Law and order triumphs in Philadelphia stores
Editorial argues private citizen and police cooperation curbs crime with American Stores cited as success after a year without gunpoint holdups in Philadelphia. AFL union honors management with luncheon and calls suppression of crime a civic duty for leaders of business. Also notes UN vote against the Eisenhower plan and the Cold War stakes for peaceful intentions.
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Philadelphia
American Stores
American
AFL Food Clerks and Managers Union
William Park
Open Sky plan gains UN vote amid disarmament doubt
The United Nations political committee approves Eisenhower's open sky proposal by a 53 to 5 vote amid criticism from Jules Moch who warns it is control without disarmament. Analysts say a grand sweep is unlikely but endorse moving forward in steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Eisenhower
Jules Moch
United Nations Disarmament Commission
Moch
Do 23 Inches Equal A Yard In TVA Debate
The piece notes TVA dedication of the world’s largest steam electric plant at $200 million and cites Admiral Moreell arguing federal subsidies distort pricing. It claims federal power rates yield an 86 inch yardstick with 23 inch efficiency and warns against broader socialized pricing across goods.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Ben Moreell
Hoover Commission
TWA
Admiral Moreell
TVA
Socialist Fallacy Challenged by Oxford Economist
Prof. Lionel Robins of Oxford University argues socialism is discredited by production statistics. He notes no rise in worker responsibility under nationalization and cites a drop in British coal output from 1945 to 1950, blaming the regime for reduced pride in production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Robins
Oxford University
Tax Subsidies Debate Angers Taxpayers and Congress
Former rejoicing over a record crop turns to worry that subsidies will rise. Rivalry in Congress over who gets credit for tax relief contrasts with taxpayers mainly wanting the bill passed. Despite endless gadgetry, none saves as much labor as a wealthy husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
A Year Of Prosperity 1955 Retrospective
A New York summary notes 1955 as a year of broad prosperity from high incomes to booming loan offices. It cites pig prices, Cadillac jokes, Churchill retirement, Truman's Nobel bid, Santa philanthropy, and varied global events, ending with a light list of notable year nominations.
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New York
Alabama
Republican Party
Winston Churchill
Harry S. Truman
Santa Claus
Santa
You
Ford Foundation
Johnny
Geneva
Notre Dame
New York Yankees
Amnesty petition by Mrs Roosevelt backs clemency for 16 Communists
Washington reports forty six prominent Americans led by Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt urged President Eisenhower to grant amnesty to 16 imprisoned Communists jailed under the Smith Act. The group seeks postponement of other cases and argues the trials reflect Cold War emotions rather than law.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosvelt
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Congress
United States
America
Norman Thomas
Elmer Rice
Henry Steele
Commager
Columbia University
John C. Bennett
Union Theological Seminary of New York
Henry Steele Commager
Union Theological Seminary
Stephen Cary
American Friends Service Committee
Russia
Stalin
Politburo
Humbug
Hungry Teams Rule Bowl Picks In Satirical Study
The author bets on hungry football teams to win bowl games, ranking Michigan State over UCLA by 124000 calories, Georgia Tech over Pittsburgh by 234400, and Oklahoma over Maryland in the Orange Bowl by 237 calories, with results to be updated as more data arrives.
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Michigan State
UCLA
Holtzclaw
Arkansas
Spartan
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Tech
Oklahoma
Maryland
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Linda Lee Landry 9 Killed Crossing Railroad Tracks
A nine year old girl Linda Lee Landry was killed when her new Christmas bicycle rode into the path of a slow Southern Pacific freight train. She was with eight to ten children who stopped at the crossing while she attempted to cross. Funeral services were scheduled today for Linda Lee Landry the daughter of Mrs Andrew Hebert and the late Wilson L Landry.
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Abbeville
Linda Lee Landry
Southern Pacific
Linda Lee
Andrew Hebert
Wilson L. Landry
The Mysteries Of ILO And Morse In Geneva
An exposé-style look at the International Labor Organization in Geneva focusing on secretary general David A. Morse his $20 000 annual pay and perks and his alleged ties to Roosevelt era bureaucracy and communist sympathizers including George Shaw Wheeler and others amid House Un American Activities Committee scrutiny and personnel shakeups in the labor department.
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Grand Grin - Spiel
Geneva
International Labor Office
David A. Morse
Morse
Roosevelt - Truman New
Czechoslovakia
Germany
George Shaw Wheeler
Wheeler
United States
University of Chicago
Reed College
Oregon
Roosevelt
Labor Relations Board
Charlie Poletti
Lehman
New York
Lucius Clay
Clay
Lac
House Committee On
Harry S. Truman
Philip B. Fleming
Ickes
Phil
Fred Busbey
Chicago
Spencer Miller
Labor
ILO
Red unions face SACB action amid wartime security fears
The Mine Mill union and United Electrical Workers face potential finding of communist domination under a 1954 Butler act. Brownell aims to purge red leadership to preserve NLRB standing and Taft Hartley protections. A Denver jury also convicts former Mine Mill official for signing non communist oaths.
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Washington
Commie
Afl-Cio
Red
Brownell
SACB
John Marshall Butler
Maryland
National Labor Relations Board
United Electrical Workers
New York
New Jersey
NLRB
William F. Tompkins
Justice Department
Internal Security
Westinghouse Electric Co
Tompkins
Communist Daily Worker
Denver
Colorado
Daily Worker
Maurice Travis
King Features Syndicate, _Inc
Monroe News-Star front page editorial and masthead 1955
The Monroe News-Star published weekdays from 110 1144 North Second Street with Robert Ewing Jr as Chairman and William H. Bronson as President. Richard Hale was General Manager and William G. Jasper Managing Editor. The paper is an independent AP member, dating December 28, 1955.
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Monroe. Newsews-Star
John D. Ewing
Eneisse Wilson Ewing
Monroe Post Office
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North Second Street
Robert Ewing, Jr
William H. Bronson
Richard Hale
William G. Jasper
Associated Press
Branham cc Company
Cational Advertising
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Memphis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlottee
Monroe
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Heinz Nordhoff
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Henry McLemore
Alfred Covitsoous
Mary Annesley
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the Mine-Mill Union
Fulton Lewis
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