to Fulbright on long war consequences.
World War I Allies and Nation’s Debt Recollections
Fragmentary wartime and economic reflections cite allies owing the United States about 214 billion and 360 billion in debt interest estimates. The piece notes Spain’s decline, France’s youth losses, and England’s weakened state, with Pearl Buck cited on Vietnam’s impact on future national leadership.
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Reds aim to unsettle Italy amid weak opposition
Henry Taylor argues in a Rome column that Italian politics face crafted Red disruption. He contends a coalition government is effectively nonfunctional, aiding Communist leverage as Socialist infighting erodes a stabilizing center. Nenni warns against disunity while CGIL presses strikes.
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Jefferson City Almanac Highlights 1959 Events
Seventeen Jefferson City high school seniors depart for Missouri Boys State at Central Missouri State College Warrensburg. Larry Kolb drinks a quart of milk in 61 seconds to win a local contest. James Keefe elected secretary-treasurer of the American Association for Conservation Information. Taxicab rates in Jefferson City may rise within 10 to 15 days. mayor undecided on signing. Four school vacancies filled. one new position and potential vacancy noted. Constitutional Convention votes 42 to 31 to keep elected attorney general. 1919 notes report rising divorce suits in Cole County. Sgt Thorpe Gordon returns from France. Dr Charles P Hough donates land for a playground and $1,500 for improvements. named the George W Hough Playground.
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