Legislation Aims to Ban Political Action Committees
Washington report outlines a plan to outlaw PACs by amending the federal practices act to bar any salary, contribution, or solicitation tied to elections for federal officers. Rep Arends and others back the measure amid GOP leadership support and mixed Democrat backing. The article notes congressional debate and a labor-side critique, with unrelated personal detail about a honeymoon taxi ride.
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Washington
INL
Political Action Committee
PAC
Rep
Arends
East to West Coast by Taxi and Back by Same Means
Lafayette taxi owner Lea eee Ga and Capt H L Kipp married in Lafayette after a cross country taxi trip to San Diego for a honeymoon. Harold Martin drove the route via Shreveport Dallas and Phoenix to California and offered return to Quantico Virginia at the voyage’s end. The fare to California totaled 750 dollars as the couple began new married life.
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Lea Eee
W. Luke
Lafayette
West Coast
H. L. Kipp
North Georgia
San Diego
Calif
Kipp
Harold Martin
Shreveport
Dallas
Texas
Phoenix
Ariz
Quantico
Santa Monica
Virginia
Luke
Harold
California
Georgia
Silver Creek
Minn
Norma Clinton
Fifteen Nazi POWs Die In Train Truck Crash
In Blissfield Michigan a collision between a New York Central passenger train and an army truck killed fifteen German prisoners of war. Eleven others, including a military police guard and the civilian truck driver, were critically injured. The truck carried 26 prisoners at the time of impact. Two of the deceased were former Afrika Korps members.
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Blissfield
Mich
New York Central
Pvt
Edward B. Laeughrin
Adrian
Pasquale Martinez
Great Lakes Sugar Company
Priso
Richard Bemont
Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
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House Military Committee
House
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Great Smoky Mountains
Mind
Cedar Rapids
2Nd Ave
Smashup
Simmons
Tress
Newman’s
New Furniture Department
Newman
Coods
Knit Unions
Ecru
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