Uncle Sam's Pride May Break British Liner Record
United States superliner United States now nearing completion at Wharf News naval Yard as officials weigh whether this sleek vessel signals a new era in transatlantic travel. The project, led by John Sembower, highlights bold shipbuilding aimed at speed and luxury, with authorities split on the potential impact.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Wharf News Naval Yard
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Queen Mary
John Bull
Cape Hoon
Boston
San Frantisco
Atomic Energy
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Dan A. Kimball
Queens
Elizabeth
Cunardine
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Ion Queens
Holland
Nieuw Amsterdam
France
Italy
America
David F. Brown
American Bureau of Shipping
Europe
Atlantic
Harold Keates Hales
Rex
Competition Hurts Fishing Tuna Industry Complains Offer
San Diego reports Senate hearings focus on foreign competition hurting tuna fleets on the West Coast. Fishermen describe how imports from Japan Peru and elsewhere flooded markets, driving prices down and freezing up cannery activity. A House tariff bill proposes three cents a pound on frozen tuna to level production costs and protect U.S. canneries.
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West Coast
Japan
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San Pedro
West Sail Run
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Los Antres
San Francisco
Risa
Esanedes
Dhe
Tin Tuna
San Pedira
United States
Sudres
Peru
House of Representatives
Floating Voice Station To Pierce Iron Curtain
New York reports the Voice of America plans a de-mothballed Coast Guard cutter named Courier as a mobile all weather relay ship to bypass Soviet jammers. The relay aims to shift positions to counter jamming and reach areas previously blackout to broadcasts from the United States. In Venezuela, government censorship bans several soap operas and dramatizations as unfit for public morale.
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Voice of America
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Courier
Voice
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Herrick
Caracas
IEP
Venezuela
Ministry of Communications
Washington visit to Newburyport recalled in chalked beam tale
A 1789 Washington visit to Newburyport is linked to a chalked beam joke about Joe Miller. The anecdote recalls carpenter repairs on a new house, with the beam showing the phrase and a reference to Joe Miller the English comedian who died in 1783.
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Newburyport
Mass
George Washington
Carpenter
Joe Miller
Scientists report extreme Mojave heat readings
In the Mojave desert near Barstow USC geology head Dr Thomas Clements led a team into the desert to study heat effects on troops and equipment. A thermometer buried three feet registered 150 degrees while ground readings exceeded 100, with Death Valley experiences of 32 2 degree heat and an observed 134 degrees official max.
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California
Mojave Desert
University Ord
Southern California
Thomas Clements
USC Geology Department
United States
Army
Clements
Barstow
Calif
USC
Death Valley
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