Federal aim for nationwide uniform traffic signs
The federal government seeks to end conflicting signs nationwide to reduce traffic deaths. Federal Highway Administrator Rex M. Whitton says uniform signs signals and markings will improve safety as President Kennedy Commerce Secretary Hodges and the Bureau of Public Roads receive hundreds of letters monthly from citizens seeking highway improvements.
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Washington
Nana
Rex M. Whitton
Kennedy
Secretary of
Commerce
Luther H Hodges
Bureau of Public Roads
Highway signs uniformity urged for safety
Whitton urged federal and state action to standardize traffic control devices and improve sign clarity. He cited studies showing widespread nonstandard signs, cost projections for modernization, and efforts across Iowa New York Florida Illinois New Hampshire Wisconsin Missouri Indiana to enforce uniform standards.
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Whitton
National Conference On Uniform
Bureau of Public Roads
Iowa State Highway Commission
Public Roads Bureau
Automotive Safety Foundation
Iowa
New York State
Florida
American Automobile Association
Illinois
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Missouri
Indiana
Tax Relief Proposed On Expense Accounts
Director Mortimer Caplin said the IRS is studying changes to travel and business deduction rules. He noted some proposed rules may be too stringent and hinted at corrections. A key potential revision would drop the receipt requirement for travel gifts or entertainment costs above ten dollars.
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Washington
UPT
Mortimer
Caplin
Internal Revenue Service
TRS
Scandinavians To Tour Dixie
The State Development Commission arranged a two week Florida and southeastern U S tour for about 700 Scandinavians expected in January. Commission Chairman Wendell Jarrard returned from Scandinavian countries where he planned the visit. He noted strong interest in Florida as a vacation spot and economic potential.
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Tallahassee, Fla
UPI
State Development Commission
Florida
United States
Commission
Wendell Jarrard
Soviet Mars I Space Station Photo Reported
Russ Magazine in Moscow published a photograph of the Soviet Mars I space station and its carrier rocket. The photo reportedly shows the probe as a bright point, about 14th magnitude, details described by The UPI as taken through a telescope and 190000 times fainter than brighter stars in sailor constellations.
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Voscow
UPT
Ogonek
Tuss
Caliente Man Sets Record In Service to District
Lloyd C. Denton of Caliente Nevada has set a national record for long service on the Meadow Valley Soil Conservation District board. Re elected continuously since April 1938 he is a non farmer member famed as the Caliente Main Street Farmer. Denton operates a motion picture theatre since 1912 and has led efforts in parks highways flood control and resource development in Lincoln County. His service was honored with a plaque from the Nevada Association of Soil Conservation Districts at Reno on November 30.
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Lloyd C. Denton
Caliente
Nevada
Annals of Soil Conservation Districts
Meadow Valley
Lincoln County
Dentons
Nevada Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Asomation
Reno
Five Year Old Indian Girl Cooks For Siblings
In Los Angeles UPI reports a Hop Indian girl aged five acted as chief cook for her abandoned half-brother and three sisters over the weekend. The children say their parents left Friday night. authorities search for Marvin and Alice Joseph as the youngsters were placed in a juvenile facility Saturday night.
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Florida Ann Joseph
Punkie
Marvin
Alice Joseph
Ann Marie
Dorothy
Beverly Jean
Thomas Michael Numkena
Kind Deed Backfires For Texas Jailer
Bonham Texas UPI reports Quincey Moore Carpenter 25 of Garland asked a jailer to call his wife to check on their baby. The jailer opened the door and Carpenter took off running and was last seen fleeing the facility.
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Texas
Bonham, Tex
UPI
Quincey Moore Carpenter
Garland
Tex
Fannin County
Carpenter
Helpful Waitress Aids Bank Robber at Duke Mansfield’s
In Miami a waitress shouted to inform a robber that he dropped his change at Duke Mansfield’s restaurant Saturday night. Another employee intervened to stop the waitress from pursuing the matter, noting the bill dropper had just held up the cashier.
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Miami
TFPI
Duke Mansfield
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