Location of North South Pennsylvania Turnpike extension to Erie debated
An editorial argues for a western route from the Turnpike west of Rochester through Beaver Ellwood City Mercer Sharon Greenville to Erie, noting lower cost shorter distance and higher truck traffic potential versus the Allegheny Valley route through Butler Venango and into Erie. It warns politics could misplace the project and urges sound planning.
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Erie
Western Pennsylvania Planning Commission
Rochester
Beaver County
Ellwood City
Lawrence County
Mercer County
Sharon
Mercer
Greenville
Crawford County
Allegheny Valley
Butler
Venango County
Ohio
Mahoning
Trumbull
St. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Balance Between Tradition And Progress In Britain
Marquis Childs notes W S Morrison frames a balance of order and freedom in democracy. He contrasts Britain's enduring tradition with pressures for growth and modern education, investment, and expansion to sustain leadership in the western alliance.
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London
House of Commons
W. S. Morrison
Britain
House of Lords
England
India
Burma
Ceylon
London Times
Humphrey Trevelyan
Peiping
Oxford
Cambridge
Weakness in Strength by Adm. Radford on Communist Tactics
Adm. Radford warns that recent conciliatory moves by Russia and China do not prove internal weakness. He testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee that both nations remain in control of their peoples and will continue collaborating for mutual gain. He suggests totalitarian regimes reveal strength by seeming weakness and cautions against underestimating the enemy.
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Radford
Russia
China
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
Admiral Radford
Khrushchev
Bulgania
Belgrade
George Orwell
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Tito
Soviet Bloc
Red China
United Nations
Formosa
Moscow
Peiping
United States
Opinion on government cost cutting and lifelong taxes
A Grass Roots opinion from Manheim Pennsylvania argues governments should face cost cutting like private enterprises. The piece notes uncertainty but predicts graduates will pay taxes for life, highlighting lasting financial burden and bureaucratic inefficiency concerns.
Washington March of Events Power and Foreign Policy Notes
In Washington, officials weigh Tito’s stance with Moscow and Peiping over Asian issues. Debates rise over a Hells Canyon multi dam project versus Idaho Power on the Snake River. White House expense anecdotes and narcotics tip cases frame the political climate ahead of 1956 campaigns. Senator Morse and colleagues loom over the power controversy.
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Hells Canyon
Snake River
Idaho Power Company
Eisenhower
Pacific Northwest
Congress
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Warren Magnuson
Washington
Herman Welker
Idaho
Morse
You re Telling Me You re Telling Me
An early column by William Ritt comments on civil service, federal employment in California surpassing Washington DC, and light notes on frogs in water and royal children traveling. It also cites the Congressional Record pages and mentions French jet speed ambitions.
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Civil Service Commission
California
Washington, D. C
Uncle Sam
Probing Monopoly Threat in Merger Wave
Washington reports a surge in business mergers raising monopoly concerns. Congress probes the FTC seeking fixes to the 1950 Clayton Act gaps, noting limited anti merger activity and a new task force to study consolidation impact on competition.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Emanuel Celler
N.Y
House Judiciary Committee
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Joseph O'Mahoney
Wyo
FTC
Celler
Edward F. Howrey
Commission
Howrey
Dear Mesecall on Fathers and their duty to families
A letter praising fathers for sacrifice and responsibility, arguing men are not less virtuous than women. It celebrates paternal affection, discipline, and hard work, noting fathers deserve credit and sympathy, while urging children to honor their fathers alongside mothers.
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East
West
Auto Builder's Problems
Kaiser Motors president Edgar Kaiser described his companys struggle to build Jeeps amid supply shortages and gas and metal delays. He recounted lavish barter deals and a $14 million cost before buying Willys-Overland to stabilize finances, noting a $1,207,000 first quarter profit and ongoing Jeep production for 7,700 workers. He argued monopolies were not his firms issue and expressed relief at profits and radiators.
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Washington
Edgar F. Kaiser
Kaiser Motors Corporation
Toledo
Ohio
Senate
Kaiser
Jack
Kaiser Motors
Willys-Overland
Toledo Jeep
Willys
Argentina
Global news roundup highlights from Geneva talks to Peron church fallout
International events span Geneva talks invitation acceptance by Soviet Russia to meet the Big Four, Dulles and allies plan conference, Adenauer coordinates with Eisenhower, and church conflict in Argentina as Peron expels clergy. Also mentions French North Africa violence, Southeast Asia Communist subversion, and biographical note on Judge Stephen J. Field.
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Russia
United, States
Britain
France
Geneva
Switzerland
New York
John Foster Dulles
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
United Nations
San Francisco
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Washington
Eisenhower
Peron
Buenos Aires
Argentina
French North Africa
Casablanca
Morocco
Sinapore
Malaya
Southeast Asia
British Commonwealth
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Sentinel
REDS
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Customs
Ralph Kelly
Hong Kong
William Ritt
Central Press
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Washington Dispatch
Ralf
Davy Crockett
Thomas L. Stockes
Bible Thought
Meseeall
Mesecall
Frederick C.othman
Chicago
Gas Company
Othman
Charles M. McCann
U. P
Juan D. Peron
Vatican
Folks OF
Haddam
Conn
Stephen J. Field
Williams College
New York City
Supreme Court
Lincoln
United States Supreme Court
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