Illinois cat bill pits bird lovers against cat fanciers
In Springfield Illinois a battle over a proposed law would declare roaming cats a public nuisance and allow citizens to capture them. The measure aimed to protect insect eating songbirds and faced a flood of letters and telegrams urging Governor Adlai Stevenson to veto it.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Spokane
Wash
New York City
Gertrude Charny
Chicago
The
Friends of the Birds, Inc
Glasses Just Hindrance After You Reach 90
In Santa Monica California 90 year old William R. Pinckard faced a judge after a traffic stop. He admitted receiving his first ticket for cutting a corner and failing to yield to a pedestrian and for not wearing glasses as his license requires. He quipped that he sees better without them.
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Santa Monica
Calif
William R. Prickard
Oldster
Thurlow Taft
Pinckard
Deaf Mute Confesses Love Quarrel Over Beating Suspect
Nell Olive Hammack a 26 year old deaf mute admitted quarreling over a love for a roomer hours before her aunt Effie Payne 62 was found beaten to death with a hammer. She denied assaulting her aunt but police plan psychiatric examination and she remains jailed on suspicion of murder intent.
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San Francisco
Nell Olive Hammack
Effie Payne
Miss Hammack
Payne
Nancy
George Willis
Fishbein Denies AMA Old Fogy Claim in Interview
Dr. Morris Fishbein editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association says the claim of being an old fogey is unfounded. He states the medical profession mostly opposes a universal health service and supports the $25 per doctor assessment recommended by the AMA House of Delegates.
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Kansas City
INS
Morris Fishbein
The
Journal of the American Association
Dr. Fishbein
Fishbein
Association
AMA
AMA House of Delegates
Congress
Out of Frying Pan But Check Still Hot
County Tax Assessor Steve Heffington halted a man from paying a $40 hot check fine in County Court at Law. The man intended to hand over the money after cashing a check at the assessor’s office. Heffington verified with the bank that the second check was also hot.
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Steve Heffington
Heffington
Clapp's Baby Foods Marketed for Healthy Growth
A vintage advertisement touts Clapp's Baby Foods as made from fresh fruits vegetables and meats. It emphasizes pressure cooking to preserve minerals and vitamins and claims babies prefer the texture and bland flavor, with a wide range of vegetables soups fruits and puddings.
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Clapp
Smugglers Pursue Beyond Guns for Senoritas
In Brownsville on April 20 a federal case named The United States versus one lot of ammunition one shotgun barrel and one lot of ladies clothing reveals smugglers trying to move 500 rounds of 22 caliber ammo and a shotgun barrel alongside lingerie. The filing defines sustainers as brassieres and lists three pairs of silk panties three pairs of silk hose and four bras in the seized cargo.
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Federal District Court
United States
Houston Stonewalls Win Texas Baseball Championship 1869
The Stonewalls of Houston defeated the Galveston Robert E Lees 34 to 5 at the San Jacinto battleground in eight innings. Umpire W J Mc Kernan declared them champions of Texas amid a celebratory Lynchburg dance.
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Texas
Houston “Stonewalls
Galveston
Robert E. Lees
San Jacinto Battle Ground
Whitelaw
Houston
T He “Stonewalls
W. J. McKernan
St. Louis
Lynchburg
Plan to Widen Fronts by Burma Rebels Reported
Reports from Rangoon describe a conference among three Burma rebel factions the Red Flag Communists White Flag Communists and White Flag PVOs to widen operations against Premier Thakin Nu and to strengthen cross group ties A Indian Communist participant attended the meeting at Prome rail terminus Meantime government planes bombed 800 Karen rebels near Nyaunglebin with 100 killed and nearly 30 million rupees looted from treasuries since March 1948 The Karens seek an independent state separate from Burma union
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Rangoon
Burma
Thakin Nu
Thakin Soe
Red Flag
Thakin Than Tun
White Flag
Bo Po Kun
PVO
People Volunteer Organization
Prome
Nyaunglebin
Burma Union
Court Notices and Marital Filings From Local District Courts
The L3RD DISTRICT COURT lists divorces filed for Hazel Bernice Dobbins versus James Russell Dobbins and Annie Laurie Barrow Davis versus Robert Davis. Declaratory judgments filed for Leslie O'Connor versus Z Skinner and Marjorie Picture versus Grover C Willis. Probate and guardianship actions and two estate filings appear under COUNTY COURT with executrix appointments and guardian requests, plus eight marriage licenses issued for couples including Algie Collins and Ruby Smith and others.
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L3rd District Court
Gardner
Hazel Bernice Dobbins
James Russell Dobbins
Annie Laurie Barrow Davis
Robert Davis
126Th District Court
Roberts
Marjorie Picture
Grover C. Willis
Jim Hoge County Water Control and Improvement District
Order of the Board of Water Engineers
Dolly P. Dickerson Baker
Martin W. Baker
Fine Blended Whiskey 90.5 Proof by Frankfort Distillers Corp
Frankfort Distillers Corp of New York releases a fine blended whiskey with 90.5 proof and a composition of 60 percent grain neutral spirits. The label notes the product origin and spirit content.
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Frankfort Distillers Corp
N.Y
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Stern
American Home Foods
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Rio Grande
Mexico
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Betts
Leslie O'Connor
Z. Skinner
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George Albert Dress
Argaret L. Endress
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Ustin National Bank
Alma E. Thompson
Willie Gene Thompson
Zoho
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