Protectionists Gain in Congress in Trade Policy Debate
The editorial warns that protectionist sentiment grows in Congress as the 1958 reciprocal trade extension nears renewal. It notes hearings led by Rep. Dent on the impact of imports and exports on American employment, with lawmakers from Pennsylvania and Wisconsin backing import limits. The piece argues U.S. exports rose to 19.6 billion, imports 14.7 billion, creating a 4.0 billion surplus, and urges maintaining liberal trade to boost long term national economy amid recession and automation pressures.
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John Dent
D-Pa
U.S
United States
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A Plant Wins Court Test On Atomic Reactor Safety
The U S Supreme Court ruled that reactor builders need not meet operation safety standards during construction. The decision reduces barriers to atomic power while stressing the AEC must enforce safeguards beyond economic considerations. Investors may face losses, but progress toward peaceful atomic use continues.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Toledo
Detroit
AEC
United States
Gerrymandering in Florida redistributes House seats
A Democratic dominated Florida Legislature adopts a congressional redistricting plan hour before adjournment. It shifts power to northern counties while southern and central areas gain population and future influence, yielding four extra House seats but maintaining Democratic control amid gerrymander concerns.
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House of Representatives
California
Wlineis General Assembly
Congress Consider Substitute For Abasing President
A brief newspaper quip questions who would step in as a stand in for a failing president, suggesting Congress might name a temporary replacement on the family touch football team.
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Congress
Brame
Canada tree blamed for Kennedy backache in White House joke
A playful line suggests an evergreen near Canada caused President Kennedy’s back pain and a joke about a White House racing chair. The comment blends humor with political persona in a light, fictional tone.
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Canada
Kenney
White House
Trial of Adolf Eichmann Echoes Across Jerusalem Speech
A Jerusalem trial coverage notes the Eichmann case as a symbol of Nazi crimes and the ongoing human capacity for inhumanity. It stresses that the trial aims to teach lessons beyond one man, linking it to broader history and warning against repeat horrors. The piece ends by urging the Texjinvis General Assembly to focus on practical matters this week.
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Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Jerusalem
Illinois A G backs court brief on Louisiana race case
Attorney General William M. Clark filed a friend of the court brief with the U S Court in Louisiana opposing local option plans to close schools to avoid desegregation. He cites two reasons, the first legal and the second urged as a matter of broader precedent for Illinois residents.
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Illingos
William &. Clark
U.S. Court of the Eastern District of
Clark
Merriwell Statue Absence Echoes Yale Hero Status
Column notes Frank Merriwell, Yale’s all American boy, has no statue at Yale unlike Nathan Hale. References to Lincoln fence rails and Illinois politics follow, including Oglesby’s role and Davis lineage. Also mentions bestsellers and a quip about a five cent cigar tax.
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Frank Merriwell
Frank
Yale
Gilbert Patten
Burt L. Standish
New Haven
Nathan Hale
Cambridge
Mass
Merriwell
Harvard
Princeton
American Heritage
Moon Mission Costs and Challenges Ahead
The piece argues President Kennedy’s lunar goal implies tens of billions in spending and major technical hurdles. It weighs propulsion, fuel, shielding from solar radiation, life support, re entry and lunar launch pads, plus the role of Saturn boosters and Surveyor probes in advancing toward a manned moon landing.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
la Canada
Calif
Moon
Surveyor
Kennedy
Earth
Harold Urey
Nobel
Desalting Advances Aiming to Produce Drinking Water from Sea
Desalting water from oceans and brackish sources may supply U S drinking water by 1966 as large coastal plants and inland facilities come online. Government program builds demonstration plants in Freeport Texas and San Diego California. costs and energy use improve with freezing methods and membrane techniques.
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Vincent Martaka
Washington
U.S
W. W. Rinne
U. S. Department of Snperior
Freeport
Texas
San Diego
Calif
United States
Rinnessid
Rinne
South Dakota
Walter
Great
Reader Backs Health Bill for a Healthy Population
A reader from Carbondale argues in favor of a broad national health service akin to Britain's, contending private insurance fails the inadequately covered, and noting most need among those over 65. The letter urges support for a Health Bill to prevent medical ruin and public reliance on charity, citing England's NHS as costly but worthwhile.
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Ihinaisan
England
America
Nwi
Mustoe
Carbondale
Children Should Look After Aged Parents Letter
A reader argues for government support for elders, urging tax deductions for all children supporting a parent and criticizing current Social Security plans. The writer defends family duty, cites personal experience paying hospital costs, and questions tax and aid policies while addressing broader social responsibility.
Ex-Herrin Man Wins Study Award in Wildlife Research
E J Larimer, former Herrin resident and biologist in North Carolina, won first place for excellence on a technical bulletin about Winter Foods of the Bobwhite in Southern Illinois. He earned his master’s degree in wildlife research at STU in 1953.
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E. J. Larimer
Herrin
North Carolina
Ilinois
Larimer
Stu
When the Hoover commissions reshape the executive branches
Writers speculate that after reform efforts by Hoover commissions, only two departments will remain: Interior and Exterior.
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Hoover Commissions
Department of Interior
Department of Exterior
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