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Library of Congress1959

Image 28 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 25, 1959

C2 THE EVENING STAR W aihinftn 0 C MWf Mey 25 IMS tffK v kMp tK 3H DISTINGUISHED PRESSMANSamueI H Kaifffmann left president 5 of The Evening Star Newspaper Co holds a plaque naming him an 9 honorary member of the International Wessmens Union after it was presented him by Anthony J DeAndrade the union president at the microphone Robert Callahan right vice president of the Washington pressmen is holdng a traditional pressmans paper cap also presented to Mr Kauffmann Edward Meyer president of the Washington press men is second from rightStar Staff Photos by Francis Routt and B Arnold Sachs Family Day at The Star Draws Crowd of 4000 Four thousand festive em ployes and guests of The Eve ning Star satisfied their curios lty yesterday at a premiere sho wins of the new Star Building Ranging in age from 4 weeks to 87 years employes ex employes and their families embarked on hourlong tours of the big modem plant at Sec ond street and Virginia avenue SJE which has housed The Star since March Probably the oldest visitor to the Family Day Open House was Charles Powers 87 of 7402 Arden road Cabin John Md A former street

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Library of Congress1958

Image 40 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), December 29, 1958

C4 THE fVENING STAR Washington 0 C Monday December 29 19St Personals Special 1 Notices Official Notices and Pro posals on Page A3 AUCTION SALES TBOI J OWEN a SON Auctioneer mi t t WFVSW w val M DWELLING WITH BASEMiNT Bj virtue of Deed of Truat re corded lo Über No 10U80 at folio 821 o r the Lend Records of the District of Column we snsll sell n font of the orcmlses on TUE3DAY THE BIXH DAY OF JANUAR AD 1050 At TWO l OCLOCK PM Lot numbered fortrflsht 46 In Square num bered Thtrtysi Hundred end likhtyflve f3M In the sub division mode by Morrk Calritx s i posit of SSOO required et time of C safe Terms of rule to be com piled with within thirty days Iro n date of sele otherwise the trus tees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk sad coet of the defaulting purchaser after five days advertisement of such resale In some newspaper pub _ fished In the District ol Cofiim bla or deposit may be forfeited or without forfeiting depoett trustees may aval themselves ol any legal or equitable rlshta T against defaulting purchaser Further psrticulars

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Library of Congress1958

Image 8 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 20, 1958

A8 THE BUNDAY BTAR Washington D C SINIIAV AfBII N IN j 7 j BEFORE ASSAILING COMPLACENCYSenate Majority Leader Lyndon B Johnson gives the incoming and outgoing presidents of the American Society of Newspaper Editors a look at his notes before addressing the society last night With him are George W Healy jr new ASNE presi dent left and Virginius Dabney the outgoing president rightStar Staff Photo Clapper Award Goes To Chalmers Roberts By th Associated Pru Chalmers M Roberta foreign affairs reporter for the Wash ington Post and TimesHerald last night was awarded the 14th annual Raymond Clapper Memorial Award Five newspaper executives acting as judges credited Mr Roberta with the first exten sive disclosure of the essence and fundamental findings of the Gaither Report This still unreleased report was made to President Eisen hower last year by a commis sion of national security ad 0 OPEN MON EVENING 9 til 9 Park Free Next Door on F St kits Un Mat kit high prices with I BELTOX IH ft ml PLYMOBTH FIIIE BUBS W f rotors use them tor model homes Three differ M ent designs Cochin diamond Madros plaid and cV Molobar in green Jk M J

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Library of Congress1955

Image 27 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), February 24, 1955

David Lawrence Attempt to Regulate the Press Former President Truman and Politics Are Blamed For AntiTrust Conviction of Kansas City Paper Regulation and control of the press despite the protec tion supposed to be afforded by the Bill of Rights in the Constitution has been brought one step nearer to consumma tion in America by the deci sion in the case of the Kansas City Star A Jury obedient to the highly prejudiced instruc tions of a Federal judge now has convicted that newspaper of violating antitrust laws There are some 180 cities in the United States where a single newspaper ownership exists and where conceivably a politically minded admin istration can do what the Truman regime did in an attempt to wreak vengeance on the Kansas City Star for its crusade against the Pen dergast machine of the Dem ocratic Party and its vote getting frauds in that area Harry Truman as Senator helped to bring about the appointment of the judge in the case over the objection of Mr Roosevelts Attorney Gen era Francis Biddle who questioned his fitness for the bench The Star by its vig orous crusade against the political henchmen of Mr Truman earned the

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Library of Congress1953

Image 1 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 25, 1953

Weather Forecast Fair tonight lowest about 66 degrees To morrow fair and warmer Full report on Page A2 Midnight 67 6 am 65 11 am 74 2arn__64 8 am__ 66 Noon 75 4 am_ 65 10 am 70 1 pm 76 An Associated Press Newspoper 101st Year No 145 Phone ST 35000 WASHINGTON D C MONDAY MAY 25 1953FORTYFOUR PAGES Nations First AShell Fired On Nevada Flat Brilliant Flash Seen in Las Vegas 75 Miles Away By the Asociatd Press LAS VEGAS Nev May 25 The Army fired the Nations first atomic shell today from a huge cannon dubbed Atomic Annie It burst with a brilliant flash over a simulated enemy target The shot fired from the 280 millimeter cannon on French man Flat came at 830 am 1130 am EDT Within five minutes the cus tomary atomic cloud formed visible in this resortgambling town 75 miles away It developed a lazy S form and appeared to have an ice cap Sunlight glinted on the white top of the cloud Its wispy stem led down to a purple base Cloud Rises Swiftly The cloud rose swiftly and seemed to be traveling fast It did not have the true mushroom shape

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Library of Congress1950

Image 45 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 13, 1950

yy I l I U H 1 i 1 I i 1 I 1 Furniture STORES 1 V I I I I ANNIVERSARY SALE 1 I E SAVE IN ALL 24 I DREAMHOUSE E f DEPARTMENTS J H St at 7th NW I jj 1106 G Street NW i i 215 King Street 1 Alexandria i I I Blair Lee House Silver Spring Crops Out of Control DELBURNE Alta In 1948 a barley crop was sown and har vester near here Last year a good volunteer crop came through from seed accidentally scattered the year before although the land was due to be summer fallowed This year another volunteer crop is under way and looks as though it may be the heaviest of the three The Workers and Peasants Party of Bombay India has gone Communist i A FASHION SHOW ydurno I auHCAm l EVERY SATURDAY at I PM I staged and narrated by p MRS CLADSTONE WILLIAMS PrizesGuest StarsFavors j HOTEL RALEIGH I For res call Pierre NA 3810_J La Prensa Executive Receives Award for Freedom Efforts By the Associated Press NEW YORK Oct 13Dr Al berto Gainza Paz director of the Buenos Aires daily newspaper La Prensa last

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Library of Congress1950

Image 2 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), June 26, 1950

Printers Given Raise Of 150 and Control Of Teletypesetting Contract terms for a 150 weekly wage increase and a joint committee to gather information about teletypesetting procedures have been accepted by Columbia Typographical Union members employed by Washington djdly newspapers The oneyear contract effective May 1 was ratified by a 178to 152 vote of union members at Turners Arena yesterday Nego tiations have been under way since last September Represen tatives of publishers and Local 101 had 35 collective bargaining sessions before reacing an agree ment last Tuesday It gives the union jurisdiction over operation of any teletype setting equipment that may be in stalled in newspaeper plants here It sets up a Joint Experimental Committee including two man agement and two union represen tatives to work out procedures and conditions covering the in troduction of training for proper manning requirements standards of competency scales of wages and other matters pertaining to their use and operation Tape Perforated by Keyboard Newspaper plants in Washing ton set type by manually operated linotype machines Teletypeset ting equipment consists of a type perforating machine operated by a keyboard similar to that of a typewriter and an operating unit attached to the standard type

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