Beehive Bill Moves Forward for Southern Alameda College
Education committee urges letters to State Senator Breed in support of AB 24 to establish a state college in Southern Alameda County. Assemblyman Carlos Bee’s bill passed 59 to 3 in the Assembly and now heads toward the Senate for Education and Finance scrutiny.
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Senate Education Committee
Finance Committee
Senate
Breed
Assemblyman
Bee
State Building
Sacramento
Stassen Urges Private Capital for Asia Expansion
Harold Stassen, director of the Foreign Operations Administration, argues that American private capital could develop Asia’s resources. A Stanford Press mailing notes his call for conditions and incentives to invest, while warning that growth may invite anti-trust scrutiny and fears of expropriation by foreign governments. Asia’s success and American interests hinge on protecting investor holdings abroad.
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Asia
Harold Stassen
Foreign Operations Administration
Stanford University Press
Pacific Spectator
Stassen
Stasser
United Fruit Co
Amer* Ia
Ie & Case Jn-point
Ike's bold plan for atom powered ship signals atomic era push
President Eisenhower unveils an imaginative proposal to launch an atom powered merchant vessel. While experts debate feasibility, officials expect pilot energy advances within five years making industrial use competitive with coal oil and gas. The move marks a decisive step into the atomic age despite notable disagreement.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Aims At Atomic Peace Ship And Nuclear Power
In a peacetime drive, federal technicians and Atomic Energy Commission officials join private engineers to push atomic energy. Optimists predict quick adoption, while some officials fear longer lags. The Nautilus meets tests and a first plant near Pittsburgh targets 1937 delivery, with costs per kilowatt hour around 12 mills, nine in a Peekskill project, while conventional power remains cheaper on average. The shift will be gradual, replacing aging plants in high cost areas, not delivering immediate savings to consumers.
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Custry
AEC
Burgh
Consolidated , Edison of
New York
Peekskill
Humphrey to pressure Democrats on debt limit raise
Treasury Secretary Humphrey will confront Democratic leaders with a debt limit decision on June 30 when the temporary $6 billion ceiling expires. He may propose leaving Congress to decide the size and method of any increase, or raising taxes, while stressing the need to address a looming debt rise. Also quotes Speaker Rayburn offering rookie members guidance on staying connected to constituents and serving as a politician with character and courage. Nixon’s plan for California GOP delegation surfaces. Governor Clement eyed as potential 1958 running mate. Paul Butler’s son seeks a summer job. Averell Harriman gaining weight as governor.
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Humphrey
Congress
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Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
California
William Knowland
Goodwin Knight
Tennessee
Frank G. Clement
Adlai Stevenson
Paul Butler
Bryan
Democratic
Averell Barriman
Post-Hall Synd., Inc
Birds As Combatants In Aerial And Ground Warfare
Ranger Eugene Burns recounts how birds display formidable fighting traits including powerful feet beaks wings and claws. Among attackers the 300 pound ostrich and spurred game cocks are noted for deadly strikes while raptors grip and kill. Emperor penguin cited for sheer strength in a dramatic Antarctic tale.
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Porhans
Turkey
Sacramento Week in Review Signals Water Priority
Sacramento report highlights water as the major issue in California’s legislature with calls for a fall special session to resolve water rights among counties and major projects. Other items include Long Beach oil funds transfer, a proposed citycounty income tax ban, a $30 million school bond sale, liquor tax revenue plans, delinquency decline, and unemployment fraud drop.
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Povernor
Feather River
Trinity-San Luis
San Joaquin
California
State Division of Water Resources
Long Beach
Bruce Allen
Allen
At McGee
Los Angeles County
McGee
Purhase
Charles G. Johnson
Glenn Coolidge
Santa Cruz
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Coolidge
Goodwin J. Knight
Knight
Boards of
State Department of Employment
William A. Burkett
Department For Unemployment Insurance
California Top U S Aid Recipient in 1954 Grants
California received 3.365 billion of 4.244 billion in federal grants and loans to states and individuals in fiscal 1954, the highest total among 44 states and the District of Columbia. New York ranked second with 278 million. Delaware was 49th with 7.14 million.
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California
Congressional Quarterly
District of Columbia
New York
Delaware
Nevada
Eisehower
Congress
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Meyer Kestnbaum
Famous Fables Orchestral Chains
A tale in brief: conductor Artur Rodzinski negotiates a Cleveland Orchestra contract seeking control and guest conductors. The director agrees to long term terms but rejects the other demands, ending with Rodzinski sighing over “no strings” but finding “chains.” A stray joke follows about Adler and a misanthropic patient declaring marriage plans and the psychiatrist’s amused response.
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Artur Rodzinski
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