Witness list set for Kansas City GSA hearing
A House subcommittee released witnesses for an inquiry into irregularities in the GSA Kansas City region. Testimony will cover premature work, a lease to a non existent firm, real estate speculation by a top official, and alleged abusive treatment of a veteran employee.
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Washington
House
General Service Administration
Kansas City
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
House Government Activities Subcommittee
Thomas G. Jay
GSA
Brooks
Earl H. Lund
Public Buildings Service
James E. Hornbostel
Ralph G. Warren
PBS
Walter C. Kerlin
Dee Patterson
Joseph R. Collins
Eugene Moran
Commodity Stabilization
D. Murray, Burns
the Henges Co., Inc
St. Louis
Glen O’brien
O’brien
Plan to Boost Foreign Tourists to the United States
AP Business News analyzes a government backed drive to attract overseas visitors to the United States to reduce the trade deficit and support dollar reserves. President Eisenhower backs a 1960 Visit U.S.A. initiative with steps to promote tourism, projecting up to 600,000 visitors and about one billion dollars in domestic tourist spending.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
U.S
Eisenhower
U.S.A
Congress
United States
Chase Manhattan Bank
Summit Talks: West Germany, NATO in Focus
The text discusses West Germany seeking unity while rejecting permanent division and Khrushchev’s push to end NATO and the Western European Union. It notes the U S preference for a functional German settlement and expects lively Eisenhower Khrushchev discussions.
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West Germany
Germany
Khrushchev
France
NATO
Western European Union
United States
World May Be Living In Really Good Days
James Marlow analyzes looming Eisenhower Khrushchev talks noting soft-pedaled US Soviet tensions as the Paris summit nears. He cites Herter and Gore doubts about progress and Khrushchev’s clear aims. The piece warns of a possible Soviet propaganda win if the West stalls on German reunification terms.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Herter
James C. Hagerty
Gore
Paris
Khrushchev
France
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
East Germany
House Action On Wint Smith Case
Washington AP The House planned action today on a resolution declaring Rep. Wint Smith elected in November 1958 after hearings by an elections subcommittee. Mahoney challenged counts in Norton Ellsworth and Sheridan Counties and Osborne precincts. the committee found for Smith in all filed challenges. Smith, finishing his sixth term, will not seek reelection.
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Washington
House
Rep
Wint Smith
Kansas
Smith
Elmo J. Mahoney
House Administration
Mahoney
Osborne
Almena Township
Norton County
Mulberry Township
Ellsworth County
Hoxie
Sheridan County
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