Obscure PUC figure raises tax questions for Alameda county
The State Public Utilities Commission last week announced a $13.29 million statewide tax increase for utilities next year despite 50 percent value assessments on utilities. The move targets Alameda and 12 other counties, with unclear basis for the 50 percent figure and no county-by-county impact data available.
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State Public Utilities Commission
Board of Equalization Order
Alameda
Public Utility
PUC
California
Contra Costa
Alameda County
Public Utilities Commission
Commission
Posterity and the Leisure Time Boom Ahead
A columnist notes America’s obsession with posterity, citing Sylvia Porter on a booming leisure time economy and 2200 annual hours of leisure. University of Tennessee doctor Dr. Robert A. Davidson predicts lifespans to 120 years, urging healthy living as we toast long, worry-free years ahead.
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Financial
Sylvia Porter
University of Tennessee
Robert A. Davidson
Election Clouds and U S Policy
Washington dispatch notes Democrats threaten to stall or reshape Eisenhower policy on foreign, farm, and conservation issues. Republicans share blame as Capitol Hill factions maneuver, aiming to curb military aid and seek a farm bill that preserves political support while not solving the food surplus problem.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Russia
Fisenhower
Congress
Political quarrel delays key power projects and farm aid
The piece laments pre election farm payments and soil bank incentives as political bait. It criticizes delays on Niagara river and Hell’s Canyon power developments, noting House resistance to private and state controlled schemes and predicting further postponement. It highlights figures like Paul M. Butler, Lehman, Dewey, Morse and the Idaho Power case as determinants of these outcomes.
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Niagara River
Hell's Canyon
Paul M. Butler
House
Lehman
New York
Senate Public Works Committee
New York State Authority
Farmer
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Morse
Butler
Hells Canyon
Federal Power Commission
Idaho Power Company
McClure Byndicala
Trial Lawyer to Aid Sgt McKeon in Court Martial
New York lawyer Emile Zola Berman, a World War II veteran, prepares to defend Marine Sgt Matthew C McKeon at the upcoming court martial at Parris Island. Berman seeks a July 14 postponement, plans to study the board of inquiry, and will be assisted by Thomas P Costello. He laments the deaths of six recruits and emphasizes respect for military service and institutions.
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James L. Kilgallen
New York
INS
McKeon
Col
Emile Zola Berchman
Berman
New York State
Marine Corps
Matthew C. McKeon
Parris Island
S. C
Sgt. McKeon
Board of Inquiry
Congress
Thomas P. Costello
Mekicon
Manhattan Supreme Court
Tne Group
James B. McNally
Emile Zola
Alfred Dreyfus
Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Sgt McKeon
Corps
Mars
McKeon Should Not Be the Victim ‘of That Criticism.” Bermen
Marine
Ranger Eugene Burns and the Cedar Waxwing Rescue
A Montana outdoors letter recalls winter scenes featuring Cedar Waxwings in a yard during a bitter February storm. The author cares for a wounded waxwing named Frosty, tending his broken wing with careful bandaging, feeding him elderberries and bread, and witnessing a hopeful reunion with his mate as spring nears.
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Montana
Windfall FHA profits recovered and pursued
Government reports $5,225,000 recovered in 75 cases across 123 projects with 60 more under negotiation totaling $5,000,000. Admin Albert Cole says most money won back via settlements, with appeals pending. Funds go to the owning corporation, not taxpayers, and public disclosure urged. World War II veterans loan window ends July 25, 1957. Also U.S. talks for more Red China Formosa bases and a $500,700 early warning system fund for offshore islands.
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Washington
Albert Cole
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Hipartice Senate
Warren Magnuson
Wash
Interstate Commerce Committee
Everett Dirksen
Cole
Appeals Court
Dirksen
FHA
Magnuson
Noigan
U.S
Formosa
House
C. H. Crichton
Crichton
Richard Wigglesworth
R.mass
Pacific
Atlantic
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Famous Fables and a Pro Football Pitch of Taxes
A tale shows Queen Victoria’s composure when a servant shouts a warning after an ember lands in her lap and she calmly continues her discussion. The other feature recalls Slingin Sammy Baugh investing earnings in Texas ranch land, joking that half is in Texas and half in taxes.
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Victoria
England
Sammy
Baugh
Texas
Strictly Personal Mediocre Normality and Green Imagery
A reflective column questions why praise harms less than criticism and explores mediocrity as a middle ground. It discusses the lure of normality, the pull of green literary titles, skepticism, car safety, brilliance versus genius, and a mordant quip on buried miners, ending with a note on virtue and youth.
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Sydney J. Harrie
Oklahoma
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