Railroads Tax Payers Highlight Ohio Tax Support For Schools
A county by county breakdown shows railroad property taxes totaling 20,788,311 across Ohio with 12,708,013 aiding school systems. The Ohio Railroad Association argues river barge traffic pays no taxes to subdivisions, while railroads fund county activities and schools.
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Ohio River
Ohio Railroad Association
Ohio
Athens County
Gallia County
Meigs County
Hocking County
Foreign aid debate split over aid scope aims and risks
The Saturday Evening Post features John B. Hollister, former ICA director, arguing the current Eisenhower foreign aid request near 4 billion dollars is prudent but must avoid wasteful giveaways. He favors aid linked to security gains, cites Libya as example, and contends needs differ between Europe and Asia with emphasis on basic aid for developing nations.
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Saturday Evening Post
John B. Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
Hollister
Eisenhower
ICA
United States
Libya
Mr. Hollister
Middle East
Far East
Europe
East
Gasoline taxes and highway fund debate heat up
The piece argues that total state and Federal gasoline taxes average over 80 percent of refinery price and 41 percent of the retail price minus tax, and warns against a proposed Federal tax rise from 3 cents to 42 cents. It notes Ohio also hikes its per gallon take and accuses diverted automotive taxes of masking deficits in the Highway Trust Fund.
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Congress
Ohio
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Highway Trust Fund
General Fund of the Treasury
Godfrey gifts uke in offbeat coastal tale
Jim Bishop reports Arthur Godfrey hands a baritone Vega Late ukulele to the narrator on a TV show. The piece weaves memory, music lessons, family drift, and coastal shore life with neighbors, a singer housekeeper, and a clambake looming as a comic, reflective slice of midcentury culture.
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Arthur Godfrey
Pompeii
Mr. Godfrey
Godfrey Palys
Godfrey
Red Bank School of Music
Vito Maraschio
Gayle
Maraschio
Smokers Harm Athletes Say Dr. Crane Case B-417
Paul P. a 29 year old high school athletic coach seeks Dr. Crane s repeat of medical reasons why smokers are short winded. He cites carbon monoxide reducing hemoglobin oxygen capacity, fluid buildup in lungs, irritative coughing, and slower oxygen transfer hindering runners and swimmers.
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Paul
Paul P
Horoscope advisory for tomorrow and birthday year
The guidance warns against drastic changes early, urges calm problem solving, and cautions on hasty decisions. For those born today, June, July and October bring potential gains if aggression is controlled, with tact needed in business. Travel improves in late July and August, romance in June, health alerts in late May and mid August, and a child born today may become an artist inventor or promoter.
Advises Development of International Sales Area
American businessmen must adjust to a new concept of trade and pursue international sales over export alone. Cyanamid International aims to expand overseas through plants, joint ventures, and full distribution networks in 12 countries to bypass tariffs and currency barriers while benefiting host nations with jobs and supply.
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Sidney C. Moody
Cyanamid International
American Cyanamid Co
Harry F. Bliss, Jr
Europe
Moody
Humor and Mystery Yoicks in Short Miscellany
A Europe emissary loses his only shoes after a New York floor maid discards them. A New York subway poster shows three inscriptions Gloria and Jim June and Richard Hortense and Nobody. A penitentiary warden surveys inmates asking why they are imprisoned Convict 20637 says I got caught. 1959 Bennett Cerf.
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Europe
U.S.A
New York
Gloria
Jim
June
Richard
Hortense
Upstate
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Brain Game Civil War Quiz Answers
The piece lists a six question quiz on the Civil War with eight prompts and the label Brain Game Answers. It mentions secession, presidents, Army of the Potomac, a battle above the clouds, the Army of the Shenandoah, a horse nicknamed General Lee's war horse, Fort Sumter bombardment and the ship that sank the Cumberland and Congress.
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U. S
Congress
Primary outlook shapes 1960 Democratic and Republican bids
The piece surveys Nixon and Rockefeller in the Republican race and Humphrey Kennedy and Symington as Democratic contenders. It notes Rockefeller’s money, Humphrey’s Khrushchev interview, Kennedy’s waning edge, and Johnson’s leadership role, with Symington seen as a strong rival.
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Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
New York City
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Humphrey
Senate
Khrushchev
United States
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Year Long Vacation With Pay Plan Sparks Debate
University of California expert Arthur Carstens proposes a funded sabbatical year paid by employers and the state to reduce work stress. The Athens Messenger notes this idea, offers a tongue in cheek daily schedule for a year off, and cautions on intent and aftermath while outlining publication details.
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Arthur Carstens
University of California
Carstens
Harvard
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