Wiley Attacks Socialistic Label On U.S. Farmers
ST. LOUIS Senator Wiley of Wisconsin says farmers are unfairly tagged socialistic for trying to survive. He argues co op refunds to customers are assets for patrons, not profits, and urges tax treatment accordingly. Representative Jones criticizes Hoover Commission on public power and cites Eisenhower policies. REA head Ancher Nelson projects rural cooperatives need 11 billion for 1976 onward to replace and expand plants and grids.
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ST. Louis
Sen. Wiley
Rwis
Wiley
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
Rep. Jones
D-Ala
Hoover Commission
Commission
Jones
Hoover
Congressional
Eisenhower
REA
Ancher Nelson
AT&T Patents Released By Court Ruling
Washington officials foresee renewed competition after a federal court orders the release of AT&T and Western Electric patents. About 8,600 patents become public with royalties set by the court, including the transistor and solar battery. Western Electric remains the Bell system maker but must shed Westrex Corp and limit noncommunications work.
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Washington
Justice Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Western Electric
Bell Laboratories
Federal District Court
Newark
N. J
U. S
At&t Western Electric
Bell Telephone System
Westrex Corp
Fund Bid Eyed For Eufaula Dam
Washington Army Engineers plan to ask the Budget Bureau in June for permission to spend 450000 dollars Congress appropriated for a start on the Eufaula Dam and Reservoir in Oklahoma. Rep. Ed Edmondson said the money was released in October but awaits clearance before use and substantial work must await more appropriations. Start on the project is tentatively set for August. The funds were held up by President Eisenhower who ordered studies of unbudgeted items after Congress approved several projects outside his budget. Edmondson vows to press for more money.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Budget Bureau
Congress
Eufaula
Oklahoma
Ed Edmondson
Oklahoma Democrat
Eisenhower
Edmondson
Governors Map Segregation Fight Interposition Planned
Four Southern governors met in Richmond to urge legislatures to protest the Supreme Court ruling abolishing school segregation through interposition. Indications show Virginia and South Carolina favor nondefiant resolutions, while Georgia’s governor advocates stronger nullification. North Carolina attended as observer. Mississippi and Virginia weigh steps to shield state sovereignty within constitutional bounds.
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South
Richmond
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
Timmerman
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Congress
Congress of the
United States
Oil Severance Tax Called Unfair
Kansas lawmakers debated a proposed severance tax on oil and gas with industry spokesmen calling it unfair and inequitable. Opponents warned independent operators would suffer as ad valorem and existing taxes combine with a 2 percent severance levy, while royalty owners noted increased taxes on gas wells. Supporters had been heard earlier by the House Assessment and Taxation and Oil and Gas committees.
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Topekap
Kansas
House Assessment and Taxation and
Oil and Gas Committees
Area Men In Service appoint Mueller in Oklahoma City
Lt. Col. Charles J. Mueller a 27 year veteran arrived in Oklahoma City this weekend to take the post of Personnel Staff Officer at the Oklahoma Military District. He succeeds Lt. Col. William M. Potaro who retired after twenty years of service. Mueller served in World War II and the Korean conflict and holds twelve service medals.
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Charles J. Mueller
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Military District
Col. Mueller
William M. Potaro
Kriss Arrives at Reese AFB for Aircraft Maintenance
Charles E. Kriss of Cache has arrived at Reese Air Force Base Texas for duty in aircraft maintenance at the multi engine pilot training base. He is a 1954 Cache High School graduate who edited the annual and was assistant editor of the school paper. He enlisted in Lawton last February 17 and is married to Eva Lee Jones daughter of J E Jones.
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Charles E. Kriss
E. C. Kriss
Cache
Reese Air Force Base
Texas
Kriss
Cache High School
Eva Lee Jones
J. E. Jones
Rt. 4
Lawton
Air Force
Chamber Names New Stenographer Miss Melvel Mans
Miss Melvel Mans daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Squires 2204 Crosby was hired this week as stenographer in the Chamber of Commerce office She is a 1955 Lawton high school graduate replacing Mrs Pat Gibson who resigned Mans will graduate next month from Daltons Business School Lawton and works in the afternoons at the chamber office.
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Melvel Mans
Don Squires
Crosby
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
Pillow Saved, Baby Fatally Hurt in Prattville Fire
A mother, half asleep and anxious about her infant, grabbed a small bundle from a bed and fled a Prattville home. She realized outside she had picked up a pillow instead of her child, and Otis Roper Jr. died in the blaze.
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Prattville
Ala
Otis Roper Jr
Suspended cop jailed in Oklahoma extradition case
Tulsa police corporal Gus A DeMoss was jailed after yesterday arrest on a Philadelphia warrant. Indicted by a Philadelphia federal grand jury for transporting money stolen in a murder tied to widow Lulubel Rossman. Co-defendants include Robert Thames and Frank Ellsworth with ties to a million dollar July 3 robbery. DeMoss waived extradition and agreed to travel to Philadelphia for trial.
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Tulsa
Okla
Gus A
DeMoss
Philadelphia
Lulubel Rossman
Robert Thames
Miami, Fla
Dade County
Frank Ellsworth
Omaha
Raymond P. Wilson
U.S
E. Lawton Bragg
Bragg
Snake Bites Involve Fangs Not Forked Tongues
A concise note clarifies that venomous bites come from fangs rather than the forked tongue often misattributed to snakes. The distinction helps correct common myths about how snakes injure prey and defend themselves.
Senator Young proposes 90 percent wheat price support
Washington Senator Young proposes amending the farm bill to pay 90 percent of parity for top milling grades of spring wheat. The measure cites 1955 parity levels and 1956 transitional parity, noting possible congressional restoration of the old parity could lift cash support.
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Washington
Sen. Young
Young Long
Young
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Adlai Stevenson Says He Is Optimistic About Nomination
Adlai Stevenson, in Phoenix for six days, tells a reporter he is optimistic about winning the Democratic presidential nomination. He quips that even if he were not optimistic, he would claim he was.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Adlai Stevenson
George Washington
Stevenson
Lawyer and clerk charged with altering court records
Tulsa lawyer Joseph M. Best and Mayes County Court Clerk Ross Clarida faced felony and misdemeanor charges for altering a court journal entry to grant Best extra time for an appeal. Clarida posted 1000 bond and pleaded innocent. his preliminary hearing set for February 3. Best was found guilty of direct contempt and freed on 1000 bond with sentencing on February 2.
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Best
Josh Evans
Chang
Evans
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Pend
Charles Mueller
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Roger Wilkerson
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Lawton Municipal
Senate Agriculture Committee
Adlai
Green-Phillips
Wremee
Wton
GMAC
Green-Phillips Shounoaleol
Ing
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City TV
Wolverton Electric Co
Blackwall
Riverside
Wards Riverside
Sya
Ward
Southwestern Bell
George L. Page
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