Dependents Care Strains Military Medical Service
The Defense Department cut doctors per 1000 active duty from about 4 to 3, aiming to force better use of medical staff. Navy and Army struggle to maintain dependents care at bases, with ships’ doctors redeployed, longer shifts, and reduced training. Regions heavy with dependents face reduced care, while some officials urge restoring the 4-per-1,000 ratio.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Wilson
Defense
Naval
San Diego
Calif
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Chicago
Pensacol
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Is It Still Against The Law To Drive Car Standing Up
Washington reports on obsolete and current motor laws in various states. Pennsylvania once required horn blasts near crossings. some places banned speeds or standing while driving. Historical notes include dogs and horses on streets, and Knoxville banning animals on public roads to keep streets clear.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
American Automobile Association
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Jn Thin
Fergus
Europe
Knoxville
Tenn
State of
Nevada
William 200
Mexico to Seek Oil Near Rio Grande Mouth
Mexico City Aug 25 UPI Mexico's Pemex announced plans to drill near the Grande River mouth across from Brownsville Texas. The oil monopoly filed permits for about 67,000 acres near Matamoros and claims on over 141,000 more acres across Campeche Veracruz and Nuevo Leon in three states.
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Mexico City
Petrolegs Mexicanos
Grande
Pemex
Matamoros
Internation River
Brownsville
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Campeche
Facruz
Nuevo Leon
Oilmen to lead U S capacity study on oil and gas
Two Houston oilmen named to head a national capacity study at the request of the Interior Department. Chairman Walter S. Hallanan said AF McCollum of Continental Oil will be chairman and Humble Oil and Refining Co. will provide vice chairmanship as the panel examines crude oil and related fuels availability. In a separate note Oakland Kaiser Aluminum plans a large aluminum mill on the Ohio River near Ravenswood West Virginia with mid 1956 construction and an undisclosed cost.
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Washington
Houston
Nation
Petroleum
Walter S. Hallanan
National Petroleum Council
AF. McCollum
Continental Oil
Mod Mecames
Humble Oi, and Refining Co
Hallanan
Oakland
Calif
Ohio River
Ravenswood
W.va
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Wetumka Sucker Day comes in for fifth annual bash
Armand E. Gibson recalls the origin of Wetumka s Sucker Day five years ago when a fast talking man using the alias F Bam Morrison sold ads for a circus that never arrived. Merchants turned embarrassment into a local party and the quirky celebration grew into a yearly event.
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Armand E. Gibson
Gibson
Wetumka
F. Bam ‘Morrison
F. Bam Morrison
Warrensburg
Legger Gets Week To File Defense Brief
Extradition hearing in Springfield Illinois grants defense six days to file brief for alleged bootlegger R J Matthews. Matthews, freed on $2,000 bond after turning himself in on an Oklahoma fugitive warrant, is charged with conspiring to transport whiskey into Tulsa county. Benny Stuart linked in information. defense argues the information violates Oklahoma law and lacks conspiracy elements.
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Springfield
R. J
Bob) Matthews
Matthews
Tulsa
Paul A. Hansen
William G. Stratton
Chicago
Oklahoma
Tulsa County
Benny Stuart
Creek County
Illinois
Louisiana
Maurice J. Walsh
Robert L. Wheeler
Arsonist Burglarizes Empty Dallas Firehouse
Dallas firemen extinguished a small rear fire at an empty firehouse. Investigators suspected a planned act as papers were bunched and ignited. Wallets rifled and $35 stolen from the scene.
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Dallas
Shower Bath Saves Life Of Chemist
Los Angeles report says a shower bath saved the life of Robert Siminoff, a coroner's chemist. Dr. Harry Deutsch, assistant autopsy surgeon, quickly pulled him under the shower after nitric acid splashed and burned his shirt and head during a chemical test on a body. Siminoff was hospitalized.
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Los Angeles
Robert Siminoff
Harry Deutsch
Siminoff
Deutsch
Britain Refuses To Return Pole
Britain refuses to return a pole and U S machines show a total of about six billion horsepower rated power.
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Britain
U.S
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J. R
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