Economists Provokes Debate On Inflation Growth Policy
Harvard economist Sumner Slichter testifies before the Senate House Economic Committee sparking surprise and debate among Republicans and Democrats. He argues unemployment is a bigger problem than inflation and urges a three billion dollar deficit to create jobs while proposing abolishing all tariffs and import quotas over ten years to spur growth and competition.
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Congressional Committee
Harvard
Sumner Slichter
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Senate
House Economic Committee
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Douglas
University of Chicago
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U. S
Improved Prospects Are Seen In Textile Industry
Palm Beach reports Halbert M. Jones of Laurinburg North Carolina says the American cotton textile industry is on the threshold of its most rewarding year. He notes improved operating schedules prices margins and profits with greater government appreciation of textiles and a favorable climate for industry needs. Also in Durham New Hampshire a 19 year old UNH coed Shirley Mae Gordon is charged with manslaughter after an unattended birth in her dormitory and ordered to undergo mental tests at Concord State Hospital.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Halbert M. Jones
Laurincurg
N.C
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
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Sesson
State of Maine Heads to Portland Port Return
The Maine Maritime Academy training ship State of Maine sails toward Portland on the final leg of its annual Caribbean cruise returning to its home port under way with crew aboard and voyage details announced.
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Maine Maritime Academy
State of Maine
Boster
Too Young Scientist Dies In Redlands Sedative Study
Two 18 year olds at the University of Redlands conducted research using chloral hydrate to induce hypnotic sleep. Michael Hawks died from chloral hydrate intoxication while David Dunning, his fellow student, said they sought to publish results of their study. The incident is ruled accidental.
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Calif
David Dunning
Michael Hawks
University of Redlands
Hawks
Compromise On Summit Meeting Reported Sought
Eisenhower and Macmillan seek a compromise path to a summer summit with Khrushchev as Berlin and Soviet test ban issues loom large. The Camp David talks edge toward a plan for a new note and a confirmed meeting time amid divergent views on progress and timing.
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London
Foreign Office
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Foster Dulles
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Milizer
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Khrushchev
Boys To Face Saco Court For Stealing Copper Wire
Patrolman George Nemet tracked a 17 year old Saco youth for four miles after a copper wire theft at Everett Huston farm on Simpson Road. Two other youths fled by car. a 15 year old from Biddeford and Robert Morin 18 of Biddeford were questioned. Some wire sold in Portland for 32 dollars. Morin to appear in Westbrook court for driving after revocation. Police recovered part of the money. Nemet cited muddy ground hampered the track.
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Everett Huston
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Biddeford
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Wentworth
Morin
Westbrook
Portland
Apar
Norman Harvey
Fire trucks collide en route to barn blaze in Utah
Two speeding fire trucks headed to a barn fire in Granger Utah crashed. One pole sheared, flipped and caught fire. The blaze spread to a second truck before crews controlled it. Four firemen treated for minor injuries. Damage about 60000 dollars. Fire Chief Frank P Jones radioed instructions as crash occurred. Barn fire was out.
Rickover seeks protection from Pentagon committees in defense stance
Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover urges Congress to shield the Navy atomic plan from multiple Defense Department oversight panels. He says the overlapping reviews harm morale and slow critical work on nuclear propulsion and power systems. In separate dispatches, the Air Force reports a Thor Abie test over the Atlantic aimed at recovering a warhead cone for future ICBMs, with recovery operations planned near Ascension Island.
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Rickover
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Fla
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Soviet flood plan to flood European oil markets
Stockholm reports Soviet unions building vast pipeline links from Caspian to Baltic to flood north European oil markets with low priced crude. Ports at Klaipeda and Ventspils Windau planned to handle trans oceanic tankers while a Klaipeda port modernization advances. Gas pipelines under Baltic Sea could bring Ukrainian natural gas to Sweden.
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Caspian Sea
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Sanity hearing slots Elizabeth Duncan for potential gas chamber
Ventura California reports Elizabeth Duncan, 54, facing a sanity hearing after a jury convicted her of first degree murder for offering two men 6000 to kill Olga Kupczyk Duncan, a Canadian nurse. If found sane, sentencing will be set and her appeal process begins.
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Calif
Elizabeth Duncan
Olga Kupczyk Duncan
Charles Blackstock
Duncan
State Supreme Court
Spice dealer dies founder of Byron Smith Co.
Byron H. Smith 67, founder of Byron Smith Co Inc a spice and extract dealer, died in a St Petersburg Florida hospital after heart trouble. A Washburn native he started the firm in 1923 and built it into a regional business.
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Byron Smith Co., Inc
St. Petersburg, Fla
Washburn
Your mother’s living with us for 20 years joke
A brief comic exchange in which John questions when Helen should have her own apartment, asking about his mother’s status. Helen clarifies she thought the mother belonged to John, revealing a lighthearted misunderstanding in a comic panel.
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Helen
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