One-Man Rule Debate Faces McCarthy Subcommittee
McCarthy presses to curb control of the permanent Investigations subcommittee by naming Donald Surine to probe the CIA despite staff opposition and partial security concerns. The move signals ongoing power clashes and a bid to reassert dominance over investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Joseph
Senate Permanent Investigations
Sen. McCarthy
Subcommittee
Donald A. Surine
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Allen W. Dulles
Guatemala Crisis and Cold War Echoes in The Hemisphere
A United States debate over Guatemala's unrest and the UN Security Council's impasse as anti-government forces clash with the Arbenz regime. Washington warns the Soviet Union to stay out of the Americas while diplomacy stalls and the conflict remains unclear. The piece notes regional tensions and ends with a livestock disease update on Leptospirosis.
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Honduras
Arbenz
Guatemala
United Nations Security Council
United States
Organization of American States
United Nations
Soviet Union
U. N. Ac
Western Hemisphere
Washington
Kremlin
U. S. State Department
Nicaragua
Eisenhower
Subsidy Bid Splits Power Policy in West Memphis Deal
AEC orders a 25 year contract with a private power syndicate led by two utilities to build a 100 million dollar steam plant at West Memphis Arkansas. The plant would feed 500 000 to 600 000 kilowatts to TVA's grid, aiming to block TVA expansion. Critics call it subsidized enterprise not private growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
AEC
Paducah
Washington
Autumn heat in politics sparks public frustration
As campaigns intensify this season, tensions rise and voters grow weary of constant partisan sparring and heated rhetoric dominating public discourse.
New Jersey Mosquitoes Targeted by Rutgers Entomologist
Dr Bailey Pepper of Rutgers reports Jersey mosquitoes are being tamed as summer pests recede. He notes the state is winning its fight against an overbearing insect presence once ubiquitous in New Jersey.
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Jersey
Dr. Pepper
New Jersey
Manhattan
Exchange Table 4 Minute Miles And Marvels
The piece traces the four minute mile progression from Bannister to Landy and Santee. It notes Landy’s belief his record could fall soon and cites Vancouver plans for a British Empire Games faceoff with Bannister. It discusses Haegg Cunningham and coaching views on performance advances and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannister
John Landy
Landy
Wes Santee
Marine Corps
Vancouver
Impresari
Mr. Landy
Gundar Haegg
Glenn Cunningham
Illinois Redistricting Amendment Faces Upheaval in Chicago Suburbs
Senator Edward Lindsay reports bipartisan support for a constitutional amendment to redraw Illinois senatorial districts after each census. The plan shifts seats toward Cook County outside Chicago and Downstate areas, with 58 senate seats and 59 house districts allocated by population. Downstate opposition and statewide political maneuvering are noted as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lindsay
Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
Cook County
William G. Stratton
Adlai E. Stevenson
General Assembly
Senate
House
Democratic Party
Paul Powell
Vienna
Powell
Republican Party
Stratton
Chicago
Downstate
Mars Close Approach Mistaken By Reader
A passer-by mistook Mars for a low flying jet, while the observant observer from the Old Paragrapher confirms the planet was about 40 million miles from Earth the other night.
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Mars
Earth
Flowers at funerals valued as memory and tribute
Dr George W Crane argues flowers honor the dead and provide living fragrance at funerals. He criticizes omitting floral tributes as wasteful and urges tasteful, meaningful tributes as a form of respect for departed loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Crane
Olive M
Wisconsin
Jesus
U S Sympathy for Insurgents in Guatemala Revolt
The article argues the United States likely backs the insurgents led by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas in Guatemala against President Jacobo Arbenz. It cites arms shipments, diplomatic notes, and U S restraint while urging a regional, non Monroe Doctrine response through Western Hemisphere nations.
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Washington
Arbenz
United States
Guatemala
Europe
Porto Barrios
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Armas
John E. Puerifoy
Tsarapkin
Organization of American States
Ion al
U. N
Eisenhower
Dulles
Division Among Free Nations Is Growing
The editorial reviews Clarence Streit’s Freedom Against Itself, arguing that free nations Britain, France, and the United States face growing division that strengthens dictatorship. Streit urges a federation of democracies starting with an Atlantic Community to unite liberty and union and avert a rising global threat.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Geneva
Indochina
EDC
European Defense Community
House of Freedom
Clarence Streit
Organization
Federal Union, Inc
Streit
Freedom
Atlantic
North Atlantic Ocean
Australia
Belgium
Britain
Canada
Denmark
Finland
Ireland
The
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Union of South Africa
Germany
Atlantica
Soviet Union
Webster
Liberty
Humanity
Atlantic Union
Union of the Free
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By Galbraith
NEA Service. Inc
House Agriculture Committee
Republic of Guatemala
Pennsylvania
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Air Force Academy
Colorado
Washington Post
Roger Bannister
By Ray Tucker
Jacobo Arbenz
Carlos Castillo Armas
Newsae
Ashington
Col. Armas
Free Nations
Federal Union
Howard Cartwright
Freedom Against Itself
Clarence K. Streit
Harper & Brothers
League of Nations
NATO
North Atantic Treaty
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