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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1958
Page
4
The piece argues Sherman Adams is a political heavyweight in name only, a millstone around President Eisenhower. It questions his popularity, cites gifts and favors exchanged with Bernard Goldfine, and urges Adams to resign to lift the president from a political bind.
In Louisiana the state legislature considers amendments to credit union law allowing proxy voting and additional votes by every 25 fully paid shares. The Louisiana Credit Union League opposes changes, defending the one member one vote principle as essential to democratic governance. The legislative committee, spanning New Orleans to Lafayette, warns reforms risk demagoguery and minority control.
Congress member John Shelley warns the NS Savannah maiden voyage could spark a Communist driven fear campaign to label atomic energy as dangerous. USIA and CIA assess propaganda threats, planning preemptive education while Morse and AEC map precautions to ensure smooth reception of the ship in world ports.
George Sokolsky recalls Nate Spingold as a gentle, principled figure who critics a boycott of motion pictures and Communists. He details Spingold's fundraising plan via confidential letters, the volunteer committee, and the Fund for the Republic, noting Spingold's influence on preserving industry careers and dignity. It ends praising Spingold's humane judgement.
Sylvia Porter reports on a June Arden House conference where leading economists urged an aggressive push to develop new foreign consumer markets. They argued lifting billions of people from non consumption to buying power would boost US prosperity, with a three-stage policy shift toward developing dependent regions and ensuring steady support from Washington.
Bridgeport Connecticut reports its first polio case of the year prompting a surge at a free vaccination clinic. So many residents lined up for shots that traffic clogged streets for four hours as the line stretched through the area and authorities urged order and patience.
A Michigan downturn under Governor G. Mennen Williams, tied to his nine year rule and a wary business climate, pressures industry flight from Detroit area. The Citizens' Alliance seeks nonpartisan action to stem job losses while labor influence and bureaucratic costs fuel inflation amid national political tension.
Dr Crane discusses a case of eight year old Teresa who calms with a teacher led Fear Party. The party invites confessions of fears to relieve nervous tension and is praised by psychiatrists as a mental hygiene method. The piece notes other pupils reveal fears like ghosts and dying, and links parental secrecy to childhood anxieties.
The Monroe Morning World provides publisher and staff credits from 1928 to 1953, noting Jona D. Ewing and Wilson Ewing as publishers, various editors and managers, and AP affiliation. It describes the paper as a politically independent daily, printing impartially and opposing what it deems wrong, with national ad reps listed in major cities.
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