Congressional gags fuel state pride in trout and shrimp dishes
Washington Notebook surveys how lawmakers push local products via publicity ploys from fresh trout labeling to shrimp and cheese plugs. It notes McCarthy milk, Harrison Wyoming cheese, Ellender Louisiana seafood, Jones Texas grapefruit, and Maine lobster as recurring themed promotions within Congress. The piece also covers campaign funding quirks in Idaho, delayed Nagasaki bomb survivors, and security word limits on official data. It ends with the puzzle of Republican endorsements and White House photo clearances.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington Correspondent
Washington
Congress
Pennsylvania
Joseph R McCarthy
Wisconsin
William Henry Harrison
Wyoming
Dodge
Allen J . Ellender
Louisiana
Jesse Jones
Texas
Idaho
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
East Virginia
Howard Smith
Virginia
Chicago
Work Starts On By Pass Near Glen Burnie
Gov McKeldin launches a controlled access dual highway project to relieve severe congestion in Glen Burnie. The by pass runs from an eastern Baltimore Beltway extension through Glen Burnie to US 301, with multiple bridge contracts awarded and more planned, promising jobs and regional development.
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Glen Burnie
McKeldin
Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
U.S 301
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Baltimore Beltway
Potomac River Bridge
San Francisco Cable Cars Face Public Battle for Status
Boyle notes uproar over halving the cable car lines in San Francisco sparked by fears the city will abandon a symbol of its past. Despite a 60,000 voters’ charter amendment and passionate campaigns, officials push a compromise with a festival to honor the system while acknowledging higher costs and slower speed.
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T Hal Boyle
San Francisco
Paris
Eaffel Tower
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Dallas
Golden Gate Bridge
San
Board of Supervisors
Save the Cable Cars
America
Chinatown
Ciy
Elmer E. Robinson
New Orleans
Open Sandwich With Beans Frankfurter Toast Topper
A simple lunch idea using heated canned baked beans spooned over buttered toast. Top with thin frankfurter rounds and finely chopped onion. Warm the frankfurter rounds in a skillet for the open sandwich option.
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Glenn H Taylor
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Tokyo
Nagasaki
Settehy Kitamura
Nagasak University
Adm
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
Navy
Charles S Thomas
Eisenhower
White House
Pasoline
Chevrolet
Fisher
KEY
Chevrolet Sales, Inc
Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
Monument
Boyle
Gerarak Corporation
Frederick
T Food Market
N. Market St
Meat Department
Swift’s
Brigg’s
Morrell
VEAL
Briggs Gresskay
Franks
K. Ay
Sunkist
Henry Crumb
Velle’s
Filbert's
NEC Ritz
Graham Crackers
Filbert
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