Public Picks Up Road Bill Gas Price Hike Near Los Angeles
California Petroleum Marketers Council officials predicted a two cent rise in retail gas prices following a new 33 billion federal highway bill. Spokesman Dan Lundberg said taxes would total nine cents per gallon locally with three cents going to the federal treasury. The one cent federal tax increase would require the two cent price rise due to poor prior profit margins. The Bureau of Public Roads estimates the higher tax will cost the average motorist about 8.60 dollars more yearly and trucking firms about 400 dollars per year per truck.
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Private flying surges as airports lure business and tourism
Private aviation booms in the United States with about 61 000 general aviation planes flying over one billion plane miles and 81 million hours of air time, dwarfing 1953 airline revenue hours. Communities retaining airports attract businesses and top personnel, turning the once ugly landing strips into valuable assets and potential tourist traffic.
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Ranger
Chamber of Commerce
Defense Bill Upped by Solons for 1949 Defense Spending
Washington AP Congress passed the largest money bill of the session, a 34.6567 billion dollar measure funding the Defense Department through the new fiscal year. The Air Force receives about 316 million, Navy and Marines about 10 billion, Army 7.12 billion, with the rest for other defense needs. The extra Air Force funding, added in Senate holds, aims to finance heavy long range bombers and modern weapons. Eisenhower has yet to decide on spending or impounding the extra funds.
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Ike Off For Gettysburg To Take It Easy
President Eisenhower will drive to Gettysburg for at least two weeks of convalescence. Press secretary James C Hagerty said he would go direct from Walter Reed Hospital to his Pennsylvania farm home with no stop at the White House and offered no details on future political plans.
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Gettysburg
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Walter Reed Hospital
Pennsylvania
White House
Air Policy Critics Hit by Wilson
Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson testified before a Senate subcommittee that he opposes spending more on the military than U.S. security requires. He denied stinginess amid budget-balancing aims and defended a robust air program while noting dangers of publicizing alarmist H bomb attack estimates. Congress approved a $900 million boost to the Air Force in a large defense bill sent to the White House.
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Pasadena City Directors Approve Pay Raises for Many Employees
Pasadena City Directors vote for a third pay raise in 13 months affecting multiple city staffers. The decision, reported in the Independent, highlights ongoing salary adjustments across departments.
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Senate boosts foreign aid to fight Iron Curtain unrest
The Senate added 525 million to Eisenhower's foreign aid bill as they debated the 45 billion package. They defeated a bid to halt all aid to nations shipping strategic materials to the Soviet bloc and rejected further trims, while approving 20 million for a Treasury fund to support freedom behind the Iron Curtain.
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Poland
Joseph R. McCarthy
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Soviet Bloc
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William Langer
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Treasury Department
CTA Leader Calls Overhaul of Teacher Training
TACOMA UP A West Coast educator and California Teachers Association executive secretary Dr. Arthur F. Corey urged a drastic overhaul of teacher training at a National Education Association Conference. He faulted administrators and political interference for job dissatisfaction and said real professional salaries require better preparation and stronger government support, criticizing patchwork school finance.
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California Teachers Association
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America
Steel Talks Stalled on Strike Eve
United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald reported the union is heated over industry demands for a five-year contract as negotiations with Big Three auto makers failed to reach an agreement before the midnight strike deadline.
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United Steeworkers
David J. McDonald
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Whisky as antidote in snakebite research at ASU Tempe
In Tempe Arizona a NSF grant funds Arizona State College to test whether whisky can neutralize venom. Dr. Herbert Stahnke injected scorpion venom into a rat, then fed scotch and the rat recovered. Future tests will use gila monster, rattlesnake and black widow venom.
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Ariz
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Arizona State College
Herbert L. Stahnke
Tibet Fights China Reds in Eastern Provinces
DARJEELING India reports say peaceful Tibetans have risen in revolt across at least eight provinces in Eastern Tibet. Resistance leaders claim many rebels have fallen, including monks who abandoned pacifism to take up arms as Chinese forces bomb monasteries at Lithang, the provincial capital.
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Republicans Clash With Democrats Over Civil Rights
In San Francisco NAACP delegates heard GOP and Democratic speakers spar over civil rights records for the 1960s election. Rep. Hugh Scott ridiculed Democrats as North-South hostile and warned a vote for any Democrat equals support for Eastland, while Sen. James G. Eastland led Southern opposition to desegregation. Rep. Sidney Yates defended equality, criticizing Eisenhower’s actions on integrating schools and urging White House engagement with school districts. John Shelley canceled his appearance after medical advice.
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Hugh Scott
Philadelphia
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James G. Eastland
Miss
US Supreme Court
Sidney R. Yates
Chicago
Harry Tru
Poznan Uprising as Jets Strafe Streets Amid Anticommunist Combat
Frankfurt correspondent recounts Poznan upheaval with workers blocking trucks, shouting bread and freedom, and singing the national anthem. Police and soldiers clash as tanks and tear gas arrive, a Polish prisoner is freed, and fighting escalates into a jet strafing the city as civilians flee.
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Guns Rage Once Again in Poznan
Eyewitness accounts from Swedish businessmen describe hours of gunfire in Poznan as martial law remained in force. Reports conflict with Warsaw radio claims of an early crush, noting casualties potentially near 100 with 30,000 workers chanting democracy slogans and clashing with Red tanks. sporadic shooting persisted around the city.
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Uranium Prospecting Man Camps on Main Street
Prospector Earl Sheridan pitched a tent on Main Street in Klamath Falls claiming uranium lies beneath the street. He armed a shotgun to defend the claim, says founder George Nurse’s heirs hold moral rights, and he plans to sink a shaft at Ninth and Main. Police were alerted to the tent and a parking ordinance dispute arose. State Senator Harry Boivin represents Sheridan. The case awaits city attorney investigation.
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