Sidetrack Tax Bill Sparks Odor Claim and Debate
A sidetrack tax proposal faces criticism over odor concerns and financial impact. Officials push the measure citing modernization benefits while opponents cite potential environmental and fiscal risks.
07 Nov 1947
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1947
Page
1
A sidetrack tax proposal faces criticism over odor concerns and financial impact. Officials push the measure citing modernization benefits while opponents cite potential environmental and fiscal risks.
The retired general testified to Ferguson that Hughes had claimed the flying boat contract was cancelled, but the general said this was in error.
Rep Harold Knutson of Minnesota failed to sway House Republican leaders to act on income tax reductions at the November special session. He said the tax bill would likely be moved to January as the first order of business when the regular session convenes.
A cold snap reveals radiators need antifreeze as demand outstrips supply. Alcohol substitutes scarce with alcohol contango and gray market routes from Houston and Milwaukee. Dealers report rationing, rising prices, and long lines at stations as buyers seek any available permanent or improvised antifreeze.
Miss Truman rehearsed for a concert at Municipal Auditorium testing acoustics and backdrops and later gave interviews at KGNC. She attended dinner with the Harringtons and plans a reception after the show. Tickets at Panhandle Concert Bureau with box office opening at 7. Capacity indications ranged near full.
London dispatch notes Russia staged massed military displays in Red Square for the 30th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Marshal Bulganin led the parade. Stalin was absent, reportedly at Sochi. Radio Moscow described the Soviet as peacemakers while warning against imperialists.
Funeral services for Allen Early 67 Amarillo leader and philanthropist will be announced after his brother arrives from Tennessee. He died yesterday after drowning at Weatherly Lake near Des Moines NM where his boat capsized in windy conditions.
The forecast shows continued cold tonight with a warming trend starting tomorrow. Highs near 52 today and 61 tomorrow with lows around 24 tonight. In the West area temperatures dip to 20s and 30s with broader ranges across New Mexico and the Panhandle.
Williams-Boyce Agency offers comprehensive personal liability insurance for you and your family with contact phone number 6334.
Two lions roamed West Dallas streets after escaping Noble Hamiter’s cage. One lion was killed, the other cornered and recaptured by Hamiter and a posse. George Pointer, 43, was bitten on the arm. Hamiter shot the female, then helped trap the calmer male. Deputies watched with sub-machine guns as the incident prompted panic.
A nine woman jury in Wooster Ohio awarded 5000 dollars to 33 year old Amish farmer Andrew J Yoder who said shunning by four church officials harmed his health income and civil rights after he bought an automobile for his paralyzed daughter in 1942 He sought 40000 dollars and claimed the action amounted to a social outcast status The case focused on actions by Amish church leaders rather than the church itself and concluded with the damages verdict tenter
Father Joseph T. O Callahan, the Fighting Padre and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, will speak at 8 15 tonight in the high school auditorium on Roots of Courage. He will compare moral and physical courage using the Franklin’s crew as examples and recount his actions during the shipboard fire.
Dwight P. Griswold announced that weapons ammunition and combat materiel provided to Greece would end the rebellion. He refused to reveal quantities at his news conference. In Washington a plan to shift foreign aid administration from the State Department to a new agency was tentatively approved by the House Foreign Economic Committee.
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