Burns Creek power project faces stalled fate in Congress
The Burns Creek Dam on Idaho’s Snake River faces repeated Congressional rejection. Supporters urge federal funding despite 1960s opposition, citing a $48 million cost and multi purpose aims. Critics call the plan wasteful and politically timed as bills advance.
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Snake River
Idaho
Hugh Scott
Congress
White House
House Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Board of the
Corps of Engineers
Chief of Engineers
Legislature Delays Adjournment Over Tax Plan Debate
The House and Senate will stay in session three weeks longer to craft tax and spending bills. A Senate Concurrent Resolution extends adjournment to finalize an income tax proposal, avoid nuisance taxes, and reconcile budget needs with revenue. Public debate centers on tax structure, spending cuts, and potential referenda on income tax.
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House
Senate
Michigan
Censorship By Taxation Faces Senate Debate
The 1962 tax bill before the Senate would allow deductions for ordinary expenses to inform legislators about matters of direct taxpayer interest. Critics say it amounts to censorship by taxation, restricting outreach to the public and risking free speech and a free press. Editors urge broadening the rule to permit direct public appeals on legislative matters with deductibility.
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Senate
Legislative Committee
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Paul Manns
Bowling Green
Caroline Progress
M. W. Armistead
The Continental Look In Men’s Suits Sparks Debate
A writer rails against the continental fashion trend of slim lapels and pants, arguing it erodes traditional dress. He mocks lacking jacket openings for boutonnières and laments the spread of foreign styles into American manufacturing, rail against modern style and class.
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Legion Honneur
State spending cuts proposed by Midland senator
Senator Lynn O. Francis proposed a package to cut state spending by up to 131 million dollars, including merging bookkeeping systems from 21 to three and abolishing an unused emergency appropriations commission. He also suggested shifting Civil Service functions to police agencies, raising college fees to save 2.5 million, and reducing pension and agency duplications. The plan aims to trim the budget through modest, targeted reforms.
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Lynn O. Francis
Midland
Francis
Civil Service Department
John B. Swainson
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