National Guard: A Modern Vital Reserve Force
Editorial urges support for the National Guard amid space age rocket talk. It traces the Guard’s proud WW II role, 300 year history, 475000 members, Nike defense integration, and air defense readiness. It argues the Guard remains essential to national happiness, dignity and independence.
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IBM
National Guard
Nebraska
134Th Infantry
George Washington
Army and Air
America
Army National Guard
Continental United States
U.S
Army Guard
Air National Guard
Washington
Oil Exploration Advances across Nebraska Counties
The search for oil in Nebraska gains pace with Garfield County wildcatting plans costing at least 2 million dollars, a test near Blaine County, a producing well in Hitchcock County, and exploration in Dundy Red Willow and Lexington Overton areas. Oil companies invest boldly, sharing risk with landowners under established royalty practices.
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Nebraska
Phree
Garfield County
Blaine County
Nebraska Sandhills
Hitchcock County
Dundy County
Red Wilkow
Lexington
Overton
State Geologist’s Office
Repeal of 10 Percent Phone Tax Urged
The federal excise tax on communications shifts to subscribers, not companies, inflating costs. Supporters argue the tax is discriminatory and harmful to the public, urging repeal as equitable tax relief despite slim chances of broader tax cuts.
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National Association of Railroad and Utility Commissioners
Los Angeles Times
H. Allen Smith
Recession in Force According to Michigan Conference
Leading economists from business schools and universities met at the University of Michigan. The Wall Street Journal reports a consensus that a mild business recession is under way and no recovery is likely before late 1958.
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University of Michigan
Wall Street Journal
How To Cut Costs in the 1958 Federal Budget
The piece cites Henry Hazlitt arguing that the 1958 peacetime budget will exceed 86.7 billion when trust fund expenditures are included. Hazlitt warns of a possible 1959 surplus misjudgment, a risk of deficits, and potential congressional pushes for higher nondefense and defense outlays. He proposes cuts in farm subsidies, foreign aid, and veterans benefits, while warning of a widening deficit spiral.
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Henry Hazlitt
Newsweek
Hazlitt
Mr. Hazlitt
Congress
Hoover Commission
Trend of Highway Tax Diversions Reported Rising
The bulletin notes that over the past two decades more than 4.5 billion dollars of highway user tax funds have been diverted to non road purposes. The diversion trend has increased in recent years.
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Trend Tax Economics Bulletin
Hope for Wisdom Over Beeping Satellites in Campbellsville
A reflective note from the Campbellsville Kentucky News Journal laments reliance on modern devices and urges timeless wisdom to guide society. It emphasizes a return to enduring values rather than technocratic guidance.
Progress and pride in old ways versus modern change
A narrator recalls a father who resisted progress from coal stoves to cars with glass tops. He explains the stubborn man’s reluctant adoption of fountain pens, typewriters, electric appliances, and car heaters, while celebrating his stubborn independence and skepticism of modern comforts. The piece frames progress as a bias of the observer’s audience and ends with a note on the father’s enduring disdain for laziness.
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Dad
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down List
Crossword clues cover Across and Down entries with numbered items and varied topics from geography to mythology. The puzzle includes many short definitions and abbreviations, some with misspellings or OCR errors, spanning plants, metals, colors, and celestial terms across sections.
Rotary celebrates 53rd birthday and global service work
The Rotary International movement began in 1906 when Paul Harris gathered Chicago associates to foster friendship. The Sidney club has 30 years with 80 members, and Rotary emphasizes attendance. The motto evolved from He profits most who serves best to Service Above Self. The Rotary Foundation funds fellowships for study abroad, with over 1,000 fellowships from 61 countries and more than 2.5 million dollars in other-country grants. The 1958 International Convention will be in Dallas. Excuse me, Rotary.
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Rotary International
Paul Harris
Chicago
Rotary
Civic Club
United States
Sidney
Rotary Club
Rotary Foundation
Ambassadors of Good
Dallas
Land a Summer Job Now for Young Moderns
The guide urges energetic youths to secure summer work early across roles such as junior counselors farm help sales hospital and office jobs, plus positions as mothers helpers farm and park attendants and lifeguards. It highlights references and readiness, emphasizing early effort and practical skills.
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Crocodile Club
Racial Socializing Limited in New York Survey
Findings from a Catholic Digest survey show only 3 percent of northern whites and 1 percent of southern whites have ever entertained Negroes in their homes. Among Negroes, 2 percent of northerners and less than 1 percent of southerners have ever socialized whites in their homes.
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New York
Catholic Digest
White House memories of Mrs Harrison Williams
Jane Eads reports on Mrs Marthena Harrison Williams recalling her White House years with her father Russell and mother the daughter of Senator Alvin Saunders. She recalls scarlet fever poliomyelitis, a goat drawn cart on the lawn, sitting with John Philip Sousa, and the White House first Christmas tree, plus a Mayflower Hotel dinner honoring her grandfather.
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Jane Eads
Washington
Marthena Harrison Williams
Benjamin Harrison
White House
Kee
Baby
John Philip Sousa
Marine Band
Williams
Mayflower
National Tribune
Capital
Methodists Seek Family of Year in 1958 program
The Methodist church seeks the family that best exemplifies Christian living for the 1958 Methodist Family of the Year. The search is conducted through the church official monthly Together and aims to highlight constructive family life.
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Methodists
Chicago
Together
Right Techniques Prevent Mastitis Among Illlinois Herds
Illinois dairy extension specialist Leo R. Fryman reports a dramatic drop in mastitis infections after adopting proper milking practices. An initial 408 percent infection rate across 8,058 cows fell to 225 percent over two years through wash with warm chlorine water, pre milking let down, strip cup checks, and prompt removal of milking cups by competent veterinarians.
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Illinois
Leo R. Fryman
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Milk Taste Tasters Fail to Score Highly
University of Illinois taste tests show little difference between high quality reconstituted sterile concentrate and fresh milk. 43 percent at Dairy Day and 49 percent at Cattle Feeders Day mistook fresh milk for concentrate. 23 and 32 percent mistook concentrate for fresh milk. Professor R W Bartlett notes these results and questions if real product differences exist.
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University of Ilinois
R W Bartlett
Bartlett
Durable Gate Construction and Valley Forge Winter Stay
A note describes building a durable gate from a single pipe, eyebolts, and L-hook screws with heated bends and barbed wire holes. It also recalls General George Washington moving to Valley Forge on Christmas Eve 1777 and staying six months, the longest wartime stay there.
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George Washington
Valley Forge
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