United States Transportation Revolution Transforms Travel
The United States faces a transportation revolution reshaping travel from rail and bus to auto and air. Rail passenger service is cut back as airlines push the jet age and cars dominate the nation, with three of four families owning a car and suburban growth boosting demand.
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South America
Continental Asia
William Ferris
Associated Press
United States
Ben Heineman
The
Chicago & North Western
Working through the Process of Salvation and Living
The author compares solving math problems by steps to pursuing social and spiritual answers. He urges following complete procedures in faith, avoiding shortcuts, and cleansing inner secrets to reach true Christian living.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
God
Greensboro Gets Metal Service Firm
Edgecomb Steel Co plans a 1.5 million dollar metal service center in Greensboro. Mce Minn Norfleet and Wicker prepared the project with Frank F. Rose of Charlotte as VP and Carolina operations head. Construction could start soon and finish by year end. The Greensboro plant will coordinate with Charlotte warehouses, which employ about 120, while Greensboro starts with 25 to 30 workers.
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Edgecomb Steel Co
Philadelphia
Mce- Minn, Norfleet and Wicker
Frank F. Rose
Charlotte
Carolinas
Southeast
Rose
Greensboro Center
Frigid air grips Miami and Florida citrus crops
Frigid weather returns to Miami with an early low of 36 degrees the coldest Feb 4 since 1917. Opa-locka records 32 while South Miami sees 34 and Miami Beach 38. Tampa hits 24 and Jacksonville 27 with northwest winds. North Florida may reach 22 to 28 as frost threatens citrus crops.
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Opa-locka
Miami Beach
Tampa
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Florida
North
Army and Navy to launch larger satellites after Explorer I
Army scientists plan a 700 pound satellite with cameras and TV recording to back Explorer IV while preparing a 300 pound reconnaissance satellite. Dr Braun and Gen Medaris seek authority to build the big satellite using the Redstone rocket. Navy aims for a 20 inch satellite next month with a Vanguard test on Cape Canaveral but winds delay firing.
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Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
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Cape
Army
Wernher von Braun
John B. Medaris
Cambridge
Mass
Don A. Lautman
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Sputnik II and Explorer I visible in U S skies
Cambridge residents and stargazers across the southern tier can glimpse Sputnik II with its dog aboard and the steady Explorer I as both satellites traverse the skies. Sputnik II appears brighter and tumbling while Explorer I shows a steady beam. Timings place Thursday morning passes over Cuba to Cape Hatteras and California displays to follow.
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Smithsonian Observatory
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Mexico
Texas
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Hope Dimming For Yacht Owner Lost In Stormy Seas
Charleston reports a 40-foot sloop and two aboard, Edward David Brown 28 of Princeton New Jersey presumed lost after a gale near the South Carolina coast. Coast Guard searches covered 350 square miles as cargo ship Evibelle aided survivor David Albert Youngblood 18 of Beaufort. Brown's identity and employer links remain unclear. search efforts continue nose to the weather.
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Princeton
N.J
Brown
Florida
South Carolina
Evibelle
David Albert Youngblood
Beaufort
Youngblood
Charleston Yacht Basin
Yacht
University of North Carolina
Mobile
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
Brooklyn
N.Y
Douglas Brown
Rt. 1
Princeton High School
General Motors Corp
Trenton
Young Laboratories
Rocky Hill
Revenue Authority Is Disputed by Detroit Accountant
Detroit accountant Wallace M. Jensen disputed the IRS authority to treat reimbursed expenses as gross income in tax returns. Testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, he urged Congress to amend the law and noted possible court cases. Jensen cited CPA recommendations to reform tax rules, including property state differences, business loss limits, and options for average income filings.
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Detroit
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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Ways and Means Committee
Congress
CPA
Ways and Means
Snowdrifts rise as warm air promises relief in North Carolina
North Carolina mountains thaw slowly after four days of ice and snow with 15 foot drifts in Max Patch Haywood County. Schools closed, highways usable with chains, and a power outage at WMIT station. Rescue crews report six foot drifts near Mt. Mitchell as officials cite a downed tree on lines. Authorities note two Gaston County highway deaths not weather related.
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Max Patch
Haywood County
Clingman's Peak
Mt. Mitchell
Black Mountains
WMIT
French Broad Electric Co
Highway Patrol
Gaston County
Alexander
Buncombe County
Ford Official Denounces Reuther Bargaining Proposals
Ford vice president for financial matters Theodore O. Yatema testified before the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee that UAW wage and profit sharing plans would raise costs and fuel inflation. He warned Reuther’s $100 car price cut proposal could wipe out two companies and weaken Ford and Chrysler, and noted Ford prices rose modestly while labor costs surged since 1948.
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Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Theodore O. Yatema
Ford
UAW
U.S
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Walter Reuther
Chrysler
Studebaker - Packard
American Motors
Reuther
Yntema
Eisenhower Seeks Space Program Structure Report
President Eisenhower weighs moving Americas space program from the Pentagon to a new federal agency. Dr James Killian Jr will prepare a report outlining possible government structures for outer space activities. Senate Republican Leader Knowland said the plan will go to the President and Republican leaders after completion. The two hour plus huddle included top GOP leaders and Killian. Rep Allen remarked the session was unusually lengthy.
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Eisenhower
America
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Senate
House
James R. Killian Jr
Knowland
California
Killian
Defense Department
Capitol Hill
Rep
Alien
I-10
Doerfer Says Money Was Repaid
FCC Chairman John C. Doerfer told House investigators he repaid 165.12 two weeks earlier, stemming from unused airline funds tied to a KWTV flight. He said the payment was misinterpreted as reimbursement and described it as not a windfall but a mistaken belief.
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John C. Doerfer
Federal Communications Commission
House
Oklahoma
Doerfer
KWTV
FCC
Bernard Schwartz
Oklahoma City
Spokane
Wash
Schwartz
Edgar Bell
Cusebians City
Man Could Live In Satellite Says Test Temperatures Hold
Radioed updates from Pasadena report the Explorer satellite maintains 50 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit inside, with no meteorite damage and cosmic radiation within safe limits. Dr A R Hibbs of Caltech’s JPL says the craft proves humans could live in space conditions as instruments relay data. More on page two.
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Calif
America
A. R. Hibbs
Hibbs
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
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