Economic Outlook Steady Amid Soft Spots In Industry
The piece notes declines in auto and farm equipment output but argues overall activity remains strong. It cites March GNP near 400 billion, industrial production at 143 percent of 1947-49, higher business and personal spending, and rising employment and pay. It warns against gloomy labels while acknowledging motors and farm machinery softness. It closes with a biblical reference.
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New York Times
Federal Reserve Board
Congressional Hesitancy on Foreign Aid Shapes Cold War Policy
The article argues that inconsistent policy and administration hinder full foreign aid funding. It notes U S stockpiles strategic materials, provides grants and loans to allies to counter communism, and pressures embargoes on Red China. Rubber economies in Ceylon Malaysia and Indonesia influence stance amid synthetic rubber rise.
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Congress
United States
China
Ceylon
Malaya
British Commonwealth
Indonesia
Mistakes in Handling of Dismissals in Security Risk Debates
Washington critic Harry Cain faults handling of security risk programs while acknowledging errors by both sides. The piece cites Petersen and a suspended Air Force analyst, notes court limitations and calls for better departmental review boards to reduce mistakes, arguing ongoing secrecy and public stigma in security cases.
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Washington
U.S
Harry Cain
State of Washington
Cain
Lawrence
New York City
National Trade Union Conference On Civil Rights
Mr. Cain
Joseph S. Petersen Jr
United States
Petersen
Eisenhower
FBI
Air Force
Defense Department
Klaus Fuchses
Alger Hisses
Petersens
Supreme Court
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Knowles Missed Chance At Senate Endorsement
Madison analysis details Lt. Gov. Warren Knowles and his reluctance to endorse a Senate bid at the Republican convention. Davis won the endorsement amid a possible Knowles draft, leaving Knowles to face questions about future top-ticket potential and the narrow window of opportunity.
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Madison
Wis
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
U.S. Senate
Sen. Wiley
Senate
Glenn R. Davis
Davis
House of Representatives
Wiley
Kohler
Mark Catlin
Assembly
Statehouse
Labor Youth League
University of Wisconsin
Washington banquet scene stirs Capitol crowd and satire
Politicians and government officials endure heavy schedules in the capital yet attend a Sioux City chamber dinner for 70 congressmen and VIPs. Speaker Sam Rayburn jokes the steak may come from an Iowa steer, while a Georgetown party spoofs Washington life with an elephant, donkey, helicopter, and gold chocolates causing chaos.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayburn
Texas
Washington
Georgetown
Les Biffle
Senate
Grace Kelly
Portraits CITY AT NIGHT
A vivid meditation on a large city at night describing bathed boulevards theaters hotels cafes and crowded streets. The narrator feels the racing pulse of life and wanders through a dreamlike urban wonderland until lights fade and shadows replace the crowd.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Boys Weren't C.O.D. John Morris anecdote in Reader's Digest
A Northern Ontario country doctor spots local youths loitering at a village drugstore and finds his aged Model T car paid for while declaring to them that they are not. The brief moral centers on ownership and responsibility observed in a compact, period voice.
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C.O.D
John Morris
Reader's Digest
Ontario
Hagerty Shapes Ike Image Under Illness Pressure
White House press secretary Jim Hagerty deftly manages news on President Eisenhower during his illness. He framed the leader as alert and decisive while hospitalized, coordinating with Sherman Adams on foreign aid messaging and defending the President’s autonomy amid health and political pressures.
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Washington
White House
Jim Hagerty
Eisenhower
Jim
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Hagerty
New York Times
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moscow
Defense Department
Pentagon
Senate Committee
Konrad Adenauer
Supreme Court
Senate
Sherman Adams
Adams
House
Madison Ave
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Dulles Rejects Neutrality While Eisenhower And Nixon Defend It
Secretary of State Dulles denounces neutrality as immoral and shortsighted while Eisenhower and Nixon defend staying neutral or allied. The dispute widens after Dulles calls neutrality obsolete, prompting confusion among nations aligned with the United States and leaving questions about consistency, with Dulles offering no clear stance linking his views to the President's.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Nixon
United Marlow States
Congress
Neutra
White House
U.S
Iowa
Fateful Decisions by German Generals in World War II
A critical look at seven German generals in a Seymour Freidin and William Richardson edited volume. They question blame for Germany’s defeat, arguing Hitler bore ultimate responsibility while recounting Dunkirk, Britain, Africa, Russia, Normandy, and the Ardennes winter of 1944 45.
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Seymour Freidin
William Richardson
Sloane
Hitler, Goering and Co
Dunkerque
Britain
Africa
Russia
Normandy
Hitler
Ardennes
Nazi Germany
Germany
Siegfried Westphal
Europe
Ten Year Ago Local Notables Leave For Outings
Ten years ago Miss Mollie Jane Wimmer daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Wimmer 1607 Pine St left for New York to be a canoe instructor in a girls camp En route she visits Mt Vernon Ohio Rev Otto Larsen and daughter Helen visit Staten Island for church conference and relatives at his old home Miss Larsen stays six weeks.
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Mollie Jane Wimmer
C. C. Wimmer
Pine St
New York
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Otto Larsen
Helen
West Ave
Larsen
National Free Church Assn
Staten Island
N.Y
Miss Larsen
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