06 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1955
Page
1
Households thrill at lower coffee prices after a 1954 peak. The proposed International Coffee Bureau aims to stabilize prices by managing supplies, urging restraint from both producers and consumers. The piece questions price supports and urges preserving holiday meaning amid longer weekends.
Sarah Elizabeth Roberts, Kentucky born, moved to Arizona before 1861. Married to Josiah J. Roberts about 1860, she helped defend against Indians and outlaws, stocked ammunition, and did her own housework into old age. She died in 1925 at 97 at York Station near the Gila River, remembered by her son Joseph J. Roberts of Tucson.
A look at strikes as a tool in labor disputes notes most end in compromise and questions who wins. The Bell Telephone South strike involved 50,000 workers for 72 days with no clear victor, while the Louisville and Nashville strike affected rail traffic across 13 states and ended with the railroad securing a point on union health insurance.
The plan would pay $5.95 a month per employee under a referee ruling, versus $3.40 plus $1.85 employee share under the rejected union plan. The Ford settlement, touted as Partnership In Prosperity, offers Ford stock at half price, interest-free loans, wage and pension gains, and stronger job security. With unions near agreement, a strike seems unlikely, and labor peace is seen as possible as contracts near expiration in 1955 for Citizen.
Roscoe Drummond argues critics say Eisenhower downplays Soviet air strength to curb defense spending. He cites surprise over Moscow overflights, rising Soviet bomber and fighter capability, and intelligence warnings. The Hoover Commission urges faster weapon innovation and a science advisory panel to boost defense R D.
In Baden Austria a former spa town now under Soviet control shows a tense transition as Russian troops pull out. Residents report empty factories red stars and Lenin posters, with workers fearing reprisals and unemployment rising to 28 percent. Austrians expect real estate and cultural revival once the Red army departs. The U.S. Foreign Aid Mission aids job creation and reconstruction efforts as Vienna anticipates a return to normal life and a reawakening of commerce and nightlife.
New York based Hal Boyle’s Almanac offers wry advice from Helen Keller who, at 75, urges living for others. It contrasts a modern executive diary of travel with Keller’s feats, and lampoons politics, poverty, and cocktail trends.
The article recalls Nathan Hale on his 200th birth anniversary in Coventry Connecticut. It recounts Hale’s Yale education, Revolutionary service, disguising as a Dutch schoolmaster to gather intelligence in New York, capture and execution, and his famed last words. It notes his role as a patriot and the lasting teaching of his memorable line.
Sokolsky notes that informants existed from the nation’s start with women in the Liberty Boys and figures like Hale and Arnold as contrasts between heroism and treachery. He questions spying risks, praises anonymous loyalty, and argues for patriotic informants within the FBI era while citing dangers and costs.
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