Airlines risk losing 70 percent of riders to ground transport
Transportation expert Benton H. Elliott warned that ground congestion erodes air travel gains from 1948. He cited a Boston to Manhattan time gap and urged airlines to form a committee to explore solutions such as heliobus services, rail-bus combos, exclusive airline lanes, or a monorail.
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Higher food prices assure supply says agriculture chair
The new chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says there is no immediate drop in food prices, but the situation may ultimately benefit housewives. Ben F. Meyer reports from Washington.
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Poage Urges Stable Food Prices Tied to Farmer Returns
Texas Democrat W R Poage, next Congress chairman, argues that food prices depend on supply, which depends on fair farmer returns. He notes farmers produce for export and supply the nation, but only about a third of consumer prices reach farmers, with the rest consumed by processing and distribution.
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Hungry devil nickname for Louie Nunn at gala
In Glasgow Kentucky AP coverage notes Louie Nunn at a GOP buffet fundraiser for his gubernatorial campaign. Witnesses overheard a remark about his plate, signaling the perception of his popularity and demand amid the crowd.
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Nepal Houses Seven Of World’s Ten Highest Peaks
A fact from Nepal confirms seven of the world’s ten highest mountains lie inside its borders. The assertion highlights Nepal’s extreme mountainous landscape and central role in Himalayan geology and mountaineering.
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Missing Hopper Report Improper Says Rail Line
Great Northern finds 55-foot hopper freight car on its own tracks after a 60 day loss. Car loaded with 75 tons of sugar beet pellets from Bingham siding bound for Superior Wisconsin, was found on a Grand Forks North Dakota siding 50 miles from departure.
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Local roof job ends with neighbor's house stripped
Liberty Kentucky AP report says John Murphy hired a contractor for his roof but later found the neighboring building had been stripped to the wooden sheeting due to a contractor’s error. The article notes the lapse and the discovery during a progress check.
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Payroll tax proposal eyed for local governments
A Wisconsin legislative study group endorsed giving cities authority to levy a payroll tax up to one half of one percent on gross earnings and allow suburbs whose residents work in cities to be taxed. The committee also backed surtaxes on hotel and motel rooms and a wheel tax on vehicles with debate set for December 19. Milwaukee leaders support broader local financing to fund suburban services used by commuting workers.
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