ITO Charter Faces Senate Action Delay Cited
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee has finished hearings on the International Trade Organization Charter and is in executive session. Burlington's J S Schramm says approval is likely but floor action may wait past the primaries. The Havana drafted Charter aims to lower trade barriers and establish an IT0 within the United Nations system.
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Robert Payton
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
J. S. Schramm
Burlington
Washington
Senate
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Cuba
United Nations Conference On Trade and Employment
United States
London
Geneva
Switzerland
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
House Ways and Means Committee
Schramm
Congress
ITO
United States Senate
Purpose and Objectives of the ITO Charter
The countries establish the International Trade Organization to promote stability for peaceful relations and to cooperate with the United Nations. They pledge to raise living standards, full employment, and economic development by expanding income, demand, production, and trade, while reducing tariffs and barriers and ensuring mutual benefit.
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International Trade Organization
Riverfront in Burlington Remains A Mess and Untouched
A reminiscence notes that Burlington’s river front from MacArthur to the railroad bridge is dirty and littered with trash. Despite many proposals from councils railroads and citizens, nothing has been acted on. The piece urges community action to salvage the valuable property and attract people back to the riverfront.
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River Front
MacArthur Bridge
Railroad Bridge
Town Talk Sees Library Shift to Summer Hours
The town diary notes the library now opens at nine and closes at eight during summer. A reader suggests extending hours to ten to nine for greater convenience in the heat.
Anti-crime crusade grips nation with mixed signals
The excerpt notes nationwide tensions as anti gambling and anti crime campaigns rise while public sentiment shifts. Highlights include Ho Chi Minh backed as nationalist by Indo China coverage, a California divorcee buying Rita Hayworth’s home, and Hawaii’s volcanic turmoil with Royal Hawaiians surviving. It mentions Brooklyn teens moving to pro football, an Ohio search revealing 81312 dollars, water abundance in New York, and Penn State banning campus bars amid sobriety concerns.
Barge Traffic Sets New Records on Inland Rivers
A 1948 preliminary Corps of Engineers report shows inland barge traffic reached record levels in tonnage and ten miles of commerce on the Mississippi River system. Monongahela leads in coal and lignite cargo, followed by Kanawha, Ohio, and Allegheny rivers, with other rivers handling shipments as well. More coal moved on these rivers in 1948 than any prior year.
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Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
Monongahela River
American Waterways Operators
United States Bureau of Mines Survey
Kanawha
Ohio
Allegheny
Illinois
Emory
Tennessee
Youghiopheny
Black Warrior
Monoghahela
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Ho Chi Minh
California
Rita Hayworth
Hollywood
Filippino Butler
Prince
Hawaii
Lani McIintyre
Brooklyn
New York
Penn State College
Uncle Jim
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