Canada Tightens Belt as U.S. Debates to Loosen Up
Canada tightens its fiscal belt raising interest rates curbing imports and seeking outside help for a weakening dollar while the United States debates whether to increase the Treasury deficit through higher spending or tax cuts. The U.S. economy shows slower growth and a payments gap prompting calls for stimulus or restraint. Canada’s austerity may influence Washington as debates continue.
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Carol Lawrence Credits TV Turning Point in Career
TV exposure transformed Carol Lawrence from Broadway singing dancer to television actress. She credits Garry Moore and Perry Como shows for key acting opportunities, noting television's essential role in modern show business and her later film work in The View from the Bridge.
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Delay Action On Wheat Pact Stalls Senate committee vote
Washington AP The Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed action on a three year wheat agreement to allow absent members to seek more information. Administrations spokesmen urged ratification and faced questions over Canadian grain shipments to Red China. Senator Stuart Symington charged U S subsidies to American growers while Canada sells wheat to Red China at price levels U S policy supports.
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93 year old man killed after stepping onto crossing
Kansas City AP report: Andrew Holmes, 93, was struck and killed Tuesday after walking onto a Missouri Pacific passenger train crossing shortly after it departed Kansas City for Omaha. Engineer John Fred Herbst said he blew the whistle before the man was seen and estimated the train's speed at 20 to 23 mph.
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Inmate Protest Seizes Western State Prison Water Tower
Thirteen convicts perch on a water tower at Western State Penitentiary in Pittsburgh to protest conditions and solitary confinement. They climbed from a Monday start, using bedsheets with a message, while guards fired warning shots and officials feared a riot among 750 prisoners nearby.
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Mae West ban renews old times as star weighs comeback
Hollywood gossip notes Mae West reacts to a San Francisco radio ban on her record I Am I Too Young and plans a fall comeback with a new album Peel Me a Grape a nightclub tour and a Rome film venture Also cites Hollywood fuss over stars profits and work habits and credits her mother for early support.
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Thieves Loot Jer ry Lewis Penthouse Jewel Heist
Police report a midtown New York theft where Jer ry Lewis and Patti lost 185000 dollars worth of jewels from their five room hotel suite while at a TV taping. No forced entry found though the apartment was ransacked. A pendant valued at a few hundred dollars is noted as missing. Insurance covered part of the loss. About 300000 dollars in jewelry have been stolen from midtown hotels in two months. No arrests or recoveries reported.
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