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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1954
Page
1
The News Star summarizes the Facts Forum poll results showing 79 percent say news reports contradict information media in the McCarthy Pentagon affair and 91 percent think political parties are taking sides. Other findings include 55 percent supporting Salk vaccine for children and 74 percent favor removing Russians from the UN.
An editorial reprint critiques Col Otis K. Sadtler for failing to advance despite warnings before Pearl Harbor. It contrasts his caution with the rapid promotions of Gen Gerow Gen Marshall and Gen Smith, noting the board's criticism of others while praising Sadtler's efforts to gain warning.
A Glen Ridge resident recalls fear of a proposed six lane highway near their home after WWII. He describes choosing permanence in a house despite costs, uncertainties, and rumors of a highway drilling through the yard. The author concludes life goes on and permanence lies in people, not property.
President Eisenhower asks why educated people fall for communism and how human nature, not ideology alone, explains the lure. The piece cites Whittaker Chambers and argues idealistic communism becomes a utopian religion that blinds adherents to reality.
Henry McLemore writes from Koro Levu Fiji about a tropical scene from a bare cottage beside a blue lagoon. He laments a jammed Imperial typewriter and shares local phrases and a map cue to locate Koro Levu midway between Suva and Nandi.
Westbrook Pegler argues that professional baseball should attract sponsors from major firms like General Motors and Ford to counter public apathy. He reflects on the sport’s fighters, argues for corporate support of the major league system, and notes the minor leagues’ dependence on subsidies as attendance wanes.
A Kansas City diary recalls a veteran scrivener Reginald Tolley with a marble shower bath plaque at City Hall during the Pendergast era and manager H F McElroy. A fellow newsboy notes Tolley’s daily routine of reading papers, answering phones, and supplying reporters with soft drinks after noon.
The city manager observed a motorist weaving through traffic, had the driver identified, and sent a formal letter of censure. He then furnished the letter to the press, drawing news coverage and sparking critique about airing the matter publicly.
The writer recalls a film location near Suva used for His Majesty O'Keefe with Warner Bros creating native cottages. Natives use some buildings as a meeting house and storehouses for copra and beche de mer shipped to China. The piece warns against colonist ambitions and notes swimming is no longer possible at the site.
A note recalls Nurse Genevieve de Galard Ter raube who tended wounded defenders at Dien Bien Phu amid the siege, reflecting sorrow over the withdrawal and loss.
The item lists historical publication data for The Monroe News-Star including founding date November 20 1893 publisher names 1929 1938 Wilson Ewing 1952 Joan entered as second class matter June 1 1909 and notes on offices and staff roles. It also mentions Associated Press affiliation and distribution of news dispatches.
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