The Big Merger of Rural and Urban America
Holmes Alexander reports on a new federal outreach blending farm and city life. At a Pfizer Agriculture Research Center meeting farm editors hear Secretary Benson discuss integrating rural and urban sectors, automating farming, and shaping education, with prize incentives for students and forecasts of farm job growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Research Center
Pfizer Chemical Company
Ezra Taft Benson
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
True Morse
Agriculture Department
America
New Frontier
June Romance and Realities In One Grand Month
June brings romance and practical chores as weddings rise in the news, gardens bloom, lawns need mowing, and preparations for summer begin. The passage notes June as a romantic peak while calling attention to garden work, taxes, vacations, and household tasks marking the month.
Open Records Bill Back in Committee in Harrisburg
The Open Records bill HB 800 faces delays in the Pennsylvania House as members voice support yet keep it in committee. Opponents fear adoption records and vital statistics could be exposed, though the bill’s text says it would not. The piece remains stalled as the session ends and calls grow to bring it to a floor vote.
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House of Representatives
Harrisburg
House
Senate
Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia
Intermission in Arab Israeli tensions shifts to arbitration hints
Reports from Jerusalem indicate no date set for Israel to challenge the Suez Canal ban. Egypt may submit the dispute to international arbitration with preconditions, while denying any recognition of Israel. Abba Eban vows Gulf of Aqaba navigation will be defended. Israel considers testing canal access. The Wyoming Teton Range has 11 major peaks.
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Middle East
Jerusalem
Suez Canal
Egypt
Israel
Suez
Gulf of Aqaba
Abba Eban
United States
Security Council
Canada Vote Quiet Amid Economic Gripes and U S Trade Ties
Marquis Childs surveys Canada’s looming national election. Prairie farmers unhappy over tight money and housing, while housing and mining booms mask discontent with Liberal 22 year rule. Lead zinc tariffs and a large U S trade deficit loom large, with Conservatives warning of U S dependency and economic colonialism. The Liberal majority could slip but remains workable. a sleeper surprise could disrupt expectations.
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Montreal
Quebec
Prairies
Canada
United States
Japan
India
Washington
Ottawa
Formosa
Uncle Sam
America
John G. Dffenbaker
U.S
Toronto
Britain
Egypt
Herbert Norman
House of Commons
Nixon calls for union financial records publication
Vice President Nixon says releasing labor unions finances would help the public and the labor movement. Rep. Moss accuses Pentagon of pressuring Harvard to keep 7000 square feet of World War II records secret and undeclassified. Paris report quotes the Duke of Windsor on his marriage abdication choice.
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Bethany
W. Va
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Pentagon
Harvard University
Harvard
Paris
Duke of Windsor
Bible Thought and Uranium in the Body
The note blends a Bible verse John 3 16 about salvation with a scientific claim that uranium occurs as a minute trace in the human body. It contrasts spiritual belief with a factual statement about atomic energy material in humans.
Voice of Broadway Notes and Hollywood Rumors
Marilyn Monroe to enter hospital for two weeks due to nerves. Bookmakers forecast the Robinson Basilio bout as a major betting event with Basilio favored at 7-5. Kim Novak stays up for Elgee Bove in LA. Island in the Sun will have no previews at the June 12 Roxy opening. Nancy Berg endures elevator claustrophobia in midtown Manhattan. Barbara Hoch Evans weds Cecil Wolfson. Joe DiMaggio receives a Jacksonville house key. Mahalia Jackson rumored to wed Rev. Russell Roberts. Polly Bergen and Freddie Fields pursue MGM contract. Margaret Whiting dates Bob Crystal of the Four Lads. Broadway invites royalty for Milk Fund premiere of The Prince and the Showgirl. Farmingdale High band to Newport Jazz Festival with complex standards. Strippers treated with suspicion by Broadway crowd. Down Payment renamed No Down Payment. Razzberry Records debuts. California community property laws cited in Dru Ireland settlement. Pagnol mocks Paddy Chayefsky’s The Bachelor Party. Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas decorate a New York pied-a-terre. Cafe Grinzing adds 1 am shows on request.
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Cal
Warner Brothers
MGM
Polly Bergen
Polly
Freddie Fields
Margaret Whiting
Bob Crystal
Four Lads
Hollywood
New York
Texas
Farmingdale
Newport
Shorty Rogers
Gerry Mulligan
Tiny Kahn
Sally Rand
Georgia Southern
Coga Scenti
Jerry Wald
Razzberry Records
Telling Me Fashion Flips and World Facts
A witty column notes unmatched shoes may become style, compares contrasts in fashion and travel. It jokes about birds with names, TV ads, and a European visitor’s view of Washington while poking fun at trends and earthly slowing. A photographer’s stolen camera prompts wait for developments.
Notable Medical Pioneer and Historic Figures
Dr. William C. Menninger born Topeka Kansas October 15 1899 pursued medicine psychiatry roles in the Army from 1918 to 1947 rising to brigadier general and leading neuropsychiatry efforts. Fr Gabriel Richard the Michigan Territory representative remains the only Catholic priest in Congress elected 1823. Brazil’s Independence Day is September 7 marking 1822 independence. The first Griffith directed film was The Adventures of Dolly in 1908.
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William C. Menninger
Topeka
Kan
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Army
Medical Corps
Fourth Service Command
Atlanta
Surgeon General's Office
United States Army Reserve
Division of
Neuropsychiatry
Gabriel Richard
Michigan Territory
U.S
House of Representatives
Congress
David Wark Griffith
Adventures of
Dolly
Congress Goes To Work By Frederick C Othman
Washington lawmakers return after a long weekend and debate billions to cut from Eisenhower’s budget. Congress weighs school building and integration bills, spending reforms, and agency savings. Investigators probe Dave Beck and Bakers’ Union, while Capitol renovations fuel budget talk and refectory prices.
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Congress
Frederick C. Othman
Washington
Eisenhower
Hoover Commission
B.C
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Uncle Sam
Macmillan Rejects Cyprus Talks as Violence Looms
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan refused Arch bishop Makarios’s offer to discuss Cyprus independence under self determination. He said wider interests including Turkish and Greek governments must be consulted, a stance likely to please Turks and anger Greeks amid regional tensions and Cold War concerns.
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Harold Macmillan
Makarios
Cyprus
Macmillan
Britain
Anatolion
Stop Me by Bennett Cerf at dinner party talk Africa
A dinner party anecdote features John Gunther and Alan Paton discussing Africa. A columnist recalls a tale of telegraph crews laying a line in the Zulu country while a native chief derides the effort and jokes about wire height. Paton recalls hearing the story in Johannesburg as a boy.
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John Gunther
Africa
Alan Paton
Mr. Paton
Johannesburg
Noisy Neighbor Sneaks Morning Horn Wakeup
Poem by Edgar A. Guest laments a neighbor who honks to bid his wife farewell, while the speaker wishes the same courtesy in quiet. The verse contrasts morning disruption with a quiet nod to shared humanity. A note recalls the 1900 Galveston disaster where six thousand died in a tornado and tidal wave.
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Galveston
Texas
Judge Denies Pledge of Allegiance Removal by Athiests
Judge Isadore Bookstein of the New York State Supreme Court denied a request to delete the words Under God from the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. He held First Amendment rights allow disbelief but do not grant preference against believers and noted religious language is tied to national oaths and historical documents.
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Isadore Bookstein
New York State Supreme Court
Bookstein
Supreme Court
Heaven
Earth
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