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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1954
Page
11
Washington notes the administration plans to take a fresh debt limit request to Congress within a week or so. Officials foresee borrowing needs for the current fiscal year as tax receipts fall, while considering possible exemptions for certain intragovernmental and pre tax date borrowings to avoid revealing true debt levels.
AFL vice president and ILGWU head David Dubinsky says rackets have sprung up around large labor welfare funds and congressional action is needed to protect them. He adds unions may not police fund use without reform, a view echoed in The Federationist. Congress and Senate committees study the issue at Eisenhower's request. Senator Humphrey has proposed full financial reporting and state investment standards for funds.
A burglar stole $100 from James Jones residence in El Monte California and left a burning cigarette. The blaze destroyed a $4,300 house and sparked roof damage on nearby homes. Two women, Mrs. Bertha Salazar 36 and Mrs. Sophie Kretzu 40, suffered heart attacks fleeing their homes and were hospitalized.
President Eisenhower greets the Fourth of July with relief amid ongoing battles with Congress over tax and farm bills and a tense foreign scene. Senate approval of the tax revision bill pleases him while farm policy remains unsettled. McCarthy’s Army clashes and U.S. diplomacy with Britain, France, and China color a difficult election year landscape.
Virginia police credit radar devices with reducing holiday traffic deaths. During the July 4 weekend last year 21 people died on Virginia highways. in the first two days of this year’s three day period only five deaths occurred.
Washington reports that President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles told British leaders they will use all means to block Red China’s bid for UN membership. Churchill and Eden signaled Britain will try to avert a showdown this year but face pressure to actively back Beijing. The talks hint at widening Western rifts over the issue.
The piece notes that uneven rainfall is a leading cause of recurring famines in India, emphasizing climatic variability as a key factor in agricultural distress and food shortages.
Kansas City news reports Harry S. Truman improves after gall bladder and appendix operation and is now out of danger. Doctors plan to discontinue twice daily bulletins as Dr. Wallace Graham notes minimal weight loss of about five to six pounds. The 70 year old president recuperates at a research hospital.
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