22 Mar 1956
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1956
Page
1
Congress fights over a plan aimed at easing farmers economic pains and cutting large farm surpluses. Readouts show six commodities and government holdings at the start of 1990 with storage and pledge figures for June and December. Only butter shows a sharp decline while cheese falls in 1955. Total surplus value on January 1 1958 stands at 7.594 billion.
Hal Boyle notes the Presidents heart attack reshaped public conversation about heart trouble in the United States. Politicians and voters now see more openly how heart disease is managed and treated. Public awareness has reduced fear, with many survivors living normal lives after attacks and gaining confidence in medical care.
In Russell County two defendants face prison after conviction in a mail fraud conspiracy. Luther Cumillon, a landowner from Honaker, is under sentence of a year and Conley T. Fields, a local farmer, faces six years. The case signals ongoing enforcement against alleged Democratic Party workers.
Virginia's eight month fiscal report shows general fund revenues at 88 508 million, up 37 percent from a year earlier. Total revenues for all funds rose to 200 724 million, up about 16 million, driven by increases in individual income taxes and corporate taxes, plus higher levies on utilities and professional services.
A fire warning in the right engine near Colorado Springs prompted Captain Tran Olson of Denver to divert to Peterson Field. Inspection found no fire. Passengers transferred to another plane for the Denver to Albuquerque flight. In Nashville, Frank Smothens was killed when struck by a Louisville and Nashville passenger train.
Dr Ernest Osbo discusses a middle path for raising independent children. He notes some families push too far too soon while others overprotect, arguing gradual autonomy with available support yields better outcomes. He cites Milton Jones family as an example and contrasts with earlier aggressive independence trends. An airliner averaged more than one takeoff every 11 seconds in 1955.
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold plans a peace mission into the Middle East to avert a wider Arab Israeli war. The United States seeks urgent Security Council action with British support for observers and a fact finding mission within 24 hours of an official mandate. Hammarskjold aims to convene the Council within a month to discuss the plan and press for a council resolution endorsing the mission.
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