Expanded Potomac program urged for river planning
Rear Republican Hyde urged a stepped up program by the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin to coordinate pollution controls as population growth spurs industrialization along the river above Washington. He called for funding from state and local communities and favored moving the PEPCO plant upstream to Maryland in Montgomery County to reduce water supply risks.
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PEPCO
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Too Many Farming Says Professor
Professor D Gale Johnson tells Senate House Economic subcommittee that excessive farming sustains poverty in rural sections and trimming farm numbers could raise incomes. He suggests more nonagricultural industries to aid distressed communities, noting many areas may not attract industry. Johnson references private initiatives as important to improving conditions.
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Gale Johnson
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Farm Population Decline and Rural Migration Highlighted
Government data show 1954 rural farm families at about 14 million with under 3K annual income, nearly one million in the South. Seulemon Barkin of CIO Textile Workers Union calls for broad bargaining to lift wages, while Isador Lubin notes older workers face hardship from plant closures and premature retirement.
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Seulemon Barkin
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Isador Lubin
New York State
Sars Religious People Are Happiest
Pollster George Gallup said the most religious people are happiest and the more religious the less happy. He spoke at the annual meeting of statisticians of American religious bodies noting public opinion trends in New York.
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George Gallup
Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
The
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Religious census debate sparks interfaith protest urges continuity
An interfaith association representing Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups warns federal officials against suspending the 1956 religious census. They call it a long-standing study since 1850 and elect leaders J. P. Edmunds, Louis Kenedy, and H. S. Linfield. An accompanying Tokyo note reports Asahi’s October population estimate of 89,283,823, about a million higher than five years prior.
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Louis Kenedy
H. S Linfield
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Asahi Today
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