Eisenhower weighs continuance of excise tax plan
Washington plans call for extending roughly three billion dollars in excise and corporate taxes past the April first deadline. Senate GOP Leader Knowland announced the decision after talks at the White House with Eisenhower and other Republican leaders. The move signals dim prospects for any major tax cut this year and places final sequencing of legislation with the Democratic majorities in Congress.
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California
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Martin
Massachusetts
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City Man Found Dead Gun Walk
William C. Russell a 52 year old retired Army sergeant was found dead on a sidewalk early morning on Fifth Street from natural causes heart attack. A 14 year old bicycle carrier David Olin called police from a nearby hotel at 5 33 am. Russell born Corinth Mississippi January 20 1904 enlisted 1929 retired 1952 at Fort Sill. He lived here as painter after Army service with survivors including a Ripley Mississippi sister Mrs Charles Daniels. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ritter Funeral Home.
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Constitution Press
David Olin
Melvin Kelley
Ray Catlin
Russell
Jeff
Warren Crane
Crane
Federal Hotel
Corinth
Miss
Houston
Tex
Fort Sill
Charles Daniels
Ripley
Ritter Funeral Home
Actress Reenacts Kidnapping In Police Film
Encino California actress Marie McDonald stars in an all talkie color police movie reenacting her alleged midnight kidnapping from her San Fernando Valley home. The production involves police producers and directors, a walkie-talkie news feed for reporters, multiple takes, and an on-set portrayal of her claim of terror by two swarthy men.
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Encino
Calif
McDonald
San Fernando Valley
Hollywood
Gasoline Prices To Jump In City
Lawton motorists may face a one cent plus rise in gasoline as crude costs push wholesale and tank wagon prices higher. Most station managers expect the increase soon, with Conoco and D X Sunray announcing a one cent per gallon hike effective immediately. Industry spokesmen predict a nationwide spread within 24 hours.
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D-X Sunray
Blasts and Fire Wreck Montreal Shell Refinery
Explosions shattered the Shell Oil Co refinery on Montreal’s eastern outskirts, triggering a massive fire that injured eight workers and caused over three million dollars in damage. Firemen fought the blaze from dawn, aided by Shell crews and day shift workers, as flames leaped high and were seen for miles.
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Shell Oil Co., Ltd
Shell
Warm Unseasonably Mild Weather Forecast For Lawton
The Lawton area expects unseasonably warm conditions to ease from Wednesday with mostly cloudy skies and windy, continued mild temperatures this afternoon and tonight. Highs near 60 are unlikely tomorrow with a cooler 50s expected, and no rain is forecast. A slow clearing trend will bring colder temperatures by Wednesday night and Thursday.
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Lawton
Negro Leaders Plan Atlanta Race Parley This Week
Atlanta AP Negro leaders from Montgomery and Tallahassee call a two day southwide meeting in Atlanta starting January 10 to discuss ending bus segregation and violence. The plan aims to spur campaigns in troubled Southern areas while Tallahassee enacts a seat assignment ordinance to distribute passengers and keep order amid ongoing unrest. King Steele and Shuttlesworth have faced threats amid the struggle for desegregation.
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M. L. King
Montgomery
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Tallahassee
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Ala
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South
Tallawassee
State Opens 50th Anniversary Rites
Oklahoma marks its 50th birthday with the 26th Legislature convening. Gov Raymond Gary will deliver a message to a joint session tonight. A parade bands and a bonfire on the Capitol grounds highlight the celebration and parade events.
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Raymond Gary
Capitol
Grand River Dam Authority
Oklahoma Governor Seeks Record Budget for 1957 58
Governor Raymond Gary submitted a record state budget of 195,592,148 dollars to the Oklahoma legislature. The plan calls for sizable increases for roads, schools, and mental hygiene, with no new taxes. Major allocations include education 119,816,678 dollars, highways 18,000,000, mental hygiene 17,545,104, and public safety 11,868,541.
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Raymond Gary
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Milllion
Gary
Highway Department
Army Probes Security Leak In Missile Policy Case
The Army opened a formal inquiry into a leak of a document about limits on its missile development and use. The memo, found in unauthorized hands, related to Secretary Wilson’s Nov 26 decision placing Air Force in major control of missiles. Col John Nickerson Jr. heads the field coordinating office at Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Alabama amid the questioning of several officers.
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Ballistic Missile Center
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Barbara Moore faces Mayo Clinic surgery soon
Barbara Moore, five, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Moore of Taft, is to be admitted to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for a dangerous heart operation after three valve leaks were diagnosed. An "Open Your Heart to Barbara" drive has raised 2114.08 to date, with 1254. included to cover operation costs and travel. The fund targets about 2500, with expected hospital stay of at least three weeks and possible longer.
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Lawton
Oklahoma City
Walter Oswalt
Oswalt
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Northwest Kiwanis Club
Postal
Moore
Wanted murder deepens in Webster Texas case
Sheriff probes the knife slaying of 39 year old Anna Louise Marsten found with throat cut beside a farm road. Her five year old son Ronnie wandered distressed as investigators chase a job seek ad clue. The ad led to a tall man claiming to be the employer. phone listing traced to unknown owners. Relatives uncooperative. husband unseen. Mrs Marsten reportedly separated and living with her sister in Houston.
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Tex
Sherrif
Anna Louise Marsten
Marsten
Ronnie
Col. T
Russell, Payne Present Claims To Senate Seat
Oklahoma City UP Russell and Payne filed claims to the same Oklahoma state Senate seat as a Senate Privileges and Elections committee set a 10 am Wednesday hearing. If Gov Gary’s vacancy call is legal, Payne likely to be seated. if not, the committee will examine the July runoff and absentee ballot issues, with Russell pressing for an oath tour of Wagoner county. Both filed petitions. Payne argues emergency relief check usage in Russell’s campaign should be considered seriously.
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Tom Payne Jr
Oklahoma State
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Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Cowden
Raymond Gary
Okmulgee-Wagoner County
Gary
Payne
Russell
Supreme Court
Wagoner County
Payne Payne
Quick House Action On the Doctrine Seen
Washington lawmakers predict swift House approval of President Eisenhower’s Middle East resolution as Congress questions Secretary Dulles. Senator Russell warns against stampeding to action while the plan seeks dollar aid to Middle East nations and U S military options in face of Communist threats.
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House
Thomas S. Gordon
D-Ii
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
State Dulles
Russell
Senate
Sen. Russell
D-Ga
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Dulles
Middle Eastern
Toby Morris Secures Seat on Armed Services Panel
Rep. Toby Morris of Lawton in Oklahoma’s Sixth district was named to the House Armed Services Committee after the Ways and Means panel filled the vacancy created by Victor Wickersham’s retirement. The move gives Morris a hand in defense policy and Fort Sill land dispute negotiations, reflecting his prior service on the Government Administration panel. Rep. Tom Steed also was named to the Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
Toby Morris
Lawton
Armed Services Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morris
Victor Wickersham
Army
Armed Services
Old Government Administration
Fort Sill Refuge
Tom Steed
House Appropriations Committee
Oklahoma 26th Legislature Formally Organized In Turbulent Start
Oklahoma's 26th Legislature convened with four undecided election contests. Key races included Waagoner-Okmulgee County where Tom Payne Jr. and John Russell Jr. tussled amid alleged illegal absentee voting and use of emergency relief checks. Hearings begin tomorrow. Other disputes involve a Logan County Senate tie, Pontotoc County ballot vacancy, and a House split ballot challenge. Governor Gary to present budgetary requests and policy initiatives.
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Oklahoma
E Hottest
Waagoner-Ok
Mulgee County
Senate
Tom Payne Jr
John Russell Jr
Okmulgee
Logan County
Carl Morgan
Louis H. Ritzhaupt
Morgan
Ritzhaupt
Russell
Payne
Kitzhaupt
House
Logand
Joe Carey
Dick Fogarty
Fogarty
Pontotoc County
Martin Clare
Lewis Watson
Ada
Watson
Democratic County Central Committee
State Central Committee
Clark
Supreme Court
Don Baldwin
Anadarko
Prolem
B. E. Billarkey
Shoemaker Receives New Two Year School Superintendent Term
John D. Shoemaker was reappointed to a two year term as superintendent of city schools by the Lawson Board of Education at its January meeting. He has served 11 years in the role and will lead through the 1938 59 school year. The board also approved negotiations to buy a three acre tract at 40h and Columbia for a future elementary school site at a total cost of 33896.70 including utilities.
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Lawson Board of Education
Shoemaker
Lawton
Columbia
Bee Board
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