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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1957
Page
4
The piece salutes July as National Hot Dog Month, linking hot dogs to American freedom and open discourse at picnics. It argues hot dogs symbolize liberty and civic life, contrasting with Russia. It urges celebration of July and the hot dog without endorsing commercialism.
The Canadian Gallup poll missed the national vote by wide margins and used arithmetic that hid errors. The Toronto Star criticized the method while noting polls can be flawed and should be taken with caution.
A reflective piece contrasts past and present youth with money, status, and fashion. It cites pay scales for a first New York job, the lure of expensive couture, and social norms around dating, while noting how younger generations seek thrill beyond earnings and value signals of nobility. It ends with a jab at Harry Thaw as a legacy example.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's leadership era is explored, focusing on his reliance on Churchill and Montgomery, the internal clashes with Allied orchestration, and the impact on his strategic authority. The piece notes Montgomery's dual role and the resulting tensions that framed the European campaign.
The narrator notes the red squirrel at a summer island retreat pulling cones apart with skill, discarding sheathes and exposing meat. Edwin Way Teale praises the squirrel’s natural tricks, including a pitch clean up and swift recovery after a fall, highlighting nature as miraculous and intelligent without training.
James J Metcalfe reflects on how vacation days seem brief yet linger in memory. The poem compares fleeting time to cherished conversations, snapshots, and movies, preserving joy in our minds even after the days pass.
Washington column notes Sen. Kerr and Secretary Humphrey spar over inflation and debt in a Finance Committee hearing. They circle topics from scarce goods to $100 million cash, with comic digressions about fur lined underwear and a father’s money.
In Eagle River Wisconsin the death of Senator Joe McCarthy has created a GOP vacancy for the 1958 special election. Six Republican candidates dispute the August primary with Glenn Davis as the strongest, while others split the field and party leadership shows lethargy. Democrats rally behind William Proxmire, with Harry Truman backing him, as Trepidation over McCarthy’s shadow delays decisive choices.
Historical note recalls a special tax on outward opening doors in ancient Greece. The text also mentions Sun tax, a 66 year old Iowa farmer, a 160 acre farm, and a 7 year pilot, plus Edward Steichen’s shift from painting to photography and a few preserved works. It notes U S Naval and Air Bases in Spain costing 315 million dollars and under construction since 1954.
A Danish practice uses vacuum cleaning for cows to keep them clean. At Rutgers University New Jersey a leghorn hen Meggs O Day laid an egg daily for over 200 days but college officials refused to cast her in a television show.
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