Inflation Lessons From Sandwich Prices And A German Widow
A fragmented essay discusses the inflation spiral from 25 cent sandwiches to potential future costs. It links local price rises in Lawrence to broader trends, warns against complacency, and recalls a German widow who faced collapse of a mortgage value under postwar inflation, illustrating how money loses value.
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Harmrbarger
Mike Hamburger
Tommy
Lawrence
Uns
Berlin
Osener
United States
Youths and violence raise questions on maturity
Fragmentary report depicts clashes involving youths, with patrolmen injured and hospitalized after kicks and blows. Text argues for clearer age demarcation between teens and adults and criticizes labeling youths as mature or naughty, noting confusing perceptions among citizens.
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Moses
Ariel Cecal
They Like What We Have Lets Huckster a Better Way
Robert C Ruark argues American supermarkets abroad serve as propaganda for the US way of life. He notes Zagreb displays, Rome exhibitions, and Italian buyers expanding self service markets, highlighting luxuries and rapid display impact on European housewives. He links the trend to Ike's bill showdown and political pressure.
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America
Robert C. Ruark
Palamos
Spain
United States
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
U.S.A
Rome
Lalian
Santa Claus
Tiffany
Eisenhower Limits Influence in Second Term On School Aid
President Eisenhower enters his second term free to push programs like federal education aid. A clash between House Republicans and Democrats over funding, with a compromise bill centering on four to five year spending, tests his stance. White House aides signaled guarded support while opposition cites economy and federal control. The fate lies with Congress into 1958 as the president weighs his options amid party divisions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Union Village
Jon
Senhower
Shan
Pere Farm
Martine Massi
Fisenhower
Martin
White House
Janes Hagerty
Od Martin
Senate
Eisenhower Hemmird
Cradle
The Great God Security Shapes Hiring At Age Threshold
A Business Week cited survey notes executives label those over 50 as increasingly unemployable due to company retirement plans. Firms prefer younger hires who contribute longer toward retirement benefits, reflecting America’s obsession with security. The piece questions the value of security as a hiring criterion.
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Security
Olaha World-Herald
Business Week
Sik
America
Editor's Note Blanks Page With Humorous Line
A half page in the Monroe County Sun was blank except for a center notice reading Dont laugh we had a h of a lime filling the rest of it. This quirky line reflects a playful editorial moment in Clarendon Arkansas.
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Clarendon, Ark
Monroe County Sun
Verse Reflection From John 6 68
A brief biblical verse note referencing John 6 68 where Peter replies to Jesus with Lord to whom shall we go. The line highlights faith in Jesus as the source of eternal life and guidance for believers.
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John
Wilsons Up Late With Wife Gone
A snappy column traces how officers handle spouses away for the summer, noting Defense Secretary Charley Wilson stays busy at work, calls his wife Jessie nightly, and avoids social invitations. It also highlights rumors about President Eisenhower’s jet plans and other dispatches from Washington life.
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Dowg Larsen
Washington
Defense
Charley Wilson
Jessie
Walloon Lake
Mich
Charley
Old Home Town Notes from Years Past 1947
A digested montage recalls 1947 events in Lawrence including William Underwood’s death at 84, a tea for rushees by Delta Delta Desta, birth of Merton Wayne to Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Jones, and a family trip to Trinidad. Queen Mary news, state school convention, radio equipment for high school science, and local memories of the Weaver’s Store era.
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William Underwood
William Kollender
Arthur Underwood
Lawrence
Delta Delta Desta
Ralph Warner
Hayden Jones
Merton Wayne
Dolores
Clayton Stone
Dennis
Darlene
Daryl
Trinidad
Colo
Southampton
England
Margaret Hurley
Camp WaShunGa
Junction City
Arthur Weaver
Herbert Bul- Tene
Weaver
W. L. Burdick
Greyhound Bus Lines
Burdick
Niagara Falls
San Francisco
Board of Regents
W. C. Stevens
Hare and Hare
Rotary
Tennessee Street
Ohio
Fourth Street
Sigma Mu
Twentieth Street
Barker
Marcus Wells
Douglas County
Socialist Party
U.S. Public Health Service
Episcopal Church
Kansas
Notable Newsmix of War Hero and Rich Retreations
A collage reports General MacArthur and Remington Rand executives vacationing on a Darien yacht, with ice cutting in winter hindering local kids. It recalls Churchill Paris painting talk, Art Rooney horse naming, Rubinstein-Barrault Normandy swap, and Salk polio rehab funding hints.
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Leonaf
Remington Rand
Darien
Conn
Bobby Griffith
Hal = Prince
Yankees
Mr. Rand
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Remington-Rand
Gen. MacArthur
Wade
MacArthur
Philippines
Miss Julia Wilson Breaks Ground as Wall Street Writer
Hal Boyle profiles Miss Julia A. Wilson a 50 year old Southern born Wall Street writer who translates financial terms into plain English. A former Time researcher and Columbia economics graduate she dictates rough drafts then refines them four times. Wilson works from her East Side apartment and travels three months yearly while advising top investment firms.
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Wall Street
Julia A. Wilson
Tltans
Wilson
Atea
Columbia University
Time Magazine
National Assn
Wang
Upper East Side
Miss Wilson
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