Oklahoma Governor Gary Opposes Tax Increases Says Budget Sufficient
Oklahoma City report says Gov Raymond Gary rejects new taxes while legislators discuss emergency funds. Harkey and Baldwin hint at possible gas tax or service cuts to cover shortfalls as Gary maintains $23 million more to spend than two years ago and vows to veto any tax increases.
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Oklahoma City
Wey
Oklaha- Toa
Raymond Gary
Bill Harkey
Gary
Pam
Klarkex
Harkey
Antifilibuster Move Faces Tough Senate Hurdles
James Marlow reports that early in the new Congress some Northern and Western Democrats and a few Republicans push for civil rights bills, while Southern Democrats may block them. The piece explains Senate filibuster rules, the need for a three-fifths vote to proceed, and the difficulty of changing rules, with explosive parity and procedural traps likely to stall action.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Armotryst
Washington
Senate
Bate O
Congress
House
Siuer
Dem Margin In Congress Is Unchanged
The new Congress remains Democratic by a nearly identical margin as the previous session. Democrats hold the Senate 49 to 47 with a House edge of 234 to 201, a net gain of two, though vacancies alter the lineups in both chambers.
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Senate
Congress
Washington
Antonio Fernandez
D-Nm
T. Miliet Hand
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Area Men In Service John Lewis Departs for Hawaii
John Denman Lewis a Navy aviation technician first class leaves for Hawaii after completing an electronics school in Memphis. He travels with his wife and two children David 2 and John Jr 1 stopping four days in this area. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Richard F Lewis of 1295 Lincoln.
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John Denman Lewis
Hawaii
Navy
Teft Lawton
Lewis
Memphis
David
John Jr
Richard F. Lewis
Lincoln
Senate Rules Fight Delayed in New Congress Start
Northern Western coalition seeks to curb filibusters and speed civil rights bills. Anderson to move for immediate consideration on rules but both sides expect delay until next week. Southern senators threaten to halt all business if needed to block changes.
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John Chadwick Washington
Senate R
Cn Javed
Sen. Anderson
DNM
Senate
Congress
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Anderson
Douglas
Anderston
Poland forms brain trust to steer crisis plan
Warsaw reports that Poland names a streamlined planning board to aid chief economic planner Stefan Jedrychowski in fighting the economic crisis. Expected members include Oskar Lange and Czeslaw Bobrowski, as Poland dismantles the State Planning Commission amid democratization. The group will modernize the coal industry and restructure the economy after years of bureaucratic control.
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Warsaw
Stefan Jedry
Chnowski
Oskar Lange
University of Chicago
Czeslaw Bobrowski
Poland
France
State Planning Commission
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Communist Party
Ad Planning Commission
Europe
Oklahoma football team returns after bowl win in Florida
The Oklahoma Sooners celebrate their first bowl victory, 34 to 13 over North Carolina State in Jacksonville Florida. The report notes new appointments and local social events alongside this sports highlight.
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Jess E. Thompson
Cameron
Centenary College
Shreveport
Lewis H. Fouts
Lawton Kiwanis Club
Oklahoma
Soonerland
North Carolina State
Jacksonville
Fla
Gatorhaw
Grass Restoration Plan Backed by Colorado Lawmakers
Denver reports state legislators back a plan by Ed C Johnson to purchase dust bowl lands via federal funds then resell to individuals with a restriction never to be plowed again. Johnson proposed a nationwide application, telegraphing his outline to Secretary Benson as Colorado opened its 1957 session.
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Denver
Colorado
Gay
Ed C. Johnson
Johnson
Benson
Dust Bowl
Gore Piiot To Wed Sun Descendant Gore Piiot To Wed Sun Descendant
Conn ie Wilburton Seigrist, 35 year old Gore, Oklahoma pilot and granddaughter of the founder of the Chinese Republic, will marry Eleanor Caraline Sun, 20 year old granddaughter of Sun Yat Sen and daughter of former Chinese Premier Sun Fo, in Taipel. Seigrist is a Civil Air Transport pilot. Miss Sun is an international flight stewardess for China Air Transport. Seigrist’s parents live in Caloo sa, Oklahoma, and a sister resides in Tulsa.
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Taipel Formosa
Gore
Okla
Chinese Republic
Connie Wilburton Seigrist
Civil Air Transport
Elenor Caraline Sun
Sun Yat Sen
Sun Fo
Miss Sin
China Air Transport
Seigrist
Caloosa
Tulsa
U S Accused of Violating Geneva Armistice by Viet Nam Moves
A Hong Kong based report says Geneva armistice inspectors accused the United States of sending personnel and materials to South Viet Nam between December 1985 and July 1956 in alleged violations. Canada India and Poland supplied the truce observers.
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U.S
Hong Kong
IM — Peiping Alio
United States
Geneva
South Viet Nam
Canada
India
Poland
Couple Kiss And Make Up In Detroit Divorce Court
In Detroit Circuit Court Katherine Wnnezck and Louis Wnnezck reconciled after Louis sought a divorce. Judge Frank Ferguson noted the unusual scene as Katherine, 56, and Louis, 60, who were married 21 years, debated the outcome. Katherine refused the grant until a kiss was shared, after which Louis urged the alliance as sufficient to end the case.
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Detroit
Katherine
Louis Wnnezck
Frank B. Ferguson
Louis
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