How Reserve Plan Charted By President Would Work
President Eisenhower urges a four year draft extension and a military reserve plan to steady U S security. The plan expands choices for teens, spans eight years, and aims for five million in reserve with varied active and standby duty paths. Critics warn six month trainees may lag in combat readiness.
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Congress
Eisenhower
U. S
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Air Force
Marines
Pentagon
A T T Reports Bell System Growth and Earnings
The American Telephone and Telegraph Co. announced that Bell system companies added 1,967,000 telephones in 1954, total in service 43,322,000. President Cleo F. Craig said A T and T earnings were 11.92 dollars per share on 46,147,747 average shares, up from 11.71 on 40,857,190 in 1953, with total capital earnings 6.2 percent versus 6.1 percent. Net income applicable to stock reached 549,931,223, up from 478,512,265 the prior year.
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New York
INS
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Cleo F. Craig
A. T. and
Administratrix Appointed in Frances Habota Estate Iowa
On February 11 1955 Frances L Dubishar was appointed administratrix of Frances Habota estate Linn County Iowa The public is urged to settle debts and file duly authenticated claims with the Linn County Clerk’s office Kubicek Novak Kubicek Attorneys handle the matter
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Frances Habota
Iowa
Lowa
Dipsings Court
Frances L. Dubishar
Kubicek
Novak & Kubicek
Eisenhower Urges Back To God Campaign
President Eisenhower said belief in God is the basic expression of Americanism and urged all Americans to join the Back to God campaign. In a transcribed talk for a New York radio and TV broad cast launching the American Legion program he said without God there could be no American form of government or way of life.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New York
American Legion
French workers eat midday meals at home in survey
A national survey reports 78 percent of French workers eat lunch at home. The finding highlights work culture in France where a two hour lunch is common.
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Paris
France
Life Insurance Offer For Ages Sixty To Eighteen?
Advertisement from Old American Ins Co of Kansas City invites ages 60 to 80 to apply for an extra $1,000 life insurance to cover final expenses. The mail-only transaction requires no obligation and no calls. Send age by postcard or letter to 3 W. 9th, Dept. L1414A, Kansas City 5, Mo.
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Kansas City
Ins. Co
W. 9Th
Dept
FTC vetoes fair trade enforcement against price cutting
The FTC rejected a request to enforce state fair trade laws on price cutting discount stores. The agency advised retailers to compete by lowering prices rather than pressuring retailers to raise them. The decision followed a jewelers association’s push for investigation of manufacturers alleged to fix prices for members.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
FTC Finds No Overriding Conspiracy In Fair Trade Practice
The FTC ruled there is no evidence of a broad restraint of trade in the fair trade case. Forty-two states including Iowa permit manufacturers and retailers to set fixed resale prices for listed goods. If one retailer signs, the agreement binds others handling the product under state law.
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FTC
Iowa
Prospectors Dig In at Boardwalk at Ocean City
Eight blocks of the Ocean City board walk were torn up for a concrete replacement. Workers digging with shovels and sieves have uncovered about $300 dropped by vacationers over 65 years with some finds totaling as much as $12 per day.
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Ocean City, Md
Radford Denies Favors War in Interview
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, chair man of the joint chiefs of staff, told U S News and World Report that he has never favored a preventive war and that the United States will strive to avoid armed conflict. He defended the joint chiefs as deeply committed to peace and criticized the term trigger happiness used by London papers as ignorance of American policy.
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Washington
INS
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Radford
U.S. News and World Report
London
Bronze Age domestication debated by students
The text discusses readiness to defend and avoid war by maintaining strength, noting that evidence remains inconclusive about when horses were first domesticated, with many students believing it occurred in the Bronze Age.
He Didn't Need To Stop for That
T. G. Sterns was arrested for drunk driving after stopping at a traffic light. A police officer grew suspicious when Sterns halted for a green light, leading to the arrest.
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Montgomery
Ala
T. G. Sterns
Sterns
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