World score shows progress on eight territorial disputes
The article notes four settlements achieved this year among eight troublesome areas. Suez Canal, Trieste, Saar, and Austria have moved toward resolution, while Kashmir, Western New Guinea, Formosa, and partitioned Germany remain contentious. The tone implies cautious optimism about global diplomacy.
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Suez Canal
Great Britain
Egypt
Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
Saar
France
Germany
Austria
Kashmir
India
Pakistan
Western New Guinea
Indonesia
Formosa
Mole Tracking Bracelets Track London Moles
Mrs. Gillian Crowcroft of the London Zoological Society develops radio bracelet tracking to observe moles underground. Using a detector on a fishing pole, she follows mole movement and times activities such as eating sleeping and nursing young, marking paths with pegs.
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Cience
London
Gillian Crowcroft
London Zoological Society
Boys Will Be Boys and the 10 Year Old Warrior
In a small village near New Delhi 50 Hindu soldiers chase a roaring creature and discover a ten year old boy instead. The piece argues against labeling children as boys noting that youth can be frontier fighters or spacemen and urges adults to recognize a 10 year old as capable.
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America
New Delhi
India
A Remarkable Theory on Military Weapons
The piece argues the Eisenhower administration suffers from a censorship syndrome with the President at the center, citing secrecy over Nike missile sites and H bomb fallout. It notes critics and officials like Herschel Bcooley and Theodore Streibert while challenging Soviet behavior claims and linking censorship to tax-cut priorities.
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Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Defense Department
Arlington
Air Force
Trevor Gardner
Charles E. Wilson
Russia
Development Times
Igor Sikorsky
Alexander P. de Seversky
Symington
Petrograd University
Republic Aviation Corp
Edison
Oder River
Sedulous Ape of the Scientific Era Russians Copy, Not Create
A Washington column argues Russians imitate Western aviation advances and credit U S inventiveness, citing copied designs from British and American jets. It contends Russia lacks originality, stresses American military superiority, and warns against alarmist rhetoric before the 1954 elections.
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Barkley
Russia
Mose
Seciet
Barksey
U. S
Are You Quite Curious About the Why of Life
A reflective essay celebrates endless questioning and curiosity. The author recalls childhood askings and cites Edison as a model, urging lifelong learning about nature, daily life, and how things are done, from dandelions to modern steel construction.
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Thomas A. Edison
Portraits by James J Metcalfe Our Stars and Stripes Forever
Poem praising the U S flag and its symbolism from Tripoli to Tokyo and Yorktown to Berlin. It honors courage, liberty, and the blood of those who died for justice. Calls readers to protect heritage and bless Old Glory.
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U.S.A
Tripoli
Tokyo
Yorktown
Berlin
Harmony Meet Fails to Create Democratic Unity for Stevenson
Washington report argues Democratic leaders back Stevenson for 1956 with weak party unity. Southern governors Shivers and allies resist Stevenson’s leftward stance, while Mitchel and Butler trade barbs over convention control. Debate continues as Stevenson campaigns early and others delay potential runs.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Allan Shivers
Stevenson
Richard Russell
Georgia
Shivers & Co
Illinois
Paul Butler
Democratic National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchel
Butler
Shivers
Rails and Romance in Munich The Alpine Express Adventure
Reporter recounts a train journey from Hamburg to Munich on the Alpine Express. Describes luxurious first class sleeping coaches, porters, and beer bottles, followed by a transition to a modern electric engine. Notes Munich’s bomb rebuilding and lingering architecture as postwar backdrop.
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Munich
Germany
German National Railways
Hamburg
Kaiser Wilhelm
Ludwig I of
Bavaria
Lola Montez
Nymphenburg Castle
Ludwig
What They Are Saying Helen Keller Speech
Helen Keller now 75 and blind from youth tells a 5-year-old blind girl to keep her head high and face the world. Irving Ives of New York critiques Eisenhower and cautions Congress that cutting development appropriations harms essential defense programs.
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Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Tammany
Carmine DeSapio
Helen Keller
Irving Ives
New York
Congress
Eisenhower
Hoover Commission
Kentucky Woman Refuses Flight Saying She Will Reach Heaven
Amana Gatewood, a Kentucky woman, refused an airplane ride stating that when she flies she will go to heaven because she has always lived right, done right, and helped the poor.
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Amana Gatewood
Mayer Sie
Kentucky
Soviet Yugoslavia Ties Mark Broad Peace Outlook
Pravda reports full normalization of Soviet Yugoslav relations signals major gains for both states and broader peace prospects across the region. The article stresses strategic significance for Soviet leadership and its impact on international stability.
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Pravda
Ussr
Ygoslavia
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R.C. Honaman
Secretary of Defense
Joseph Stewart
Kerr
Moscow
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Foreign Relations Committee
D., Ky
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Korea
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George Matthew Adams
James J. Metcalfe
Adlai
Mitchell
Russell
Ester Kefauver
CIO
Hill
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Lewis, Jr
Praderick
Othman
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