Report on federal payroll and pay increases
House committee notes a smaller federal payroll but higher total pay due to Congress approved raises. Sen Harry Byrd states civilian employment in fiscal 1958 averaged 2,347,345 with total pay 11.455 billion dollars including 328 million in retroactive increases. He cites October figures showing 2,355,192 workers and 11 billion in pay.
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House Committee On
Congress
Washington
Sencreases
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Senate
Alaska Enriched by Mail Asks And Answers About Alaska
Alaska receives a flood of inquiries after statehood as residents and foreigners ask about homesteading work and living there. The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce curates pamphlets and directs questions to Alaska agencies while noting it is not an employment service.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Nea
Statehood
Greater
Canada
England
Texas
Florida
Maine
Arizona
Montana
Panhandle
Aleutian
Bureau of Mines
June
Alaska Resources
Development Board
Juneau
Alaska Territorial Employment Service
Chamber
Oldest Cardinal Dies In Chile
Jose Maria Cardinal Caro, 92, archbishop of Santiago and the church’s oldest cardinal, died after a week of illness from gastroenteritis leading to uremia and pneumonia. His passing leaves 51 cardinals in the College. 23 more have been designated to be elevated at a December consistory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Jose Maria Cardinal Caro
Roman Catholic Church
College of Cardinals
Red Military Technicians Set to Arrive in Iraq
Soviet military technicians are expected to arrive in Iraq to train the Iraqi armed forces on Soviet tanks jets artillery and motorized equipment. The move follows a Soviet weapons shipment and tightens Iraq closer to the Soviet bloc as Western diplomatic ties are restricted. Kirkuk consulates of the United States Britain and Turkey have been closed as part of the shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iraq
Abdel Kerim Kassem
Kassem
Middle East
United States
Kirkuk
Britain
Turkey
Iran
Shirk Mustafa
Barzan
Soviet Union
Basra
State’ Department
John D. Pdornegan
Rockefeller Asked To Keep Mauhs
An appeal to reappoint Sharon J. Mauhs as state conservation commissioner was filed with Gov Elect Nelson Rockefeller by conservation and sportsmen groups. Petruska confirmed transmitting the request, with Mauhs possibly being replaced by a Republican successor.
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Sharon J. Mauhs
Cableskill
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Maths
Schoharie County
Michael A. Petruska
Roy
State Conserva
Tion Council
Rocbefeller
Mauhs
J. Victor Skiff
Brookview
Rensselaer County
Upstate Blaze Kills 84 Cows In Barn Fire
A large barn fire near Hudson Falls in Washington County destroyed eighty four Holstein cattle and leveled a 50 by 90 foot barn. Kenneth Hodges of Smiths Basin owned the property with an estimated loss of 550000 and the cause remained undetermined.
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Hudson ~S Falls
Washington County
Kenneth Hodges
Smiths Basin
Liquor Use Drops In United States 1958 Figures Cited
United States alcohol consumption reached 212,073,384 gallons of distilled spirits in 1957, reflecting a 15 percent drop from the 1958 level.
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New York
United States
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Fabricon
Troy
Playtex
Whit
Prica
Wilote
Rockefeller
Onus
al Ayy Neos
Fea
Flannelette
Neceline Ant
Von
Oly
Norgross
Denby's Card Shop
Daniel Green
Donne
Dormie
Mee
Denby's Cosmetics
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