What is Agriculture and who is a Farmer
Editorials debate the definition of agriculture in a proposed model workers compensation law. The piece compares definitions from the new draft, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Agricultural Marketing Act, then probes who qualifies as a farmer for policy programs and the broad range of related roles. It also touches on public figures and naval history to illustrate broader definitions.
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Charles Shuman
Moultrie County
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
Gen
Papagos
Cyprus
Middle East
Khruschev
Nikolai) Bulganin
Britain
NATO
Moscow
Khrushchev
Mollet
Pineau
Guy Mollet
Christian Pine
Iceland Election Signals Protests Against NATO Bases
Iceland’s Sunday Althing vote shifts power to Progressive and Social Democratic parties with Communist support, urging American troops to leave. The Conservative Independence party, long allied with Keflavik, suffers a 20 year low while Washington signals possible troop removal if the majority seeks it. The outcome prompts wider anxieties about NATO bases and regional feelings toward U.S. forces.
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Iceland
NATO
Dulles
United States
Olafur Thors
Keflavik
Communist Party
Washington
State Department
U.S
Althing
United Heens
Anguish Languish and other 1950s literary notes
In this column David Felts surveys summer book picks including H. L. Chace's Anguish Languish from Prentice Hall and nursery rhymes like Ladle Rat Rotten Hut. He recalls Marilyn Monroe with Arthur Miller, past dog fame of Checkers and Fala, and notes Teale's Autumn Across America, Spirit of the Wild, and a film remake of A Farewell to Arms with Jennifer Jones. He wryly reflects on tax history and literary royalties.
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H. L. Chace
Chace
Miami University English
Prentice Hall
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
Miller
Hugo
Grace Kelly
Oliver
Nixon
Checkers
Roosevelt
Fala
Katharine Cornell
Flush
Coolidge Collies
Abraham Lincoln
Fido
Rover
Cipher
Edwin Way Teale
Teale
Florida
Canadian
Teal
America
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Crab Orchard Lake
William J. Long
Doubleday
Government lease purchase on post office drew $1,088,000 bill
Washington report shows a Livingston Alabama post office project under the Lease-Purchase Act of 1954 would cost the Treasury $1,088,000 for a $279,000 building over 50 years. Rep Armistead Selden learned the Budget Bureau balked at the plan, prompting a re-study toward a 10-year, lower-cost alternative.
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James Free
Washington
Bureau of the Budget
U. S
Congress
General Services Administration
GSA
Armed Services
Public Works Committees
House
Senate
Armistead Selden
D-Ala
Livingston
Ala
Selden
Federal
Budget Bureau
Sam
Treasury
Governors Conclave Signals Ike Support and Civil Rights Debate
At the Governors Conference in Atlantic City 46 of 48 governors discuss the upcoming conventions with a focus on state policy and national politics. They largely agree Eisenhower would win today, health permitting, while civil rights language risks party unity. Northern Democrats seek moderation. Southern governors seek unity with minimal bolt risk.
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United States
Chicago
San Francisco
Deep South
Eisenhower
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
A. B. “Happy” Chandler
Kentucky
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Averell Harriman
New York
Shane
Beat the Heat Says a Head Line About a Shiny Suit
The note contrasts a shiny suit with an old blue serge that only shines at the elbows. It reports the cost of living index rising four tenths of one percent and the price of a can of beans up a penny at a time.
Soothing Gallup Poll Boosts Ike Run
The latest Gallup poll eases GOP nerves showing two thirds back Eisenhower for a second term despite illness. In trial heat with Adlai Stevenson Ike leads 5 to 3, near the May figure, with doctors deeming ileitis not a barrier to reelection. Rhode Island Senator Charlier Wilson is noted.
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Gallup
Stevenson
Mr. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Admiral King Dies, Nation Hails WWII Fleet Leader
Admiral Ernest J. King, who served as chief of naval operations and commander in chief of the fleet during World War II, died last Monday. He led the greatest naval aggregation of ships, planes, and men in history, and his death prompted widespread newspaper tributes from Americans nationwide.
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King
U.S. Navy
U.S
John Paul Jones
Oliver Hazard Perry
Stephen Decatur
Farragut
Dewey
Nimitz
Bull” Halsey
Marc Mitscher
Admiral King
Ernest J. King
Exchange Table Dr Harry Truman and His Doctrine
The Manchester Guardian lauds Harry S. Truman for his postwar doctrine and leadership. It credits him with shaping American and allied resolve through the Marshall Plan, Berlin blockade, and Korea. The piece praises his headlong debate, loyalty, and pugnacity, noting both foreign impact and domestic missteps.
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Greece
Turkey
Berlin
Point Four
Korea
Missouri
Roosevelt
Iruman
Mr. Truman
Italia Student Wins Big Money on US History Quiz
In Italy a college student wins a large prize by answering American history questions on a quiz show. In a turnabout, US quiz show winners now become experts on Italian opera.
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Italy
United States
Sarcastic plea wraps up case as jurors grow tense
In a Wall Street Journal style scene a young lawyer spoke for almost five hours while the jury grew hostile. The opposing veteran calmly offered to submit the case without further argument, signaling a stark courtroom moment.
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Wall Street Journal
Treasury inquiry on unused immigration quotas questioned
Washington Notebook reports Rep Jim Wright asks constituents if unused immigration quotas should be transferred to countries short of quotas. An indignant citizen replies asking why leftovers aren't returned to the Treasury.
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Washington
Jim Wright
Dtexas
Treasury
Adenauer Sees German Unity Within Five Years
Exclusive interview with Konrad Adenauer, West German chancellor, outlines a path to German reunification within four to five years. He advocates a 500,000-man army, Western friendship, and NATO unity while criticizing France’s EDC vote and Cyprus tensions impacting NATO.
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Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
West
East Germany
Germany
Soviet
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Russia
China
United States
Europe
Red China
Nikita Khrushchev
Mt. Vernon White Way Lighting Celebrated July 14
Ed Humphrey notes Mt. Vernon’s white way system exists and details 122 color corrected mercury vapor lights of 20,000 lumens downtown 86 incandescent lights of 6,000 lumens on main routes 586 incandescent residential lamps 2,500 lumens plus floodlighting of the courthouse and planned lighting of City Hall Public Library Armory and schools Mt. Vernon hopes to inspire Herrin to similar lighting and invites visitors to see the bright city on July 14 or afterward Steve Rowan News Director WMIX WMIX FM Mt. Vernon
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Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Ed Humphrey
CIPS
Marion
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Lumens
King City
Southern Illinois
Steve Rowan
WMIX
F.M
Mt. Vernor
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