Editorial on Doctors in Draft and Selective Service History
Editorial review traces the doctor draft calls and policy shifts from 1950 to 1945 style debates. It details February 1976 physician calls, dentist drafts, voluntary enlistment expectations, and AMA positions on mandatory service versus attraction. It notes draft outcomes, commissions, pay, and historical ratios of doctors in service during wars.
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Department of Defense
Army
American Medical Association
Congress
Defense Department
Meany and Gompers Compared in Labor Leadership
The piece contrasts George Meany and Samuel Gompers, noting their origins, physiques, and styles while detailing Meany’s rise from New York plumber to AFL CIO president. It highlights shared ideals of self-education and craft apprenticeship and recalls mutual battles with rival leaders like John L. Lewis.
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George Meany
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Meany
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
AFL
London
United States
New York City
Grand Central Station
New York
AFL - Cio
John L. Lewis
San Francisco
Lewis
Why retailing remains exempt from federal minimum wage laws
The piece explains that retailing is a local, highly decentralized industry where wage levels must align with local costs and conditions. Extending federal minimum wage coverage to retailers could harm marginal workers’ entry into the labor market and impose costs exceeding profits, affecting retailers and consumers alike.
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New York City
Death Toll in Arts and Letters Reaches Wide Span
In a year marked by heavy losses in literature music and art Nobel laureate Thomas Mann led a notable list of deaths. Others include Wallace Stevens Robert Sherwood Bernard De Voto Jose Ortega y Gasset Frances Gaither Joseph Henry Jackson Nicholas Wreden Fernand Leger Maurice Utrillo Yves Tanguy Carl Miller and music figures Olin Downs and Marion Bauer. The year closed amid mournful recalls of enduring cultural impact.
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Thomas Mann
Mann
Felix Krull
Switzerland
Pulitzer
Wallace Stevens
Hartford
Robert Sherwood
Bernard de Voto
Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Frances Gaither
Joseph Henry Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle
Nicholas Wreden
Dalton’s
Little, Brown
Fernand Leger
Maurice Utrillo
France
Yves Tanguy
Connecticut
Carl Miller
Metropolitan Museum
Museum
Olin Downs
The
New York Times
Marion Bauer
Worry Clinic case on Nora and jealous conflict
Nora M aged 37 daughter in law resents mother in law sitting front beside husband. Doctor links jealousy to sexual adjustment and ignorance of marital relations. Husband uses booklet advice on sex problems in marriage. result: jealousy reduced.
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Nora M
Dr. Crane
Nora
TV Celeb Snippets and Holiday Screen Goss on Broadway
On a cold CBS set Jack Paar quips about a bigger crowd on his day bed. Other notes include Jackie Gleason and Perry Como’s announcer clashes, Joe E. Lewis praising Swifty Morgan’s knack for mislaid things, Kim Novak denying Pal Joey talks, Errol Flynn’s Spain visit, a New Jersey home call about a sick dad, and a lunch date with Mrs. O. O. Me.
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New York
B'way
Jack Paar
Canton
CBS
Jack
Jack Paar’s TV Gossip Circles the City
A collage of celebrity vignettes and social chatter from New York nightlife. Notes include Monica Davis the nurse, Broadway rumors, Doris Bros. deal, and stars like Sinatra, Cooper, Grace Kelly, and Audrey Meadow, mixed with quips on culture and media.
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Denise Darcel
Peter Crosby
Embassy Club
Havana
Playboy Magazine
Madeline Castle
Dorsey Bros
Statler
N. Y
Gary Cooper
Borscht
Lindy’s
Grace Kelly
Gant Gaither
Ted Lewis
Central Park
Dan Daileys
Switzerland
Audrey Meadow
Randy Rouse
Washington
Neila Ates
Earl
Frank Malester
Taffy Tuttle
Kansas
Birthday tribute to Clement Attlee British PM and Labour leader
Clement Attlee, born January 3, 1883 in London, led the Labour Party to become British Prime Minister. He relinquished party leadership in 1955, served as deputy prime minister in the WWII War Cabinet of 1940s, won honors, and studied law after taking dockyard manual jobs to understand laborers’ problems.
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Clement Atylee
London
Britain
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Soldiers and sailors named in a home front and overseas roundup include Pvt Thomas Hollins son of Mr and Mrs Thomas R Hollins of Bud welder in 18th Field Artillery Battalion Germany entered Army in 1934 basic at Fort Knox KY arrived overseas in 1933 Herndon High School and Goode Transfer Co Mullens private Troy B Williams Mount Hope airborne qualified with five parachute jumps and four weeks of infantry training Mount Hope High School William H Higgins Sophia VA personnelman third class Navy entering May 1954 served on USS Salem Nagship Sixth Fleet in Mediterranean visiting Lisbon Spain Barcelona Nice Cannes Venice Naples Athens Izmir Istanbul Gibraltar Malta while Robert M Alley Beckley Marine Corps Schools Quantico promoted to staff sergeant.
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18Th Field Artillery
Germany
Thomas Hollins
Thomas R. Hollins
Fort Knox
Herndon High School
Goode Transfer Co
Mullens
Pvt
Willian
T. B. Williams
Mount Hope High School
H. Higgins
Thomas P. Higgins
Sophia
Navy
Higgins
Bainbridge
Salem
US Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Lisbon
Portugal
Barcelona
Spain
Nice
Cannes
Frances
Venice
Naples
Italy
Athens
Greece
Istanbul
Turkey
Gibraltar
Malta
Sophia High School
Robert M. Alley
Annie Alley
Westwood Drive
Beckley
Marine Corps Schools
Quantico
You're Telling Me! You're Telling Me! by William Ritt
A visiting European dignitary laments overheated hotel rooms sparking jokes about comfort. The piece notes shops selling gaudy pajamas printed with a full deck of playing cards, ending with a flippant punchline in a teenage voice.
How Does Your Hale Fit For New Year
A satirical New Year’s reflection on Americans embracing hollow resolutions. It mocks grand vows to reform, noting everyone’s sanctimonious posturing and pledges to quit bad habits, spend more time with family, and improve conduct, while acknowledging the fleeting nature of such fixes.
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New York
America
St. Peter's Pearly Gates
Qne
Tener
Jess
Earth
Heaven
Prayer for President Calls for Wisdom Courage Faith
A brief prayer pleads for the President of the United States to receive wisdom from above, courage to act rightly, and faith in the peaceable power of righteousness and goodwill through Christ. Signed by Kirby Page of La Habra, California, author and evangelist.
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United States
Christ
Kirby Page
la Habra
Calif
Dulles Cites Pacts To Deter Russians
Secretary of State Dulles expressed confidence the West will deter the Soviets in 1956 though offering no new evidence. He stressed American military alliances as a main pillar of policy while hinting at broader goals beyond pacts, noting Soviet tactics in Asia and the Middle East and warning against complacency behind a military wall.
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Washington
Dulles
Asia
Middle East
Bulganin
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
New York
United States
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