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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
13
Washington row over neutrality widens as Dulles Eisenhower and Nixon clash on the meaning of neutrality. Dulles calls immorally neutral conduct shortsighted while later defending UN membership as showing concern for others. Nehru criticizes both as undemocratic and confusing. India remains central in the diplomatic friction.
San Francisco rail executive predicts the Pullman car will vanish within twenty years as airplanes dominate long distance travel. Donald J. Russell, president of the Southern Pacific Co., argues jets could reach speeds up to 1000 miles per hour, leaving trains to offer only comfort and luxury.
The fares on the new second class compartments on British railway trains are the same as on the former third class.
Weather bulletin reports thunderstorms moving east from the mid continent into the Great Lakes and New England while fair conditions prevail from the Ohio Valley to the Atlantic Coast. Night showers in Oklahoma to the Great Lakes, heavy rains in Omaha and parts of Iowa and Wisconsin, with strong winds and hail in the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes. Western showers spread from the Northern Plateau and Rockies across the plains. rainfall mostly light.
Cistercian monks on Caldy near Wales boost modest income by distilling perfume from lavender blossoms grown around their monastery. The operation uses traditional methods to extract scent, supporting the living costs and spiritual upkeep of the abbey.
Washington reports Secretary of State Dulles made a final plea to the Appropriations Committee to add about half a billion dollars to the House approved foreign aid bill of 3.6659 billion dollars. Eisenhower pressed Democratic chiefs after a Tuesday leadership conference to boost funding to bolster free world nations against communism. The House passed 284 to 120 a roughly 3.666 billion dollar foreign aid package for the new fiscal year, below the president’s request by about 1.405 billion. Senate action is slated for tomorrow with Senate Democrats hopeful to bring the measure to the floor early next week led by Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson.
An average U S farm tractor costs about 500 dollars per year to operate. Maintenance fuel and depreciation contribute to the overall expense, reflecting steady operating costs for modern agricultural machinery.
Rome joins Western allies in rejecting Soviet Premier Bulganin's disarmament appeal. Cabinet approves a reply read by Foreign Minister Martino. Bulganin claimed Russia was reducing armed forces and urged Western powers to follow. Eden says Moscow merely mirrors Western actions since 1945.
State experts arrived in Durango Colorado to study an unidentified pestilence harming wheat in La Plata County. Extension plant pathologist Jack Henderson and extension entomologist Gordon Mickle were requested to assist as heads of the wheat turn white signaling loss of food supply to the head.
Des Moines Methodist bishops from nine states call for a frank appraisal of the 1939 jurisdictional system created by church union. They propose appointing a commission of bishops and a minister and layman from each north central area to study potential uses of the jurisdiction.
In Bucharest Stalin remains visible in Stalin Square with the big statue still standing. The National Art Gallery has purged his images, leaving only a single heavy statue in a wing devoted to Soviet art and culture, suggesting partial erasure rather than complete removal.
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