17 Jan 1956
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1956
Page
1
Hal Boyle laments suburban life in a New York dispatch. He recalls neighbors who gossip over lawnmowers and book clubs while critics move back to the city for culture. The piece notes migration back to urban apartments, perceptions of quiet, and rising suburban burdens like schooling and chores.
Hollywood profile of song and steam locomotive enthusiast Rose, famed for Holiday Pot Strings and Monotony For Strings. The composer, once married to Judy Garland, talks of 500 toy trains valued at $100,000, a Belgium engine part, and his dream to build a full-scale locomotive as his lifelong hobby.
New York report summarizes an American Press Magazine survey of 460 editors on interstate financing. Most back pay-as-you-go funding and limits on federal aid, with tolls favored by a minority but growing acceptance in several regions. Editors split on state vs federal roles and debt, and favor a 10-year highway program while opposing heavy debt.
Western Front Korea A1 Indian soldier Pfe Frits Moeller of Southport Ind refused an American YMCA offer to buy and move the orphanage he built near the armistice line. He preferred transferring it to a private group to keep the children and maintain the home.
In Jackson Mississippi doctors planned to use an artificial kidney to revive Florence area operator J. Welch who has been in a coma after his kidneys failed. The device arrived from Memphis with the Henry Association and was flown by the Mississippi National Guard. Dr. Walter Hoffman from the University of Tennessee Medical Center operated the device.
Senator George D. Aiken cautions that a farm bill containing high rigid price supports could be vetoed by the President. He says the committee can pass a bill without such riders but warns of political risk in an election year. Capehart urges faster action on surplus disposal via an international food community board.
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