Freshman Oklahoma Senator Targets Local Bill Salary Proposals
Freshman state Senator Tom Tipps urged Attorney General Mac Williamson to issue an opinion on the legality of local bills that raise salaries for county officials in much of Oklahoma. Gov. Raymond Gary said he would veto such bills if unconstitutional, though he has allowed about 501 local measures to become law since January.
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Oklahoma City
Mac Q. Williamson
Tom Tipps
D-Ardmore
Williamson
Raymond Gary
Tipps
Gary
Wether Miamian
James Garrett
No Octopus Boiled in Ink Sought by Quigg on Assignment
United Press staffer in Barcelona reports that octopus boiled in its own ink is unavailable in Portugal and Spain. He notes fresh octopus but no inked dish, cites Calamares en su tinta as a miss, and details travel quirks and hotel amenities amid a lively Barcelona scene.
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Doc Quigg
United Press
Barcelona
Spain
Portugal
Mediterranean
America
Pepsi
Coca
Avenida Palace
Chiang and wife deliver Good Friday sermons at Caipei church
President Chiang Kai-shek and his wife preached Good Friday sermons at their Caipei suburb church. He spoke Chinese and she spoke English as Nationalist China’s first couple fasted with many Chinese Christians. The Chiangs are Methodists and the service was broadcast across Formosa.
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Taifei
Chiang Kai-shek
Caipei
China
Chatty Honor Grads Named In Chattanooga
Judy Capshaw is valedictorian and Karen Harvey salutatorian of the graduating class. Capshaw plans to attend College of the Ozarks in Clarksville Arkansas and Harvey to Oklahoma University. Baccalaureate is May 5 at 8 p m with Rev C L Jones delivering the sermon. Commencement May 9 with Bill Cawthon as principal speaker. Other seniors include Beavers Carson Couch Goodknight Harris Huddleston Sarah Regan Sturgeon Watts Woods Strecker.
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Chattanooga
Judy Capshaw
Karen Harvey
Miss Capshaw
College of the Ozarks
Clarksville
Ark
Glee Club
Future Homemakers of America
Miss Harvey
FHA
C. L. Jones
First Baptist Church
Bill Cawthon
Church of Christ
Bill Beavers
Wesley Carson
Kenneth Couch
John Goodknight
Henry Harris
D. W. Huddleston
Robert Sarah
Robert Regan
William Sturgeon
Charles Watts
Lee Woods
Eleanor Strecker
Snowbound Boy Scouts rescued after 5 feet of snow
Fifty Boy Scouts and leaders stranded on Mt Baden Powell in the San Gabriel Mountains were rescued after a storm left more than five feet of snow. Two 13 year olds Dennis Swingle and David Letzinger suffered frostbite, with deputies assisting in the relief operation at 8 600 feet.
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Dennis Swingle
David Letzinger
Lynwood
Calif
Police Save Bank Tellers Big Job
Philadelphia report states John E. Anderson Jr. robbed parking meters and turned in .195 in nickels at the Germantown branch of Western Saving Fund Society. Police captured him. he had 2,000 nickels awaiting deposit in his room.
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Philadelphia
Germantown
Western Saving Fund Society
John E. Anderson Jr
Anderson
Saving Fund
Pilgrims Stream Into Jerusalem During Easter Observances
In Jerusalem the Easter weekend began with a diminished Christian pilgrimage into the Jordanian sector with about 100 crossing at the Mandelbaum Gate in the first hour. Observances include the Way of the Cross and a ritual burial of Christ’s statue in the Holy Sepulchre as tensions loom.
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Jerusalem
Mandebaum
Old Jerusalem
Middle East
Israel
Christ
Jordan
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Benedictus
Jesus
U. N
Gaza
U.N
Biblical
Mt. Zion
David
IRS says Chicago firm pays 174 million tax in 1956
The Internal Revenue Service announced a Chicago firm paid 174 million dollars in 1956 income taxes, enough to give every U S resident one dollar and still leave nearly four million dollars unspent. The IRS did not identify the company.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Service
United States
IRS
Sterling Senior Valedictorian and Salutatorian Named
Don Bailey, star basketball player, is Sterling’s valedictorian for this year with Marinel Hervey Tabb as salutatorian. Bailey serves as senior class president, FFA chapter secretary, and a Junior Master farmer. Mrs Tabb is secretary of the Future Homemakers of America. Additional graduates include Mary Lyon White, Carolyn Cross, Geneva Jacobs, Geneva Wallace, Betty Jones, Nyla Johnson, Ima Cook Davis, Jimmy Julian, Gary Rankin, Edward Carlson and Raymond Holbrooks. Commencement on May 10 with Baccalaureate May 5.
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Sterling
Don Bailey
Marinel Hervey
Bailey
Future Farmers of America
Tabb
Future
Homemakers of America
Mary Lyon White
Carolyn Cross
Geneva Jacobs
Geneva Wallace
Betty Jones
Nyla Johnson
Ima Cook Kay Davis
Jimmy Julian
Gary Rankin
Edward Carlson
Raymond Holbrooks
Missing Space Rocket Found At Maryland Campus
A 15 foot long 20 pound stissine space rocket sent by Republic Aviation Corp was discovered on the roof of the University Administration Building after it was reported missing from the Student Union Building. Campus police and jokers suspect it may have moved under its own power, leaving a note reading Farewell earth people.
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Republic Aviation Corp
Earth People
Actor's Son Guilty Of Drunk Driving
Santa Monica California Edward G Robinson Jr son of the famous actor was convicted of misdemeanor drunk driving for a June 21 1956 accident in which a companion lost an eye A Superior Court jury found him guilty of the lesser offense He is free on 1000 bond awaiting probation and sentencing set for May 13 It marks his second trial on the charge after a prior mistrial in October
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Santa Monica
Calif
Edward G. Robinson Jr
Robinson
Dirst
Singer Voices Alarm Over U S Culture Export Cuts
Honolulu reports soprano Eleanor Steber voices concern as some congressmen seek to abolish or curb the U S program sending cultural artists abroad. She warns such moves would undermine cultural outreach and diplomacy.
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Honolulu
Metropolitan Opera
Eleanor Steber
U.S
Art revival trip ends as U S artist urges response
The speaker, en route to New York after a four month tour to four countries, said Russia is showcasing top artists and urged sending the best American artists in return.
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New York
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