Too Short a Stick on Narcotics Case in San Francisco
Federal jury convict in a narcotics conspiracy in San Francisco highlights the inadequate five year maximum penalty and ten thousand dollar fine. If the offender behaves, release is possible in three years, and the fine is negligible against millions in profits. The piece argues for harsher penalties to deter traffickers and protect victims including children.
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San Francisco
Geneva
Alger Hiss
Plaster of Paris
League of Nations
Wilson
Hard Way Sioux City Baby Murder Provokes Policy Debate
The Sioux City case of a murdered and ravished infant shows the nation’s failure to guard against sex offenders. The confessed killer had 30 days for molesting girls in Cedar Rapids, with other arrests in Waterloo and Des Moines. A national study of parole and treatment for sex offenses is urged.
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Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Des Moines
America
This Is For Husbands Who Can't Understand Nerves
A 1955 Hing Fea syndicated piece addresses Ed and Nellie whose five year marriage turned from bliss to conflict as Nellie quits work. The column urges widening lives and new interests to recharge exhausted nerves and restore balance in a narrowed home, urging understanding.
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Nellie
Quarrel
Hing Fea
Health Talk by Dr Bundesen on beach drowning dangers
Dr Bundesen cautions against impulsive hero rescues during drownings near shore. He notes rescues require training and proper technique, warns against swimming with clothes, and explains chances of saving a victim drop after five to six minutes underwater.
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King Fea. Syn., Inc
Stage Is Set for Geneva Summit Deception and Drama
Genevan summit amid heavy press presence mirrors past diplomacy dalliances. The author decries Western responses to fascism, laments trust in leaders, and questions postwar power moves as officials assemble giant press facilities and language capable translation booths.
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United Nations
New York
Yalta
San Francisco
Rhone
United States
Nuremberg
Ten and Twenty Years Ago July 19 1945 1935 1925 1915 1905 1895 1835
A dated roundup recaps historic July 19 events across eras from Dr. Perry Webb planning a hospital in San Antonio to Hitler accusing church leaders of subversive politics. It notes Shaw’s wartime critique and Sarah Bernhardt’s famed repertoire, plus socials and gatherings in earlier years.
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Perry ¥. Webb
First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Hospital Commission
The
Texas Baptist Also
San Antonio
Hitler
Germany
George Bernard Shaw
England
Sarah Bern
Stepping Stones to Geneva and the Cold War
Sokolsky outlines Roosevelt's alliance with Soviet Russia and conflicting aims. He credits Berlin airlift with proving U S strength, notes Potsdam failures, and credits the Marshall plan with Western prosperity while warning of Soviet pressure through diplomacy and propaganda leading to the Geneva moment.
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Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Stalin
United States
Roosevelt-Hopkins
Tehran
Yalta
Europe
Elbe River
Asia
Cairo
Churchill
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Japan
United States Treasury
Harry Dexter White
State Department
George Marshall
Potsdam
Communist Party
U.S
Berlin
West Germany
NATO
Worst traffic light system sparks safety plea
M E Martin adds to a July 15 letter bemoaning the city’s rundown streets by calling out the traffic light network as a dire hazard. He urges action for pedestrian and driver safety in a conservative, open forum readership context.
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M. E. Martin
Rio Grande Patrols and Cross-Border Action Quiz
In a 1955 quiz by James Farber, a discussion notes that U S troops could not cross the Rio Grande to pursue marauders yet sometimes did so unofficially. Indians and bandits were chased into Mexico with tacit approval from authorities on both sides, often to stop raids.
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James Farber
QU. S
Rio Grande
Mexico
Mexica
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Laval
Jean-Pierre Grenier
Rene Keller
House of the Press
Jim Hagerty
Tom Dewey
Albany
Washington
Ike
Russia
Elbe
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Pegler
Sokolsky
George E. Sokolsky
Tex Quiz
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