Post Office Shakeup Sparks Partisan Clash Over Deficit
Washington AP Republicans push Summerfield plan to raise postal rates and curb the four billion deficit since WWII. Democrats challenge the cost comparisons and transfers of airline subsidies and handling penalties. The plan seeks four cent letters, seven cent air mail, and full cost on bulk papers to fund two year outlooks.
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Washington
Post Office
Arthur E. Summerfield
84Th Congress
Summerfield
83Rd Congress
Olin Johnston
D-S.c
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Congress
Post Office Department
Whooping Cranes Suffer Setback in Recovery Effort
Federal officials report three of 24 surviving Whooping Cranes failed to return to the Aransas Refuge, leaving no young birds in the remnant flock for the first time since 1937. The loss returns the population to the 1952 level amid ongoing conservation efforts and widespread interest from state agencies and conservation groups.
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Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Julius A. Howard
Aransas
Corpus Christi
Canada
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Mackinezie
Wood Buffalo National Park
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Kansas
Nebraska
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North Dakota
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New Three Year Clock Replaces 400 Day Models
Steelways reports a new clock model that runs three years without winding. The technology uses high carbon steel power springs and a nickel alloy suspension spring to offset temperature changes. The Hordovar Company of Bronxville, RI introduced the first successful suspension spring for 400 day clocks.
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Hordovar Company
Bronxville
Fire crew finds missing engine under car hood
Indianapolis firefighters rushing to extinguish an automobile blaze were startled to lift the hood and find no motor in the supposedly powered vehicle. The incident highlights an unusual discovery during routine fire safety response.
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Indianapolis
Bell XV-3 Convertiplane Promises Dual Flight Mode
The Bell XV-3 Convertiplane blends helicopter and conventional airplane capabilities with rotating propellers. It rises vertically, then tilts blades 90 degrees for forward flight, aiming for 175 mph top speed, 30 ft length and wingspan, in a display mimicking Walt Disney tech.
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E Bell Aircraft Company
Bell Aircraft
Ft. Worth
U. S. Army
Remote ignition car built by base captain at Westover
At Westover Air Force Base Mass Captain Kenneth R Kurtzman rigged 40 feet of TV antenna wire from his kitchen to the garage. The setup uses a kitchen push button to supply current and trip the ignition to start the car motor on cold mornings.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Kenneth R. Kurtzman
Kurtzman
Czech lodge to meet on Monday at CSPS hall
The American Czech lodge 388 will hold a meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the CSPS hall. The group discusses an invention titled MATO and notes the breakfast event and related costs around three dollars.
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CSPS
300-Pound Rankin Bows Out of Burger Feat
In Los Angeles Dick Rankin, 39, weighing about 300 pounds, tried to eat 25 ham burgers and drink a gallon of buttermilk to win a bet. He quit after getting a little past halfway, quipping he’d put too much mustard on the burgers.
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Los Angeles
Dick Rankin
Rankin
Thief Steals Food and Teeth in Louisville Larceny
In Louisville Kentucky a thief took a bag of potatoes eight eggs a pair of trousers and Charles Green's false teeth. Green identified Mose Scott Jr as the culprit in municipal court. Scott did not testify and was held to the grand jury on grand larceny charges.
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Louisville
Charles Green
Green
Moses Scott, Jr
Scott
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