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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
2
Congress postponed the Social Security bill battle to Monday over reducing benefits for women and disabled workers and raising payroll taxes. Also notes party squabbles over public versus private power and farm soil bank payments amid drought crop losses.
Metropolitan opera star Jan Peerce drew an enthusiastic ovation in Moscow at Tschiakovsky Hall before over 2,000 listeners. He became the first American solo singer in the Soviet Union since before World War II, delivering 17 songs and eight encores.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a contract with Yankee Atomic Electric Co of Boston to aid development and operation of a large scale nuclear power plant in Rowe Massachusetts. It is the first contract under ARC power demonstration reactor program with construction costs estimated at 34 million dollars.
The United States and 21 other nations reached a Geneva agreement to cut tariffs on items totaling over 2 billion dollars a year. U S direct cuts on imports were 677 million dollars in 1954 with indirect boosts bringing the total, while U S exports gained 400 million dollars in direct concessions.
Dr Paul Dudley White who treated President Eisenhower after his heart attack says the president has a great deal of equanimity. He recalled asking the president what he did after a bad golf shot and the president said he learned to laugh though not always sincerely. Equanimity is calm temper even among golfers.
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