Doubts Rise On Ike’s 1956 Candidacy
Two national observers Roy Roberts editor of the Kansas City Star and Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine doubt President Eisenhower will run in 1956. Roberts cites duty to the nation as motive and says he would campaign only if world conditions demand it. Smith says she thinks he may retire after his first term and warns Republicans not to rely on Eisenhower prestige.
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Eisenhower
Roy Roberts
Kansas City Star
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Roberts
Washington
Kansas City
Smith
Wisconsin
Benson
Statehouse
State Department of Public Instruction
Summit Meeting Hope Fades Amid Power Limits
The piece questions a high level summit between Eisenhower Eden and Faure with a Russian leader, arguing true equals cannot meet when Bulganin answers to Moscow. It notes past failed personal conferences, warns against overestimating a single stroke to resolve tensions, and cites biblical wisdom on limits of wisdom.
Unusual U S Debt Returns Drop in 1954 Welcome News
The U S Commerce Department reports 1954 saw foreign debt repayments exceed new credits for the first time since 1932, reducing total U S debt owed to $11.8 billion from $11.8 billion plus $0.116 billion in repayments. About two thirds of the debt rests with the United Kingdom France and Germany.
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U.S. Commerce Department
United States
Countries
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Caution: Build A Financial Reserve For Tomorrow
Babson urges readers to assess debt load after a layoff and to boost savings. A 30 year old worker’s high fixed charges illustrate how prosperity can turn risky if unemployment hits. He warns about rising consumer credit and stresses prudent planning for future unemployment through reserves and careful spending.
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Babson Park
Mass
New England
Bermuda
Nevada test delay as B 36 bomber falters in peak ascent
Washington notes recount a Nike anti aircraft warhead test delayed when a B 36 engine failed 20 minutes before a drop from 50000 feet forcing a rerun. The incident marked the first aircraft failure delay in the Nevada atomic test series as pilots regrouped with another bomber.
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Nevada
Wisconsin rural editors under scrutiny for editorial quality
Madison report notes rural Wisconsin weekly papers show stout editorials and vigilant public interest. Editors juggle sales, weddings, and court trips while addressing school reorganization, budgeting, taxation, and public policy with independence from party lines.
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Madison
Wisconsin Press Association
Debunking a Legend From The Great Crash of 1929
The piece argues that self destruction claims after Black Tuesday are exaggerated. It cites rising suicide rates before 1920 and continuing through 1932, with New York similar to national trends. It notes October and November 1929 saw modest crisis reports and that summer highs paralleled market strength.
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard Economist
London Penny Press
New York
The
Economist
United States
Jungle Writer Hunter Jim Corbett Honored by Ruark
Robert C Ruark extols Jim Corbett born in Naini Tal India and famed for Jungle Lore The Temple Tiger and man eater hunting true to nature He praises Corbett as a writer hunter and compares him to Ernest Thompson Seton and Harry Selby The piece laments Corbett's passing at Nyeri Kenya and imagines him returning to the jungle awaiting his final rest by his craft.
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Jim Corbett
Nyeri
Kenya
Ernest Thompson-Seton
Thompson-Seton
Corbett
Colonel Corbett
Naini Tal
India
Kipling
Harry Selby
Selby
Harry
Africa
Jim
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya review
A literary guidepost reviews Markandaya's novel Nectar in a Sieve. It follows Rukmani and her family as droughts famine and debt erode village life and test love endurance and resilience amid poverty. The critique praises vivid portrayal of hunger and sacrifice.
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Kamala Marke
Andaya
John Day
Rukmani
Nathan
Kunthi
Ira
Russians Keep Freedom of Action in Peace Offensive
James Marlow reports that the Russians have crafted a peace offensive while building a NATOlike satellite force to counter Western German rearmament. They offer to dissolve the system if Europe joins a unified security framework, while Allies hint at using the new organization to discuss disarmament at a Big Four conference.
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Associated Press
Western
Germany
Western Europe
Hungary
Romania
Portraits 2% humming as a musical mood and memory
A poetic reflection on humming as rhythm and rhyme, a gentle song that soothes both sea and child. The verse considers humming as music at its best, seeping into memory and the human mind beyond cultured voice.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Ten Years Ago Mothers Guests At Tea For College Girls
Mothers of many college girls attended the Lambda Sigma Chi tea at State Teachers College with pouring by Edith Cartwright Rena Angle and alumnae Mrs Fred Mitchell Mrs Jake Hoeschler and Mrs Ed ward Bartl Emerson Mothers Club planned a tea for mothers of children starting school in fall a musical program was set. Plans for the first annual national charger presentation banquet of the La Crosse Junior Association of Commerce at Hotel Stoddard expected 150 men. Norman Marx of Marx Music Co will join 16 dealers and salesmen on a trip to New York to board the Monarch liner to Jamaica West Indies.
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Lambda Sigma Chi
State Teachers College
Edith Cartwright
Rena Angle
Sorority
Fred Mitchell
Jake Hoeschler
Edward Bartl
Emerson Mothers’ Club
la Crosse
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Lion
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Biut
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Washington News Notebook
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D-Tex
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W. G. Rogers
Literary Guidepost
J. M. Roberts Jr
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Stalin
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