Americans Converge Around Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in London
In London’s Grosvenor Square the American presence grows with offices for the embassy Marshall Plan and military advisory groups nearby. U S Navy fleet headquarters and Information Service also dominate the area as the Roosevelt Memorial stands central, while locals joke about English cars in the square.
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Ze`ev Herzl stamp leads new Israeli issue
Stamp notes report Dr Theodore Herzl founder of Zionism appears on a new 80 prutah Israeli stamp marking the opening meeting of the 23rd Zionist Congress in Jerusalem. Biography notes his Budapest birth in 1860 and roles as journalist author and Zionist leader.
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Switzerland
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Cars to Cost More If Tax is Boosted
The chairman of the National Auto organization criticizes a House bill that would raise manufacturers excise taxes on new autos while lowering non automotive taxes and increasing automobile levies. He says current rates already take 24 to 28 cents of every auto dollar and gasoline taxes amount to about a third of the retail price.
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Sidenton
Giant 70 Million-Volt Atom Smasher Ships for Cancer Research
A 70,000,000-volt synchrotron built in New York and funded by the Atomic Energy Commission is headed to the University of California medical school in San Francisco. Dr. Ernest E. Charlton calls it a tool with vast potential for medical research, enabling high energy X-ray studies beyond conventional generators to treat cancer.
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Jet pilot finds relaxation in dressmaking in Alaska
Anchorage AP reports Capt. Marion M. Davis 31 from San Angelo Texas flies an F-94 interceptor for the 66th Squadron at Elmendorf. After flying at high speed he relaxes by sewing clothes for his family, having started with a sewing machine bought for his wife three years ago. He has logged 3200 flight hours, including 400 jet hours.
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Marion M. Davis
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San Angelo
Tex
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One Plant Yields Potatoes Tomatoes in Mounds Garden
A single row of plants produced both tomatoes and potatoes in the garden of Rev. I. H. Frazier, a Negro minister. The plot, seeded only with potatoes, yielded tomatoes on the vines and potatoes at the roots, noted by local naturalists as a rare nightshade occurrence.
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Mounds, Ill
I. H. Frazier
Hart voters reject tax hike for textbooks
In Hart Michigan the school district voters defeated a proposed tax increase 396 to 49. The plan would have funded new textbooks for the district but opponents argued the existing books were adequate.
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Hart, Mich
Hart
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