Federalese ends and plain English returns in government memos
The piece argues a 47 page General Services Administration manual aims to replace canned phrases with concise English. It notes the shift will slow the Telegrams ability to relay federal correspondence and press releases until clearer language is used and meanings are straightforward.
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Federal
Test Planned for Civil Defense Exercise
Washington announces Operation Alert a nationwide civil defense drill set for June 15 to gauge public awareness of atomic danger. The piece tracks decades of FCDA efforts, funding shifts, media campaigns, and the plan to alert 50 of 92 critical targets with a 26 minute warning and 2 to 3 hours of rest.
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Government Printing Office
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Radio and TV Programs Listings May 5 Stations Schedule
Radio and TV program grid across WODAF KMBC WREN KFKU on Thursday and Friday May 5 appear with Top of Evening News and variety shows. Entries include Rosemary Cooney Dinah Shore and The Tonight Show style segments with multiple station cross references and time slots.
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Allan Jackson
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Wren
Wren—Saga
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Keu Concert Hall
Fu-Roy Roxera
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Whiston
Huiisk Derby
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Hovstan Blackls
WDA
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Rosemary Cooney
Penitentiary Wren
Kam Rig—Amos
Andy
WDAK
Flibber
Wren News
Tennessee
Ernle
Jnne Pickens
RMBU
Art Warner
Iowa
Ballroom
Noewa
Jackson F.go
KMB
Tide Fine Susie ‘ Romeo Arts
Eveland
Telio Toast
Garroway O
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Springtime neighbors form into friendly block parties
Spring brings residents together as yards warm up and neighbors meet during outdoor work. Across the block, introductions lead to shared solutions, faster progress, and reciprocal visits. New residents find spring turns isolation into community, creating lasting friendships beyond real estate appeal.
Calendar Reform Becomes International Political Issue
The World Calendar Association promotes a 12 month year with two 30 day months and one extra World Day each year, plus an extra leap day. Debated is the reselection of calendars with India proposing a grandfathered ward calendar. the U S State Department declined to offer an opinion beyond a study.
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Biling
American State Department
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India
Naealisis
Trial Balloon on UN Charter Change Sparks Debate
A World Today discussion analyzes U S stance on Red China joining the United Nations. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr outlines removing the Big Five veto, while Russia supports admission but no seven votes exist. The piece notes Lodge spoke personally, not for the administration, and warns public opinion matters before policy moves.
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
U. N
The&ewiy Council
United States
Russia
Britain
France
China
Gaurlee
Nationalist China
Red China
Security Council
U.N
Hal Boyle No Delinquency in This Big Family
Emory and Thelma Harrison of near Johnson City Tennessee raise what may be the nation’s largest all boy brood. Thirteen sons from 21 to 3 weeks old, fully raised on chores and discipline, and never a speck of trouble. The family’s story highlights frugality, shared work, and strong faith, with twins of hardship and hope including a 4200 dollar CBS prize and a home rebuilt by local congregations after a fire. The father aims to fund his sons’ education, believing schooling is their lasting asset.
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New York
Emory
Thelma Harrison
Johnson City
Tenn
Guy
Ivan
Barbs on couples and life changes in reader musings
A fragmentary column notes couples with varied harmony and a wife’s will, then shifts to observations on youths swapping ice skating for roller skating to “sit this one out.” It reflects daily life chatter, small frustrations, and social talk as a window into local life and writerly voice.
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Dee Prisane
Epth
Fiesto
Warner Dat
Bible Verse Fragment About Two Ways of Men
Fragmentary OCR notes cite a verse referencing two paths before the Pepys meeting the Lot and a phrase about guiding or paying path. The source text is incomplete and lacks clear publication context, dates, or identifiable entities for a fuller card.
Comment And Such is Life Senn Wiry Newa-Chronicla At five: The youngster says, "the stork brought us a new baby sister." At tent "My dad can Jick any man iwice h At fifteen: "Girls are-blah!" At twenty: 'Juss give me a chance, I'll show 'em!" At twenty-fives "The system is all wrong, there should be red form." At thirty: "In a few years peo ple will wake up and demand their rights." At thirrtive: "bd the med of T had stayed singte' AL forty: "Give me another bets te nf that tame." At fifty-five: Thank Gord I've got a good bed.' At sixty: AD was mighty lucky to pick such a fine woman." At sixty-five: "I feel as young as I did twenty years ago." At seventy: "I don't know what these modern youn people are coming to. A hailstone six inches in diameter was reported from Nebraska in 1928.
A fragmentary chronicle traces life stages from childhood to old age through quoted lines on every decade, capturing humor and paradoxes as the speaker reflects on family, rights, and society. A late 1920s Nebraska note records a six inch hailstone.
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Quiz Q and A: World electorate and odd facts
A quiz style list asks which country has the largest free world voting electorate with India noted as 1952 voters. It covers state per capita income Delaware 1953, Paris Latin Quarter origin via Latin used in Sorbonne studies, kangaroo balance using tail as support, longest all steel Overwater bridge Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and early U.S. natural gas lighting at Fredonia New York around 1824.
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India
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Births and engagements dot Leavenworth area notices
Old Home Town announces the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stauffer of Lecompton. Engagement announced for Thelma N. Weddel to Clarence H. Freeark. Local events include entertainments, visits, birthday celebrations, and a Red Cross disaster relief setup after a tornado. City officers appointments listed and Child Health Day program attendances noted. A robbery incident on California road left Oscar Wilson dying. three youths jailed. Various social visits and community activities reported from Lawrence and surrounding towns. A mission bean crop supports St. Francis Episcopal Mission in Orangeville, Michigan, with a 40-acre tract yielding about 100 net.
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Lester Stauffer
Lecompton
A. E. Sutton
Chandler
Okla
Thelma N. Weddel
Clarence H. Freeark
Betty Lou Watson
Barbara Elam
King's Guards
Martin Jost
Wichita
Charles Galloway
George Chambers
Sue Ellen
Janet Mack
Longview
Wash
Nancy Oyler
King Lewis
Mary James Stephen Swaim
Pat Crensham
Donna Severance
Barbara Penny
John Jones
Jan
Jean Walters
Rees Jackman
J. W. Miller
Judy Jackman
Jean Kanehl
Carol James
Clifton James
Clarke Jackman
Jackie Fletcher
Luckett Smith
Roderick Kanehl
Billy Pulliam
Johnnie Zimmer
Red Cross
Leavenworth
Jefferson
City Commission
W. J. Cummings
Baldwin Mitchell
QO. H. Stockwell
William Reinisch
C. H. Daugherty
KE. R. Keith
J. F. Stubeck
H. D. Reed
B. M. Babb
Lisle Eby
C. T. Hough
South Park
N. P. Sherwood
Oscar Wilson
California
Simmons Hospital
F. C. Penfield
Kansas City
H.T. Jones
Lawrence
Pike's Peak
Agnes Uhrlaub
W. H. Pendleton
Louis Bearman
Lake View
Orangeville
Mich
St. Francis Episcopal Mission
TV Broadcast Shows Atom Blast but Cameras Fail
New York report describes a live eight mile broadcast of an A bomb test from Yucca Flats. Viewers saw the fireball and mushroom cloud while two cameras in a forward trench failed, forcing CBS NBC to switch to distant eight mile footage.
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New York
Penely
Yucca Flats
CBS
NBC
Highway 4 Group Meets Pratt Kas U S 54 Highway Assn
The annual spring meeting of the U S 54 Highway Association will be held here Saturday. The gathering includes officials and members from the Highway 4 group meeting in Pratt, Kas.
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