Ike's Plea for Conciliatory Tone in Washington
Washington notes show a rare bid to curb partisan attacks as Eisenhower seeks to moderate GOP rhetoric while Democrats press for calmer debate. Rayburn and Symington urge the President to repudiate vicious attacks,与 Eisenhower cautions against extreme partisanship and aims to keep U.S. policy stable amid Indochina questions and farm price disputes.
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United States
Potomac
Harry S. Truman
U.S
Eisenhower
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
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Symington
D-Mo
White House
James C. Hagerty
Trerasui
Ike
GOP
Leonard Hall
Ezra Taft Benson
Weary Willie Robot Aims at Factory Tasks
Knoxville report on Weary Willie a non thinking robot from University of Tennessee engineers. It can learn motions to perform repetitive tasks like signing names and basic tool handling by recording and replay. Costing around 200 dollars in parts, a golf swinging version could reach about 50000 dollars.
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Weary Willie
Willie
University of Tennessee Electrical Engineering Department
Paul Cromwell
C. H. Weaver
John P. DeBarber
Weaver
Wilke
Teacher recalls future president Dwight Eisenhower in Kansas school
Mrs A L Van Ostrand of Palacios Texas recalls Dwight Eisenhower as a bright fourth grader in a four room Abilene Kansas school. She notes she never saw him after he left her class in 1900 but followed his later career.
Arkansas VD program finds higher than expected positive tests
In Little Rock Arkansas a pre marital blood test law reveals 3.6 percent of those tested have venereal disease. Dr Clifford Cole calls 1 percent a high rate and 11 2 percent very high noting the surprise at the figures reported by the VD control program chief.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Clifford Cole
Cole
Kai-shek urges new president for Nationalist China
Chiang Kai-shek called the Kuomintang to select another leader, proposing Hu Shi or Yu Yu-jen for president and offering to serve as either head of the armed forces or premier if trusted. He noted Hu Shi is not a KMT member while Yu Yu-jen is. The proposal was made at the Central Committee opening near Taipei and is expected to be rejected.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang
Nationalist China
Hu Shi
Washington
Yu Yu-jen
Yuan
Chiang
Central Committee
Taipei
Coal Drives Early Technical Civilization
A concise note links coal as the prime mover of early industrial progress, underscoring its central role in powering machinery, production, and technological advancement of the era. The statement highlights coal's foundational impact on energy, industry, and economic growth.
Smoking and Cancer Link Report Shocks London
A three year study by a government advisory group says the link between smoking and lung cancer should be regarded as established though not simple, with caveats about other factors. Industry leaders respond that evidence remains inconclusive and fund research to probe causes.
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London
Ian MacLeod
Footwear mix up puzzles Grand Island man
Wayne Roberts was puzzled by sudden foot trouble until a friend inspected his shoes. His right foot wore a size 9 1 2 while his left foot showed an 8 1 2, revealing an unequal pair.
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Grand Island, Neb
Wayne Roberts
Roberts
China Claims 3.1 Million Soviet Textbook Translations Printed
Tokyo Beijing radio reported that over 3,100,000 translated copies of 265 Soviet textbooks were printed in China in a single year. One title cited is Collective Rearing and Education of Babies Less than 3 Years Old.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
China
Charity Rolls Reduced by Threat of Court Actions
Woodbury County Iowa cuts old age assistance costs by 70000 this year by threatening court actions to force support from children for aged and indigent parents. One case required a woman to pay 16 dollars weekly for her mother while her sister paid 8.66 dollars weekly. Such actions have eliminated 50 cases and reduced payments in 200 more cases.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Woodbury County
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