Ferguson to unveil revolutionary car claims in Detroit buzz
Editorial notes the Ferguson car rumor mill as British inventor Harry Ferguson teases a new hydraulic drive. Detroit dismisses the guaranteed leap, recalling past overpromises while acknowledging ongoing research to improve autos amid a steady, modest industry profit and pervasive consumer costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Durant
Tucker
Kaiser
Ferguson
Harry Ferguson
Detroit
Auto Capital
London
The Meat Packing Industry Profit in 1954
An analysis argues meat packing is essential to feed the nation and notes perishable supply east of the Mississippi and west of it. It discusses industry efficiency, consumer tastes, and that profits per sales dollar are typically low, then begins outlining how the dollar is allocated to producers of live cattle.
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Mississippi
Mail By Rocket Or Subway Aims For Faster Delivery
In Chicago the American Rocket Society envisions sending letters by rocket between cities in minutes. Meanwhile the New York Transit Authority considers using the subway to speed mass mail to terminals. A trans continental mail tunnel is even discussed amid rapid post and transport innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Rocket Society
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Aunt Minnie
New York Transit Authority
Deblinking debate over blinking car signals in Britain
British MPs grill Transport Minister John Boyd Carpenter on when drivers will stop seeing flashing wink signals on roads. Critics cite 33,000 new flashing cars daily as a growing nuisance while officials await a government report on deblinking the nation.
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London
House of Commons
John Boyd- Carpenter
Commons
Fictional police in films and other Hollywood notes
Hollywood reporting on how movie studios craft fictional police for films from Cry Innocent to westerns. Dialogue covers design of badges and cars and fake radio codes, while actors, directors, and stars discuss weight losses, travels, marriages, and future projects across Mexico Honolulu London Bermuda Jamaica and Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Merle Oberon
Universal
Miss Oberon
United States
Mexico
Rod Steiger
Europe
Mark Robson
Jane Russell
Mamie Stover
20Th Century - Fox
Honolulu
Liberace
San Fernando Valley
Nancy Kelly
Warren
Bermuda
Ann Bancroft
Marty May
Rock Hudson
Phyllis Gates
Jamaica
Ernie Ball
Orin Tucker Cyrstal Tone Orchestra
Ernest Ball
Vera Miles
Bob Miles
Gordon Scott
Tarzan
Scott
London
Vera
Gordon
Jayne Mansfield
Paul Mansfield
Jayne
Rossana Podesta
Frank
Package Deal at the United Nations Draws Moral Fire
A Herald Tribune opinion condemns admitting Soviet puppet states Romania Bulgaria Hungary Albania and Outer Mongolia to the United Nations. It argues that charter obligations require peace, and warns that allowing such states would betray principles and empower Moscow. Expulsion and veto issues are highlighted as remedies to preserve U.N. morality.
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Washington
United Nations
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Union
Free World
Soviet Russia
General Assembly
North Korea
Security Council
Russia
U.N
Italy
Japan
Moscow
Soviet
America
Union Colossus or Fragile Merger AFL CIO Union Face Factors
The merged AFL CIO opens with its first National Convention next Monday as unions weigh the potential power and risks. Labor factions fear raids and bloc tensions while political aims tilt liberal and conservative. leadership predicts a strong influence if unification holds.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
AFL
CIO
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Ladies Garment Workers
AFL United Garment Workers
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Dave Beck
United States
John L. Lewis
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Grants for Tobacco Research Announced in New York
The tobacco industry research committee on Friday announced grants to 19 researchers totaling 3.255 million dollars. Cumulatively the committee has spent 8.38 hundred thousand dollars on studies linking tobacco use to health effects.
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New York
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
Bible Society Approves 1956 Budget Plan
The American Bible Society advisory council and board of managers approved a 3,858,000 budget for 1956 to translate publish and distribute scriptures and promote Bible reading across denominational lines.
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New York
American Bible Society
Advisory Council
West Germans Pride and the Bonn Capital Controversy
The piece argues West Germany’s patriotism and Bonn’s temporary capital status while predicting eventual return to Berlin. It contrasts West and East Germans, criticizes Allied planning, notes Frankfurt’s pride, and comments on Britain’s fading vigor and possible reunion with the East.
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West Germany
Western Europe
Truman
Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
Bonn
Rhine
Berlin
Washington
High Commission
Robert P. Ball
Bonn - Petersburg
Petersburg
Haile Selassie
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Ball
West
Beethoven
Konrad Adenauer
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Mr. Ball
Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
United Nations
Ludendorff
France
Italy
Scotland
Britain
Marx
Bismarck
Government Tests New Typewriter Keyboard Sparks Uproar
A public critique cites a plan to relocate keys and reshuffle symbols, arguing it would disrupt decades of typing skill and threaten livelihoods of typists and printers. The writer warns of widespread chaos and urges leaving the keyboard alone. Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
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Warners
Rossana
Santiago
Alan Ladd
Mervyn LeRoy
Mr. Roberts
Santa Anita
John Wayne
Grace Kelly
Nadia Woods
Benjie
Tim Hover
Menlo Park
Hollywood
Major Benson
Rory Calhoun
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Driving Hazard on Highway 1 Between Natchitoches and Derry
State highway director George Covert warns drivers to avoid the 19 mile stretch of Highway 1 due to mud from Army vehicles in Exercise Sagebrush. He urges using U S Highway 71 until conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Natchitoches
Derry
George Covert
Monroe News-Star Admits 1955 Dec 2 Publication Details
The Monroe News-Star a 1955 edition notes its founding, publishers and staff, port-of-entry as second class matter, and Associated Press affiliation. It declares independence and impartial news stance and lists advertising representatives as Branham Company.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Monroe Post Office
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North Second Street
Associated Prea
Associated Press
Allews
Branham Company
National Advertising Representatives
New York
Age
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Memphis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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Pennsylvania Railroad
By Westbrook Pegler
Fulton Lewis
Monroe News-Star
Robert Ewing, Jr
William H. Bronson
Richard Hale
William G. Jasper
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