The Gals Yearn For Nine's Job
Miss Lou Payne leads a drive for a woman vice president after polls show 85 percent of housewives support the idea. The Mrs Homemaker's Forum, with a million members, pressures politicians to back skirt wearing veep candidates, arguing for female political leadership.
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New York
United States
Lou Payne
Joan of Arc
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Miss Payne
Mississippi
House
Chicago
Mrs. Homemaker's Forum
Payne
National Party
Women in Politics Vision: Women as President or VP
Miss Payne and fellow housewives discuss advancing women in government. They argue women could gain recognition through social security access, finance influence, and leadership roles. The forum lists candidates like Mrs. Roosevelt and Margaret Chase Smith while clamoring for breaking political norms.
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America
England
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Housewife’s Forum
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Italy
Clare Boothe Luce
Frances E. Willis
Switzerland
Roosevelt
United Nations
Dike breaks at Georgetown Dam floods Clear Creek Canyon
A 60 foot section of Georgetown Dam dike burst releasing a torrent down Clear Creek Canyon. The rapidly melting snow surge wrecked bridges, washed out a 100 foot stretch of U S 640, injured one man, and caused damages likely exceeding 200000 dollars. The two mile stretch between Georgetown and Idaho Springs bore the heaviest impact. Idaho Springs lies 34 miles west of Denver.
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Georgetown
Colo
Clear Creek Canyon
U. S
Idaho Springs
Denver
Eisenhower Signs Lamprey Fight Bill
President Eisenhower signed a bill to let the United States join Canada in a program to rid the Great Lakes of parasitic lampreys that have devastated trout in Huron and Michigan and now threaten Lake Superior. The law enables actions under a Great Lakes fisheries convention signed Sept. 10, 1954.
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United States
Canada
Great Lakes
Lakes
Huron
Michigan
Lake Superior
NBC Seeks New Comedy Talent Amid TV Writer Shortage
NBC seeks fresh comedy writers as a serious shortage hits television. Leonard Hole directs NBC's program development, receiving ~12,000 manuscripts from students and small groups. Fifteen show promise, with nine having material accepted by top programs, illustrating a push to train newcomers in a professional setting.
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Leonard Hole
NBC
Hole
Hope
Carson
Gobel
CED Proposes Tax Cut Study
The Committee for Economic Development urges a tax cut of two billion dollars or more next January 1 if the nation’s cash flow is not in the red and if a sizable budget surplus appears. It favors delaying action for a more authoritative review until Congress reconvenes.
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CED
Eisenhower Administration
Congress
Vacation Outlay To Hit S15 Billion
New York based American Express survey shows Americans will spend about 15 billion dollars on domestic travel this year. Over 80 million people will roam the country, boosting states like Florida New Mexico and Nevada as key tourism centers. New York City expects around 13 million visitors while New York New Jersey Florida and Pennsylvania lead in 1 billion plus expenditures. Prices hold steady with more camping and family travel reported nationwide.
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American Express Co
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American Express
Florida
New Mexico
Nevada
New York State
California
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
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Texas
New York City
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Dik I
National Parks Face Visitor Boom and Land Ownership Shift
The park service projects 53 million visitors this year to national parks and major sites. To handle demand to 80 million by 1960 facilities must expand. Only 17.96 percent of Arizona land is private. the rest is federal state or Indian reservation land.
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Park Service
Arizona
Ray-O-Vac to close can division in 1957 in Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac Ray-O-Vac will shut its can division by year end ending five to six years of can container production at the local plant. About 100 workers will stay until the division closes while a new can division is planned for Greencastle Indiana to be nearer zinc supply.
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Fond DU Lac
Ray-Ovac Co
Vern Zeller
Greencastle
Ind
Madison
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Iowa
Kentucky
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Adams Township
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