World Warps We You We You: Teen Scouts and Travel Tales
A group of 14 Hempstead Boy Scouts and their 23 year old leader Alan Distler toured the San Francisco Bay area in a reconditioned $200 bus, then headed to Lake Tahoe. They left June 24 and expect to return September 1 after axle trouble near Kingman, Arizona. The trip follows the Newport Beach Jamboree ending just as their convoy arrived.
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Newport Beach
Navy
United States
America
Alan J. Distler
San Francisco Bay Area
Lake Tahoe
Kingman
Ariz
Los Angeles
Session End Leaves Long List Undone
Washington reports the 83rd Congress ends with a mixed record as Eisenhower faces a new session. Key measures are left to study commissions or fall consideration, debt limits prove contentious, and a large spending program advances despite fiscal strain.
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83Rd Congress
Finis
Eisenhower
White House
Hisenhower
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Long Beach
Streetcars Collide In Los Angeles injuring 28
In Los Angeles a Monday night streetcar crash injured 28 people near N Broadway opposite New Chinatown. Operator braking failure cited. four ambulances carried seriously hurt to hospitals while others received on site care. Sailor David Wallace 18 and Maria Estrada 27 among those treated.
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Nancy Lee Foote
David Williams
N. Broadway
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Helen Welle
New Chinatown
C. L. Mahoney
David Wallace
Maria Estrada
Congress Sets Up Survey of Pay Scale
Congress approves creating an independent commission to study pay scales for members of Congress and federal judges. The panel, split among President, Chief Justice, House Speaker, and Vice President appointees, must report by January 15 and Congress acts within 60 days. Current pay remains $15,000 for members and judges.
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Washington
Congress
Commission
Congress Adopts Aid Trade Laws in Last Hours
Congress passed a 6.5 billion foreign aid bill and an extension of reciprocal trade laws in a late session move. The measure funds new cash for the fiscal year ending next June 30 and allows carryover from earlier years, aligning largely with President Eisenhower’s request but smaller by 900 million. The Senate approved the action by voice vote.
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House
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
P Lus
Washington
U. S
Eisenhower
Rough Time for Sales Tax Looms
Washington House Ways and Means Committee members warned the toughest legislative hurdles lie ahead for a proposed national sales tax. NAM urged a uniform excise at the manufacturers level to place the nation on a firm road to fiscal security, proposing a 4.5 percent rate on all manufactured goods except food, with higher taxes on alcohol and tobacco. Members noted that a uniform tax would be highly controversial.
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Ways and Means
National Association of Manufacturers
Eisenhower
Congress
NAM
Charles S. Sligh Jr
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