Special State Agency Pushes Aid to Aging
Governor Harriman launches a coordinated aging program by creating a special assistant to the governor on aging and an interdepartmental committee. Philip M. Kaiser, ex U.S. Labor official, named to a $16,000 post to study the issue and propose programs. The aim is to strengthen dignity, health, and equal treatment for senior citizens while coordinating state efforts.
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Special State Agency
Albany
Harriman
Philip M. Kaiser
Brooklyn
U. S. Secretary of Labor
Kaiser
Florida Sun to Ease Pet Lions Aches
Hersch er II reports a five year old arthritis ridden lion named Tex will travel to Florida for four months. The 325 pound animal will ride in a station wagon with steel bars. Tex is owned by 29 year old Bobbyetta Porter who lives with her mother Pearl Porter and brother Bill. Tex has a 30 foot runway from his den for daily exercise and will be relocated to warmer climate due to his condition.
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Herscher
Florida
Tex
Bobbyetta Porter
Porter
Bobbyetta
Pearl Porter
Bill
Bill Spreads Trade Costs
Senator Humphrey proposed a bill to give firms harmed by foreign imports under reciprocal trade agreements special advantages in government contract bidding. The plan aims to spread liberalized trade costs nationwide and support extending the reciprocal trade program as urged by President Eisenhower. Senate Finance Committee hearings on a House bill to extend the law and widen tariff cutting powers continued with chemical leather wool dairy and mining spokesmen scheduled.
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Washington
Humphrey
D.-Minn
Minnesotan
Senate
Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
Publisher’s Matusow case widens as senator presses probe
Senator Eastland said the Senate Internal Security subcommittee would speed its inquiry into Albert E. Matusow’s repudiation of testimony given in land court hearings. Publisher Kahn refused to confirm party ties and cited Fifth Amendment protections while defending the publication of Matusow’s book False Witness. He admitted some funds helped advance Matusow and noted his firm hosted groups from the attorney general’s subversive list.
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Kahn
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Eastland
Matusow
Subcommittee
Angus E. Cameron
New York City
Communist Party
Sow
Union
Cameron
Attorney General
Mitchell warns skills crisis menaces national survival
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell told the Economic Club of New York that the level of work skills among American workers has deteriorated dangerously and could imperil the nation's survival. He urged improving the depth and scope of skills, noting the free world’s hope rests on American artisans. He said the Communist world outnumbers the U S and the United States must compensate with higher skills.
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New York
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
The
Economic Club of
Ship Master Blamed for Mormackite Sinking
Coast Guard reported Captain Patrick J. McMahon negligent for allowing cargo to be loaded so shifting could occur on the freighter Mormackite. The ship sank off the Virginia Capes on October 7 with 37 of 48 crew lost and 11 survivors rescued after 48 hours. Court suits against Moore-McCormack Lines are pending.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Patrick J. McMahon
Coast Guard Board of Investigation
Peepee
Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc
New York City
Virginia Capes
McMahon
Ousted Cop Back Reinstated After Pay Award
New York Plainclothes officer John J. Doyle Jr. cleared of bribery charges, reinstated to duty, and awarded $16,000 back pay. Police Commissioner Francis W H Adams issued the order after a departmental trial. Doyle, 34, had been suspended since mid 1950. Adams suggested doubt about key department witnesses.
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New York
John J. Doyle, Jr
Francis W.H. Adams
Doyle
Adams
Iease
Giant wheat movement ranks as world’s biggest transport task
The annual movement of America's enormous wheat crop stands as the largest single transportation operation in the world, highlighting the scale and logistics involved in delivering harvests from farm to market.
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America
DRY-TABS Advertises Humiliating Money Back Policy
A vintage advertisement promotes DRY-TABS as a remedy for ruined furniture and colds from damp sashes. It claims the product ends wasteful spending and urges purchase with a full supply priced at $3. The tone targets frugal households and emphasizes return offers.
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