Anniversary shadows loom over Korea and UN milestones
Five years after Korea War began and the UN's 10th birthday, global tensions mix with hopes as hostilities ended two years ago and a path to a permanent peace remains elusive. Formosa and summit talks color the international scene, while Americans face a complex world.
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United Nations
United States
North Korea
Red China
South Korea
United Nations Security Council
U.N
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
U.N. Security Council
Russia
Korea
Formosa
Far East
Record Pace Of Auto Output In 1955
Auto makers cleared strikes from the industry path and produced 3,608,000 cars in the first five months of 1955, 47 percent above the same period in 1954, hinting at a full year well above the 6,665,000 record set in 1950. Strong employment and ongoing demand push the sector toward a potentially historic total.
Tucson Society Belle of the 90s
A photo recalls Lulu Aphold Wright, famed Tucson society belle of the 1890s born Louisa Aphold in Brownsville Texas on September 10 1872. She married Dr A C Wright a physician and former speaker of the state house who served on the U of A board of regents. They had son Harold who died of tuberculosis. Lulu died about ten years ago.
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Lulu Aphold Wright
Old Pueblo
A. C. Wright
Tucson
Louisa
Matas
Edwards
South Sixth Avenue
Carnegie Library
Dr. Wright
N. H. Matas
Harold
Lulu
Adelaide Aphold
Retreat From Reno to Winnemucca via Open West Roads
Room For Argument columnist Rene Robert Fish departs Tucson for a summer national tour. His Nevada stop in Winnemucca highlights open highways and a new luxury motel as he notes the region’s open roads and the trucking strike easing travel by car. The piece contrasts Reno Las Vegas luxury with western travel simplicity and surveys the political footprint of the Rocky Mountain states.
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Robert Fish
Tucson
America
Fish
Nevada
Rocky Mountain
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
United States
United States Senate
Las Vegas
Reno
Winnemucca
San Francisco
Nevada and the slot machine racket in 1955
Robert Fish argues Nevada relies on gambling as a primary industry with widespread slot machines from casinos to gas stations. He notes innovations like public jackpot announcements and linked multi machines. He warns against gambling’s social costs and predicts a future shift to a more stable economy.
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Nevada
Secret New York meeting hints at Guaranteed Annual Wage
Gen Lucius Clay met with CIO leaders David McDonald and Arthur Goldberg in New York in a hush hush conference that may trigger a nationwide Guaranteed Annual Wage. If Continental Can signs, other steel and metal unions could follow, shaping wage structures beyond current unemployment pay schemes.
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Lucius Clay
New York City
Germany
Ford
General Motors
CIO Auto Union
Detroit
Gen. Clay
Continental Can Co
David McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Arthur Goldberg
New York
Continental
Continental Can
McDonald
Goldberg
Pittsburgh
McCarthy back in the public eye after censure
Senator Joseph McCarthy, once a forceful figure in U S politics, faces renewed attention as he regroups after the Senate condemned part of his conduct last December. The Wisconsin Republican, who sought a resolution to pressure Eisenhower and Russia on Asia and European Communist control, saw a tense 77 to 4 vote against his proposal.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Cials
Isenhower
Russia
Asia
Europe
McCarthy foe faces showdown split in 77 4 vote
James Marlow reports McCarthy's bid to block a vote failed as only three Republicans joined him. President Eisenhower weighs media influence, arguing broadcasters can shape public opinion more than print, while Kee notes readers can verify facts by rereading.
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Eisenhower
Elizabeth Kee
D W, Va
Wheat farmers vote on acreage controls for price supports
The nation faces a wheat referendum on whether to accept acreage controls and 76 percent parity price supports or reject and face 50 percent parity. Benson warned Congress may raise allotments or adjust prices if the vote goes against controls.
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Richard Spong
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
National Farmers Union
Farm Bureau Federation
Agriculture Department
United States
Congress
House
Senate
Allen J. Ellender
Agriculture Committee
Passport rights argued in New York Times letter
Dr Otto Nathan argues in a New York Times letter that the right to travel cannot be restricted and that the passport serves as a citizen declaration. He urges Congress to define passport scope and lifting conditions while recounting personal protections abroad from Petrograd to Tokyo and Shanghai.
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New York Times
Otto Nathan
State Department
Nathan
k “My _ilegal
Congress
United States
Petrograd
Russia
China
Shanghai
Paris
Tokyo
Government Passport Powersand Administrative Judgment
The piece argues that State Department, Army, and Navy cooperation protects Americans abroad but warns against overreliance on government aid. It discusses Dr. Otto Nathan’s case, the need for clear passport laws, and questions the McCarran Act’s reach while contrasting British practice of leaving banking to officials. It notes Franklin D. Roosevelt used executive orders extensively and cautions against seeking laws for every administrative detail.
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State Department
Army
Navy
Otto Nathan
United States
Europe
Dr. Nathan
McCarran
Congress
Great Britain
Bank of England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Dave McDonald
Art Goldberg
Ihe
Labor
the General's Company
U.S
Canada
Cuba
CIO Steelworkers
Chicago
Atlanta
Birmingham
Seattle
American Can Co
Riesel
By James Marlow
Dennis the Menace
George E. Sokolsky
Dennis
Argentina
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