Too Small Houses and a Smoking Study Stir Debate
The Atlantic Monthly editor Edward Weeks argues today’s homes lack privacy and space driving families to outdoor living and car recreation. The piece notes high costs of utilities construction and maintenance as disincentives to larger houses. A four year study of 188,000 men aged 50 to 70 links heavy smoking to higher mortality, contrasting with non smokers in the same cohort.
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Edward A. Weeks, Jr
The
Atlantic Monthly
American Institute of Architects
Weeks
Limey Laments U S Excess Before Return to England
A British newsman recently left the United States declaring it a good riddance and criticizing American life. He cites cars, riches, fashion, rising prices, mood pills, executives, and obesity as faults, while noting differences in England and urging calm as people head toward the future.
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United States
England
Cigarette Smoking And Cancer
New York reports a major American Cancer Society study showing smoking speeds death by seven to eight years and increases lung cancer risk tenfold and coronary heart disease risk by about seventy percent. Drs Horne and Hammond call the evidence strong proof that smoking causes lung cancer.
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New York
American Cancer Society
Daniel Horne
E. Culler Hammond
How To Help Your Heart Report From Daily Advice
An editorial discusses American Heart Association guidance for high blood pressure. It urges regular medical checkups and following doctor advice, then notes practical limits as many cannot avoid stress, exercise, or constant rest. It cautions some must still cope with demanding life.
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American Heart Association
The
Heart Association
Why the press is called the Fourth Estate
The term Fourth Estate derives from Edmund Burke’s remark in the 18th century when he observed the press from the gallery and asserted its importance beyond the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons. Since then the press has been viewed as a powerful societal pillar.
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England
Lords Temporal
House of Commons
Edmund Burke
Alfalfa and Hog Production Guidance for North Carolina Farmers
Agricultural bulletin urges immediate soil sampling to guide lime and fertilizer for fall alfalfa and permanent pasture. Seeding dates run August 15 to September 15 with seedbed readiness, lime incorporation, and proper soil organic matter. Hog expansion advised with feeder pigs and sow operations, noting market weights and prices to optimize income.
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State Department of Agriculture
Raleigh
N. C
Dobson
Jack Kelley
State College
North Carolina
Surry County
Notable quotes from leaders on politics and society
ABDEL KADER HATEM says no Israeli flag will pass through the Suez Canal. DR. BILLY GRAHAM criticizes American escapism into dope and entertainment. AUGUST HECKSCHTR calls leisure a quality of life. MRS. RALPH HOBBS notes family ancestry does not guarantee memory of youths. CHARLES E. WILSON doubts war danger has lessened. DR. NATHAN WEINER says allergy is a near universal affliction.
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Abdel Kader Hatem
Nasser
Egypt
Suez Canal
Charles E. Wilson
Secretary of Defense
Widows urged to apply for higher VA death benefits
Twenty four thousand widows of veterans who died from service connected causes before 1957 face possible loss of money unless they file for the higher Survivor Benefits Act payments by July 1 1957. VA says about 80 000 widows have already applied and that 104 000 of 114 000 eligible may qualify for the increased payments retroactive to January 1.
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Veterans Administration
Report From Washington on union funds and budget notes
Washington report discusses preventing union fund abuse, Beck investigations, and calls for protecting workers. It notes Senate budget cuts, limited presidential support, and foreign aid reorganization, with quotes from MacColl and Montgomery.
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Washington
Congress
Teamsters Union
Quotations on Government and Wealth
A collection of historical musings on governance and wealth by Confucius Phaedrus James of England Hobbes Penn Jefferson. The excerpts contrast governance quality with popular will and self-rule, noting poverty shame during good rule and wealth pride during bad rule. The sayings reflect views on common weal versus common will and the ease of ordinary national affairs for experienced hands.
Dear Louisa Finds Willing Help In Hard Choices
A reader asks about balancing giving to charity with personal happiness and marriage readiness. Advice cites biblical duty, warns against making wealth or pleasure false gods, and notes the writer should not marry until ready for commitment.
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Louisa
Answers trivia snapshot from a mixed list
A compact set of multiple choice style items with terse geographic and numeric clues. Mentions include Northern and Buenos Aires regions, Seward's Folly, Denmark, a claim of 186 000 miles per second, the Oregon border and a 70 foot height, California with almost 4 000, and notes on river crossings and early labor figures.
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Northern
Buenos Aires
Local Visit Notes and Community Updates
Walter Martin visits friends this week while returning to Tennessee. W. H. Woods of Coveland Orchards was in town. The First National Bank changes its act this week. Charles McGrady returned from Hillsville Virginia. I. W. Barber visited parents near Pinnacle Sunday. White Plains Quaker Church members are building a church fence. Local repairs offered for buggies and wagons. City police received new uniforms costing four dollars each as a gift from Alderman A. and Smith. Epworth League will run a chartered train to Kibler at two this afternoon.
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Walter Martin
Tennessee
W. H. Woods
Coveland Orchards
First National Bank
Charles McGrady
Hillsville
I. W. Barber
Pinnacle
Friends of the White Plains Quaker Church
A. & Smith
The
Epworth League of Central Church
Kibler
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Virgin Islands
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August Heckschtr
Twentieth Century Fund
Ralph Hobbs
International Congress of Parents and Teachers
Nathan Weiner
News For Veterans
Dave Beck
Teamsters
Beck
Thas
Senate
Rene Maccoll
London Daily News
America
Bernard Montgomery
Mount Airy News
Moore Avenue
Mount Airy
James E. Johnson and
William H. Johnson
J. E. Johnson
W. M. Johnson
Surry
Territories
North Carolina Press Association
Confucius
Phaedrus
James
Thomas Hobbes
William Penn
Thomas Jefferson
Church
Himsel
Benjamin H Sr
Long Island
N.Y
Oklahoma
Senecard
Snark
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Arthur Miller
Sherwood
Deni Congress
Godspeed
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