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Hoover Commission Hearings Show Slow Support On Reorganization
Comments from 49 federal departments to Senator McClellan reveal bureaucrats largely back pay raises and expanded authority while resisting deeper reform. The mood underscores a stagnant, risk-averse outlook that threatens the Commission's push to reshape government for efficiency.
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Navy cross training plan aims to mix services aboard carrier
The Nation Today describes a cross indoctrination project where Gen Collins and Gen Vandenberg will visit a carrier while Admiral Denfeld hosts. Johnson will fly to ships off Virginia Capes, seeking greater interservice understanding as officers from Army Navy and Air Force shadow host units and sample combat environments. The piece suggests Johnson may reconsider nothing, while Navy gains credibility from firsthand exposure.
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Giant Korean sea turtle splashes into history with a wine tasting
A gigantic sea turtle, captured in Korea, becomes a national symbol of longevity and prosperity while fishermen treat it with wine. Across the world, Belgian swimmer Fernand de Moulin attempts the English Channel, but fails to set a new record, though he makes an effort.
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Worry Clinic: Medical View On Nudist Sun Exposure
Dr George W Crane argues against full body sunbathing urged by nudist friends. He cites medical evidence that direct sun in large doses harms skin and TB recovery, notes animals avoid sun, and warns tanning signals sun exposure risk. He advises hats, shade, and reflected light for health.
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Stars Say Tuesday September 13 Forecast Highlights Practical Ambition
Genevieve Kemble notes a favorable Tuesday for practical minded people with strong faith and preparation. Opportunistic chances may come from high sources, but success hinges on acuity, perseverance, and diligence shaping career. Birthdays urge steady skills and long range effort for security and advancement.
Questions And Answers Q Is the size of the American family decreasing
The average size of the American family has fallen by two tenths of a person per decade since 1890. Grandmothers lived to 91 and 96, yet showed no tan in forty years of knowing them. Write to Dr. Crane via this newspaper with a stamped envelope and dime to obtain one of his psychological chairs.
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Pompeii Michigan Hero Doctor Jones
A Michigan town Pompeii lost eight polio cases as Dr Karl E Jones Jr, a Tulsa physician and navy veteran, died after treating patients. His sacrifice mirrors the lasting heroism of doctors nurses and public servants who risk or give their lives to help others. Every person holds a bit of hero in serving others.
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Fashion director urges women to dress for their figure
New York AP report quotes Charles Le Maire, wardrobe director for Twentieth Century Fox, arguing women dress by dictation of fashion. he advises against Paris style blindly and says women should tailor outfits to their own shapes, even suggesting altering their figure if needed.
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Jeanne Crain
Dorothy McGuire
June Haver
Maureen O'Hara
Paris
Sifting high schools for promising young thinkers now
The piece argues for expanding gifted education in science and related fields to prevent falling behind Russian advances. It warns against one sided nurturing and urges developing experts in political and social sciences to keep pace with technologic progress. It suggests identifying bright students with interest in figures and reasoning, and considers Patrick Henry as a model for early intellectual talent.
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Patrick Henry
Atwater Kent contest invites young Middletown vocalists
Twenty years ago aspiring vocalists were invited to enter the annual Atwater Kent contest. Mrs. Margaret Clapp was named local chairman for Middletown singers between ages 18 and 25. Congregations of Pleasant Ridge and Jacksonburg Churches bid farewell to Rev. W C Andreas after three years as pastor.
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Middletown
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Le Maire Debates Corsets and Quiet Elegance in Fashion
The designer Le Maire argues for restrained glamour over extreme silhouettes, praising undergarments as key to style while condemning obvious falsies and urging garments that move with the body The era should tilt toward “an era of quiet elegance” and clothes that dress a woman for herself not public attention.
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Manhattan
Flo Ziegfeld
le Maire
St Louis baby born with two front teeth headline
A St Louis baby girl is reported to have two front teeth at birth. In the five per center probe testimony officers are said to have received commissions. The Rev Van from Cincinnati is welcomed as the new pastor.
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The Cardinal and a Working Class Biography
George E. Sokolsky reflects on Henry Morton Robinsons The Cardinal, praising its depiction of Dennis Fermoyle Celia and their children. He lauds the story as a study of disciplined living and a sturdy family foundation built on labor frugality and moral responsibility. He notes the broader message about initiative and upward mobility.
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Dennis Fermoyle
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AMA health campaign lacks its own plan and favors voluntary insurance
Peter Edson reports the American Medical Association campaigns against compulsory national health insurance, arguing for more medical education and better access while promising to analyze current voluntary coverage. AMA cites 61 million insured with voluntary plans and questions who truly remains uninsured, noting California's history of state proposals and large outreach efforts.
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