Tax-Cutting Drive Hinted By Hearing
Washington House Appropriations Committee schedules a special hearing with Budget Director Percival Brundage to explore a possible tax cut using an expected 1958 surplus. President Eisenhower opposes a quick tax cut and favors holding 1958 spending near 1957 levels despite higher projected outlays.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Eisenhower
Cooper
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Brundage
Lag Continues In Home Building Across U.S.
The government reports housing starts slowed from May to June with a seasonally adjusted annual rate near 970,000 units. The decline was labeled seasonal though FHA down payment reductions are not expected soon, as officials fear added inflationary pressure. Norman P. Mason advised the FHA commission on the no-change stance.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Norman P. Mason
Count Basie Recounts Jazz Glory On 12th Street KC
New York profile of Count Basie, veteran pianist and bandleader, detailing his rise from a $3 taxi-diner pianist to leading the Kansas City scene. He recalls 12th Street jazz days, Waldorf-Astoria engagement as a rare feat for a Negro band, and his belief in staying connected to people as a key to longevity.
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12Th Street
Kansas City
New York
William Basie
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Basie
Red Bank
N. J
Downbeat
Waldorf-Astoria
Jersey
Benny Moten
Old Reno Club
12Th St
Two Plans Rejected By Bar Association
NEW YORK The ABA House of Delegates rejected two proposals to involve the organization in international movements. One would have U S membership in the Organization for Trade Cooperation pose no constitutional problems, the other sought an ABA observer at the United Nations.
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American Bar Assn
ABA House of Delegates
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Organization For Trade Cooperation
ABA
United Nations
Jazz greats and tunes praised by a veteran musician
He cites Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman as the era’s greatest figures. The wall poems he cherishes include St Louis Blues Some of These Days Twelfth Street Rag and other classics. He believes these tunes define the national anthem of jazz.
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Duke Ellington
Satchmo Armstrong
Tommy Dorsey
Benny Goodman
Opposition Diminishes For Foreign Aid Bill
Rep. Vorys says early House actions signal reduced opposition to the 3.24 billion foreign aid bill. A voice vote cleared the way for debate, marking the first non roll call on a foreign aid measure in years. Major changes may await the voting stage as opponents push for loan funds.
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Vorys
Ohio
Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
House
Erie Area Attendance Brings Visitors and Local News
The Erie community reports weekend visits from relatives across Kansas with trips to Altoona Yates Center and Grand River Dam. The piece notes health updates for Mrs. A. M. Sharp, family travels to California and Denton Texas, and relocations including the Brooks family moving to Salina with Ralph Brooks returning from Greenland.
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Walter Meeker
Walter Scott Meeker
Wichita
Will Scott
Ft. Scott
Jack Scott
Burlington
Bob Mooney
Pittsburg
L. R. Rogers
Patricia
Donald
Erie
Altoona
Yates Center
Roger
E. F. Light
A. M. Sharp
Raymond Sharp
H. W. Washburn
Tommy
Jerry
Chanute
Olen Trent
California
Clyde Carrell
Catherine Brogan
Charles Norris
St. Paul
Kenneth Kimble
Wilmington
Delaware
Everett Shrum
City
G. W. McNaught
Duane Ducey
Galesburg
William Winkler
Bartlesville
Kansas City
Ronnie Kyle
Bob Kyle
Grand River Dam
Arthur Newbro
Mary Cladwell
Parsons
J. E. Vance
L. G. Rice Jr
Okla
Sooner Deadline Set for Beer Firm Briefs
Oklahoma City brief deadline set for July 26 for beer industry to seek a new hearing on county option beer petition. Rowe Cook, attorney for beer interests, filed the motion claiming the Supreme Court opinion misinterprets constitutional and statutory law.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Rowe Cook
Oklahoma
Lower Freight Rates Urged at KC Hearing
The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Kansas City focused on grain freight rates in the South with a spokesman claiming southern railroad rates on grain are 40 percent higher than in the North. The case stems from the 1955 Southeastern Association of Railroad Utilities Commissions complaint against Santa Fe and includes other filings by cities firms and boards of trade alleging unreasonably high grain shipping costs in the Southeast.
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South
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railroad
North
Santa Fe Railroad
Southeastern Assn
Railroad Utilities Commissions
Southeast
Walter Scott
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas City Territory
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