Ban On Tobacco Industry Would Hurt Economy
Washington analysts warn that a blanket ban on cigarettes would disrupt a seven billion dollar industry and hit tax revenues at federal, state, and local levels. Agriculture officials note farming families and workers would suffer, subsidies are modest, and tens of thousands could lose jobs as tobacco manufacturers and vending firms feel the impact.
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Leroy E. Burney
Burney
Agriculture Department
General Motors Pushes Production Schedule Forward
DETROIT AP General Motors said car production will resume quicker than planned as steel supplies rise. President John F Gordon outlined a revised timetable with many eastern plants returning on Monday Dec 7 and Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac home plants plus six BOP assembly lines resuming by Dec 9.
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General Motors
John F. Gordon
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
County Official Fights Pickets in Kansas City
Wyandotte County official Richard D. Shannon, district court clerk, won a restraining order against a painters union after pickets protested his home painting. He sues for 4000 dollars claiming the action aimed to hurt his re election chances and cited signs saying he does not employ union members of Painters District Council No 3. The case highlights tensions between labor activity and local officialism amid personal property work.
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Kansas City, Kan
Wyandotte
Painters’ Union
Richard D. Shannon
Shannnon
Shannon
Painters District Council No. 3
Cuba Loses U S Tourists Amid Cold War Tensions
New York travel officials report thousands of American tourists bypass Cuba for other Caribbean destinations, costing Cuba millions yearly. Officials cite anti American statements by Cuban leaders and Havana incidents as deterrents, with major cruise lines canceling Havana port calls for winter itineraries.
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New York
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Havana
Passenger Ship Traffic to Havana Reported Up in 1928
An estimated 0,000 tourists travel to Havana each year with the Holland-America line carrying 10,000 of them.
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Havana
Farm Problem Misunderstood Says Dr Jones
Dr Harold E Jones director of agricultural extension at Kansas State University says agriculture cannot abandon efficiency to fix surplus production He told 4 000 Consumers Cooperative Assn convention attendees the farm problem has drawn bitter critique yet asks if critics discuss the same agriculture that feeds and clothes the nation better than any other nation in the world He questioned charges of heaviness in the public purse and weak leadership and contrasted with Khrushchev praising American agriculture
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Kansas City
Harold E.jones
Kansas State University
Khrushchev
Singer Johnnie Ray Is Found Innocent
DETROIT AP. The singer Johnnie Ray, 32, was found innocent of a morals charge after a jury of all women deliberated 50 minutes. He fainted with tears as the verdict was read outside a Detroit tavern where a policeman testified to an alleged indecent proposal. The court ruled policemen cannot entice persons into unlawful acts.
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Johnnie Ray
Recorders Court
Ray
Elvin Davenport
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