The Flash and the Paper’s Quiet Mercy
A Brooklyn newspaper cashier known as The Flash is trusted by colleagues despite a growing theft, as the boss counts on mercy over punishment. Years later the editor reveals a plan to keep him on payroll, deducting his debt gradually, preserving his dignity.
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Brooklyn
Flash
The Day The Dollar Died: Fedbanked Dollar Tenure Ends
In a 1933 to 1958 critique, the author traces the Fedbanked Dollar as a tax haunted currency. The piece argues taxes siphon wage dollars at source and through purchases, claims gold reserves at Fort Knox underpin foreign demand, and condemns government food surpluses. It ends noting Fort Knox guards and a dead dollar in Kentucky.
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B. Ruml
New Deal
of Internal Revenue
U.S. Treasury
Congress
Federal Treasury
U.S
United States
Fort Knox
Tom
Paul
Franklin Roosevelt
Federal Government Gold Board
Kentucky
Soviet Ambassador Menshikov Told To Stay In Moscow
The piece blasts Menshikov on Meet the Press accusing him of lies to sway U.S. views ahead of a Summit. It demands recall by the State Department and mocks Soviet denials of censorship, peace talks, and a freeze on atomic tests.
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State Department
Moscow
Menshikov
Meet the Press
United States
United States State Department
Soviet Union
Murder International Incorporated
Kremlin
Yardstick For Schools Prompts Nationwide Testing Plan
Gallup Poll finds support for a standard nationwide test at end of elementary and high school. National School Boards Association and American Association of School Administrators will draft a uniform yardstick to evaluate schools. Critics warn five year timing may outdate the project due to rapid curriculum changes since Sputnik.
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Gallup
National School Boards’ Assn
American Assn
Sputnik
Tycoon Spouts on Communism and Freedom
The piece critiques Cyrus Eaton an American capitalist who advocates friendly Soviet relations yet makes intemperate statements on communism. It questions his understanding of the Kaiser Dulles Khrushchev and FBI roles, contrasting his views with U.S. freedoms and noting the Cleveland New Dealer’s editorial. It argues Eaton’s claims reflect a world apart from reality and praises constitutional protections.
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Cyrus Eaton
United States
Canada
Eaton
the Progressive
Mr. Dulles
Kaiser
Russia
Kaiser and Dulles
Dulles
Soviet Russia
Khrushchev
Columbia Broadcasting System
FBI
Gestapo
NKVD
MVD
Cleveland New Dealer
Siberia
Dog Spirits and Evil Jinn Patrol Ocean Wavetides
Poem contrasts good spirits bringing shelter kindness and food with evil spirits and jinn causing storms and rumbling thunder. It frames dogs as gentle and humans as kind, while warning of disruptive, noisy jinn that dwell in streets and caves.
Time to study bills delays Senate action irks House experts
Early on D Day plus 12 years President Eisenhower briefs on labor and anti racketeering bills. Rep Frelinghuysen Rhodes Holt criticize Senate pace and warn of delays. Rep Teller cites flaws in pension welfare measure and plans three weeks of public testimony before House action. The anti racketeering bill faces further Senate and House hurdles before reaching the White House.
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Eisenhower
Peter Frelinghuysen
N.J
John Rhodes
Arizona
Joe Holt
Calif
House Labor Committee
Senate
House
Sen. McClellan
Bob Kennedy
House of Representatives
White House
Rep. Teller
Senate House
Sen
John Kennedy
Irving Ives
Will to Live: Courage as the Will to Endure
A poetic meditation on courage defining it as mental strength to endure daily life and persevere through hardship. It links courage to risking body and heart in peace or war and stresses that every minute of endurance makes a person stronger. The piece argues courage underpins human persistence and progress.
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Potomac River
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Ludwig Teller
New York
Victor
Adam’‘s Apple
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