War Claims Bill Change Due In Wake Of Gifts
Senate leader Mansfield prioritizes revamp of the Philippines war claims bill after disclosure of lobbyist John A. O’Donnell gifts to lawmakers. Fulbright favors lump sum to Philippine government to halt fees. committee hearings note potential $150k to $300k earnings.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Mansfield
Montanan
John A. O'Donnell
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
George P. Miller
D-Calif
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
O'Donnell
Zablocki
Miller
House
Humphrey
Philippines
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
O’donnell
Francisco A. Delgado
Justice Department
Public Foreign Relations Committee
Italian Doctors End Strike After Fee Boost Agreement
Government mediation halted a week-long doctors strike by 45,000 physicians in Italy. An immediate 40 percent fee increase was agreed with plans to revise schedules and simplify forms. Rioting occurred in Taranto as workers protested, police used tear gas, and six officers were injured with ten protesters arrested.
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Rome
Taranto
Virginio Bertinelli
Italy
Naples
Car Wash by Scout Post 142 at Church
Explorer Post 142 led by Lt. Rob ert McFarland will hold a car wash at the First Presbyterian Church on 13th and A from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Fee is 1 dollar. Proceeds support the group's summer camp. volunteers will also pick up and deliver cars.
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First Presbyterian Church
Explorer Post
Robert McFarland
McFarland
Fugitive Otney Brought In After Gunfire and Flight
A 34 year old fugitive James Lewis Otney appeared before a U S commissioner on a charge of transporting a stolen car across state lines. Bond set at 100000 removal hearing scheduled for May 3. Otney fled from Wichita officers during a gunfight and was captured hiding in a tool shed in Oklahoma City. The pursuit unsettled residents near Augusta Kansas where two slayings had occurred, though no link to the escape is established.
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Oklahoma City
U. S
James Lewis Otpey
Wichita
Kan
FBI
William Page
Texas
Otney
Augusta
Sedgwick County
Earl Bowlin
Bowlin
Aerialist Yetta Grotofent Dies in Shrine Circus Fall
Four thousand six hundred sixty six spectators watched Yetta Grotofent crash from a 30 foot pole during a Shrine Circus act in Omaha. The Wallenda family performer died from likely neck injury after slipping or fainting during a back swing. Her husband Arthur assisted. officials ruled death on arrival at hospital. Born Henrietta Kreis in Germany, she joined the Wallenda troupe with sister Helen. Helen married Karl Wallenda. The troupe had recent accident history, with two prior fatalities in Detroit and a related high wire incident.
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Omaha, Neb
Yetta Grotofent
Wallendas
Shrine Circus
Yetta
Dieter Schepp
Richard Faughnan
Detroit
Shrine
Henrietta Kreis
Germany
Helen
United States
The
Wallenda Troup
Karl Wallenda
Arthur Grotefent
Karl
Grotofents
Sarasota
Fla
Goats Ramp Armory Doors In Odd New Pleasant Grove Incident
National Guard soldiers at the New Pleasant Grove armory woke to chaos as three goats rammed the front door last Monday and a second trio caused a similar breach on Thursday. Local authorities filed no injuries and the motive behind the unusual trespass remains unclear.
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Dallas
UPI
National Guard
New Pleasant Grove
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Massachusetts
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William E. Miller
R-N.y
GOP
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Walter Judd
Rminn
Allen Frear
D-Del
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ssl
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
E. L. Bartlett
Alaska
Democratic National Committee
Pngss
Frank Sneed
By Randall W. Blake
Kristensen Troupe of
Equestrians
Maruela
Frank Scott
Semyt ‘Aynjevelz
Scott
Arthur
McCord
C Avenue
City National
4Th & D
Lawton- Free
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F.C
T-M
Lawton Speedway
Discount Department Store
Lawton
OKLA
LABOR
Amana
Sprague
Kincannon
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