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Newspaper

Troy Record

Location

Troy, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1958

Page

12

Troy Record Publisher and Subscription Rates from The Troy Record

The Troy Record lists company officials and contact details. Subscription terms are provided for delivery by carrier and mail within New York and Vermont, with various pricing by duration and location.

Troy Record The Times Record Albany Rensselaer Saratoga Washington New York State Bennington County Vermont

Audit Memo on Circulation Daily Average in November 1958

Audit memo notes Bureau of Circulation daily average for November 1958 at 48 880 not paid. Morning and Evening combined.

Bureau of Circulation

Judge proposes detention center at South Lake barracks

Judge Filley urges converting the State Police Barracks on South Lake Avenue into a juvenile detention center to address emergency lack of facilities. He cites eleven months of failed committal, runaway youths, and community strain, urging swift local adoption with support from Troy and Rensselaer County.

Judge Filley Children’s Court South Lake Avenue Troy Rensselaer Children's Court Humane Society Tudge Filley

Post Office Warns of Christmas Mail Deluge

Postmaster Arthur T. Judge warns of an all time high volume of Christmas mail. Troy post office will open 9 am to 6 pm from December 15 to help speed delivery and urges early mailing to avoid delays.

Arthur T. Judge Troy Bam

Christmas Gift Mail Deadlines and Tips

The message warns mailers to send gifts to Aunt Susie by December 10 for distant points and December 15 for nearby ones. It advises bundling cards and letters neatly and separately from other mail to speed handling, writing plainly with full addresses and zone numbers, including a return address, and notes lines will be longer as Christmas approaches.

Susie

Give a Buck drive highlighted in push for campaign reform

The American Heritage Foundation and Advertising Council celebrate a $12 million Give a Buck campaign for elections. The piece criticizes outdated federal rules on campaign spending and sources, noting how donors, committees, and even family members can contribute. It argues for stronger limits and disclosure ahead of Congress's 86th session.

American Heritage Foundation The Advertising Council Congress National Committee Gore Committee Meade Alcorn

Space Agency Compromise Ended Army Space Council Clash

An agreement ends the month long fight over missile and jet propulsion control. The Army keeps the Huntsville ballistic missile station while the Space Council runs the Pasadena jet propulsion lab. Scientists agree to share data to avoid duplication and accelerate progress amid rising missile activity. The President calls the deal satisfactory and mutually beneficial.

Space Agency Army Space Council Fisenhower Huntsville Ala Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena Calif

Pentagon outlines 1959 space missile launches and goals

The Pentagon announces plans for a major space attack program with missiles launched in 1959. About a dozen shots are planned, including moon missions and satellite projects. If one third reach orbit, the effort is deemed a success. The message urges unity among researchers to avoid rivalry.

Pentagon Space

Anniversary Reflections On Prohibition And Drinking Trends

A column notes 25 years since Utah joined to repeal the 18th Amendment, weighing Prohibition effects. It cites Columbia and public opinion surveys showing shifts toward nondrinkers, rising moderation, and warnings against drinking and driving. The piece recalls bathtub gin and urges sensible alcohol use.

Utah Columbia University Licenised Beverage Industries, Inc American Institute of Public Opinion

De Gaulle’s Gaullist Victory Reshapes France’s Assembly

In France, voters delivered a strong Gaullist majority that could outpace Premier de Gaulle’s moderates. Jacques Soustelle rises as a dominant figure yet may face de Gaulle’s control over ultra right forces and the Algeria question as the Fifth Republic takes shape.

France Newark Evening News Charles de Gaulle Fifth Republic de Gaulle Alferia Union For the New Republic Algeria Committee of Public Safety Jacques Soustelle Soustelle

A meditation on idleness and its value

Dwight Marvin argues that idleness is essential for meditation and creativity. He recalls childhood lessons that work defines worth but contends pauses from responsibility allow reflection, spiritual insight, and a broader life beyond routine. He contrasts this with Soviet emphasis on constant labor and notes spelunking as a metaphor for exploration of freedom.

Walt Whitman

Colombia under martial law as Rojas Pinilla detained

Colombia imposes a state of siege after quick action by President Lleras Camargo to quell a revolutionary plot. Ex-dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla is confined aboard the warship Capitan Tono off the Caribbean coast amid looming Senate trial set for December 15.

Bogota Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Rojas Pinilla Capitan Tono Caribbean Spain House of Representatives Senate Jorge Manrique Manrique Roljas Pinilla George Gailan Liberal Party Eader

Wordplay in a Virginia Scouts tale and a lingual puzzle

A radio broadcast described scouts nearly lost in a cage with a word sounding like splunking. A reader asks for the intended term and a correspondent suggests triannual as a precise heading meaning every three years, warning against triweekly and tri yearly ambiguities.

Virginia John C. Coyle Pittsburgh

Insects and health questions from Dr Jordan column

The article presents a reader Q and A on insects such as bed bugs pigeons and mites and their skin reactions. Dr Jordan notes occasional severe allergic responses to bites and urges removal of pests to reduce exposure.

Edwin P Jordan M.D Cleveland Melics

Southern Democrats unlikely to oust Butler at weekend party session

National Chairman Paul Butler faces Southern opposition but is seen as a temporary figurehead. Rayburn and Johnson back harmony, aiming to avoid intraparty conflicts ahead of 1960. Racial desegregation may rise on courts, not Congress, aiding Butler’s critics.

Washington Paul M. Butler Butler James A. Farley Ife Dixie Democrats National Committee Eisenhower Nixon Nation Alaska House Sam Rayburn Senate Lyndon B. Johnson Buller Sam Lyndon Capitol Hill Congress Gev Averell Harriman New York Gov G. Mennen Williams Michigan Harriman Nelson A. Rockefeller Williams Walter P. Reuther John F. Kennedy Massachusetts Stuart Symington Missouri Robert B. Meyner New Jersey Alabama Supreme Court

U S Holds Up Aid Talks With Poland

The State Department delays further economic aid talks with Poland after anti American rhetoric by Gomulka. The U S has provided Poland 193 million dollars in two years to aid economic hurdles during early independence from Moscow. A recent meeting with Khrushchev in Moscow triggered a souring of relations.

Washington State Department Poland Wladyslaw Gomulka United States Moscow Gomulka Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev Warsaw

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