Herald Journal reflects on independent stance in anniversary issue
In its January 15 1877 issue anniversary note Arthur Jenkins proclaims independence from party politics. The 1956 edition of the Syracuse Herald Journal preserves this line asserting commitment to discuss public questions and back measures benefiting people.
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Syracuse
William J. Kuhn
Robert ©. Smith
MATL
Associated Press
Arthur Jenkins
The
Herald
Definite Steps Taken To Protect Refugees
The article notes actions by the U S government to defend refugees from Communist intimidation. It cites the kidnapping of five Russian sailors in New York, expulsions of two Soviet diplomats, and a State Department response. It highlights Senate subcommittee commendations and White House pledges for vigorous action to safeguard asylum rights.
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United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Immigration Service
New York City
State Department
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
White House
Mrs Smith Encounters Air Lines Overbooked Flight
Mrs. Smith reports being forced to leave a Washington to New York flight after an overbooked cabin. She alleges carriers oversell due to CAB subsidies and warns that a board inspector will be summoned if oversales recur. The CAB denies authority in such matters during a Senate hearing.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate
Two Sided View Of Highway Progress From Turnpikes
The new Delaware River bridge links a turnpike from New York City toward the Ohio Indiana line and Indiana’s system will extend toward Chicago. While motorists welcome closer travel, the nation still suffers poor roads and stalled highway legislation despite growing demand and vacation travel.
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New York
Chicago
Delaware River
New York City
United States
Cleveland Boy Jimmy Checks Out A Soviet Reply
A 12 year old Cleveland reader named Jimmy Nisenson wrote to Soviet Prime Minister Bulganin to verify a newspaper tale of a 148 year old Russian farmer. Bulganin replied that such a man existed but urged caution about Communist boasts. The note highlights Jimmy’s habit of verifying odd items and prompts readers to think critically.
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Cleveland
Bulganin
Jimmy Nisenson
Jimmy
Michael of Romania Takes Job With U S Air Firm
Former Romanian king Michael, dethroned in 1947 after the Communist takeover, will work for an American airplane company and be stationed in Geneva. He plans to teach businessmen pilots instrument flying to address summer space on flights and the demand from American tourists.
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Michael
Romania
Geneva
Classic Russian Vein and Other Oddities
Publicized notes mix a seven foot seven and a half inch Soviet basketball center who works as a forester. Harry Truman vacation ribbing. Louis Armstrong world charm. a Houston bank paid 110000 dollars for an unused New York exterior sculpture.
Salvation Army Works to Aid Society's Outcasts and Inmates
The Salvation Army uses social services and church outreach to rehabilitate and support the homeless, unemployed, and imprisoned. It runs lodges, day nurseries, vocational bureaus, family services, Missing Persons, and Lifers' clubs while training officers and funding through public donations and salvage drives.
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Alan
Peek
Salvation Army
Army
Evangeline
Family Service Bureau
Salvationist
Brighter Day League
Men’s Social Service Centers
Right to Work fights grow in many states
Former congressman Hartley says major battles over the right to work are developing in states across the nation. The Taft Hartley Act limits the closed shop while allowing union shop contracts. labor leaders say the movement aims to weaken unions, while the National Right to Work Committee promotes individual freedom from mandatory union membership.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
New Jersey
Fred A. Hartley Jr
Lausche
Hartley
Robert A. Taft
Rohio
States
Supreme Court
Nebraska
James P. Mitchell
Akron
Ohio
National
Right To Work Committee
America
Ark
Washington, D.C
Frank J. Lausche
George A. Horvath
Monument ~ Mills
Housatonic
Mass
Horvath
CWA News
The
Communications Workers of America
J. P. Morgan
Education Revolution by Lindsay Promotes Fundamental Change
The article argues education must move beyond traditional models toward greater private enterprise and adventure. It highlights numbers quality and control as key problems and suggests larger classes raise standards while demanding better teaching. It cites Conant and Eisenhower urging more educational reform.
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Kenneth
Lindsay
Joneses
America
Conant
Eisenhower
A Friendly British Book and Other Notes from a 1950s Review
A compact digest reviews "Cousins and Strangers" by Commonwealth Fund Fellows noting its mild humor about American life and British dating, then comments on Father Georges Bissonnette’s Moscow stay with high living costs and exit. Milne’s toys at Dutton, and a critique of Tiffany Thayer’s Mona Lisa preface and Marshall’s Washington bio noting Thayer’s prose has more sex appeal.
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England
A. D
B.C
America
Commonwealth Fund
Charles Dickens
Mrs. Trollope
Priestley
Llewellyn
Greene
Mona Lisa
Tiffany Thayer
Dial Publishing Company
Marshall
George Washington
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Manders
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Salvationists
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Smedley
Sterling North
Georges. Bissonnette
Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
Eugene Field
Winnie-the-Pooh
Kanga
Piglet
Tiger
A. A. Milne
Milne
Christopher
Robin Milne
Dutton
Lenin
King Tut
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