Meat economics and tax benefits of private processing
Editorial argues meat costs stay high due to processing and distribution, not livestock prices, noting 53 cents of every retail dollar goes to producers while 47 cents covers processing and transport. Cites rising packing wages since 1948 and argues private development avoids taxpayer expense, plus Idaho Power forecast of 4 million state and 6 million federal tax dollars annually.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Idaho Power
Idaho
Oregon
FPC Approves Idaho Power Three-Dam Hells Canyon Plan
The Federal Power Commission authorizes Idaho Power to proceed with a three-dam Hells Canyon project. The plan would yield 767,000 kilowatts of dependable capacity, cost about 250 million dollars less than a single high dam, and deliver 1,000,000 acre-feet of storage at no government cost.
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Hells Canyon
Federal Power Commission
Idaho Power
FPC
Snake River
Up And Coming Railroads Prove Modern Costs and Service
The article argues rail service is faster safer and more dependable today than a generation ago and that costs remain modest. It notes wages and taxes rose sharply since 1921 while freight and passenger rates per mile rose only modestly due to ongoing physical improvements and large annual investments since 1946.
Germany's economic rebound lauded as modern miracle
The Oregon Voter cites West Germany's postwar recovery, crediting free enterprise for revival and urging Americans to embrace market principles. The piece contrasts German progress with calls for more government power and notes shifting taboos and censorship themes. It mentions Eskimos starting income tax and mocks a Red orator's world order.
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West Germany
Germany
Oregon
U. S
Toys Then and Now Reflect Grown Toy Market Change
A nostalgic column contrasts 1915 toy choices with modern selections, noting bigger toys and brains in today’s youngsters. The author recalls limited early options and praises utilitarian gifts for girls while joking about evolving playthings and adult guidance.
Eisenhower and the second term decision in 1955
The piece examines Dwight Eisenhower’s view that national needs outweigh individual convenience, recounting his 1942 London encounter with General Walter Bedell Smith and Churchill, and notes observers expect public will to decide on a possible renomination.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Mr. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
London
North
Africa
Walter Bedel Smith
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Smith
Winston Churchill
General Hawley
General Eisenhower
General Smith
Ike
Russia
CIA
United States
Navy
Air Force
Cabinet
National Security Council
Woodrow Wilson
America
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Murrow Oppenheimer interview exposes faults and fundings
An extended extract from Murrow’s interview with Oppenheimer questions his security record and links Ford Foundation tax exempt funding to a televised release. The dialogue discusses the Institute for Advanced Study and contributions from Hassler Whitney and Spaget, highlighting topology concepts and child cognition.
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Peter J. King
Monroe
N. C
Egbert R. Murrow
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Gullah
Felix Frankfurter
Murrow
Oppenheimer
Columbia Broadcasting System
Ford Fund For the Republic
Ford Fund
Atomic Energy Commission
Institute For Advanced Study
Hassler Whitney
Harvard
Spaget
Aluminum Corporation
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Aerial Reconnaissance and Open Skies Exhibit Show Photo Eye
The Carnegie exhibit on open skies demonstrates how modern air cameras reveal details from 40 000 feet. Experts say a 200 foot long film can map vast areas and detect infrastructure, from house construction to troop build ups, with interpretation revealing more than the naked eye.
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New York
Eisenhower
Geneva
Carnegie International Center
U.S
U.N
United States
Los Angeles
Ralph Steakley
Cam
Col
Steakley
Russia
Lodge
Air Force
Boats Captured Near Kurile Islands By Russian Coast Guard
The Maritime Safety Board reports 92 Japanese fishing boats captured by Russian coast guard vessels this year. Eighty additional boats were chased from the area near the Soviet Kurile Islands.
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Tokyo
The
Maritime Safety Board
Soviet Kurile Islands
Iffy Situation clouding Eisenhower term decision
President Eisenhower faces pressure to declare by late January whether he will seek a second term. GOP factions clash over timing with Knowland Bridges and Stassen pushing for an early answer to guide primaries and convention delegates amid health uncertainty and party maneuvering.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Stassen
William F. Knowland
California
Senate
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Republican Policy Committee
Knowland
GOP
Bridges
Hisenhower
Lane Dwinnell
Sherman Adams
Freed WWII war criminals at Sugamo Prison released
Two more major war criminals, Marquis Koichi Kido aged 66 and Hiroshi Oshima aged 60, were freed after serving 10 years. Both had been sentenced to life by the international military tribunal for conspiring to wage aggressive war.
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Tokyo
Sugamo
Koichi Kido
Privy Seal
Hiroshi Oshima
Nazi Germany
International Military Tribunal
Monroe News-Star Front Page Summary
The Monroe News-Star published December 16, 1955, is an independent daily newspaper with staff including Robert Ewing Jr as chairman and William H. Bronson as president. It notes AP news use rights and standard publishing details for its Worth Street offices.
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Monroe News-Star
John D. Ewing
Lee Wilson Ewing
Monroe Post Office
Sunda
News-Star—World
Worth Second Street
Robert Ewing, Jr
William H. Bronson
Richard Hale
Wiliam G. Jasper
Associated Press
Branham Company
National Advertise Representatives
New York
Cago
Atlanta
Detroit
Louis
Mem
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlottes
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Henry McLemore
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Napoleon
By David Lawrence
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
White House
Murrow and
By Westbrook Pegler
Hal Boyle
Girange
Iowa
Burlington and Quincy RR
Fulton Lewis
Adams
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