Congress slow to act on Eisenhower standby credit authority
In Washington the Ike administration faces Senate and House indifference to his request for standby powers to regulate consumer credit for TVs cars and home appliances. Senate Banking chair Fulbright backs hearings but resists immediate passage amid concerns over business impact and inflation control.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Con
Gress
Damocles
Senate Banking Committee
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
New York and San Francisco clash in lighthearted war
The piece contrasts New York and San Francisco as rival centers of urbanity. Enrico Banducci, a San Francisco figure, quips that San Francisco affords time to live, attend theater, and enjoy concerts, while New York moves fast. He notes New Yorkers would never drive 40 miles for anything, highlighting cultural differences.
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New York
San Francisco
United States
Hghtly
Los Angeles
Chicago
Denver
California
Enrico Banducci
Banducci
Godfry
Miso
Hungry I style club opens in new roomed venue in SF
By Me Heimer today has a Show Room a restaurant and a hi fi room totaling about $000 square feet. The Show Room seats 300 and hosts hourly acts five times nightly while audiences watch talent perform. A silversmith works in the lounge and an artist paints canvases sold directly to customers. Banducci notes Time is precious in New York and ventures here would struggle with rent. Julius Monk signs cabaret agreement and will shuttle performers between the Hungry I and Ruban Bleu as he did in New York.
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Sam Kramer
Greenwich Village
New York
Banducci
North Beach
San Francisco
Bandagol
Julius Monk
Ruban Bleu
Monk
Imogene Coca
Eddie Mayeboff
Jonathan Winters
Lisa Kirk
Ronnie Graham
Et al
Julius
Hungry J
Noel Goward
Sammy
Bowery
Eisenhowers dramatic 1954 press conference revealed decisive moment
Reporters numbered 310 waited as President Eisenhower announced his affirmative decision in a 12 minute White House session. The televised moment followed minutes of suspense with the president calm and understated. The scene ended with a quiet, personal note as he spoke of his choice.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Merriman Smith
Mr. Eisenhower
Secre
Georgia
Feicr Hunt and Cape Cod Workshop Create Decorating Trend
Feicr Hunt built a thriving decorating business from a Cape Cod workshop where 40 or more employeesrevamp old furniture. Under Hunt, pieces are rejuvenated painted in bright European peasant colors. The familiar story traces a hobby becoming a nationwide influential trend.
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Feicr Hunt
Cape Cod
Hunt
America
Right oven of electric stove fixed by timer misset
A man explains his oven would not turn on until a repairman found the timer was set for automatic baking, a mistake his wife had blamed him for. the glove and other household details are touched in a quiet domestic anecdote. The piece closes with a Bible verse from Revelation 20 15.
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Chatchee
Weill
Anything into something sparks lucrative crafts venture
By Elmer Wheeler Hunt and his slogan anything into some thing readers are shown how ordinary items can become unique furniture. Peter Hunt shows transformed pieces like an ironing board into a coffee table and a piano bench into an occasional table, proving alert observers can turn raw materials into new money.
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Hunt
Stogan
Peter Hunt
What Other Editors Say Courtesy SNPR OF MEN AND MONEY
The Florida Times Union Jacksonville notes that American women control most national income and spending. A United States Savings and Loan League survey says wives decide more than half of savings actions and 60 percent of savings and loan accounts. It adds that husbands may be unreliable for money matters. Also cited: 20,000 Soviet centenarians per the Biological Institute of the University of Khar kov. A German cafe musician reportedly set a world record by playing for 22 days and 22 hours.
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Florida Times-Union-Jacksonville Ts
United States Savings and Jaun League
Biological Institute
University of Kharkov
Russia
Soviet Union
Dieting Shrinks Upper Bracket Dress Sizes Says Manufacturer
Elizabeth Toomey reports women in the upper brackets have dieted so successfully that common sizes above 40 are dwindling. Roy Solomon of Le Roi Co notes size 42 and 44 sales fall while sizes 18 to 20 rise, as designers push fashion for larger figures with Paris influence and new styles.
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Elizabeth Toomey
New York
Roy Solomon
Solomon
le Roi Co
Soloman
Levents Ave
Salmon
Ted
Paris
Easy Knowledge Grab Bag Trivia Quirks
A multi topic page lists questions about the Black Warrior river state, 26th wedding anniversary gift, Carnegie Institute of Technology city, and the spelling of palin. It includes questions about Louis de Rantenac, silent film star with waxed mustache who died Jan 13 1956, and a Peruvian Incas descendant singer with Broadway debut in Flahooley. Also notes birthdays and historical dates from 1636 to 1933.
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Black Warrior River
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Louis de “Rantenac
Lillian Gish
Mary Pickford
French Foreign Legion
Armisticn
United States
Los Angeles
2uShe
Oil Tax Breaks and Lobbying Scandals Highlight Oil Firm
Senate probes reveal Superior Oil Co and Keck family paid zero income taxes in 1953 and 1954. earned large net incomes, received tax credits worth hundreds of thousands or millions, while lobbying for depletion allowances. Report notes vast loopholes aid oil industry and political contributions. Also cites Seagram’s and McKay stop orders affecting Louisiana and Nevada drilling leases.
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Washington
Superior Oil Co
Keck
Sam Case
Senate
Superior
Bill Keck
Truman
Texas Oil
Uke Sen
Joe McCaarthy
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Ways and Means
Doug” McKay
Mary
Frank Schwengel
Seagram
Lacassine
Louisiana
Frankfort
McKay
Doug
Shell Oil Co
Railroad Valley
Nevada
Shell Oil
House Marine and Fisheries Committee
Donald Chaney
Interloy Department
Fish and Wildlife
Herbert Bonner
Worth Carding
Chaney
Henry S. Reuss
D. Wis
Fouss
Rouas
Ostentatious guest foiled by waiter at seaside party
An arrogant guest at a large gathering angers the crowd by skipping a tip. A waiter calls him out amid scrutiny from a key guest, then the man offers a garbled apology referencing a distant milad. In Atlantic City, a man is found unconscious behind Steel Pier and later recovers after hospital care. Sugar beets and potatoes yield up to 16 percent more when planted in packed soil versus at loose soil.
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Scotland
Atlantic City
du Lonse
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