Thought For Today Encore For Food Stamps Plan Emerges
Discussion of a Kennedy era food stamp plan with nationwide scope in six areas of unemployment. Describes origins of the New Deal program, how stamps and blue stamps worked, eligibility, and the aim to ease hunger while boosting trade. Notes costs and current unemployment figures.
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Agriculture
Freeman
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Kentucky
Minnesota
Detroit
Rochester
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Year of the Ox welcoming Chinese New Year celebrations
The article contrasts Ash Wednesday with Chinese New Year celebrations in major cities. It explains the Gregorian shift, the Republic calendar, and the 12 year animal cycle. It notes Year 4659, the Year of the Ox, and the greeting Kung Hsi Fat Tsail or Happy New Year.
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Republic
Kennedy's Utopian Plan Meets Sacrifices Yet Undefined
Peter Edson analyzes Kennedy's economic vision, contrasting utopian goals with required sacrifices. He notes aims for 3.5 percent growth, higher wages and profits, and tax-balanced budgets over economic cycles, while comparing past Eisenhower data on debt, surpluses, and unemployment.
Kennedy proposals judged as utopian by critics
The text surveys reactions to John F Kennedy's economic recovery plans, arguing they rely on increasing government and private spending with uncertain effects on the budget. It notes some measures may be temporary, while others shift costs to future payroll deductions or employers. Critics warn prosperity won’t return purely through spending.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Utopia
Earl Wilson Honored by Broadway Elite for Polio Fight
Earl Wilson, longtime New York Post columnist and editor of Earl's Pearls, was toasted as Man of the Year for the March of Dimes at the Hotel Astor on January 31. The gala featured entertainers like Jimmy Durante and Ethel Merman as Wilson recalled his polio fundraising start after Helen Hayes’ daughter Mary’s death. He described his rise from Ohio to New York journalism, his wife Rosemary, and their son Earl Jr. as part of a life built around the byline and the charitable work that funded polio research.
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March of Dimes
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Gypsy Rose Lee
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Rockford
Piqua Daily Call
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Ohio State University
Columbus Dispatch
International News Service
Akron Beacon
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Ruth McKenney
Eileen
Eileen.” Miss McKenney
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Washington Post
Miss McKenney
Washington Square
Rosemary Lyons
East St. Louis
Sing Sing
Rosemary
B.W
Wilsons
West End Av
Earl Jr. Slugger
Rusk Briefed as Secretary of State with Less Hair to Tame
Washington dispatch notes that new secretary of state Dean Rusk has a notable edge over predecessors who required frequent barber visits. With hair nearly absent, he can devote full attention to guiding policy without time wasted on grooming. This appearance of efficiency is highlighted as a symbol of his readiness.
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Rusk Press Conference Displays Diplomatic Touch
Former Secretary of State James Rusk held his first news conference since taking office in the new State Department Auditorium. He praised the press, urged a friendly tug of war with secrecy, and noted his frankness and occasional need to defer on unprepared questions.
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Raleigh Register Advertising Rates and Delivery Policy
The Raleigh Register announces subscription rates for Beckley Newspapers Corporation with daily and Sunday, weekly and monthly options, West Virginia tax, and notes that carriers and distributors are independent contractors. Address change instructions are included and National Advertising is represented by Ward Griffith.
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Pew
HOMF
Ipaily
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Americans move houses and jobs at high pace nation wide
UPI reports that residential mobility remains a defining trait of American life. The Chase Manhattan Bank notes that in one year about 33 million Americans relocate, roughly one person in five, reflecting ongoing transformation in homes, occupations, and living patterns.
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UPI
New York
United States
Chase Manhattan Bank
Faded ads tout ancient pain killer while mobility trends rise
A Civil War era style advertisement touts Peter Perry’s Pain Killer for scalds and burns amid a broader discussion of extensive mobility trends. Bank data show 11 million cross county moves and 8.5 million annual labor shifts with many changing industries or occupations. Public administration, education, and wholesale retail gained workers, while agriculture declined. two thirds of workers changed jobs at least once in a decade.
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Peter Perry
Knowledge Quiz: Flightless Birds and Global Organizations
A quiz listing questions and answers on topics from flightless birds to professional bodies. It notes the scientific term believed as Ratifes from a raft’s Latin root, cites the National Education Association as the largest with 700,000 members, references Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture inspired by Napoleon’s defeat in Russia, and affirms raisins as nourishing.
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Napoleon
Russia
Prayer for Today and Forgiveness from Wilmette Minister
A church prayer asks for daily guidance from God to reveal His mind in decisions and relationships. It seeks deep peace through obedience, confession of sin, mercy, and increased trust in divine care from Charles M. Crowe of Wilmette Illinois.
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Wilmette Parish Methodist Church
Tallulah Bankhead teased as a clown at Sardi's show
Gossip column notes Bert Wheeler praising Tallulah Bankhead for a new baggy pants clown talent at Sardi's and hints she may work for John Ringling North. It also covers a March of Dimes dinner feud between Zsa Zsa Gabor and Monique Van Vooren, plus random celebrity items and jokes from The Midnight Earl column.
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Tallulah Bankhead
Bert Wheeler
Sardi’s
Wheeler
Tallulah
John Ringling North
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Monique van Vooren
March of Dimes
Houston
Bob Strake
Virginia loses a seat as West Virginia gains one
Based on the representation plan adopted by the national congress, Virginia loses a representative while West Virginia gains one. An editorial notes if the Democratic Legislature had cut only the number of attaches to save about $50,000 per session, last fall’s political upheaval might have been avoided. Roll of honor lists Shady Spring school fourth month names including Marie Griffith and others.
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Jack Griffith
Ramon Kirk
Basil Bryant
Maud
Pearl
Grace Reed
Ethel
Maril Griffith
Sarah and
Cosby Massie
Promise Richmond
Malta McComack
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