Warning on mob threat detentions debated in 1950 act
The Nixon era seeks repeal of the McCarran Act Emergency Detention provisions amid fears of camps used to suppress dissent. Justice Dept. spokesman Richard Kleindienst aims to quell rumors of concentration camps, noting existing federal facilities and laws can handle internal security emergencies. The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence warns against unlawful tactics and urges deterrence of violence as political strategy.
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Pacific
Justice Department
Richard Kleindienst
National Commission On the Causes and Prevention
Government seal idea risks Pandora’s box for consumers
The piece critiques Virginia Knauer’s proposal for a government seal signaling uniform product testing. It warns of FDA testing limits on efficacy and the potential for consumer confusion, government overreach, and legal backlash if a seal implies testing without endorsement. It questions expanding consumer protection too far.
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Nixon
Virginia Knauer
Gov
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Knauer
City Councilwoman Greitzer Seeks No Confidence Vote
In New York City a movement targets restaurants and bars that refuse service to women. Led by Councilwoman Mrs. Carol Greitzer, the campaign argues both men and women should be able to patronize so called sanctuaries.
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New York City
Carol Greitzer
Northern School Desegregation Push Draws SENATE Support
Northern states face federal pressure to end racial discrimination in public schools. HEW records show Ohio and Indiana have high black enrollments in predominantly black schools. Senators including John Stennis demand uniform desegregation rules in the North, while critics urge focus on education quality over busing. New York limits district boundary changes without parental consent as desegregation debates intensify nationwide.
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John Stennis
Mississippi
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Earth, Education and Welfare
New York State
Congress
Israelis eye Jordan border zone near potash plant
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Israel considers a small Jordanian area south of the Dead Sea crucial to protect its potash plant at Sdom. After a 1990s cross border raid, rockets threaten the plant and Israel fears loss of strategic export revenue and foreign exchange reserves.
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Israel
Alesandria
Egypt
Suez Canal
Jordan
Dead Sea
Sdom
Arava
Fedayeen
Beitian
Ike and Stevenson Duel for Power as Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Race Grows
In Pennsylvania the gubernatorial contest narrows between John Eisenhower and Stevenson with party leaders split over a possible Eisenhower bid. Stevenson faces solid backing to win the Democratic nomination, while Eisenhower, ambassador to Belgium, shows little local appetite for the race.
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Dick Daley
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Belgium
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Quotes on art, morality, and church leaders from notable figures
Jack Valenti of the MPAA says a free screen is essential for creative progress. The Right Rev Stephen F Bayne, Episcopal bishop, argues that difficulties signal the end of a long era of cheap popularity for the church.
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Jack Valenti
Motion Picture Association of America
Stephen F. Bayne
Episcopal Church
Chaing Kai-Shek vows continued fight on Chinese mainland
Chaing Kai-Shek announced that the campaign on the Chinese mainland would proceed despite costs and sacrifices. A public reaction in New York showed people feeling the government was outpaced in radio giveaway programs. In Council Bluffs a 65 year old woman was rescued after 60 hours trapped in a midget bathtub. she is described as surprisingly in good condition and pleasingly plump. A courthouse location dispute in Lamb County shifts from Littlefield to Amherst.
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Chengtu
Chaing Kai-Shek
Council Bluffs
Lamb County
Littlefield
Olton
Amherst
Courageous Martin Faces Inflation Test as Fed Chief Retires
The editorial lauds William McChesney Martin on the eve of his January retirement after 18 years as Fed chairman. It argues the Fed faces its toughest monetary test since World War II amid inflationary spending, political pressure, and debates between monetarists and fiscalists. The piece credits Martin's independence and warns that rate and policy decisions will shape the dollar’s future and Americans’ financial welfare.
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William McC. Martin
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Carter Glass
D-Va
Woodrow Wilson
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Congress
FRA
Washington
Johnson
Martin
Rerson
William McChesney Martin
Self-Sanitizing Hosiery Trade Secret Boosts Sales
Daisy Hoisery Mills of High Point North Carolina uses Medi-Gard packaging to claim self sanitizing antibacterial protection. The film blends hexachlorophene with polypropylene to continuously migrate to the surface inhibiting germ growth for months.
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Daisy Hoisery Mills
High Point
N.C
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