Shocked by plan to divest DuPont GM stock in tax scheme
The Odessa American reports a 1958 government push to force DuPont to divest General Motors holdings over ten years. Critics warn of massive tax bills to 900,000 stockholders and potential losses to DuPont and GM stock prices. Crawford Greenewalt urges an alternative divestment method to avoid broad economic disruption.
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DuPont Co
Justice Department
DuPont
Clayton
General Motors
Christiana Securities Co
Walter J. LaBay
U. S. District Court
Chicago
Supreme Court
District Court
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue People
Crawford H.greenewalt
Freedom Newspaper Odessa American Mission Statement
A historical notice from The Odessa American emphasizes freedom as a moral gift grounded in religious and civic guides. It details editorial purpose, daily publication schedule, and subscription pricing for Odessa and Ector County readers.
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Odessa American
East Fourth St
Odessa
Ector County
Better Jobs: Difference Between Communism And Labor Unions
A reader argues that unions and communism share tools of coercion and control. He asserts unions use strikes, laws, and wage imposition to regulate workers and production, paralleling communist authority, and asks for any real difference beyond name.
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Labor Unions
Bids For A Smile and the Virginia Forest Bit
An Irishman describes travels in the far West and a virgin forest as a place untouched by man. A judge questions a vagrant about his wife who washes, and the man explains he carries out the washing, the old woman does the washing, she collects the money, and he talks her out of most of it.
Houghton under fire over De Gaulle ties in Senate panel
Washington reports reveal Senate Foreign Relations Committee members bluntly pressuring Ambassador Amory Houghton to be replaced. CIA forewarnings of De Gaulle’s return and Houghton’s skepticism cited, with rivals like Quaroni and Vinogradov noted for direct contact with De Gaulle. Secretary Dulles to discuss the matter with the committee. June 23 targets court action also noted, including Chief Justice Warren’s overseas plans and retirement discussions for Burton, Black, and Frankfurter.
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Washington
Amory Houghton
France
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Houghton
de Gaulle
Paris
Corning Glass Works
Britain
Italy
West Germany
Russia
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Gaillard
Pflimlin
Senate Foreign Relations
Pietro Quaroni
Numa Menemencioglu
Sergei Vinogradov
Vinogradov
Kremlin
Hougton
Andrew Malraux
Maurice Couve de Murville
U. S
Emile Pelletier
Barnard Cornut-Gentille
Argentina
Pierre Guillaumat
Dulles
Foreign Relations Committee
Theodore Green
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Europe
Burton
Eisenhower
Hugo Black
Felix Frankfurter
Black
Frankfurter
William O. Douglas
Alaska
Oregon
Washington State
Douglas
Pakistan
Turkey
Chiang Kai-Shek interview viewed as biased and revealing
The author reflects on an NBC interview with Chiang Kai-Shek aired on Sunday. He criticizes the questions as mediocre and notes Formosa Taiwan history, Formosans versus Chinese identity, and long lists of colonial rulers. He discusses Formosan origins, languages, and aboriginal groups, arguing no clear Formosan distinctness from Chinese.
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Formosa
China
Foreign Affairs
NBC
Taiwan
Papua
Kuriles
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fukien
Kwanetung
Canton
Will Lyons and the senator of the Colorado ring era
Gene Fowler recalls Wild Will Lyons and baron Long dispute of Lyons origin in Waco versus Grand Junction. The piece traces Lyons rise with Dempsey, Farley era spoils, and Bettsey pistol incidents, plus wagers, wigs, and a $10 engraved watch gift from Dempsey, contrasting Agnes memories and Welsh White bouts.
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Los Angeles
Gene Fowler
Wild Will Lyons
Waco
Baron Long
Teluride
Colo
Hester Street
Grand Junction
Tom Shevlin
Will
Jack Dempsey
Colorado
Denver
Fowler
Runyon
George Creel
Otto Floto
Arthur Chapman
East
Jim Farley
Jim
Farley
Wild Will
Bat Masterson
Sixth Avenue
Dodge City
Old Beatsy
Old Bettsy
Billy la Hiff
Jack
Kearns
Julius Tanner
Jimmy Walker
Bettsy
Frank Menke
Dempsey-Gibbons
Frank
Shelby
Menke
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Kid Brown
Childs
Colorado Springs
Freddie Welsh
Charlie White
Billy Roche
Agnes
Gene
Senator Lyons
Baron
Welsh
White
Benny Leonard
Bill Gibson
Benny
Charlie
Will Lyons
Wilson
al Smith
Dempsey
Eisemtower Warns of Internal Threat to Liberty
Eagle Rock Calif September 12 1952 General Eisemtower warned that the greatest threat to liberty is internal from the growth of big government and expanding federal spending. He urged keeping expenditures as a share of income to protect a free economy and curb debt and currency inflation. JACK MOFFITT
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Eagle Rock
Cal
General Eisemtow
Jack Moffitt
De Gaulle's Return and NATO Ambitions Stir Cold War Squeeze
The columnist argues De Gaulle's return gives France leverage over NATO and US access to European defense resources. He notes France's economic strain despite aid and warns US policy must reckon with Paris's price on defense assets while reflecting on Germany's robust recovery and Western Europe's power shifts. The piece ends by predicting further upheavals as new leaders take power.
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Charles de Gaulle
Sam
Fort Knox
Tito
United States
France
de Gaulle
NATO
Russia
de Gaule
Jean D’arc
West Germany
Europe
England
Germany
State Department
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