Balanced Budget Or Lower Taxes Debate Shapes 1956 Campaign
U S Senator Bridges backs balancing the budget over tax cuts arguing a 2 percent revenue overage under a 60 billion outlay is not enough to balance. Senator Byrd contends tax reductions require expenditure cuts and warns against borrowing to cut taxes. Republican leader Hall predicts GOP gains in 1956, with Eisenhower poised for re election.
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Washington
Bridges
Byrd
Reve
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
Rep
Keating
Hall
Bus drivers fired over night curfew in Little Rock
In Little Rock and North Little Rock after 8 p.m. bus service is suspended due to alleged first degree murder attempts on nonunion drivers. Eugene Warren of Capital Transit Co. cited six gunfire incidents as the reason for withdrawing nonunion staff. AFL union officials deny union involvement.
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Little Rock
Ark
North Little Rock
Eugene Warren
Capital Transit Co
AFL Motor Coach Employes Union
Are you next sign greets Grand Rapids license seekers
In Kent County sheriff's office a sign above the driver’s license desk asks Are you next and points to a chart plus 23 grisly photos of fatal auto crashes. A separate note mentions Heather, brought from Scotland, now growing in New Jersey.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Kent County
United States
Scotland
New Jersey
Shark tows skin diver two miles off Lauderdale coast
In Lauderdale Florida a six foot shark pulled diver James Jones 24 two miles after being speared. Jones clung to a 10 foot line for two hours as he towed the fish through 15 foot deep water before the spear pulled free and he swam back to his boat.
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Lauderdale
Fla
Atlantic
James Jones
Jones
Shattuck of Ionia County Court a one man boat maker
Ionia County Circuit Court bailiff Shattuck is described as a one man production figure who has built 500 fishing boats since 1936 as a hobby. The boats typically cost about 385 each for friends and boat liveries. The piece also notes the four basic tastes: sweet salty bitter and sour.
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Itonia
Michi Oren
Shattuck
Ionia County
This bosom business refutes breastfeeding vanity
A Reader's Digest article argues against the belief that breastfeeding harms a mother’s figure. A gynecologist explains why this vanity robs women of motherhood’s joys and may cause physical harm. The August issue promises 41 condensed articles from leading magazines and books.
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Reader’s Digest
Brenda the gale threatens the Louisiana coast from Gulf of Mexico
The second major tropical storm Brenda moves toward the Mississippi delta at near hurricane strength with winds of 50 to 60 mph. The Weather Bureau places Brenda southeast of Burrwood Louisiana and forecasts slow growth while issuing warnings from the river mouth to Galveston and small craft alerts from Mobile to Brownsville. The storm’s center lies south of the Mississippi River mouth as gales extend 80 to 100 miles.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Brenda
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Burrwood
Delta
Mississippi River
Texas
Galveston
Tex
Mobile
Ale
Brownsville
Atlantic
Pakistan Slashes Rupee Value to About One Cent
Pakistan cut the rupee to roughly 1 cent, aligning with other sterling bloc currencies. The move, urged by Karachi, aims to boost foreign demand for rising exports of manufactured goods as Britain’s devaluation effects ripple through its economy.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Sian
Britain
U.S
Commonwealth
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United Kingdom
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