Demolished landmarks spark memories of New York parking lot
In a reminiscence from New York City, old downtown landmarks are praised for making way for a Hippo drome site parking lot on Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets. The piece weaves in local figures like D. C. Daisy and Woody Hockaday, recounting historic sprinklers and road marking efforts along with colorful anecdotes from Kansas history.
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Elgin Koontz
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Kansas
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Daisy
Woody Hockaday
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Hockaday
America
Unpredictable 1948 election study by Elmo Roper analyzed
Elmo Roper completes a post mortem on Truman's 1948 upset finding no new explanations but confirming widely held theories. Upper income urban voters skewed GOP while lower income cities moved Democratic, plus strong turnout in industrial counties and farm states. Conclusion unlikely to signal a long term trend. Britain and U S politics hint at continued unpredictability.
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Elmo Roper
Truman
Roper
Mr. Truman
Rope
Socialist Control of Agriculture Threat to Freedom
Thurman Sensing argues against government control of agriculture, warning it leads to a welfare state and totalitarianism. He contends that subsidies and price supports erode individual liberty, risking regimentation of farmers and loss of private property, with prosperity tied to preserving freedom for all workers.
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Perous
Congress Hurdles 40 Billion Dollar Spending Cycle
Around Washington with Bascom N. Timmons reports Congress has ten days to pass about forty billion dollars in new year's appropriations. No regular bill has become law. deferrals, continuing resolutions, and budget-cutting pressure stall action while District of Columbia governance and Georgetown autonomy discuss reforms.
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House
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Georgetown
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London
University censorship debate on professors and speech
The passage discusses whether universities should restrain professors' public expressions. It argues restraint transfers responsibility to the institution, warns against censorship in peacetime or wartime, and contends there is no middle ground between permitting free expression and leaving actions to public authorities. The issue centers on academic freedom versus institutional accountability and government oversight.
Harvard Lectures on Academic Freedom and Civil Liberty
The Nation Today reports a debate among educators on hiring and outside activities of professors in the context of anti communist concerns. Dr James B Conant Harvard president cites A Lawrence Lowell on professor outside the classroom stressing personal liberty over university restraint and the danger of chilling academic freedom.
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Communist Party
James B. Conant
Harvard
Dr. Conant
A. Lawrence Lowell
Lowell
Old soldier trains mind with maps of world wars
Hal Boyle recalls a retired veteran who spends days replaying campaigns and solving small puzzles like estimating Hannibal’s daily elephant intake. He studies three large maps marked with flags and symbols, critiquing Grant’s Vicksburg errors and plotting sieges of New York City and other cities, while joking about subway fares.
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Hannibal
Alps
Long Island
Grant
Vicksburg
New York City
Moscow
Minsk
Pinsk
Poles
Adoption Procedure Protects All Concerned
James V. Mathis outlines Louisiana’s 1948 adoption laws guiding state welfare and courts in Monroe. Social worker Miss Jean Bonham explains applicant screening, home stability, finances, religion, and health. a child is sought from legal and available sources, with multi office search if needed. after matching, court hearings grant a temporary placement, six months later final decree.
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James V. Mathis
Morning World
Louisiana
Public Welfare Department
Monroe
Jean Bonham
North Louisiana
Sarah Kennon
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Miss Bonham
Welfare Department
Shreveport
Alexandria
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Bible Thoughts Sower and seed refrain in verse by Julia Dorr
A short poetic quotation reflecting on sowing and reaping from Mark 4:3, noting the year growing rich as it matures and life's sands becoming sands of gold, attributed to Julia C. R. Dorr.
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Julia C. R. Dorr
William E Gilroy Sunday School Lesson Focuses On Easter Triumph
William E Gilroy D D writes that the Resurrection marks a beginning for the world rather than a final climax, as Jesus continues to lead in believers, educators, missionaries, and those daily performing humble duties. The piece emphasizes the ongoing power of Christianity against evil and its reach across nations and institutions.
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