Labor Reform Debate Aims To Shield Unions From Racketeering
President Eisenhower sternly endorses labor reform in a televised address to the nation and Congress. He highlights aims to shield union funds from racketeering, protect members from bossism, and end blackmail and secondary boycotts. He criticizes Kennedy bill and notes alternative options like the Lindrum-Griffin and administration bills. If Congress fails, action will be deemed political subservience to labor bossism.
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Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Fear, Irony, and Book Bans in East West Tension
The Moscow U S exhibition on books reflects east west tensions with irony. Soviet censors blacklist titles, remove over 100 works, while Soviet Culture criticizes the U S display. The piece likens fascist book burning to Soviet bans, noting both regimes suppress ideas they dislike.
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U. S
Moscow
Germany
Sky Paddles Magical Satellite Boots to Orbit
A Cape Canaveral launched satellite named Sky Paddles MAGICAL now orbits Earth. It carries 15 major scientific experiments and a solar cell system to recharge batteries over about a year. Space detectives will study radiation belts and seek escape hatches, signaling a significant Air Force and Space Administration achievement.
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Air Force
Space Administration
Kilmety Letter on County Taxes Draws Interest
In the Mailbox Trend George Kilmett’s letter discusses city taxes and the pre existing county tax plan. It notes a proposed two year 80 cent tax at the Bexar county courthouse and a hospital district tax raise of several cents. Retired service personnel express moving from San Antonio seeking relief from rising taxes.
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George Kilmett
Col. Kilmety
Bexar County
Bexar County Hospital
San Antonio
Catholic Church Gains In World Population Acknowledges Threat
A reader letter discusses Father Bruckberger’s critique in Image of America about Catholicism’s growth lag in world population. The piece notes Catholic membership rising yet questions its share of global totals and references readers praising city coverage of Koehler Bracken Tidge and Davis park.
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R. L. Bruckberger
Koehler
Bracken
Tidge
Davis Park
Kremlin Gold in Africa and Uganda's Moscow ties
A 1959 Hall Syndicate dispatch argues Moscow funds and trains Africans and Asians in Uganda, Kenya, and nearby regions to push anti U. S. and anti western propaganda. It cites Kampala Entebbe Iraqi links, Kiwanuka’s Uganda National Congress, Shafik the Indian in Uganda, and Ugandan groups aligned with Moscow. The piece warns of a growing Soviet influence across East Africa with potential to reshape regional power.
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Har
Kisumu
Capetown Ace
Uganda
Zanzi
Khartoum
Moscow
Africa
U. S
Prague
Cairo
Peiping
Kampala
Entebbe
Lake Victoria
Nile
Jinja
Newa Aperman
Winston Churchill
East Africa
East
Russia
Entebbe-Kampala
Kenya
Uganda National Congress
Joseph Kiwanuka
Joe K
Sudan
Kiwanuka
Vienna
Shafik
England
London
Max Maopole
Misuku
Tanganyika
Msopale
South Korea
Hall ‘Syndicate
Safer tooth extraction for hemophiliacs via rubber bands
Health note explains how hemophilia 20000 to 40000 Americans avoid risky dental surgery by using rubber band tooth exfoliation. The method slowly loosens a tooth to detach it with minimal bleeding, offering a safer alternative to hospital extractions and transfusions for hemophiliacs, despite being slow and sometimes uncomfortable. A follow up Q&A addresses barber's itch treatment options and the role of a skin specialist.
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Phillac
Selgum
M. P
Barber
King Fosturea Syn. Inc
Wisdom of God Outsmarts worldly cleverness in scripture
A brief biblical reflection cites Corinthians 3 19 warning that the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God and that He brings to nothing the craftiness of the wise, underscoring divine perspective over human intellect.
Deflation of Incentive Highlights Tax Impact on Ambition
In a King Features Syndicate column from 1949, Lewis S. Rosenstiel argues inflation and taxes deflate incentives across society. The piece compares capitalist and Soviet rewards, contrasts Beethoven with Peter Gunn, and discusses how money, status, and power motivate behavior while noting the erosion of Horatio Alger ideals. It cites Arnold Rothstein and laments the loss of incentive in modern America.
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Lewis S. Rosenstiel
Schenley Industries
Rosenstiel
Communist Party
Beethoven
Peter Gunn
Dimitr
Tiomkin
Arnold Rothstein
Leo Katcher
Frr
Rothstein
Hitler
Stalin
Great Britain
United States
Horatio Algers
van Cliburn
Moscow
King Features Syndicate
Ino
Through the Years From The San Antonio Light Aug 11 1939
San Antonio Light archive notes a charter revision panel approved by city officials and a separate mayoral council-manager group. Other items include the county censuring the city for permitting a Communist meeting, Lions Club field spending, minimum wage changes, a German American citizens meeting, a song dedication to Admiral Dewey, and a garbled Davenport killing report.
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City Connect
White
Bexar County Commissioners Court
Fhe Ely
San Antonio
Communist Party
L. Dugger
Mulberry
Lions
Lions Field
Lions Club
Dugger
Lsborers
Citiens
Beethoven Hall
Dewey
Cohen
Davenport
Quote and Unquote Noel Coward on stage life
A newspaper item quotes Noel Coward noting the crowd in New York treats jokes as sophisticated, while on tour towns may see a joke as tragedy. Comedian George Delgist compares travel by plane and train, saying he cannot open the window in either. Singer Vivienne Della Chiesa quips that a heartache and a toothache differ because you can remove the tooth.
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Noel Coward
New York
George Delgist
Vivienne Della Chiesa
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House Education and Labor Committee
Elliott
Sky
Cape Canaveral
Owen C, Oliver
Bret
Kremlin
H. N. Bundesi
George E. Sokolsky
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