No Favorites in Tariff Bill Sparks Bipartisan Debate
A congressional committee identified favored tariff treatment for Poland and Yugoslavia, arguing it supports Communist governments. The House Ways and Means Committee moved to remove the exemption despite White House opposition, aligning with broader Kennedy tariff reform aims. The ban now proceeds to conference to seek final approval.
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Poland
Yugoslavia
House Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
White House
House Senate
Communism’s failures echoed in world famine notes
The piece critiques East Germany and other communist states, citing food shortages and urging backyard farming in East Germany, while noting the Soviet Union admits agricultural shortfalls after 44 years. It also mentions starvation in Red China and belts tight in Cuba, with warnings across Yugoslavia, Albania, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
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Yugoslavia
Albania
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Words and Means of a World Language Debate
The piece mocks Sir W David Eccles and the idea of a world language linking English meanings. It questions how to agree on basic word meanings and cites a quoted example where 2 was misunderstood differently in London. It concludes that agreeing on word meanings will be difficult.
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Sir W David Eccles
U.S
Britain
Mac
Sir David
Justice Dept
Jeader
Dave Beck
Inside Labor Hoodlum Defense Fund Arouses Scrutiny
A central fund supporting legal defense for labor officials has grown for over two years, funded by voluntary pledges and payroll deductions. The pool enables high priced lawyers, avoids union treasury use, and ties to widespread grand jury probes across 15 cities. Alex Rose urges labor reform to restore public image amid alleged criminal elements.
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Bakers’ Union
Congress
Washington
Mouth Tall column warns against banned remedies and teen drinking
Burton Fern notes arthritis cures are often just standard medicines with risky side effects. The column muses on psychology, motherhood, and female work, then critiques a pocket X ray device and advice on gum health. It ends with a commentary on teenagers drinking and coffee’s dubious effect on drunken rats.
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Arthritis and Rheungalism Foundation
Over-Production and World Markets in 1960s Tides
Economist Sokolsky argues in a 1962 Wiig Features piece that over production and under consumption coexist globally. He cites stockpiling aims to prop up prices, postwar industrial expansion abroad, and the dangers of dumping surpluses. He notes US and Soviet capacity gaps and urges bold policy to avoid unemployment and social upheaval.
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George EF. Sokolsky
National Association of Maturarignets
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Rhodesia
Through the Years on June 18 in City History
A compendium of June 18 events from 1892 to 1952 notes Ed Marceau’s resignation and worker strike in 1952, a 1942 city health card fee being legalized, a 1932 vacation Bible school delay due to infantile paralysis, a 1932 free clinic offer funded by a private donor, a 1912 mesquite grubber plow test near Bishop, and 1902 dog catchers in Avenue E with boys keeping them safe, plus a 1892 Alamo Wheelmen paper chase set for Sunday morning.
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Ed Marceau
W. A. King
Victor Keller
Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church
San Antonio
Mason and
North Pine St
Bishop
Avenue E
Harm's Way
Wheelman
Alamo
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Bat Makers’ Union
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Toledo
Savannah
Atlanta
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National Theatre and Stage
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Bee the Hall Syndicate, Inc
Burton H. Fern
Air Yaree
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Great Dam
Nile
Egypt
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