FDA bites back at fake holes in Swiss cheese scandal
The FDA seized 2,700 pounds of cheese from New York and Chicago firms with artificial drill holes. Since 1950 rules defined holeless cheese as blind and unsellable as Swiss, but a new hole drilling machine produced wildly convincing fake eyes. Federal watchdogs condemn the scheme as a sad example of ingenuity misused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food and Drugs Administration
Food and Drug Administration
New York
Chicago
FDA
Tulsa boy wins National Spelling Championship title
John Capehart age 12 of Tulsa Oklahoma captured the National Spelling Championship by spelling distichous and smaragdine with calm precision. He faced torments such as ochlocracy gingivitis propitiatory and glockenspiel illustrating spelling’s value over mere word meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Capehart
Tulsa
Okla
Smaragdine
Noah Webster
Hyannis Port Faces Tourist Tide and Tax Hike
Hyannis Port endures a surge of summer visitors tripling the year round population, even with the President in residence or away. Local residents fear rising costs as traffic signs and extra police push the tax rate up 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyannis Port
United States
Hyannis
Yellowstone
Sweden Declines Neutral Summit Invitation
The piece notes Sweden refused to send delegates to a Neutral Summit being planned by Tito Nasser and Nehru for September 1 at Bled Yugoslavia. It recalls 1916 Stockholm Neutral Conference under HammarSkjold and Ford Peace Ship, with Elmer Davis and Bill Bullitt aboard, and cites a wartime mood of neutral unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Tito
Nasser
Nehru
Bled
Yugoslavia
NATO
Henry Ford
Henry
International News and Commentary Roundup
Quotes from Diem on neutralism. Keafauver attacks misleading ads. Navajo man grieves after tragedy. Fire setter in Paterson prompts public denouncements. Nixon declines Pepsi foreign post and pursues law work. Surviv-All packs atomic war kit for UN delegates. Enduring peace predicted with vitamin C humor. Nobel Prize joke linked to New York address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Avenue
Surviv-All
General Mills
USAF
Surviv- All
Pavilion
Chambord
Colony
Voisin
Sardi’s
N.Y.C
Jessel Denies Child Claim Amid Divorce Drama
LA comedian George Jessel responds to Joan Tyler's accusation that he is the father of her unborn child by describing her as a nice girl while denying paternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
George Jessel
Joan Tyler
Joan
Fallout Reality Behind Nuclear Test Debates
Marquis Childs analyzes fallout from nuclear testing and world opinion. He notes African and Asian concerns, Soviet propaganda aims, and the danger of resuming tests amid disarmament talks and shifting global attitudes.
MacArthur Voiced Basic War Principle in Manila
In Manila this week General of the Army Douglas MacArthur voiced a basic principle on war. He said a great nation entering war must see it through to victory or face defeat’s consequences, defending his stance since his 1951 recall in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
MacArthur’s Last Tokyo Ride and Nuclear War Warnings
A 1951 Tokyo correspondent recalls MacArthur’s final Tokyo exit and his return to San Francisco for a hero’s welcome. He notes the general’s Korea policy and views on using UN forces beyond the Yalu, framing ongoing Cold War tensions and fears of futile diplomacy and global war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
San Francisco
United Nations
Korea
Yalu River
U. N
Philippines
Vienna
Berlin
Laos
Costs For UN Drain U.S. Treasury In Congo Debacle
Washington denounces the United Nations funding pattern as unfair with the United States shouldering about one third of the budget. After Congo operations the U.N. costs rose and France and the Soviet bloc defaulted on payments. The U.S. covered $14.2 million in voluntary cash and $10.3 million via a cost waiver, then an additional $15 million was pledged from the 1962 budget and contingency funds without full Congress approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
United On
Washington
John J. McCloy
Valerian Zorin
McCloy
Zorin
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Agency For Peace
Kennedy
State Department
Congo
Gold and currency turmoil shadow postwar finance
A national scene discussion analyzes gold’s central role in global finance, warning that free market speculation risks destabilizing currencies and NATO support. Alfred Hayes of the Federal Reserve warns hot money shifts threaten liquidity while Basel bankers urge vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NATO
Free World
Lenin
Alfred Hayes
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnny
By Bob Considine
Burnet Hershey
Overseas Press Club
Stockholm
Hammarskjold
Dag
Elmer Davis
Bill Bullitt
Ford
Hershey
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Gallup
N.M
Charlie J. Smith
Paterson
Patrick Kielt
Moscow
Dick Nixon
Pepsi-Cola
Foreign Department
Jim Farley
Quemoy
Matsu
Manhattan
Marquis Childs
Sahara
Soviet Union
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Germany
Japan
Eniwetok
England
Scandinavian
Asia
Africa
Foreign News Digest
By Phil Newsom
World AT Large
Interlandi
eReen Ngo
Cape Canaveral
U.S
Tower of Steel and Stone
The
John Q
Lewis
U.N
Great Britain
France
Uncle ‘Sam
Adlai Stevenson
Congress
Senate
House
Stevenson
Uncle Sam
National Scene
McGill
Atlanta
Canada
Monetary Fund
Per Jacobsson
Basel
Switzerland
Hayes
Joint Economic. Committee
Europe
Per. Jacobsson
International Monetary
Risa
Raihbe’ A
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!