Memphis City Appeals Court Challenge On Franchise Tax
Memphis argues before the 6th U S Circuit that a lower court misapplied state and federal constitutions by allowing Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co to pass a 1.25 million dollar annual franchise tax to customers. The city contends the 1961 law limits pass throughs and that the 18 year agreement extends an older deal.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
UPI
Memphis
U. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals
Frank Gianotti
Cuthom Bell Telephone and Tele
Graph Co
J. C. Bass
Nashville
Robert McRea
McRea
Fifteen Finish 50 Mile Hike From Nashville to Lebanon
In a trek begun with 47 youngsters, fifteen completed the more than 50 mile hike to Lebanon and back on Wednesday night. Some dropped out due to fatigue and blisters, while others quit along the route.
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Nashville
Lebanon
ARA Weighs Assisting Institute at Tullahoma Project
Washington reports the Area Redevelopment Administration will consider aiding the space institute at Tullahoma Tennessee while a national forecast puts winter wheat at 2.9 million bushels and talks move toward financing the Appalachian region project.
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Washington
API
Area Redevelopment Administra
Ter
Stion
See
Agriculture de
Tullahoma
Tenn
Tennessee Finance Commission
Harlan Mathews
IARA
William Batt
Batt
Tennessee
Mathews
Richmond
Ind
Eisenhower
House
Floyd Nixon
Nixon Tool Co
Bass, Davis
Everett
Evins
Fulton
Frank Clement
Vic
Republican Baker
Appalachian
Columbus
Ohio
Murray
Brock
Quillen
Richard Fulton
Joe L. Evins
United States
National
Puerto Rico
Air Force
National Science Foundation
Feeremian
Belmont Park Closes Over Grandstand Safety Concerns
Belmont Park in New York shuts its thoroughbred racing for safety reasons after officials warn of possible grandstand collapse. The move, described as necessary for public safety, ends more than six decades of racing at the historic track.
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New York
UPI
Belmont Park
James Cox Bredy
State Racing Association
Widow's Story Shapes Wilson Death Case
Nashville police and District Attorney Nichol pursue a murder case against Mrs. Wilson after she recounts a sword incident that led to her husband John Wilson's death. The fashionable Meade home was the scene as a yari sword pierced his chest during a dispute with stepson and other family.
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Nashville
UPI
Nichol
Wilson
Harry Nichol
Wilan
John Bostick
Itsu Meade
Jed
Wil Nichol
Deputy clerk battles car decal fiasco in Memphis
In Memphis a criminal court deputy clerk nicknamed Bulletfingers Bil recalled how he ruined four license decal sets while trying to apply them to a freshly bought car. He and a trusted friend failed to fit the decals, and Mulligan bought set No 5 on Wednesday with hopes it will work.
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Memphis Upi
Yang
Bulletfingers Bil
William F. Mulligan
Mulligan
Submarine Pioneers: Holland and Van Drebel Claims
United Press International notes disputed claims on early submarine invention. John P. Holland is credited by some sources, while Cornelius Van Drebel, a Dutchman serving King James I, built a Thames vessel in 1620 reportedly powered by twelve rowers at a depth of twelve feet for two hours, per Britannica.
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United Press International
John P. Holland
United States
Iset
Cornelius van Drebel
James I
England
Thames
Encyclopedia Britannica
Freeman Ends Whirlwind TVA Tour in Tennessee
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman completes a TVA tour in Tennessee with a flight over Jackson area conservation projects and an inspection of the Duck River watershed. He plans a Nashville conference with officials and to sign a document expanding USDA aid to Bedford County Soil Conservation District and promote rural development. He urged RAD innovation for cropland and criticized moving farm families to cities.
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Jackson, Tenn
Orville Freeman
Tennesste Valley Authority
Tennessee
Jackson
TVA
Nashville
Freeman
Frank Clement
USDA
Bedford County
Scientist backs cutting moon program to save billions
Dr Ralph E Lapp urged Lausanne school for girls that semi intelligent instruments could replace crews for lunar study. He called for cutting excess defense spending and warned the United States already has over kill capacity with power to destroy the Soviet Union 25 times.
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Mempris
API
Ralph E. Lapp
Lapp
Lausanne School For Girls
United States
Soviet Union
Return To Work After Ferro Fiberglass Strike
About 150 Ferro Corp fiberglass plant workers returned to their 7 am shifts with over 300 affected, as union leader Billy Pardue and company attorney Joseph Martin met to push toward resolving grievances including time lost to injuries and proposed rules changes. The union and company hold a collective bargaining agreement with arbitration, while Pardue says most members stayed away from the picket lines.
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Nashville
UPI
Ferro Corp
Joseph Martin
Billy Pardue
United Glass and Ceramic Workers Union
Pardue
Owain Miller
Bo “Yworks
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