Exchange of visits viewed as hopeful step in cold war
Editorial argues that Eisenhower’s planned trip to Russia and Khrushchev's forthcoming U S visit hold promise for reducing tension. It lauds face to face talks between leaders, notes mixed reactions, and warns that dialogue is preferable to violence even if not a cure for all disputes.
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United States
Mikoyan
Kozlov
Nixon
Puerto Rico
Soviet Union
Mr. K
Khrushchev
America
Europe
Hay fever foe ragweed eyed as culprit in misery
The piece notes ragweed as the cause of seasonal hay fever and describes urban control measures such as spraying vacant lots and health department orders. It argues large areas are hard to manage, urging private citizens to identify and destroy ragweed to ease sufferers' misery.
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Health Department
Stop to Pennsylvania blue laws. Dougherty fines scrutinized
Viewpoints note the Pennsylvania Supreme Court challenging Justice of the Peace Earl Dougherty’s Sunday fines under old blue laws. The piece cites fines collected, the lawmakers debating raising penalties, and contrasts with New York’s similar laws. It also includes brief reader reactions on cures for sweating and nutrition from vitamin claims.
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Buffalo Evening News
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Earl Dougherty
Bristol
Bucks County
Reading
Dougherty
Preme Court
Pennsylvania State Senate
New York
Justice Dougherty
Health Advice From Dr Brady on Nutrition and Drugs
Dr Brady answers readers questions on malnutrition linked to sweet snacks and its impact on fitness, noting the danger of narcotics and alcohol. He discusses cafeteria temptations, milk as energy, and a proposed high protein drink with hydramin powder for growth and recovery, plus a reader question about sweaty feet.
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Detitian
Mitchell Prefers Not to Invoke Taft-Hartley in Steel Strike
U S Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell told a Chau taufqua Institution audience that he does not expect President Eisenhower to use the 80 day injunction of the Taft Hartley law unless the steel strike becomes a national emergency He noted the consumer has not shared gains from productivity and predicted labor and management will seek a third party mediator at the bargaining table He declined to say whether steel workers should receive a wage boost.
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Chautauqua
N.Y
U. S
Mitchell
Labor and Management Mace
Tatae Ister
Inere
Eisenhower invites Khrushchev to visit U S held idle gesture
President Eisenhower's invitation to Soviet Premier Khrushchev to visit the United States is seen as a symbolic gesture unlikely to alter the stalemate over Berlin and Geneva. The piece analyzes past failures since the 1955 summit, the deadlock in foreign ministers talks, and the differing views on whether such a visit would ease tensions or bolster Soviet propaganda while Western concessions with Berlin remain unresolved.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
United States
Geneva
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Far East
Formosa
Red
Germany
Moscow
West Berlin
London
Paris
Macmillan
Britain
de Gaulle
France
America
Fusenhower
Soviet Union
Fisenhower
Nixon
Europe
West
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Fighters For Freedom
Hier
Chamberlain
Munich
Ife
Berlin
Honest Letter From Albany Taxes Mail Joke
The State Tax Department received a letter and 23 cents from someone claiming to be a former employee about a year and a half ago. The unsigned note said it was mailed through the office postage meter and included a quarter to cover postage. The letter was postmarked Albany.
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Albany
State Tax Department
Vibrant soprano Elaine Malbin on love and work
Hal Boyle profiles Elaine Malbin, a radiant lyric soprano earning up to 75000 annually, who laments that young men today feel dull and glib. She prefers older or industry peers but finds opera stars unsexy, values ambition, and hopes to see more of the world while continuing demanding vocal work.
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New York
Elaine Malbin
Miss Malbin
Elaine
Sve
Moment of Meditation on the Zenger Press Freedom
A meditation praising John Peter Zenger and Anna Zenger for championing the people's right to know and the press. It recalling the August 4 1735 anniversary of Zenger's libel acquittal and urging vigilance to protect the First Amendment as part of the Bill of Rights.
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John Eter Zenger
Anna
Zenger
National Whirligig Prison Deal Shapes Johnson Bid
Washington report paints Lyndon B. Johnson as an energetic 1960 Democratic candidate in aLate 1950s power play over a new maximum security prison site. Rayburn and Johnson push for Southern Illinois as location amid Cannon faction battles, with payoff tied to Illinois influence at the convention. The piece highlights private bargaining, regional politics, and long standing loyalties among Capitol power brokers.
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Ray Tucker
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
Middle
Illinois
Eisenhower
Middle West
Cannon
Missouri
Sen
Thurston B. Morton
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Rep
Kenneth J. Gray
Clarence Cannon
Gray
Thomas J. O'Brien
Chicago
Uncle Tom
Rayburn
Cook County
Lincle Tom
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Cowboy" Johnson
Southern Illinois
Rayburn - Johnson - McCormack
House
Pat Nash
Illinois Democratic Machine
Nash
Sam
Johnson
Rasburn
Cnileagties
Oil Discovery in Civic Center Delays Hall of Records Work
In Los Angeles a jackhammer operator drilling for the new Hall of Records Building struck a four foot vein of heavy viscous oil in shale four feet down. The small pocket of asphaltic oil was not enough for commercial production. Workers sealed the discovery with concrete footing around a steel column.
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Los Angeles
Civic Center
Hall of Records
Covering an honor in a bridge hand by East
Bidding notes discuss when to cover an honor with an honor in a contract bridge deal. East should cover the king on the ten of clubs to gain a club trick, altering the defense and preventing declarer from making four club tricks. The article analyzes outcomes based on East's carding and ensuing plays.
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Fast
Declarer
East
Anessen
Weat
South
Eagt
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