Dope Addiction Costs and Punishments Debate
The piece surveys the economic impact of narcotics with addicts spending about 330 million yearly and stealing over a billion in property. It covers calls for harsher penalties including death for peddlers, debates on humane treatment, and the failure of voluntary clinics, noting Anslinger’s stance and federal acts shaping punishment. It also recalls early 20th century free clinics and their unintended spread of addiction through underregulated access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen
Daniel
Dtex
Rep
Boggs
D-La
Harry J. Anslinger
Verdors
Anslinger
Lexington
Fort Worth
Tex
Alva
New York Academy of Medicine
New York State Medical Society
AWOL Soldier Traced by Bran Sack Trail
Hubert Osborne aged 59 faced military police at his mountain home in YVAZEWIELL Tenn After MPs closed in he hidden in a barn with bran and a tan sack a hole in the sack betrayed his position He was returned to Ft McPherson to face charges of being AWOL since 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvazewiell
Tenn
Hubert Osborne
Ft. McPherson
No place in Michigan is more than 85 miles from a Great Lake
A concise geographic fact notes Michigan towns lie within 85 miles of at least one Great Lake, illustrating the state’s compact proximity to multiple large freshwater bodies. The statement emphasizes Michigan’s boundary geography and accessibility to lakefront regions across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Great Lakes
Bus Driver Fired On as Montgomery Racial Bus Boycott Intensifies
A bullet narrowly misses bus driver H A Burks and his family in Montgomery as the city endures a fourth shooting linked to the Negroes boycott of segregated buses. A window is shattered near Burks, with his wife and two children aboard. two other shots hit a bus Tuesday night. Police report six shots fired from a dark area near a street corner during the incident. Rosa Parks, whose refusal to sit in the segregated rear seat sparked the protest, faces a $14 fine appeal under a state segregation statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
H. A. Burks
Burks
Rosa Parks
Humphreys Sees Balanced Budget Stage Speech
Secretary of the Treasury George M Humphrey, in a speeches at a Mercantile Trust Co centennial banquet in St Louis, forecast a balanced federal budget this fiscal year and opposed a tax cut now. He cited record employment, stable dollars, and wage gains, tying prosperity to public confidence in the Eisenhower era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
George M. Humphrey
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Mercantile Trust Co
St. Lo.s
Deficit and Tax Stance Highlight Briefing
In a press conference, Humphrey cited an anticipated deficit of 1.7 billion dollars. He opposed a tax cut funded by borrowed money and said no mood of gloom existed despite farm problems receiving full administration attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey
Juries Increase Turnpike Awards in Lyon County
In Lyon County Kansas emporia juries in 17 district court trials awarded landowners along the Turnpike route $225 258. Sixteen trials occurred in the October term and one in May. More appeals from appraisers awards and other damages remain for February and later sessions. The total exceeds the original appraisers awards by 367 871, with all tried appeals yielding higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Lyon County
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Roger D. Greene
Ottawa University
Washington, D. C
United Nations
Cheney
Cheney Super Market
N. Main
Cheney Farm Market
S. Main
Washington
Cheney’s
Super Market
Farm Store
Wichita
Boeing
Air Force
James Douglas
U. S
Humphreys
Dean Berlin
Buick
Neto
Jackie Gleason
FIVER
Mike Mulcahey
Buick Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!