Patronage Spotlight Promises Cleaner Post Office Hiring
The drive to publicize Post Office summer hires grows as names are released to inquiring postmasters. Senator Monroney pushes for full public lists while Nicholas Oganovic vows next year’s hires will be Civil Service based with nationwide exams. The piece calls for ending withholding of names and notes shared concerns of modern life and TV repairs.
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Congress
Post Office Department
Senator Monroney
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Civil Service Commission
Nicholas Oganovic
Post Office
Maine town turns base loss into new economic base
The Presque Isle story shows how a town adapted after an Air Force base shutdown in 1961. By acquiring land and repurposing hangars warehouses and power facilities, it attracted industry and dairy, making the local economy more stable.
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Congress
Presque Isle
Maine
Farmers’ Cooperative
Air Force Base
Julie Andrews Finds Hawaii Shoot a Grueling Grind
In Honolulu Julie Andrews endures a grueling Hawaii film set routine. The star, her driver Jim, makeup crews, and Mirisch Corporation staff navigate long shoots and constant changes while a homebound family awaits.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Kahala
Emma Kate
Karenza
Christopher
Julie Andrews
Thelma
London
Rex Harrison
Juliet
Julie
Lanai
Jim
Pearl Harbor
Green Mountains
Cocoanut Palms
Mirisch Corporation
James Mitchener
Old Fort
Bill Burd
Tony Walton
Spain
Mary Poppins
Burd
George Roy Hill
Kahala Avenue
Emma Kale
James Marlow on a Dull Yet Productive Congress
The piece argues this session of Congress was dull but highly productive, driven by President Johnson and large Democratic majorities. It notes a likely similar frame in 1966 election year and compares leadership dynamics with Dirksen in the Senate and past GOP hurdles, including Eisenhower-era contrasts.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Courts
Roosevelt
Court
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dirksen
Eisenhower
White House
Johnson-Dirksen
Woodrow Wilson
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Joseph R. McCarthy
Harry S. Truman
Real estate fix proposed to stabilize Leaning Tower of Pisa
An American developer suggests freezing the ground around Pisa to halt swaying. A business journal editorial urges a live and let live policy across industries. Other items note oddities and humorous quips. Governor Brown says the report will be sent to Washington officials.
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Pisa
Washington
Brown
Fight On 14 B Unionization Bill Delayed To Next Congress
Washington observers urge delaying the compulsory unionization bill until January as both labor and management prepare for a major legislative clash. A nationwide repeal of Section 14 B would ban state and local laws on unions, with reform of labor laws and campaign contribution rules likely.
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Washington
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Court of Labor Relations
U. S. Tax Court
Corporations
Look Who's Not Drinking Paul Harvey Commentary
Paul Harvey laments drinking among lawmakers generals and officials noting alcohol costs and dangers. He cites Vermont politics with an alcoholic chair and warns of widespread beverage influence from Washington to Yalta while praising rising high school temperance and urging steadier leadership.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Yalta
Russia
Malinovsky
Opera to Kill Burlesque in Met Faust Review
Dorothy Kilgallen surveys the Met Opera Faust noting scenic beauty and bold changes that feel more ballet than opera. She recalls risqué en semble costumes and audience reactions, plus gossip on Sybil Christopher and other Hollywood figures.
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Metropolitan Opera
Faust
Diamond Circle
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