Reed Pushes Petition to Fast Tax Cut Vote
Representative Daniel Reed faces slow progress on a petition to force an early House vote on his income tax reduction bill. With 25 signatures out of 218 needed, Reed aims to move the measure from the pigeonholed Rules Committee by submitting the petition to Speaker Joseph W. Martin.
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Washington
Daniel A. Reed
R-N.y
Reed
Joseph W. Martin
Martin
Rules Committee
Ways A Meansmittee
Ways and Means
Atomic Manufacturers Association forms to push private atomic power
New York AP reports industrialists form the Atomic Manufacturers Association to ready for atom powered plants and cities. They claim a plant could light a city within two years if allowed under law, seeking amendment to permit private ownership while Atomic Industrial Forum educates and promotes research and stockholder goodwill. Directors include Walker L. Cisler, S Keith Glennan, and Albert L. Baker.
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New York
Atomic Manufacturers Association
Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc
Walker L. Cisler
Detroit Edison Company
Keith Glennan
Case Institute of Technology of
Cleveland, C
Albert L. Baker
Summit
N. J
Vitro Corp
Vitro Manufacturing Co
Seeing Eye Dogs Unite as One Guides Master and Two Dogs
A veteran in St. Petersburg and his two Seeing Eye dogs share a new helper after Charlie the German shepherd went blind and heart weakened. Howdy, a four year old boxer from Morristown, guides Chester daily and acts as escort to Charlie, who stays by his master’s side with leash and care. Chester lost his sight in a World War I mine explosion and arrived in 1936 from Chicago.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla.p
Felix Chester
Charlie
Chester
Woebegone
Howdy
Seeing Eye Kenels
Morristown
N. J
Chicago
Benny the crow returns after neighborhood uproar in Portland
In Portland Oregon Benny the crow eased neighborhood complaints by moving to a farm 20 miles away then returning after 59 residents signed a petition. Benny now behaves better and stays out of mischief, much to the relief of residents.
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Portland
Ore
Benny
Michael Hintz
Bird
Teenagers Could Use Diet Change
Harrisburg nutrition experts from the State Department of Health cite a survey of 3109 teenagers showing fatigue skin problems nervousness and weight issues linked to poor diets. Only a quarter met calorie needs and 52 percent reached recommended protein with milk intake below half a quart daily.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Health
Anne de Planter Bowes
Widow Seeks to Find Husband's Creditors
Starkville Mississippi State College treasurer received a California letter with a money order and a widow seeking to settle her deceased husband's debt. She says he left about $100 to Starkville and asks the school to dispose of the amount, avoiding naming his relatives in the South.
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Starkville
Miss
Mississippi State College
California
South
Woolens Labeled Shoddy Remain Unchanged in Batley
In Batley England woolens will still bear the label shoddy despite a proposal to rename. Members of the Shoddy and Mungo Manufacturers Association rejected changing the term which historically meant reclaimed wool.
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Batley
England
Woolens
Yorkshire
Shoddy and Mungo Manufacturers Association
British Girl Mistakenly Departs Self An Ocean Trip
A British woman aboard the Queen Mary sailed toward England after misreading her visa, hoping to stay as an immigrant. Immigration officials learned by phone she could remain in the United States, ending the hour and a half voyage off the coast. The Kent native, who came to marry an Air Force captain, had worked at Lake Forest College and made U.S. friends.
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Chicago
Ngland
Adeline Watson
America
China
The
Sun-Times
Margate
Kent
Karl Erskine
Air Force
Lake Forest
Ill
California
Lake Forest College
United States
New York
Miss Blemany
GE to Resume Talks on Wage Re opening Contract
The CIO Electrical Workers and General Electric plan to resume wage re opening contract talks today after rejecting a GE proposal. The union seeks a 16 cent wage package and restoration of provisions it says were tied to a six month extension of the current one year contract expiring in September. The GE Conference Board of the IUE will meet Friday to review strike votes from GE locals.
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New York
CIO Electrical Workers
General Electric Company
General Electric Conference Board
International Union of Electrical Workers
Traffic Squad Officer Caught Driving Without License
SINGAPORE UP The city magistrate fined Tan Chor Teng a detective with the traffic squad for driving without a license saying he should have known better.
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Singapore
Tan Chor Teng
ASNE President Urges Continued Fight for News Freedom
Wright Bryan of ASNE led the three day Washington meeting stressing access to public news. The Atlanta Journal editor urged ongoing effort against curbs on the people's right to know as Eisenhower's policy addressed the group.
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Washington
Wright Bryan
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Atlanta Journal
ASNE
Eisenhower
Congress
John Foster Dulles
Battle For Freedom of Information
Society Board of Directors
Harold Cross
New Self Service Plan For Car Care
Cleveland Ohio reports a Do-B self service system for garages. Motorists use a town record, check services on a form, and can compute their own bill from a billboard listing daily specials and prices. Customers drive in, fill the list, and leave their car for servicing.
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Cleveland
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