Campaign News Bright Spots Amid Bitter Campaigns
In Minnesota two slogans appear on cars just after a toledo stop Stevenson support grows amid H bomb debates. Letters praise and mock politics, with Kefauver leveraging bloopers and Nixon receiving a city gift. Hardwicke’s plane scare yields a sharp quip from a fellow passenger.
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Jim” Folsom
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Veteran Questions and Answers on Korea GI Bill and Benefits
A series of Q and A covers Korea GI Bill entitlement for civilian college study, death pension effective dates, GI insurance beneficiary death payments, and Public Law 894 training for disabled servicemen in hospital. It clarifies that civilian school time cannot count for Korea benefits, death pensions begin next day if applied within a year, lump sum to estate if beneficiary dies, and training can start in hospital but subsistence starts after discharge.
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Eye for Business Groom Joke Delights Readers
A humorous exchange between a newlywed couple centers on money and habits. The groom asks his bride to surrender most girlish habits after marriage, and she agrees to keep only one. The punchline reveals the bride will continue drawing her allowance from her father as if nothing changed.
The Not Raising Hogs Letter Returns in Agricultural Echoes
A revived miscaptioned letter traces a scheme to profit from not raising hogs and not growing corn. It recalls historic subsidies and comments on agricultural cycles under secretary Henry Wallace, noting imagined payments, breeds, and scalable fictitious hog counts.
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Ramon Ortiz de la Munoz
Eastland County
Amigo Mior
Amigo
Pedro
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P. S
FTC assigns 140 staff to watch TV ads
Washington. The Federal Trade Commission orders 140 of its staff investigators to spend part of working hours watching and listening to TV and radio commercials. The move aims to curb overzealous pitches that claim cures or cosmetic benefits.
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The
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Li'l Abner Nominated for the Presidency
New York reports Li'l Abner, hero of the upcoming Broadway comedy, has been nominated for the presidency by the National Laugh Party. The party aims to promote laughter as a national need.
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Joseph Smith
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
Smith
Li’l Abner
National Laugh Party
Doctor claims acid in man’s blood may fix baby sex
Oxford researcher Dr. K. C. McWhirter states tests indicate the father’s blood acidity determines a baby’s sex. He suggests that altering a father’s diet or giving drugs could influence the child’s sex.
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K. C. McWhirter
Oxford
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