Would Congress Let the Reciprocal Trade Act Die?
The column examines potential effects if Congress lets the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act expire. Without renewal, current tariff reductions would stay, but Eisenhower could not lower tariffs further. Renewal uncertainties risk renewed protectionist pressures and tariff increases if the act lapses, inviting retaliation and eroding trade goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
United States Tariff Commisson
Warings
Commission
Tariff Commission
Noth
Jimission
Mystery $30,000 burglary linked to Kansas City arrests
Police report a $30,000 burglary from First State Bank of Arma linked to a multi-state gang. Five suspects, including Oran Young and Dorothy Saunders, were arrested in Kansas and Missouri towns after a grain elevator raid in LaHarpe. Money found in a shoe box and ceiling of a Overland Park home.
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Kansas City
Robert W. Hemenway
Jold
Kansas Day
PBI
Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri
Overland Park
Kan
First State Bank of
Arma
Oran Young
Black Hood
Paola
Midwest
Young
Missouri Penitentiary
Chester Carl Barber
LaHarpe
Iola
Eugette Schiefelbline
Kansay City
Schiefelbline
Georgia Mae Myers
Carl E. Jackson
Dorothy Saunders
Dottie Jackson
Barber
Hemenway
State Line
Kansans Protest Budget Policy Demands for flood control funding
Kansas and Missouri delegation pressed the House Subcommittee for $500,000 to start Manhattan flood protection work and Milford Dam planning, plus $17 million for Turtle Creek Dam, urging immediate action despite a budget ban on new starts. The push totals $50.82 million in requests for next year. A separate Ontonagon incident reports a 6 year old accidentally shooting his father during a family target practice outing. Frank Stork, 47, died from a revolver bullet after handing the gun to his son Jerry at a half mile west of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
William A. Colvin
Manhattan
Kas
Kansas
Missouri
House Public Works Appropriations
Colvin
Milforg Dam
Mamhattan
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Manhattan Project
Milford Dam
Republican River
Turtle Creek
Big Blue
McArk Basins Flood Control and Conservation Assa
Ontonagon
Mich
Frank Stork
Mike Livingston
Stork
Jerry
Akien
Susie
Finletter urges Arab Israel peace treaties policy push
Finletter addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging the United States to push Arab states to sign peace treaties with Israel. He called for an embargo on arms shipments to the region and said tensions there aid Soviet attempts to extend influence.
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Finletter
Washington
Thomas K.i
Senate
Finnetter
United
Teo
U.S
Israel
Middle East
Soviet Union
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Associated Press News
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Muslty
Meade County
Jayhawk Pipeline Company
Shamrock
Turpin, Okla
Universal ‘Jeep
Willys
Five Points Motor CO
Jones Avenue
Gorden City
Maverick Susdey
Dillon
Campfire
Wright
Peonies
Dillon's Bakery
N. Main
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