Cananda Line’s Queen Elizabeth to anchor in Fort Lauderdale
By next year the Queen Elizabeth will be moored permanently at Fort Lauderdale, attracting tourists instead of transporting them, as the Queen Mary remains immobilized in Long Beach. The piece, quoted by William B. Dickinson Jr., notes nostalgia, luxury, and a fading era of transatlantic travel, with remarks on service, food, and a distant hint of unrest in Cherbourg en route to Southampton.
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Cananda Line
Fort Lauderdale
Pla
Long Beach
Call
Willam B. Dickinson, Jr
Voice of America
Cherbourg
Southampton
France
Andy
Space Age Spurs Fast Shipyard Modernization to Build Warships
Space Age Goes To Sea explores U S shipbuilding decline since World War I, with only 64 of 2034 ships built in the United States at the start of 1948. It notes labor costs and rising tech as drivers, highlighting Quinry Mass General Dynamics adapting aero tech to aquaspace, fabricating ship sections fully then assembling. The Quincy yard, once idle, now employs 5000 and plans to assemble one merchant ship, after delivering 14 naval ships valued at 3500 million.
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Columbia
U.S
United States
Japan
United Kingdom
Germany
Italy
France
Sweden
Spain
Quinty
Mass
General Dynamics
Quincey Yards
Don Oakley
Slow Motion Government Inaction Cited In Food And Transport Policy
After years of consideration and hearings, the FDA sets a 90 percent peanut content rule for peanut butter while the ICC approves a Jacksonville to Miami trucking route after 39 months of negotiations and 13 months of hearings. The piece lampoons federal efficiency, invoking Jefferson on minimal governance.
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Federal Drug Administration
Florida
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jacksonville
Miami
ICC
Jefferson
Watch On The Potomac Polls Show Polltaker Often Gets Phony Results
This piece reviews pollsters failures in primaries from New Hampshire to Oregon and California. It argues polls mislead voters and politicians, cites Gallup Harris Crossley, and warns conventions and public opinion shift as campaigns unfold. It calls for ethical polling, deeper analysis, and humility from pollsters.
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Fla
New Hampshire
Oregona
Teyntable
Kennedy
McCarthy
California
Gallup
Nixon
Crossley Organization
Thomas E. Dewey
Harry S Truman
Dewey
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Vietnam
Czechoslovakia
G.O.P
Apsilon
LBS
Christian View on Violence and Civil Disobedience
United Press International reports a National Council of Churches statement debating whether violence may be a lesser evil than injustice. It urges first using political processes, then peaceful civil disobedience, acknowledging state punishment for violators.
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United Press International
Christ
Oey
General Board
National Council of Churches
Louis Cassels
Violence as a Tool for Justice in American Religion
Louis M Cassels analyzes religious debate over violence as a last resort when justice is blocked. He notes supporters cite Jesus as not advocating peace at any cost while critics doubt the National Council of Churches endorsement. The piece weighs when peaceful means fail and democracy’s pace versus coercive action, urging patient, lawful efforts for social progress.
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National Council
Jesus
National Council of Churches
Council
Robert F. Kennedy
Argentine Women Used as Dope Couriers Says Official
A Buenos Aires based narcotics network allegedly uses Argentine women as couriers for heroin and cocaine bound for the United States and Canada. Officials say nine Argentines, six women, were arrested in two months. police report a covert pipeline centered in Buenos Aires with narcotics processed in Europe. Authorities warn that Argentina’s legal system hinders arrests despite international cooperation. A police source notes women are chosen to avoid search bias, and couriers are paid about $2,000 for flights to deliver drugs to U S contacts, with dealer profits around $36,000 per run. In New York, Kennedy airport agents seized $4 million in heroin taped to two Argentine women arriving from Buenos Aires. Both women faced $106,000 bail each.
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Guillerao
Fiba Ts
Buenos Aires
UPI
United States
Canada
New York
Montreal
Europe
Kennedy International Airport
Back-To-School Sales Rise In Retail Season
UPI reports Scholastic Magazine and industry estimates show August and September back-to-school spending drives substantial sales across books, stationery, and clothing. Teens and college students increasingly own typewriters or buy school supplies, with total school market near hundreds of millions.
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Leroy Porkneso Bone
OPI
New York
UPI
Department of Commerce
Fabl
Variety Store
Merchandliser
Chain Store Age
Seventeen Magazine
America
Seventeen
Bug Dust They Like To Think Their Vote Is Going To Count
Opinion piece criticizes nominating conventions, mocks Republican choices and media coverage, and reflects on democracy. It cites Melvin Laird and discusses the idea that delegates seek the winner. Ends with a prayer by Robert D. Mersey, pastor.
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Jobn Rudel
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
Statesmaneship
Reagan imprint endures in GOP southern wing history
NEA Washington correspondent analyzes how Ronald Reagan's rise left a lasting Goldwater stigma within the GOP. The piece argues Reagan amplified Goldwater’s conservative imprint across the South and West, influencing Nixon era strategy and the 1968 convention dynamics. It notes Goldwater’s reluctance to fully back Reagan yet acknowledges his enduring ideological influence on party alignment.
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NEA
Washington
Miami Beach
California
Ronald Reagan
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Reagan
Goldwater Crusaders
Toney
South
Bn Reagan
Goldwater Reagan
W Goldwaterlam
Indiana
Larder
Tno Green
Nixon
Yce
Nelson Rockefeller
Mackefeller
Howald Reagan
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Rateigh Reatster venoenae Published by Beckley News
Beclley Newspapers Corporation lists second close mall privileges in Beckley West Virginia. Details reference Beclley 250 3121 and involve Sinton West Virginia. The notice cites the telephone department for contact and official handling of the matter.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Vin
Sinton
W. Va
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