Unified Services Study Aims to Slash Missile Waste
A Winchester Evening Star analysis notes a subcommittee report urging a presidential study to consider reuniting the Air Force and Army, with possible merger of Navy, to curb interservice rivalry and save taxpayers millions. The discussion centers on roles and missions over bureaucratic pride amid missile program costs. The piece questions how duplication inflates budgets.
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Air Force
Army
House Committee On Government
Navy
Air Force Army
U. S. Air Force
Should Khrushchev Visit to U. S. Be Called Off Because of Laos?
An editorial argues Khrushchev’s U S visit should be reconsidered amid Soviet backed aggression in Asia. It links Laos Burma and India to a broader plan to conquer Asia and urges United Nations action rather than appeasement.
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Khrushchev
U. S
Laos
Washington
Nikita Khrushchv
United States
Burma
India
Hitler
Rhineland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Asia
United Nations Security Council
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
North Korea
Security Council
General Assembly
U.S
Free World
United Nations
Korea
Eisenhower
Russia
SEATO Anniversary Amid Laos Crisis Sparks Critique
The article notes SEATO members struggle to defend Cambodia and Laos while the U S faces limits from the Geneva accord. It mentions U S aid focusing on arms and money, UN moves on Laos, and editorial commentary on Democratic presidential prospects and party unity.
First day enrollment at Winchester public school rises
The Star Files notes 1949 opening enrollment at Winchester public school reached 2,283, up 93 from 1948. Game Warden Earlfather reports over twenty deer found dead near North Mountain likely due to blackleg, an often fatal cattle infection.
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Winchester
Earlfather
North Mountain
Daily Meditation on Emotional Disease Tone
The piece defines emotional disease as contagious nonmedical sickness not caused by germs. It notes emotionally sick individuals disturb households and circles, spreading temper and unrest through families offices and clubs.
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Bridge Club
Nick
Morro Castle Fire Near New York Sparks Passenger Deaths
A storm lit Morro Castle offshore near New York City as flames engulfed the luxury liner. Eight hundred passengers faced peril. many perished after refusals to board lifeboats amid heavy seas and possible lightning strikes. Survivors include Mrs. W. F. Locke and daughter Dorothy returning from Asbury Park and others from New Jersey and New York state.
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Morro Castle
New York City
W. F. Locke
Dorothy
Asbury Park
N. J
C. W. Moulden
Garland
Shenandoah Valley Fair Opens With Cavalry Display
In 1909 the 40th Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society exhibition opened with strong prospects as Fort Myer cavalry gave races and drills before a large crowd. Stuart K. Lupton of this city was appointed consul at Karachi, India, by the Secretary of State.
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Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Fort Myer
Stuart K. Lupton
Counsul
Karachi
India
Described as diseased individuals needing cure
The passage portrays unduly controlling people as despondent and distrusting, labeling them pestiferous and emotionally diseased. It argues society instinctively placates them, warning others to avoid conflict and claiming they require treatment or cure.
Eisenhower Uses Inflation as Club Over Congress
President Eisenhower extended his influence through a compliant Congress in 1959. Democratic leaders Johnson and Rayburn failed to unite the party while Southern Democrats shifted to support vetoes. Republicans, led by Halleck and Dirksen, kept party discipline and backed the president on his economic agenda.
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Eisenhower
Congress
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Sen
William Knowland
California
Kenna Halleck
Dirksen
Johnson
Rayburn
Sahl Blames Comics for National Humor Shortage
HAL BOYLE profiles Mort Sahl in New York noting his rise from a 1953 cellar club jester to a leading thinker in comedy. Sahl defends satire as traditional and insists humor reflects truth, while critiquing public apathy and the comic crowd for underestimating audiences. He links freedom of speech to American strength and contrasts it with Russia. Also mentions Baltimore mayor J Harold Grady winning big Democratic praise with one exception Sen Stuart Symington.
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New York
Mort Sahl
Sahl
San Francisco
Will Rogers
Mort
Colpacabana
Mark Twain
Arthur Miller
The Doctor Speaks Boys Are Involved in Accidents
The doctor notes boys account for about 60 percent of childhood accidents with girls at roughly 40 percent. A Florida study of 1,168 cases found 738 boys injured and 430 girls, most accidents occurring in ages three to four. He urges parents to curb dangerous activities while acknowledging playful youth. A Q and A on phlebitis explains causes, recovery time, and treatments.
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Florida
L. A
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