Economic nonsense in wheat tax debate shocks readers
The Wall Street Journal notes a letter from Orville Freeman slamming a bank study on a bread price rise tied to wheat processing taxes. It argues the farm program favors large producers, hurts the poor, and misuses poverty fighting funds, while warning that shifting to free markets would be painful for small farms.
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Saturday Review
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Mission To Moscow Trip Questioned By European Doubts
Special Report argues Harriman's Moscow visit and Western European reactions fuel suspicion of a potential secret U S deal with Russia. It notes German fears over Berlin and unity, Adenauer caution, and doubts about Brezhnev Kosygin leadership, suggesting the trip unsatisfactory and possibly misleading NATO allies.
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The Poor Man's Philosopher by Hal Boyle
New York AP column recounts a couple’s car misadventures with a gas gauge that lies. The narrator jokes about driving on near empty, while the husband disputes reality until a fill occurs, ending with a near miss and a vacation for two weeks.
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Dairymen Eye Incorporation Amid Regulatory Gripes
Frederick County Dairymen's Association plans incorporation to challenge the State Livestock Sanitary Board and the State Board of Health amid charges of unfair treatment. Braddock’s building boom looms, with a sale of Braddock Building and Development Company under C. T. Wallace of United Realty. Several Maryland political candidates, including three for Governor, will attend Manor Woods picnic near Buckeystown. Car negie Steel opens a high explosives plant, and sugar allotments are cut to five pounds per person as rationing persists. Possible police salary boosts discussed by Frederick City officials. Pierre Laval testified at treason trial about a 1936 alliance with Mussolini. Frederick bid for bicentennial plans outlined during Lions Club lunch at Key Hotel.
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Senate
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Buckeys
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War Price and Ratoning Board
Frederick
Board of Aldermen
Fred Straley
Pierre Laval
Petein
Mussolini
Italy
France
Austria
Frederick City
Charles F. Bowers
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key
Bowers
William D. Bowers Lumber Company
Court appointments drift toward politics over law
Washington Today discusses growing concern that the Supreme Court is increasingly filled by political allies rather than judges with judicial experience. It cites Abe Fortas and past presidents, notes varied criteria for picks, contrasts with Eisenhower era appointees, and argues for depoliticized qualifications and real courtroom experience.
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