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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
2
Weekly news analysis reports Truman signing a bill extending European aid for fifteen months and notes a U S bond sale drive. The column presents editor's notes while outlining policy and financial moves in the period.
Nationwide memories honor the men who rescued Kathy Fiscus after the 3 year old died in a California well shaft. The Kathy Fiscus rescue fund received over 2200 letters with donations from as little as 10 cents to 50 dollars and an average gift around 5.10 dollars.
President Truman signed a bill to provide 5.58 billion dollars to the European recovery program over 15 months with 1 billion available immediately. He handed pens to witnesses and kept one for Senator Arthur Vandenberg as a lighthearted ceremony accompanied by observations of potential forgery. The UN debated Mindszenty trials involving Hungary and Bulgaria, inviting spokesmen while Russia and its satellites signaled they would not participate.
President Truman launched the Opportunity Bond Drive aiming to sell one billion forty million dollars of U.S. savings bonds. He framed security as a shared national goal and praised 3 million volunteers, with 250000 newsboys to expand reach to 12 million homes, amid concerns over employment and consumer cash.
A Research Council report on social security estimates OASI costs for covered workers would total 3.75 billion by 1955 and rise to about 13 billion by 2000. The advisory council discusses extending coverage to all labor, weighing pros and cons for farm and household workers against potential benefit levels and funding.
A chart from the Research Council for Economic Security compares current Social Security benefits with proposed changes. It notes under present law a worker has ten years of coverage, while the administration plan would set monthly benefits independent of length of covered employment.
Agriculture officials in Washington discuss rushing direct subsidies to pork and milk producers as an overhang of surplus could push prices down. Brannan says talks with President Truman occurred and current law delays subsidies until 1950, while critics warn of billions in cost and taxpayer burden.
University of Chicago researchers led by Charles B. Huggins report a blood serum test that distinguishes cancer patients from healthy individuals and those with non cancer diseases. In a study of nearly 300 people the test reportedly returned positives for all cancer cases and negatives for all non cancer cases except in lung tuberculosis and acute infections.
Nature lovers celebrate as a sturdy male kiwi chick hatches at Hawke's Bay game farm. The six member known family of nocturnal flightless birds, once thought extinct, gains a new member after 81 days in the egg.
National Safety Council notes 92 cities over 10 000 population had zero traffic deaths in 1948. Medford Massachusetts with 67 477 residents was the largest city to record no fatalities last year.
Senator Fear of Delaware tells a senate committee the nation still faces severe rural housing conditions despite a multi billion dollar housing bill. He says rural needs have been largely overlooked in current discussions.
A humorous column notes Churchill Downs plans to stage the Kentucky Derby as a fundraiser for Louisville Medical College. Colonel Matt Winn appears in a mock white coat with stethoscope as part of a playful “bedside manner” theme to aid medical students and emphasize the track’s support for medicine.
Gov Roy Turner proclaims a holiday as Eagle-Lion hosts Tulsa premiere in Tulsa Oklahoma. Cast includes Susan Hayward Robert Preston Chill Wills Jess Barker with 50 mayors present. The event features praise for the film and notes about careers of Errol Flynn Zachary Scott and future musicals with Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers. Bill Conrad of CBS Escape appears in promotional remarks.
Barry warns Hugh that Valeria may marry someone else if he keeps over analyzing. Hugh dismisses the idea but soon receives a call that Val did marry, and Barry cryptically reveals the groom was Hugh himself, before the line goes dead.
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