Truman creates new Psychological Strategy Board
James Marlow reports that President Truman forms a top level Psychological Strategy Board to coordinate U S propaganda and psychological warfare against Communism. The board will oversee CIA head Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith, Defense Undersecretary Robert Lovett, and State Undersecretary James Webb, aligning agencies from CIA to ECA in a global effort. The piece notes extensive use of radio, leaflets, and broadcasts in 45 languages and cites Korea, Germany, and Japan as theaters for this campaign.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Russia
China
Europe
Japan
State Department
Army
Korea
Germany
CIT
Central Intelligence Agency
ECA
Economic Cooperation Administration
National Psychological Strategy Board
Psychological Strategy Board
Committee
Walter Bedell Smith
CIA
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
Defense Department
Marshall
James E. Webb
Truman appoints new board heads for psychological war effort
Secretary Acheson reports that Gordon Gray of the University of North Carolina will serve as a time‑split member on the new board. He and two other agency heads can act quickly, but major psywar decisions still go to the National Security Council led by the President. The piece notes Berlin’s blockade as a past example and mentions Russia and insoronia quirk from the National Geographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acheson
Truman
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
National Security.Council
Barkley
Marshall
National Security Resources Board
Berlin
Russia
Birthday party and weekend visitors in Emmitsburg area
A sixteenth birthday party for Nancy Wachter was held on Thursday on the Wachter lawn with many local families and friends in attendance. Weekend visits included Daniel Saffer from Baltimore and various relatives from Ferndale and Baltimore. Lions Club notes report plans for a town playground and four major projects, plus upcoming horse show, outdoor meeting at Gettysburg Pay Country Club, and a donation to Boys Town.
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Emimitzburg
Clarence Wachter
Nancy
Patricia Lingg
Dorothy Topper
Mary Miller
Rita Topper
Pauline Rosensteel
Helen Steinberger
Betty Ann Hollinger
Dolores Miller
Saranna Miller
Lois Harthagen
Porgy Wachter
Bernard Sprankle
Sterling Goulden
Charles F. Wachter
James J. Kelly
Daniel Saffer
Baltimore
John Saffer
Louis Gunn
Elaine
Stephen
Ray Topper
Ferndale
Walter Topper
Mickey Topper
Jerome Peters
Guy Baker
Peters
Baker
Harry S. Boyle, Jr
Christina
Boyle
Harry S. Boyle
Patrick Owens
Crownsville
George H. Sanders
James Adelsberger
Richard Florence
University of Maryland, College Park
R. B. Florence
Mervyn C. Fuss
Chamber of Commerce of
Taneytown
B. J. Eckenrode
George L. Withide
Gettysburg Pay Country Club
Boys Town
Neb
Boy Scouts
Charles Spriggs
Washington
Henry H. Charlton
John Spangler
The
Lions
Norman Cresei
Beegle Apartments
West Main Street
Dan
Frederick fairgrounds staff pass solo test at flight center
At Frederick airport in Maryland on a Tuesday in June 1958 Guy Wetzel caretaker at the Frederick Fair Grounds and John Grice a West Patrick street store operator completed a solo flying test. They were instructed by Irvin Stride and passed with flying colors amid job changes at the Lee Hat Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teh
Bury
Conn
Dresel Hag
Frederick Airport
Lee Hat Co
Guy Wetzel
Frederick Fair Grounds
John Grice
West Patrick Street
Irvin Stride
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National Geographic Society
Frederick County
Beatrice Fehr
University of Maryland
Ella Gue
Germantown
Hannah Craigie
Gaithersboro
Monroe Stull
Bennett Lightbown
College Park
Rearin America
Packard
America
Ballenger Sales & Service, Inc
Jefferson Street
Ballenger Creek Road
Frederick, Md
Patricia
Emmitsburg
Westminster
Carroll County
Ruth W. Pickett
Mt. Airy
Laura Kate Shower
Manchester
Josephine S. Crouse
Tyrone
Raymond E. Arrington
Sykesville
Theodore R. McKeldin
Frederick
Burtner Bros
Fredericktown
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Claudatte Colbert
Joan Crawford
Gladys Swarthout
Helen Hayes
Pres
Amer
Nati
Theatre & Academy
Faye Emerson
Ayobhar Neweeyee
Blue Ribbon
Walter Snow
Optometrist
North Market St
Wilson Ave
4Th St
7Th St. Pikes
Derrick
Wilson and Meade
J. R. Bages
Boston
Mass
Assembly of God Church
Sengstack
Williamson’s
Bred Rothe
Maryland
Maryland Chick Hatchery, Inc
West South St. Frederick, MD
Williamson
North Market
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