Who Did It Grandmother and the rising cost of living
The piece contrasts grandmothers frugal kitchen of 30 pound flour sacks and simple meals with today's abundance of ready-made foods and labor-saving appliances. It argues that higher living costs come from increased comforts chosen by modern families, driven by wages and work demands, not Wall Street or politics.
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Granddaughter
Granddad
Grandma
Papa
John Q
Wall Street
Gates recounts Columbia speech as crowd erupts in fear
The incident recalls John Gates while editor of The Daily Worker when New York officials barred him from many campuses except Columbia University. Gates, who later left the Communist Party, described starting to answer a question on party contributions to America as a wave of laughter and a sudden shock hit him during the McMillan Theater talk.
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New York
Columbia
Gates
America
McMillan Theater
Gates leaves party perspective from subways incident
The Des Moines Tribune notes that a subway incident did not push Gates from the party but gave him perspective on its national standing. It urges college presidents who denied Gates permission to speak to take note of the episode.
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Lawrence
Lyons Den Randy Churchill on Night Beat TV affair
An article notes Randy Churchill’s appearance on Night Beat amid warnings from friends, with Churchill defending journalist sources. It also mentions adjacent showbiz items including Jeri Archer’s stage nude role and Israel’s Abba Eban addressing U.S. concerns, plus brief memos and a comic animal tale.
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The
Randy Churchill
Blast
Nixon Moves Toward Political Independence Amid Tax Debate
In a week marked by unemployment topping five million, Vice President Nixon pressed for immediate bold tax cuts while the White House delayed. The article traces Nixon’s growing independence from Eisenhower Era policy, detailing clashes over defense spending, Sputnik lessons, and a push to reveal his own positions against the administration's cautious path.
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Stewart Alsop
Washington
Nixon
Eisenhower
Heing
James Mitchell
White House
George Humphrey
Humphrey
Secretary of the Treasury
Sherman Adams
Charles E. Wilson
San Francisco
Old Home Town News Roundup and Local Notices
Veterans of Foreign Wars officials named at large meeting. Residents relocate within 3rd Street area as new home completed. Victory Club to discuss club day regimens. Lawrence Women’s Club heard crafts talk from Mrs. Shanklin. Long Beach quake shocks felt anew. city seeks 25 million from Reconstruction Finance Corp. Des Moines secretary of agriculture Henry Wallace pictured with mother. Mrs. Frances Eliza Tuller Stuart dies at 86. State minimum wage ruling for women takes effect. impact in Lawrence expected limited. Boener Cigar Factory leader comments on wage levels. Miss Wilma Miller and Miss Corinne Constant host a high school friends grab at Constant home with numerous guests.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Francia Skinner
Carl ™ Russell
Robert Frakes
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Victory Club
Burton Axline
Ben Shanklin
Kansas
Lawrence
Long Beach
Calif
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Iowa
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Roosevelt
Harding
Frances Eliza Tuller Stuart
Bum Bardner
State Industrial Welfare Commission
Henry Boener
Boener Cigar Factory
Wilma Miller
Corinne Constant
Constant
Virginia Beery
Annie Mitchell
Virginia Pendleton
Dorothea Roberts
Dorothy Stanley
Dorothy Higgins
Rosalie Dunlap
Mary Brown
Bernice Cook
Charlotte Cutler
Dorothy Blackmar
Leona Baumgartner
Margaret Armatrong
Elizabeth Dunkel
Jeanette Wagstaff
Laura Rankin
Elizabeth Shepard
Dorothy Clarke
Bible Verse Reflects on Godly Pity and Fear
A devotional note cites Psalms 103 13 likening the Lord to a loving father who pities his children. The verse expresses divine compassion toward those who fear him and highlights parental care as a model for reverent trust.
European Ties Bind Actions Limited in Africa Policy
Washington faces a dilemma balancing Africa's drive for self rule and economic uplift with European colonial legacy. Moscow presses anti colonialism while preparing for a red presence. the United States seeks orderly transition to independence, warning that apartheid in South Africa threatens Western interests and stability. The outcome hinges on Europe and NATO meeting Africa's aspirations quickly without provoking chaos or communism.
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U. S
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sub-Sahara
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Kremlin
Sybia
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Egypt
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Prague
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Britain
Tions
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South Africa
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Dreeper
Sales tax with food exempt seen fairest for all
Topeka Daily Capital argues a three percent sales tax with food exempt would be fairest for all Kansas households. It compares a typical four person family under various tax scenarios, showing savings under food exempt sales tax and detailing how state revenue funds welfare, education, and local services. The piece notes a special legislative session may be called in April to address fiscal needs.
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Topeka
Gov. Docking
Kansas
Crippled Children's Commission
Kansas Veterans Commission
Mand
New Books at Free Public Library highlights 1957 58 titles
A list of new acquisitions including Albert Camus The Invincible Summer 1958 Van Wyck Brooks From a Writer's Notebook 1958 Ernest Beaglehole Social Change in the South Padtra 1997 Edward Hadnett Poems to Read Aloud 1957 Ip Polita Nievo The Castle of Frata 1958 Howard Spring Time and the Hour 1957 Marguerite Allis Pane SOM 1958 Kansas Missouri Free Soil Conflict Egon Hastovsky The Charity Ball 1957
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Albert Camus
Albert Maquet
van Wyck Brooks
Tha. Moat
South
Padtra
Ernest Beaglehole
Frata
Ippolita Nievo
Venice
Padua
Lovett Edwards
Italy
Howard Spring
London
Marguerite Allis
Kansas
Missouri
Egon Hastovsky
Current Best Sellers List Highlights Key Books
Publishers Weekly compiles top fiction and nonfiction titles in this snapshot. Notable works include Love Posse ed, Anatomy of a Murder, Rally Round the Flag Boys, Some Came Running, Below the Salt, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, and Baruch My Own Story plus The Hidden Persuaders.
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BOYS
Shulman
Sones
Costain
Linkletter
Smith
Baruch
Hidden Persuaders
Packard
From Chaucer to the Present Time Book Excerpt lineup
A catalog mentions poems chosen for readability and variety, including titles WAY I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN by Bertrand Russell from 1357 and A HUNDRED YEARS OF EVOLUTION by G. S. Carter from 1957. It also lists GRIN AND BEAR a tale set at a New York hotel and HANGMAN'S TRAIL a Powder Valley Western, plus THE CASE OF THE LONG-LEGGED MODELS by Erle Stanley Gardner featuring Perry Mason and Della Street.
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Bertrand Russell
Russell
G. S. Carter
New York
Peter Field
Powder Valley
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason
Della Street
Paul Drake
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