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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1950
Page
3
The article argues that U S policy favors labor in strikes while undermining management, noting how Truman declined to press Taft-Hartley and how investment needs reliable laws and enforcement. It quotes Truman and Keyserling repeatedly stressing belief in private enterprise, yet suggesting tolerance for its violation of core premises.
General Bradley says United States and Atlantic Pact nations must cede some sovereignty for mutual defense, a frank appraisal that steadies confidence amid slow progress. The piece urges clear, prearranged concessions and a centralized action scheme within the alliance to prevent disunity and secure seas against aggression.
Acting CEA chair Keyserling challenges the idea of strong expansion noting unemployment dropped but investment not enough to absorb rising workers. He warns that while boom continues, the economy may not sustain rapid growth as profits and investment lag, highlighting tensions with presidential tax and policy signals.
Opinion piece laments reduced American prestige after Romania rejects a State Department protest over Bucharest center closure. It cites Shanghai, Saigon, Prague, Budapest, and China incidents showing U S citizens abandoned or harassed and the flag insulted, urging reflection on past greatness and foreign policy failures.
The Office of Education forecasts a record 488000 degrees awarded this year with 428000 bachelors 62000 masters and 6000 doctors. Veterans will fill most four year cycles in 1950 while graduate schools remain overloaded and two years behind capacity. Many veterans seek advanced work but encounter scarce graduate slots and crowded programs.
The city’s rainmaking scare provoked complaints from irate motorists who blamed icy streets on Dr. Howell the weather expert. Officials are criticized for using rainmaking as a diversion while water conservation and policy failures go unaddressed. Frost affected the Eastern states and Georgia’s peach crop, while New Yorkers eye the spectacle with self centered amusement.
The Minnesota PMA county committee hosts Secretary of Agriculture Brannan in St Paul on April 3 and 4. Reports allege attendance incentives and travel pay were offered to draw a large audience, with 8,000 farmers present and Humphrey energizing the crowd. Critics say the effort crossing into political campaigning and vote buying, funded by public money, taints the event and aids Truman's farm program.
Opposing lawyers and politicians argue Messrs Clifford and Landix align against the consumers. The airline would raise fares on trips abroad and seek annual subsidies. The CAB has approved consolidation of Titan Trips Pan American and Dr Smith’s Overseas Airlines but state and national defense must still approve. Truman wields final water. critics say favors go to party fund donors. Pan Am expands routes to London Brussels Prague Vienna and Stockholm. Trippe’s rivals offer landings at Paris and Rome amid profitable conditions.
Washington reports a severe Senate impasse endangering the Fair Deal with civil rights, appropriations, and social security reform stalled. Democratic leaders push two rival bills undermining the program while lawmakers head to Easter recess, with further campaigning ahead of the election.
Two new cancer tests were announced by researchers at the University of California and Wadsworth Hospital. One test mixes blood serum with a fat-like substance to indicate cancer by color change, showing about 90 percent accuracy in known cases and low false positives in healthy people. The second test aims to produce similar results, with ongoing clinical evaluations.
Beard at a yacht basin notes common speech errors in American English. He cites dropping final t sounds in words like soft and correct and discusses mispronunciations such as toe for to and distrait for distract, urging careful enunciation in formal speech.
A reader letter column discusses anonymity in Letters to the Record and editorial rules. The main piece recounts a minister at a rural chapel who debated Jesus and scriptures with listeners, describing a boy and a ride with a bridle and a World War era tone. The anecdote ends with the boy noting Schaghticoke.
President Truman met four identical African American girls from Reidsville North Carolina during a Washington visit. The quadruplets Mary Louise Mary Alice Mary Catherine and Mary Ann appeared with a party for a feature magazine and were photographed at the National Fish Market area.
Ten crewmen are missing after a Shell tanker loaded with 2,000,000 gallons of aviation gasoline caught fire near Singapore. The Lingala, operated by Shell, was ten miles offshore when the blaze spread from shore installations to the vessel. European casualties were reported among the crew.
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