EBMUD Tax Cut Revealed For 1952 53 Budget
Oakland announces no cent change in the East Bay Municipal Utility District tax rate for 1952 53. President Louis J Breuner cites higher assessed property values and improved efficiency as reasons. The rate remains 31 cents per 100 valuation for Special District No 1. Breuner notes debt declined from 77 million to 47.3 million while water use rose over 110 percent in a decade.
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Louis J. Breuner
Esmud Board of Directors
EAMUD
Alameda
Albany
Berkeley
Emeryville
Piedmont
Breuner
KBMUD
EBMUD
Brewer
Reemer
Prohibition Is Issue in Mississippi Referendum
Mississippi voters face a tight referendum on total prohibition amid a state bonanza of illegal whisky and a 10 percent tax on illicit liquor. The wets urge local option while the dry faction seeks strict enforcement, drawing clergy and newspapers into a pitched public debate as turnout appears light.
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Jackson
Miss
John Barleyeord
Mississippi
Gold Coast
John Raineycorn
Jackson Daily News
India study visit to U.S. agriculture program partners
Twenty two India's agriculture officials began a two month study of American farm programs by meeting with farm experts. The visit includes stops at agricultural centers in six states as part of India's effort to boost food output and raise living standards in its 507,000 rural villages.
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India
U.S
Washington .i
Record Employment Peaks in California Amid July Growth
California's total civilian employment rose to 4,798,000 by mid July, a new non agricultural high of 4,289,000. Farm jobs fell about 10,000, while fruit and vegetable canning boosted overall hiring. Alameda County reports July industrial growth at 1.11 million and 361 new jobs, with major plant expansions including Presstek.
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California
Paul Schattanberg
Department of Industrial Relations
James G. Bryant
Department of Employment
Huo
Alameda County
Charles P. Howard
4Th Street
Berkeley
Ripe Supply Base Bombed By UN Planes
Seoul reports a five hour UN raid on a ripe communist supply base near Anju on the Chongchong river in northwest Korea. Twelve B 20s dropped 500 pound bombs on a 40 acre area, creating heavy smoke and secondary blasts. Weather hampered ground actions and fighter-bombers were grounded most of the day.
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Fargut
U.N
Bunker Hill
Army Denies Two Officers Spied on Russ
Berlin reports say American Army officials denied espionage charges against three officers and an enlisted man held 35 hours by Soviets. Lt. Col. Gerald Dunn of New Ulm Minnesota Capt. William R. Coucher of Baltimore Maryland and Pvt. Arnold P. Swenson of Port Arthur Texas were arrested August 15 by a 40 man Russian patrol on a Soviet zone highway near a Russian airfield. The Russians said they were arrested for speeding in retaliation for the arrest of a Soviet lieutenant colonel in the American zone, a claim denied by U.S. officials.
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Minn
William R.coucher
Baltimore
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Swenson
Port Arthur
Tex
Nixon Says Ske Liker Whistle Tour
Senator Richard M. Nixon said Eisenhower will be enhanced as presidential candidate because he is not a politician. He praised Eisenhower’s whistle stop style and said the GOP must guard against shouting too early. Nixon predicted Ike will win broader support and secure more cross party agreements.
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Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Adizi_E. Stevens
Nixon
Republican Party
Mixon
Color Video Tests To End in '53
Washington reports that color television field tests under a new system will conclude by early next year. Experts say commercial use awaits trained technicians and defense-supplied materials, with GE's W F G Baker leading the committee.
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Washington
W. F G. Baker
Syracuse
General Electric Company
Whong Place To Sit Chicopee Bowl Collapse Injury
Wayne Manchester twelve required hospital treatment after sitting on an empty goldfish bowl that collapsed. No further details provided.
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Chicopee
Mass
Wayne Manchester
Floods Hit Truce Camp at Panmunjom in Korea
A flash flood from the Chon River swamped the UN camp inside Panmunjom’s neutral zone forcing evacuation of personnel to higher ground. Major Riley V. Jackson led the response, with all personnel and equipment saved except a bag of flour and 25 pounds of sugar. Supplies were flown in by helicopter as talks resume Wednesday amid ongoing disputes over prisoner repatriation.
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Sachon
Yellow Seq
United Nations
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Sumter
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Peiping Radio
Hg Jong
Fort Worth Crash Sparks Astray Pedestrian Confrontation
Fred F. Duke swerved to avoid a pedestrian and collided with Samuel A. Clark in Fort Worth. While rescuers argued about the accident, a woman approached and struck the eye, then left.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Fred F. Duke
Samuel A. Clark
Lesbrian
Man Trades Wheelchair for Fixed-Goal Craft in Lebanon
Clyde Bardell runs a repair shop in Lebanon, travels between home and business on a miniature aerial tram, while seated in a wheelchair most of the day. He has endured a waist-down paralysis for 28 years, yet carries on with grit and ingenuity.
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Lebanon
Clyde Bardell
Airliner H hits sea near Sicily. three dead
A British airliner with 67 aboard crashed off Sicily soon after leaving London for Malta. Three bodies recovered and initial reports listed 49 rescued and five missing, while Palermo reported 50 rescued, four missing. London Airwork said Hermes was chartered by the Sudanese government.
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Stelly
Sicilian
London
Mediterranean
Malta
Palermo
Sicily
London Airwork Limited
Hermes
Khartoum
Sudan
Chicago Tribune Reports Public Response to Americat Party Proposal
The Chicago Tribune said it received many messages over the weekend about Del Robert R. McCormick's suggestion to form a new political party called the Americat party. McCormick, backing Senator Robert A. Taft for the GOP nomination, urged voters to skip both Eisenhower and Stevenson in the upcoming presidential contest.
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Chicago Tribune
Robert R. McCormie
Americat Party
McCormick
WGN
Tribune
Mutual Broadcasting System
Robert A. Tal
Dwight D. Bistphower
Adlai E. Stavenson
Illinois
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