National Sales Tax Faces Bitter Legislative Battle
NAM urges a uniform 4 to 5 percent tax on all manufactured goods with alcohol and tobacco taxed differently, claiming fairness and $10 billion annual revenue. Committee members warn a national sales tax could provoke strong opposition and price shifts at retail, with mixed prospects for approval.
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Lady Senator Blocks McCarthy Subcommittee Report Plan
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine blocked a resolution authorizing the McCarthy subcommittee to file and print its investigations during adjournment. The move aimed to require majority approval of the full Government Operations Committee for such reports, amid Democratic protests and prior staff control disputes. McCarthy's panel, under his chair, faced earlier walkouts by Democrats over hiring and firing authority.
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Senate
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California
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Cityan's Hay Load Destroyed By Prank
A small boy set fire to a wagon load of grass and hay driven by R. L. Caldwell of Lawton View in the unit block on North 14th Street Monday afternoon. Caldwell escaped, but his hay was burned and the wagon bed damaged. Firefighters from Station No. 2 reported the incident.
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Cannery Strike Ends Wednesday In California
In San Francisco the AFL Cannery Workers Union and California Processors and Growers reached a tentative contract after a week of talks. Ratification by both sides is required before a return to work at about 68 canneries, with pickets unlikely to end before Wednesday morning. The strike began last Tuesday with 22,000 workers walking out for higher wages and improved benefits.
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California
AFL Council of Cannery Workers
Teamsters Union
California Processors and Growers, Inc
Wives Meet To Discuss Distaff Duties Of Governors
Wives of the nation's governors held a closed session in Seattle on Tuesday to talk housekeeping and high prices in executive mansions. Hosted by Mrs. Arthur B. Langlie, the gathering aimed to share ideas on budgets, staff sizes, and what costs should be borne by husbands versus electorates.
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Seattle
Arthur B. Langlie
Langlie
Scouts miss jamboree after cross country trek
Fourteen Boy Scouts and their leaders rode from Hempstead New York to the Jamboree site near Los Angeles arriving a day after the event closed. Their reconditioned 1939 bus broke an axle near Kingman Arizona forcing days of roadside camping before friends made a replacement axle in Los Angeles. They planned to return to Long Island by month end via the bay area and Lake Tahoe.
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Alan J. Distler
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Tax Exemptions Show Year's Rise in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City state Tax Commission reports homestead exemptions for state property taxes rose by 11 million dollars this year. Exemptions totaled 324,849,297 dollars, up from 313,079,882 dollars last year, while total net property valuation, including exemptions, was about 82 million dollars higher, reaching 1,804,910,870 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
State Tax Commission
Can A Skunk Swim? Skunk Rescued From Empty Pool
Walter Warden Jr cleaned an empty Huntington pool so his children could swim later but found a skunk in the basin. He stood by the pool edge seeking a safe way to remove the animal overnight.
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Huntington
W. Va
Walter W. Warden Jr
Back Road Driver Refused Special License Request
Police in Bangor Maine denied a woman's request for a special driver's license to travel to and from work via back roads She said she could not take the standard test because she believed she could not drive well enough
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Bangor
Idlewild to Have Own Unique Church Shrine
New York reports airlines will fly stones from holy places in 100 countries to Idlewild Airport to build a Roman Catholic shrine and chapel. The plans, unveiled by the Catholic Guild for the New York International Airport, would replace services currently held in an airport restaurant.
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Idlewild
Catholic Guild
New York International Airport
Berserk Russian Kills Landlady With Rifle Shot
In Hollywood on August four a Russian immigrant named Sam Melentowich killed his landlady, Mrs. Alice Henderson, 66, with a high powered rifle after claiming she tried to poison him with bacteria. He was captured Monday after a manhunt, quoted saying he acted because she poisoned him and he had no alternative.
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Hollywood
Sam Z. Melentowich
Wisconsin
Melentowich
Alice Henderson
Judge Vacates Contempt Ban on Prosecutor
Tulsa Oklahoma dispute between Common Pleas Judge Lloyd H. McGuire and County Attorney Robert Wheeler ends as McGuire vacates a week old contempt order. Wheeler says charges will be filed in Common Pleas Court. Settlement praised by John M. Wheeler Sr. and Travis I. Milsten as their efforts clarified issues in the case.
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Okla
Common Pleas
Lloyd H. McGuire
Robert Wheeler
McGuire
Wheeler
State Supreme Court
N. S. Corn
John M. Wheeler Sr
Tulsa County Bar Association
Milsten
Common Pleas Court
Justices of the Peace
First Methodist Bible School Draws About 135 Students
Approximately 135 students attended the first day of the annual First Methodist Bible school at the church. Mrs. Wallace Gray, the director, said the program will run for two weeks with classes from 8:45 to 11:15 a.m. The church bus operates 8 to 8:45 a.m. and serves about one third of the children. Department superintendents include Mrs. Alvin McKasson beginners, Mrs. D. L. Wigington primary, Mrs. Delwin Jones junior, Mrs. Fred Hammond and Dr. Wallace Gray intermediate.
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Wallace Gray
Alvin McKasson
D. L. Wigington
Delwin Jones
Fred Hammond
City Tavern Owner Charged With After Hours Beer Sale
Willie Dunford of Lawton charged with selling beer after hours at 1816 Washington. He pleaded innocent and posted a $500 county court ad. Police Chief Ralph Hennessee and Patrolman Eugene Flowers are the complainants.
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Lawton
Washington
Dunford
Ralph Hennessee
Eugene Flowers
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