Youth Vote Threshold and the Call to Libertarian Privilege
Hal Boyle argues lowering the voting age to 18 faces indifference among youth who would gain a political voice alongside new responsibilities. He cites Lincoln and Georgia 18 voting as precedent, questions the value of age-based limits, and notes low turnout among adults, suggesting teens might vote more responsibly if enfranchised.
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New York
Mars
White House
Dad
Mom
Eisenhower
Otto von Bismarck
Abraham Lincoln
Georgia
Abe Lincoln
Washington
Parking card prompts conscience in Church area dispute
Reader notes a church parking card urging considerate use of spaces and inviting worshippers to sit in pews. The column relays a City Commission complaint about late garbage pickup and humorous observations on early spring weather and fashion.
Rise in mergers draws public and official scrutiny
A surge in mergers over four years, unseen since the 1920s, prompts calls for Senate and House investigations. Kefauver and Celler push inquiries while the Attorney General's antitrust panel and the FTC study merger causes and effects on competition.
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Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Judiciary
Senate
Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Chase-Manhattan Bank
Attorney General
National Committee
Federal Trade Commission
J. Fred Weston
Weston
Hearings On Harlan Nomination Move Through Senate Steps
The Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearings on John Marshall Harlan of New York for associate justice of the Supreme Court. The nomination was sent to the special session on Nov 8 and previously deferred until after the new Congress.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
John Marshall Harlan
New York
Supreme Court
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Harlan
Sen
William Langer
R-N.d
Rhodes
Atlantic Union
Sound dollar or tax cut crowding out socialism critique
A column argues that a $20 universal tax cut would benefit 55 million Americans while penalizing higher earners, warning it signals socialist influence in the Democratic Party. It claims union leaders back party aims, presses for more spending, and fears a future inflation and unbalanced budget if Democrats win in 1956.
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Huey Long
Democratic Party
Treasury
United States
Socialistic Party
America
Soviet
Russia
Congress
Eisenhower
Budg
Daniel Reed
New York
Fat and health myths in weight loss debate
A columnist surveys fat loss ideas from a Iowa State College clinic and Harvard expert. Dieting is often a waste of willpower while exercise can aid reduction. walking a mile daily may shed ten pounds in a year and half an hour of wood chopping could drop 26 pounds. The piece cautions against hypnosis and overly harsh scolding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Harvard
Washington’s Birthday Read Amid Censure Petition
A Georgia attorney petitions Congress to censure George Washington for alleged abuse of General Lee at Monmouth. The piece notes Washington’s farewell reading and recalls Lee’s court martial, while linking Senator Green to Greene. It mentions the Shinkolobwe uranium mine in the Belgian Congo.
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Washington
Congress
Weiry
Wisconsin
Senate
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Henry A. Alexander
Peachtree Rd
N. E
Atlanta
Walter F. George
Lee
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
Hamilton Fish
Watkins Committeee
G. W
Robert E
Charles Lee
Library of Congress
Lees
Virginia
Geneval
Cernhall
England
Howe
Monmouth
Nathaniel Greene
Congressional Record
Senate Rules Committee
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
Green
Greene
General Washington
Belgian Congo
Expert calls for research on overeating causes
The expert argues that overeating has physiological reasons, not character flaws. He urges intensified research to uncover the underlying factors and to stop attributing patients' behavior to weakness.
Notable Nightlife and Show Biz Notes From Broadway Gossip
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Ilona Massey touring the Midwest planning a quick divorce trip to Mexico amid critics. The column catalogs celebrity romances, new escorts, stage hits, and Broadway irony, plus insights on Orson Welles, Eartha Kitt, and Lucky Luciano's painting.
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Ilona Massey
Mid- West
Mexico
Cleveland Lad
Janis Paige
Arthur Stander
Marilyn
Joe DiMaggio
Hong Kong
Horoscope for Tomorrow and Birthday Guidance
This day favors energetic, forceful actions and completing postponed tasks. Plan renovations wisely, avoid extravagance, and focus on achievable goals. If tomorrow is your birthday, expect four months to require idea revisions and seizing opportunities within limits. Summer urges routine, guard finances, and ease domestic conflicts. Late 1955 offers opportunities. a born child will be sincere, ambitious, and affectionate.
Goats Climb Trees, Morrocco Native Factographs
Factographs note goats native to French Morrocco climb trees to browse high branches. The text also projects St Augustine Florida celebrating its 400th birthday in 1988, a century after its founding.
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Morrocco
St. Augustine, Fla
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King Features Syndicate
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Ross A. Hill
Ice
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Howrey
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Judiciary
Langer
David Lawrence
Harry Boyd
Chicago
Lillian
George Dixon
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Dorothy Kilgallen
Miss
Duchess of Windsor
Leo Ritter
Ritter
Jackie Gleason
Tommy
Jimmy Dorsey
Nanette Fabray
Leonard Stern
Orson Welles
Europe
U.S.A
Serge Rubigstein
Vari
Ous
John Q
Eartha Kitt
Tullio Carminati
Ingrid Bergman
Joan
Rome
Grace Moore
Philip Pine
Hudson River
Great Lakes
Broadway
Larry Grayson
St. Moritz
Paulette Goddard
Shelley Winters
Paulette
Berlitz School
Joel Gray
Sunny Land
London
The
Palladium
Tin Pan Alley
Brill
Wall St
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Dodie Heath
Big City
Subway
Modern Jazz
Lucky Luciano
Grandma Moses
Tstrellita
Dennis the Menace
Lassie
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