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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
6
Hartford regulation clarifies state sales and use tax for isolated or nonrecurring sales. Exempts personal car sales with one annual sale, court ordered sales, and casual fairs, bazaars, and similar events. Nonexempt items include sales integral to a business, multiple car sales, and retail transactions by manufacturers or wholesalers.
London Oct 1 AP report on the upcoming Conservative conference in Brighton where leaders will air a split over nationalization. Old Guard factions push to re‑examine the industrial charter while divisions range from support to revocation of nationalization if the Tories return to power. Churchill to speak as thousands attend.
President Truman sends hearty greetings to the fourth national Holy Name society convention as more than 7000 delegates gather on Boston Common for a five day meeting. Delegates from the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia attend with 26 bishops and hundreds of priests registered. Archbishop Cushing calls it the largest Catholic laymen gathering in Boston. A Sunday parade will cap the event with over 100,000 marchers led by Archbishop Cushing and 25 other archbishops. The U S Maine Corps band from Quantico will join about 100 bands in the procession.
Norman Oklahoma university officials urged married male students to arrive solo for the fall term due to a worsening housing shortage. The move aims to free up scarce apartments and dorm space as University of Oklahoma manages constrained housing resources.
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