Life Without A Paper As A Lawmaker Saw It
Detroit faced a 26 day newspaper strike revealing how a city relies on daily press. The absence disrupted knowledge of national and local news, sports, ads, elections, and culture while stressing the role of newspapers in public safety, taxes, and democracy. The piece argues informed citizens depend on daily papers for civic life.
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Detroit
Martha Griffiths
Michigan
National House of Representatives
House
Colombia
Kaline
Dick Tracy
Ann Landers
Walter Lippmann
Famine For Red China Exposed by Food Crisis Analysis
The piece surveys China’s food struggle for 650 million people, noting rising demand, depopulation moves to farms, and Western observers warning of famine risk. Refugees flee to Hong Kong, while Beijing imports wheat from Australia and Canada amid three lean harvests.
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China
Hong Kong
Economist of London
Shanghai
Red China
Peking
Australia
Canada
Portuguese Macao
The Role of Work in Love and Modern Life
Freud defined normal as the ability to work and to love, and fiction often neglects working life. The piece argues that a person’s job, satisfaction, and social status shape love, gender dynamics, and stability, urging writers to integrate work patterns into character and relationship portrayals.
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Freud
Harvey Swados
Bank Execution Error in Midland-Ross Purchase
A reader reports placing an order for 100 Midland-Ross shares at market price through a town bank. The broker allegedly executed at 56 rather than 55 and billed the bank 56. If the broker is NYSE member, file with the Department of Member Firms. NYSE confirms 100 shares traded on March 28 at 55.
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New York Stock Exchange
Department of
Wall Street
New York
N. Y
Midland - Ross
The
Stock Exchange
Senate Staffer Of The Year Final
Three men who never held elected office shaped the 87th Congress. Fred Buzhardt of West Palmyra, a prosecutor and lawyer, leads a critique of the Kennedy foreign policy and the No Win doctrine while Teeple and Dave Martin bolster Senator Tom Dodd’s staff, expanding policy reach and influence. Teeple’s wartime security work and atomic energy roles, plus Martin’s foreign policy analysis and Dodd speeches, position them as top non-elected movers.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Fred Buzhardt
West Paimer
South Carolina
Buzhardt
Amercan
Adenauer
de Gaulle
East Germany
Laos
Kennedy
Davide Shea Teeple
District of Columbia
Pacific
Counter
Teeple
Berkeley
Cal
New York City
Germany
Army
Peeple
Senator Hickenlooper
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Styles Bridges
Republican Policy Committee
Eisenhower
Dave Martin
U.S
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Martin
Tom Dodd
Berlin
Dodd
East Berlin
Congo
Southeast Asia
Jim Boyd
Alice In Wonderland Justice and United Nations Policy
Washington attacks the U N security stance over West New Guinea as Sukarno advances with Dutch territory, while U Thant’s neutrality appears to favor aggression. Ellsworth Bunker mediates, but the historian predicts the Dutch alone facing Indonesia, with U N criticism rising in Congress.
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Washington
United Nations
Netherlands
U.N
U. Thant
Burma
Dutch West New Guinea
Sukarno
Indonesia
U Thant
Nehru
India
Asia
Africa
Hen Nehru
Goa
United States
Ellsworth Bunker
West New Guinea
Necticut
For Today's Living What is your name worth
A short devotional note on the value of a person's name, citing Proverbs that a good name is better than riches. It recalls Robert E. Lee declining a $50,000 yearly offer for use of his name to protect its integrity and asks for a life of service and righteousness.
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Robert E. Lee
Philosophy as life law and aim of conduct
A compact reflection noting that philosophy guides action in all cases and, like a marksman, aims true at the target from any distance, echoing Seneca's view. The quote frames philosophy as practical virtue and moral steering in everyday decisions.
Gubernatorial Milestones Mark June for Lawrence in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg notes mark June 1 as the 41st month for Governor David L. Lawrence, who nears a seven month twilight before January hands reins to Pilworth or Scranton. June 18 will see his 74th birthday, making him the state’s oldest governor. The piece also highlights party chairmen Morse and Bloom likely to be reappointed, and Richardson Dilworth’s aggressive primary campaign plans. Unemployment figures show a drop of about 100,000 from last year but about 350,000 still jobless, while state workers lament Memorial Day coffee break disruptions.
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West New Guinea
United Nations
United States
World
U.N
U. S. Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
India
Nehru
Thomas Dredd
Con
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
David Leo Lawrence
Keystone
Richardson Pilworth
William W. Scranton
David L. Lawrence
Mason Denison
George S. Bloom
Otis B. Morse
Morse
Bloom
Hotfooters
Richardson Dilworth
George
Broadway Buzz and Show Biz Static This Week
Jazz drummer Buddy Rich suffers his third heart attack while Ella Fitzgerald’s trio clashed with her, and a Strollers Club flap echoes Tennessee Williams. Ushered to Broadway dreams, Henry Solomon schemes a Lanai site dinner theatre, while Us tinov receives a 1936 Hispano for his 41st birthday. Wall Street sighs at the sagging six, and Marines head to Thailand as Elvis plays Bangkok. Broadway previews include Bravo Giovanni and Gene Leone’s mispronunciation, with DiMaggio’s new romance, Janis Paige’s kitchen accident, and Natalie Wood snubbing marriage to Warren Beatty. Fidel Castro eyes East German labor deals, Pat Boone probes Washington figures, Paul Anka’s Copa crew keeps a doctor on standby, and Stravinsky conducts Noah and the Flood on TV.
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Buddy Rich
Ella Fitzgerald
Paul Smith
Peggy Lee
Strollers Club
Tennessee Williams
Williams
Henry Solomon
Junior
52Nd St. Mecca
Peter Ustinov
Wall
Fidel Castro
East Germany
Pat Boone
Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Paul Anka
Copacabana
Twelve Attend Bipartisan Panel Then Pack It In
A planned bipartisan discussion before the last election drew 6000 invites but only 12 attendees, including four state legislative candidates, their campaign managers, civic sponsors, and newsmen. The small turnout prompted cancellation, highlighting citizen responsibility and the call to civic duty.
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New Castle
Richard E. Rents
Jessie Treadwell Anderson
Treas
Fred Bents
Eleanor Treadwell Payson
Bart Richards
Tees
James W. Trevitt
Bell Telephone
Private Exchange
Oliver
Lawrence
Butler
Beaver
Harris
the Daily Investor
Doyle
William Doyle
Alexander
William S. White
Gene Stone
By Mason Denison
the Voice of Broadway
Dorothy Kilgallen
Thailand
Elvis Presley
Grand Theatre
Bangkok
Bravo Giovanni
Cesare Siepi
Broadhurst
Bravo
WNEW
Gene Leone
Joe DiMaggio
Myra Fahey
Brunet
New Frontier
Borden Stevenson
Ambassador Adlai
Mid-Ocean Bath and Tennis Club
Bridgehampton
Janis Paige
Janis
Billy Reed
Little Club
Natalie Wood
Warren Beatty
Natalie
Igor Stravinsky
Breck
By James Keller
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