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WASHINGTON, —Witnesses before a senate agriculture subcommittee urged l»st week
that much of the' nation's big food surplus e given to the hungry.
The’ subcommittee is studying several, proposals, . VneV would make food available
through a stamp system, with the needy exchanging ti^e,-stamps for food at
Another would direct the- agriculture department to' buy surplus food aod improve
its systbi-of allocating it to needy families. . , • .
Emil mazey, Secretary-treasurer of the United Auto workers, said, "it is vthe
clean responsibility of congress to provide at least the. minimum .dietary require
ments necessary for the general health of those who 'become victims of the defici—
encies in our-economic system. ' , -
<une witness, Patrick B. Healy ol the National Milk Producers; Federation, said
he approved the general objectives‘of all the flans.
WASHINGTON,—President Eisenhower has asked congress tq.put V..higher; limit on the
national debt and authorize increased interest rates for government; securities.
Some- Democratic, lawmakers attacked the[ proposal.A nuaber of congressional.sources
agreed,, however, that the'-debt ceiling must'be raised before' June 30. to k&epthe
government-operating.The president said, the government cannot compete, in the,. open
securities market under statitcry interest limit, of 4rl/4 per cent now in -effect.
EDUARDS AIR FORGET -Ba&E, CALIF.—The'experimental rocket ship.X-l5 Monday: • egynp^et
od its first powerless glide flight over the Mojave desert. ■ v. ’>*
The sleek aircraft, America's f irst manned, space vehicle, glided .back.-.to::Earth
on its:own stubby wings without fuel, The test flight' was considered^a complete
success. *> ' • ‘ ' ,
Test pilot Scott Cressfielcf, 37, set the'dart-shaped craft down on the Rogers
dry lake runway 1«cf this base four.;minutes after it was -dropped from the right*
wing of the B-52 "mot-her ship" at an altitude of 38,000 feet.— ;
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., A 32-year-old housewife .was killed while sitting on her porch
last, week when she was struck: illfthe. neck "by t.he ..broken blade of a power mower
her husband was operating 35 feet dWay. ' . *
Investigators said the blade '‘struck Mrs. Leah Keoly on the left side of the
neck, severing her jugular vein. Sl^e died while a physician examined her.
Keely said he tipped the gasoline-p-.wered mower to maneuver it across all/4
inch pipe imbedded in the lawn but the pelade struck the pj.pe a.nd snapped. A
JEFFERSON,1' IOWA, Quick action by firemerA was . credited with..paying ... resident,a /here
of sickness or possible death:from ammonia fumes.
Deadly annhydrous ammonia be^an pouring out.of a Milwaune^ road tank-cur at
the siding.-of the G&W Farm’Service Co.' The ammonia escaped after an employee of
the company, Robert Hamilton, was attempting to close a valve on the tmk car.
The wheel of the big valve snapped and the ammonia began squirting out of an
air vent. *- a •* * ' ; »t
Hamilton called firemen who donned special masks and finally capped the vent.
Firemen then had to wash down the area.as the ammonia wcula haye formed into a
gas and would have caused instant death or severe sickness. . •
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