Anti-Filibuster Bill Encouraged by White House View
Senator Ives and Senator Douglas push to revise the Senate filibuster rule next Congress to allow a simple majority for changing rules. They seek a fresh start in each new Congress, while President Eisenhower is not expected to aid, and Nixon may follow precedent on the continuing body question.
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Ives
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Sen
Douglas
D-Ii
Nixon
Farm Clubs Keep Youngsters Busy in Olton Texas
Authorities credit expanded FFA and 4H programs with keeping youth out of delinquency in Olton and surrounding areas. Olton schools have acquired a five acre FFA and 4 H working area, with support from City Council and Mayor G H Bley. FFA president Bobby Johnson, 17, said the tract will let FFA boys feed livestock for local and outside shows and enable town youths to raise animals for exhibitions.
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Olton
Tex
FFA
Future Farmers of America
G. H. Bley
Bley
Bobby Johnson
Desk Cleanup Reveals Odd Facts To Hal
A columnist frames a year end desk cleanup with quirky odds about cold exposure by gender and wealth, age effects, and January as Take Care of Your Cold Month. It notes pop culture whims from lipstick hues to Elvis bob haircuts, plus trivia on Santa, cards, bridges, and Pecans in airplane parts.
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Hal
New York
J. Schultz
Donna Workman
Chicago
Santa Claus
Santa
FBI
Frederick Jones
Kim Novak
U.S
Canasta
Mary Yates
First National Bank Schedules Employe Banquet
Joe A. Clarke, president of the Texas Bankers Association, will speak at the First National Bank’s first annual Employe Awards Banquet in Odessa on Friday evening at the Lincoln Hotel. The event will name Employee of the Year with a plaque and a two person trip to Mexico City. Five, ten, and fifteen year service pins will be awarded to listed bank staff including Ruth Betts, Vivian Saunders, Tom J. Shackles, and FE. M. Schur, who will present the pins.
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Texas Bankers Association
Odessa
First National Bank
Lincoln Hotel
Clarke
Fort Worth National Bank
Drouth Blamed For Texas Crop Value Decline
Texas suffered a nine percent drop in the value of principal crops in 1956 due to a devastating drought, moderating by irrigated areas. The USDA valued Texas farm output at about $1.1 billion, with cotton remaining the dominant cash crop and sorghums leading in acreage but far lower in value. Corn was at its shortest yield since 1873, while commercial vegetables rose modestly despite reduced harvested area.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Bob Bass freed on probation after fare dispute
In Montgomery Alabama Robert Bass faced Judge Eugene Lee on a charge of refusing to pay a 25 cent fare. The Max driver agreed to drop the charge after payment. Bass had only a dollar, and the judge allowed probation instead of a conviction noting he must pay the quarter.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert Bass
Judgce
Eugene Lee
City Police Cour
Lee
M Ax
Bass
Automation spreads from factory to kitchen and office
New York reports automation moving beyond factories into homes and offices. Machines now guide and control tasks, from automatic washers to weather controlled heating. Punched card recipes may direct future kitchens while office work increasingly runs on Univac and dictation systems linked by central banks of machines.
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New York
Fairbanks-Morse
Carrier Corp
Syracuse
N.Y
Remington Rand
Univac
Gray Manufacturing Co
Stanvac
Westchester County
Minnesota Tax Change Proposed
Minnesota governor's tax study committee calls for a broad revision to encourage investment and employment. Major proposals include abolishing personal property tax on manufacturers inventories farm stocks grain and livestock and household goods, repealing the $5 head tax, and moving toward market value assessments statewide.
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Minnesota
Governor's Tax Study Committee
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