Enduring Taft-Hartley Clash Looms Over Steel Strike
Observers urge compulsory arbitration as a last resort if the steel dispute resumes after the 80 day cooling-off period. Senate figures debate emergency measures, fact finding powers, and potential plant seizure as Congress weighs further labor reforms amid the 1959 policy debate.
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86Th Congress
Eisenhower
Walter Lippmann
David Lawrence
Congress
Taft- Hartley
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Cooper
George W. Taylor
Factfinding Board On Steel
Aflcio
George Meany
Togo
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Taft-Hartley
Taylor
Sen. Taft
Liquor influence in drunken driving law debate
Roy Lee Harmon comments on how motor vehicle law targets driving under the influence rather than drunkenness itself. He notes the statute bans driving by those under intoxicating influence and discusses uncertainties about what constitutes drunk driving and the role of tests, while urging responsibility in traffic safety.
David C Gardner on Castro aid and communist links
The piece argues U S aid policies favor private capital but back communist regimes like Castro while shunning anti communist leaders such as Trujillo It claims Castro's rise and confiscations threaten American interests and questions why the government supports communist dictatorship in the Caribbean and beyond.
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World Uplift Movement
Batista
Russia
Cuba
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Castro
Asia
Africa
Central
South America
Fidel Castro
Snuffer Socials and Local News From 1909 Raleigh Files
The Raleigh Register notes a pleasant Snuffer gathering with Mr and Mrs Pete Snuffer and list of attendees led by Grace Riley and Ethel Tench. It also reports Paintsville Church of Christ dedication planned for the fourth Sunday in November and an eye injury to R T Bair at United Lumber Company sawmill near Wickham.
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Snuffer
Pete Snuffer
Grace Riley
Spencer
Ethel Tench
Cranberry
Mattie
Hila
Willie
Lara Stover
Hettie Haley
Pansy
Thelma Hawley
Lockie Halstead
Myrtle Snuffer
Mary Snuffer
Tom Stover
Freed Hawley
Frank Halstead
Sidney Hutchison
Wilmer Bryan
Dewey
Milton Snuffer
Church of Christ
Paintsville
Fayette County
R. T. Bair
United Lumber Company
Wickham
Raleigh and Register Publisher Info and Rates
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes Raleigh and Register with home delivery options and subscription rates. It lists editors, Associated Press member status, advertising representatives, and carrier responsibilities for payments and delivery.
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C J McQuade
Associated Press
N News
AP News
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Finley, Inc
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
J C Penney leases Raleigh store site on Neville Street
The J C Penney company has leased a store site in the new building on the former Raleigh Hardware location on West Neville Street. Also note the death of German General von Kluck at 88 in Berlin. New Citizens Conservation Corps camps announced at Reedy and Neola. A $10 reward stands for information leading to capture of two corn cure salesmen selling with each corn medicine. Justus Collins, 77, president of Winding Gulf Collieries, dies in Charleston.
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J.C. Penney Company
Raleigh Hardware
Neville Street
Alexander von Kluck
Paris
Berlin
Citizens Conservation Corps
Reedy
Neola
J. J. Bowling
Justus Collins
Winding Gulf Collieries
Charleston
Benson Fights Factory Farm Policy For Wheat And Tobacco
Ezra Taft Benson, longtime Secretary of Agriculture, remains a key figure in the 1953 cabinet's dwindling ranks as he battles farm policy. The 1958 Agricultural Act marks a shift away from postwar controls, granting broader price supports and flexible acreage rules, while wheat prices fall from 2.21 to 1.77 per bushel and the glut grows despite Benson’s defense of “forward looking” reform.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Congress
Democratic Congress
Understanding the Origins of Barbecue and Its Meanings
The piece traces barbecue from the Spanish barbacoa meaning an elevated frame for smoking or broiling fish and meats to English use. It notes the term originally referred to roasting a whole hog or large animal, then broadened to outdoor celebrations and meats cooked on a spit with a sharp sauce.
Herter Reacts Slowly to Khrushchev Visit, Policy Gaps
James Marlow analyzes Secretary of State Christian Herter's cautious approach under Eisenhower. He notes Herter's lower profile next to Khrushchev, subtle critiques by Berding on peaceful coexistence, and the tension over intervening against Soviet gains in satellites. The piece weighs whether U.S. policy will ever shift from the status quo amid Cold War tensions.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Herter
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Dulles
Khrushchev
New Herter
United States
Soviet Union
Red China
Berding
Department
Nightly TV raillery and show biz gossip report
New York diary notes CBS boss Frank Stanton on honesty on TV and stars such as Patty Duke Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker. Celebrities like Frank Sinatra Eva Gabor Jackie Gleason and Celeste Holm are mentioned with showbiz quips and upcoming TV projects.
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New York
CBS
Frank Stanton
Jack Benny
Betty Hutton
Big Crosby
Squires
Joan Crawford
Zane Grey
the Miracle Worker
Franchot Tone
Roz Russell
Helen Hayes
Eleanor Holm
Jule Styne
Patty Duke
Helen Keller
Anne Bancroft
Annie Sullivan
Patty
Alcoholics Anonymous
Savoy-Hilton
Frank Sinatra
Copacabana
Frank
Leonard Bern- Stein
F.S
L.A
Eva Gabor
Dick Brown
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