Rackets Probe Throws Scare Into Labor Chiefs
United Press reports the Senate rackets inquiry into labor unions including the Teamsters is creating fear of renewed anti union sentiment. States may push new right to work laws and push for a national union shop ban, with Indiana recent adoption signaling spread beyond the South. Labor fears heightened by Taft Hartley era provisions and potential tougher restrictions.
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Raymond Lah
United Press
Washington
Sennet
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
May Seto
Indiana
Fighten
Robert A A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
OCW Chief Attacks School Aid Proposals
Dr Dan Procter president of Oklahoma College for Women said bills to aid education in Congress are well meaning but unrealistic He noted 74 of 16 bills propose loans to needy students and argued women teachers avoid borrowing He warned many women will not pursue long degrees preferring secretarial work and lower salaries He added many teachers are women and that current aid bills fail to solve the need for 133 additional qualified teachers.
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Chickasha UW
Dan Procter
Oklahoma College For Women
Congress
Procter
Teachers of Oklahoma
Steinbeck Film Aims to Soothe Oklahoma Legislators
Oklahoma lawmakers will view a five minute Steinbeck interview provided by KGEO to ease ruffled nerves on the house floor Monday. The author praises Oklahomans, notes prosperity, defends The Grapes of Wrath while denying harm to Okies, and comments on state views.
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Oklahoma City
John Steinbeck
Oklahoma
Steinbeck
House of Representatives
Enid
KGEO
J. H. Belvin
Durant
Belvin
George Nigh
McAlester
Oklahoma stockyards set for 11th annual market lamb show
The Oklahoma City Stockyards host the 11th annual market lamb and wool show on April 25 drawing sheep raisers from Oklahoma Texas New Mexico and Kansas. Entries include market lambs with weight limits 80 to 110 pounds purebred rams and range raised ewes. The Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Association will hold its first annual meeting with the show. County agents report a consumer education program boosting quality eye sales 300 percent. Jack Carter named Oklahoma chairman for Dairy Month with 71 area chairs. A Zato 27th half-interest sold for 8500 and Ralston Purina’s R M Bethke to speak at Oklahoma A M s Feeders Day. Over 2000 stockmen expected for research reports and beef grilling. If warm weather holds Eastern fruit outlook remains favorable despite brief freezes.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Stockyards
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers Association
Ralston Purina Company
R. M. Bethke
Oklahoma! A&m
Bethke
American Society of Animal Production
Elmer Johnson Wins Door Prize At Lawton Conference
Elmer Johnson received a door prize of two white sidewall tires during a salesmen's meeting of Anderson Prichard Company at Hotel Lawtonian in Lawton attended by Ernest Burcham and David Sinor. Volume for volume aluminum weighs one third as much as steel.
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Elmer Johnson
Ernest Burcham
David Sinor
Anderson-Prichard of Company
Lawtonian
Lawton
Budget-Cutters Near One Billion in Cuts to Ike Budget
US House budget-cutters say they are nearing one billion dollars in reductions to President Eisenhower's 37.3 billion budget with aims to reach two to three times that. A Thursday labor and welfare bill lifted total cuts to 827.4 million, while the Appropriations Committee eyed higher savings behind closed doors and the Commerce Department request of 871.5 million. The House cleared the labor and welfare measure by voice vote before sending it to the Senate after a day of roll calls. The package totaled 2.8 billion, down 14 million from the administration's request.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
Labor and Welfare
Senate
Eden and Wife Stop In Fiji En Route To Honolulu
Sir Anthony Eden and his wife rested in Suva Government House grounds before continuing to Honolulu on their way to Boston. The 59-year-old former British prime minister is traveling from a New Zealand vacation for a medical checkup by Dr. Richard Cattell who operated on him in Boston in 1953 for a bile duct issue.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Sir Anthony Eden
Honolulu
Boston
New Zealand
Richard Cattell
Adams Defense Rests In London Murder Trial
In London the defense rests after 15 days of testimony in the trial of Dr. Joan Bodkin Adams charged with murdering 81 year old Mrs Edith Alice Morrell with narcotic overdoses. Adams did not testify as summation began.
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London
Geoffy
Joan Bodkin Adams
Adams
Old Bailey Court
Lawrence Rose
Edith Alice Morrell
U.S. Seeks Mexico Approval for Hill as New Ambassador
Mexico City report says the United States has asked Mexico to approve Robert C. Hill as the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico. Hill would replace Francis White, who will be transferred to Sweden, according to Foreign Minister Luis Padilla Nervo.
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Mexico City
United States
Robert C. Hill
U.S
Mexico
Luis Padilla Nervo
Padilla
Hill
Francis White
Sweden
Teamster Denies Tipping Probers
Washington AP The attorney for John English denied reports that the Teamster official tipped or encouraged the Senate Rackets Committee. English was accused by the Teamsters executive board of being a stool pigeon after the Wednesday publications. Thatcher said English volunteered no information and only gave answers and documents when subpoenaed.
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Washington
Teamster
John English
English
Senate
Herbert Thatcher
Teamsters Executive Board
Thatcher
Dave Beck
Underworld
Beck
Film Viewed by Chattanooga Church on Work at Orphans Home
Rev J Dixon field representative of the Baptist Orphans Home spoke at a midweek meeting of the rural Baptist church. The congregation made an offering for the home.
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Chattanooga
J. Dixon
Baptist Orphans Home
Reral Baptist Church
Reds Deny Using Spain's Gold Hoard
London report cites Pravda denying claims that Spain deposited 500 tons of gold with the Soviet treasury and later spent it to fund the fight against Franco. Moscow radio quotes the Soviet Communist party organ calling the foreign press fabrications.
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Spain
London
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Soviet Communist Party
Soviet loans to Spanish Republic cited by USSF in 1957
The Lawton Constitution reports that the U S government reportedly granted the Spanish Republican government a credit of wartime funds, with approximately 35 million dollars repaid from an original larger sum. The article notes the Soviet government retained part of the funds.
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Lawton
USSF
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