Europe Opens Wide for Postwar Tourists This Summer
London reports a surge in postwar travel as Europe welcomes visitors with cheap hotels and meals, famed sights, and low prices. Pan American offers installment plans for trips. Rome Paris and Berlin lure tourists with nightlife history and access to many sites. Germans rebuild and promote tourism while Soviet zones pose travel caveats for visitors.
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States shift clocks for daylight saving time across nation
Residents in at least 16 states and the District of Columbia set clocks ahead for daylight saving time. The move spurred conflict in communities split on observance, with Wisconsin protests and Kentucky officials issuing measures to keep standard time and extend bar hours. Ohio, New York, and several states align differently, complicating railroad schedules and daily routines. Massachusetts extends daylight time to October amid possible wider adoption.
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Scoreboard On Major Legislation in Congress
Washington notes show status of key bills across Senate and House. Direct wool subsidy approved for next vote. defense, housing, price supports, foreign aid, health, seaway and social security items under review or hearings. Other items include taxes cuts, academy funding, Taft-Hartley revision, statehood debates, and labor, migrant, and natural gas regulations.
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White House gossip and Eisenhower family notes mix in April rounds
In Augusta and New York an informal White House schedule unfolds with President Eisenhower traveling to Kentucky and returning for supper with Mrs. Eisenhower while staff joke about weekends in nowhere. A playful scene features David Eisenhower testing the office, and a library stop reveals the President’s surprised reaction to his own long inaugural draft. In Syracuse, the Czerwinski family recalls their Christmas tree they kept up as son Raymond, a corporal in Korea, finally returns home after a protracted Army journey through Greece, Turkey, and Ethiopia to discharge UN troops.
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Revival Seen in New York Slate Quarrying Industry
Granville New York reports a revival in slate quarrying after decades of decline. Local slate districts around Granville are top US producers and sole sources of richly colored slate. Welsh settlers established the industry in the 1850s, expanding uses of colored slate before setbacks from wars and depressions. Britain’s Hong Kong area note follows.
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Veterans Waiver of premiums for reentry into service
A World War II veteran on active duty after Korea retains VA premium waivers for 120 days post separation if he reenlists within the period. The widow of a World War I veteran seeks VA pension while in a nursing home. the question is whether nursing home costs are counted as income for pension purposes.
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Questions About Korean GI Bill Eligibility and Benefits
A reader asks about VA pension income rules for nursing home costs, an August 20 deadline for Korean GI Bill school entry, and overseas study. VA explains nursing home payments aren’t income for pension, you must begin studies before the cutoff date, and study abroad isn’t paid by VA aside from a monthly training allowance.
Duncan De Dunker Is Pill-Taking Champ
In Buffalo on April 26 a lab team at Amer Co calls a mechanical device Duncan de Dunker. The unit conducts 18 simultaneous tests on pill dissolution in water and simulated gastric and pancreatic juices at body temperature to study coating reactions and desired drug effects.
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