Langlie’s tough traffic plan cuts Washington highway deaths
Washington State under Governor Langlie reports a 12 to 15 percent drop in highway accidents and a 20 percent decline in deaths. The program features unmarked police cars, a National Guard helicopter, strict enforcement, highway-law education, and accident probing to fix engineering issues.
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State of Washington
Arthur B. Langlie
Langlie
Pacific Coast
Chicago
National Guard
Washington
Peurifoy Built Reputation as Decisive Cold War Diplomat
John Peurifoy, ambassador to Thailand, played a key role in overthrowing a Communist-backed government in Guatemala and helped bolster regimes in Greece. A former elevator operator, he brought blunt, practical diplomacy to crises, earning respect as a hard fighter in the Cold War.
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State Department
Foreign Service
John Peurifoy
America
Thailand
Peurifoy
U.S
Greece
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Asia
Confidence Keeps Rolling as 1955 Grows
Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks warns against excess in a booming 1955 economy. He urges government, business, and workers to stay grounded and use common sense to avoid payday credit binges and wild speculation while maintaining broad confidence.
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Sinclair Weeks
Weeks
Dame Eleanor Holm Upends Household in Spain
Robert C Ruark narrates Eleanor Holm arriving in Palamos Spain as a disruptive yet comical visitor. He describes her daily backstroke practice, the household chaos, her romance with a precocious six year old Sicre, and the amused disdain of the narrator who promises to part ways with the provocative guest.
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Palamos
Spain
Eleanor Holm
Miss Holm
Corsica
Holm
Ella-and- Door
Ella-and
Jay Sicre
Maryland
Senor Sicre
Ela-and-Door
Ella-and-Door
Sicre
Senor Jay
Jeri Southern
Miss Johnson
Barcelona
Miss Southern
Welfare Budget Cuts Stir Wisconsin Hospital Protest
In Madison, Republicans trimmed the Welfare Department budget below requested levels. Citizens protest overburdened staff at Union Grove’s state hospital for the mentally retarded, where about 1,500 inmates are housed. Critics urge action while officials cite limited appropriations. The debate touches broader welfare funding and political leverage ahead of 1957.
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Madison
Wis
State Welfare Department
Welfare Administration
Kohler
Southern Hospital
Union Grove
Wyngaard
Legislative Council
State Hospital
Civil War Book Club planned with autographed first editions
W G Rogers notes a new Civil War Book Club Inc launching in October offering monthly autographed first editions chosen by historians Bruce Catton Stanley F Horn Allan Nevins Benjamin P Thomas and Bell Wiley. Also mentions Paper Editions Book Club and Knopf paper bound originals, plus McKibbin and Son expanding to 20 million hardbound books annually with new Brattleboro plant and Brooklyn expansion.
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Bruce Catton
Stanley F. Horn
Allan Nevins
Benjamin P. Thomas
Bell I. Wiley
Ralph G. Newman
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop
Chicago
Civil War Book Club, Inc
Paper Editions
el Camino Real
Palo Alto
Calif
Alfred A. Knopf
Peter Abrahams
George McKibbin and Son
Brattleboro
Brooklyn
POWs in Korea Unprepared for Communist Indoctrination
A Defense Department committee found American prisoners of war in Korea were not prepared for Communist interrogation methods. It cited inadequate past programs, noted Chinese and Soviet indoctrination patterns, and urged a formal postcapture code of conduct and training for future POWs. Only 4,428 of 7,100 Americans captured survived, with few charged with major offenses. President Eisenhower approved a future code.
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Korea
Defense Department
Department
Europe
Defense Committee
United States
Heisenhower
Big Prize Drawings Grow as Postal Rules Relax
Washington notebook notes a new fad with national prize drawings expanding under liberalized postal laws. Major programs like International Harvester and Firestone offer large prizes with simple entry, no purchase, and random selection, signaling a shift in advertising tactics and potential lists of customers.
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Post Office Department
Arthur E. Summerfield
P.O
International Harvester
Firestone
Call for a new code of conduct for future prisoners
A New York Herald Tribune opinion cites a need for a code guiding governments and military leaders after World War II and warns against appeasing Red China and tolerating Communist subversion. It condemns selective hearings and blackmail risks in security investigations, urging vigilance to protect soldiers and future POWs.
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Germany
Red China
United Nations
Security Council
Japan
Nazi Germany
United States
Ford Foundation
Radio Free Europe
Security Board
Armed Services
Walter
Pennsylvania
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Portraits by James J. Metcalfe Our Sudden Words
The poem warns about the consequences of careless speech and urges restraint. It reflects on anger and jest leading to unkind phrases and missed chances for reconciliation, calling for thought before speaking and temper control.
Ten Years Ago Greta and Susan Gray Visit Saint Paul
The La Crosse Tribune notes Greta and Susan Gray returning to Saint Paul after visiting their grandmother Mrs Alfred Langenbach at 120 S 14th St. Also Leigh Elder to present a string concert Monday at 8 pm in Vocational School auditorium.
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Greta
Susan Gray
St. Paul
Alfred Langenbach
14Th St
Leigh Elder
Vocational School
George New
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Women of the Philippines Defenders
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John Wyngaard
Capitol Dome
State Department of Agriculture
W. G. Rogers
Literary Guidepost
James Marlow
the World Today
Marlow
Chiang Kai-shek
Che Ba Crosse Tribune
Washington News Notebook
David Lawrence Dispatch
Geneva
Lawrence
McCarthy
Senate
James J. Metcalfe
Field Enterprises, Inc
The
la Crosse Tribune
Thomas G. Sutherland
Leonard Kleeber
Sutherland
la Crosse
G. Paul Stowell
Lake Koronis
Minn
Mr. Stowell
Glenn Clark
Macalester College
Carl Anderson
Stevens Point
Anderson
American Legion Auxiliary
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
Kuni Foster
Cora Jenks
Minnie Wingers
Frieda Stoll
Union
First Methodist
D. O. Coate
State Normal School
Black River Falls
J. G. Schweizer
Mendota Beach
Madson
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