Like Watering The Lemonade The 1959 Army Avrocar Editorial
A column discusses Secretary of the Treasury Anderson facing borrowing limits amid rising debt and inflation risk. It compares printing money to watered lemonade, notes tax and borrowing limits, and comments on economic policy. It also previews rising motion picture attendance and praises television's impact, ending with mention of the Avrocar flying saucer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
House of Representatives
Mr. Anderson
Congress
Treasury
House
Birth of Independence Shaped by Jefferson and His Committee
In Philadelphia, Jefferson led a five member committee to fashion the Declaration of Independence. Franklin Adams Sherman Livingston guided revisions as July 2 confirmed independence and July 4 the document was adopted, with debates over slavery and a final engrossed copy sent to printers and ships.
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Schuylkill
Congress
Colonies
Philadelphia
America
Connecticut
Roger Sherman
Robert Livingston
New York
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Williamsburg
Franklin
Sherman
Adams
John Adams
Virginia
Graff
Water Front
Germantown
John Dickinson
Pennsylvania
Braintree
John Hancock
New England
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Great Britain
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Caesar Rodney
Thomas McKean
Delaware
State House
Jefferson
Livingston
George III
Congress of the United States
John Ams
Continental Congress
John Trumbull
Ing
Space travel thoughts and questions on contact with other planets
The piece argues space travel may begin soon and questions if life exists on other planets. It contemplates contact, potential risks, and the moral framework of actions within a divine promise. The tone reflects speculation about epochal changes and the possibility of interplanetary war.
Virginia’s industrial climate praised by VMA leader
The Virginia Manufacturers Association president, executive of Dan River Mills, lauds Virginia’s sound fiscal policy and healthy industrial climate as its best sales pitch for new industry. He notes expansions by current firms and cites inadequate promotion as a key reason Virginia lags in attracting new industries, urging stronger efforts to compete with other states.
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Virginia Manufacturers Association
Dan River Mills
Virginia
VMA
Twins Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chapman in 1949 Notice
Ten years ago in 1949 Mrs. J. P. Essex of North Washington street spent weeks at Virginia Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Chapman announced the birth of twins a girl and a boy. Mrs. Chapman was formerly Miss Helen Vincent.
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J. P. Essex
North Washington Street
Virginia Beach
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Helen Vincent
War College graduate Lt Kern leaves for Vancouver duty
Twenty five years ago 1934 Lt William B Kern son of Mr and Mrs John A Kern who had been studying at the War College in Washington DC departed for Vancouver Washington for duty. Miss Minnie Keen of Bluemont was a guest of Mr and Mrs Harry L McCann at their country home.
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William B. Kern
John A. Kern
War College
Washington, D. C
Vancouver
Wash
Minnie Keen
Bluemont
Harry L. McCann
Lost shepherd dog ad and Pittsburgh motorists fined
Fifty years ago in 1909 G F Blandy of the Post advertised on the front page for a lost black and white shepherd dog. He offered a liberal reward. A party of automobilists from Pittsburgh traveling in two large touring cars were arrested in Woodstock and fined 59.80 for resisting arrest.
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G. F. Blandy
the Post
the Star
Pittsburgh
Woodstock
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Winchester Evening Star
Hollywood
Sindlinger & Co
Shirley MacLaine
Marilyn Monroe
U. S Army
By Bruce Lancaster
Dickinson
United States
American Heritage, Inc
By Earl L. Douglass
Petersburg
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