Editorial on Social Security coverage and reforms
Editorial argues Social Security coverage has grown with 66.5 million insured and 5.97 million receiving benefits in early 1954. It notes 1953 benefits reached about three billion dollars, with 3.3 million retired workers and 1.1 million minor children. President Eisenhower urges Congress to extend coverage and broaden the base beyond 1935 act, proposing a higher tax base around 4200 and simplification amid 106 disparate programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Eserower
Congress
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Republican
Curtis
Make Those Dimes March and a Nuclear Peace Effort
The piece links the March of Dimes fundraising symbol to a campaign against infantile paralysis with President James E. Salk vaccine plans and gamma globulin use. It notes a $75 million goal for the year, with funds allocated to prevention, research, and local aid. It also discusses Western and Russian site disputes for a January Big Four conference and ends with a Springfield contractor who refunded $40,200 to 201 buyers, underscoring self respect over profit.
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James E. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
March of Dimes
National Foundation For
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Brest-Litovsk
Korea
Red
Springfield
Ohio
Washington Calling By Marquis Childs
Washington hears Republican dis content over Eisenhower program and patronage. Old-line Republicans push for change while State Department officials face pressure to turn out career staff. The piece questions patronage motives and the risk to continuity in foreign policy and civil service integrity.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Department of State
Old Guard
Dukes
Army
Walter Robertson
Far East
Ence
iDulles
Armed Services
America
Economic Cooperation Administrations
Sam
ECA
Denmark
Europe
Air Force to Observe Mars and Saucers in June Approach
The Air Force plans high altitude observation flights and guided missiles in June as Mars nears Earth, studying possible canals while skeptics doubt links to flying saucers. A scientific expedition to Bloemfontein will observe Mars from a close point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Mars
Earth
Bloemfontein
South Afrca
Air Force finds gaps in unexplained aerial reports
Drew Pearson reports the Air Force notes most aerial phenomenon reports lack basic data on size, shape, composition, and flight characteristics. Most civilians file these reports, with smaller shares from pilots and military personnel, amid broader discussions of defense and civil rights in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Air Defense Command
United States
Grass roots women plan push for Bricker Amendment
A Washington visit by about 250 aroused women from California to New York signals a spontaneous grass roots surge in support for the Bricker Amendment. Led by Mrs. Lewis Barker and Mrs. Robert A. Murray, the group travels at its own expense to deliver petitions bearing hundreds of thousands of names.
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Washington
California
Texas
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
New York
Bricker
Chicago
Accoss
Lewis Barker
Robert A. Murray
Oshkosh
Wis
Congress
Senator Bricker
Senate
GOP
State Department
White House
Retailers fight excise tax changes at national meeting
At the National Retail Dry Goods Association meeting in New York, Detroit retailer E C Stephenson and other speakers argued against broad excise tax reforms. They warned the tax is a hidden levy that would curb sales, favoring government revenue and complicating later rate changes as merchants and wholesalers would bear upfront costs until goods reach consumers. They noted potential shifts in pricing, discounts, and financing, and warned of long collection timelines and lost profits for retailers and wholesalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Retail Dry Goods Association
E. C. Stephenson
Detroit
Statler
New York
Playwright Couples At Work Without Domestic Strife
A Sardi's luncheon piece notes that several theater couples collaborate without clashing. George S. Kaufman and Leueen McGrath, Jane Bowles and Paul Bowles, Fay and Michael Kanin, the Lunts, Katharine Cornell and Guthrie McClintic, Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements, Jean Kerr and Walter Kerr, Ruth and Augustus Goetz, Bella and Sam Spewack, John Emery and Tamara Geva, Rex Harrison and Lili Palmer all reportedly maintain harmonious professional partnerships, countering the idea that marriage and work inevitably lead to conflict. The writer signs off defending Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine.
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George S.haufman
New York
Leueen McGrath
Miss McGrath
McGraw
Jane Bowles
Paul Bowles
Sir. Bowles
Fay
Michael Kanin
Mrs. Kanin
Mr. Kanin
Janne
Katharine Cornell
Guthrie McClintic
Miss Cornell
Mr. McClintie
Florence Ryerson
Colin Clements
Harriet
Jean Kerr
Walter Kerr
Ruth
Augustus Goetz
Spewacks
Bella
Sam
John Emery
Tamara Geva
Rex Harrison
Lili Palmer
Sir
Sardi
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fon
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Jens Nere
Can Das
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Ees
State
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Ike
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Fepc Commission
NAACP
Walter White
Ske
Supreme Court
Florida
Donald Heath
Viet Nam
Iado China
Pentagon
Indo-China
Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
Southeast Asia
Germany
Berlin
Washington Reports
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Business Today
Elmer Roessner
Stephenson
Canada
National Industral Conference Board
UC. S. Department of Commerce
U. S
Endustire
American Ikon and ‘Steel Institute
Eastern Mig. Co
Charles St
Massillon
the Chronicle-Telegram
Hudnutt
J. Clare George
Corb Stokley Busines
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Co
East Avenue
Elyria
Sundava
Lorain
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