City weighs tax rise to back 25 30 million bond issue
City officials plan a tax increase likely up to 20 cents to fund a 25 to 30 million dollar bond issue over ten years. The raise would affect the interest and sinking fund, with the bond reserve to cover postwar needs, while plans to revive the Capitol area development and possible new hotel stir debate amid growth and traffic concerns.
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Fragmented Commentary Echoes in an Election Season
A collage of political quips and aphorisms contrasts U S congressional politics with foreign debt and national rhetoric. The piece mocks rhetoric about fishing as skill, lies as harmless, and war memories fading into highway casualties.
The Once Over Security Council On TV A Drab Show
A column laments how UN Security Council meetings in the Korea crisis look dull on television. It suggests more engaging commentators and playful prefaces, even light touches like Knothole Gang or Dizzy Dean style interviews, to capture public attention without compromising dignity.
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Question and Answer miscellany from American Information Bureau
Reader Q A column answering common factual queries. Topics span history geography calendars and chemistry with brief explanations. Notable items include burial details of Captain Colin P Kelly and meanings of Viet Nam while addressing coffee use for cleaning pipes and water safety near oil wells.
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Truman Score Improves In Crisis as Congress Ends Six Months
The 81st Congress nears adjournment with notable enacted bills and others pending. Tax policy splits administration and House action, while foreign aid and defense gains mount. Texas oil output rises toward a near peak amid wartime demand and new defense needs.
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Iran and Mideast pressures threaten Gulf oil routes
Washington's Iran analysis warns that a Soviet push in Korea could shift to Iran, risking a heavy Communist influence in the army, disruption of oil shipments, and a possible Red Army move toward the Gulf of Persia. U.S. stockpiling and Formosa debates frame policy as Washington weighs intervention.
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Memo swirl as Broadway figures face censorship and romance
Winchell notes through memo gossip that Treasury Agent faces preemptive cuts by officials, Katherine Cornell mulls Shaw, Lowell Thomas bets on Peep Show, Chamberlain stays at Life, plans a new magazine with Hazlitt, Dmytryk marriage rumors swirl, Einstein blocks Germany pub, Godfrey series grows, Kay Thompson Paris notices mix.
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