Employment hits all time high in June
More than 64 million Americans were employed in June, the greatest number in history, with unemployment rising only 190,000 to 2,679,000. Manufacturing jobs rose 148,000 to 12.7 million, and total workers in trade, services and industrial production increased 400,000 to 49.3 million. Farm employment reached 7.7 million, while the seasonally adjusted unemployment index fell to 99, the lowest in 18 months.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
Weeks
Trooper Decision Slated Monday
Oklahoma City Star reports no ruling on Bud Williamson will be made before Monday. State Safety Commissioner Lookabaugh cited illness of Highway Patrol board member Julius Cox delaying deliberations on charges of neglect of duty and discredit. The board, consisting of Lookabaugh and Attorney General Williamson, had planned to rule this week.
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Oklahoma City
Star
Bud Williamson
Jim Lookabaugh
Julius T. Cox
Highway Patrol Board of Review
Williamson
Boise City
Fox
Cox
Board of Review
Mac Q. Williamson
Lookabaugh
Dixon Yates pact becomes 1956 campaign issue
Sen. Gore says the Dixon Yates contract is the GOP power policy bellwether and will be a top issue in 1956. Kefauver-led subcommittee questions conflict of interest and halting cost reimbursements while noting a disputed debt and equity plan. The AEC negotiated a 107 million dollar plant at West Memphis to feed TVA power.
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Washington
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Eisenhower
Congress
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Rowland R. Hughes
Dixon-Yates
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Wenzell
First Boston Corp
Budget Bureau
Sen
Kefauver
Antitrust Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Dixon- Yates
Edgar H. Dixon
Middle South Utilities
First Boston
Securities and Exchange Commission
AEC
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
U Nu Decides To Clam Up During US Tour
Burmese Prime Minister U Nu said he would stop answering questions for the rest of his US tour due to controversy from earlier remarks. He told reporters a press conference that meeting people made it dangerous to answer, and he apologized for the decision. He clarified that admitting Red China to the UN was not discussed during his Washington stay.
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Detroit
U Nu
United States
New York
Washington
Heiping
United Nations
Mercury hits 99 as heat wave grips Lawton
A record 99 degree high marked Thursday in Lawton with no relief in sight. Tonight and Saturday expect partly cloudy skies and a few scattered thundershowers, cooling only slightly. Five day outlook shows temperatures about five degrees above normal and precipitation near 0.29 inches. Tonight's low 77, Saturday's high in the upper 90s.
Three former U.S. soldiers may be barred from entry
Three ex servicemen Lew Griggs William Cowart and Otho Bell who joined Red China and later reconsidered face possible U.S. citizenship forfeiture and deportation after crossing into Hong Kong. British authorities will detain them while status is resolved and the U.S. consulate may prosecute if they return home.
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Hong Kong
United States
Lew Griggs
William Cowart
Otho Bell
Red China
U.S
Deputies Win Bigger Pay Than Sheriff in Comanche County
Comanche county deputies receive pay raises enacted by the last legislature effective July 1. Sheriff Everett Ray Hale gains 1.50, undersheriff Hoyt Shelby reaches 433.43 monthly, while other deputies rise to about 378.62 this month and 4800 yearly. The same bill also eliminates Oral Ridgeway’s investigator post for county attorney Manville Redman.
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Comanche County
Everett Ray Hale
Hale
Hoyt Shelby
Oral Ridgeway
Manville Redman
Ridgeway
Arvil Rober- Lee
City Clears Way For Road Parley
Mayor C R Ellsworth calls urban road talks to resolve Cache Road widening dispute. Cache Road merchants oppose state and federal plan fearing a dangerous speedway without lights. propose a southward 30 foot widening with no midline divider. Conference to be held in Oklahoma City. delegation to attend next week.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Ellsworth
Cache Road
Fort Sill Blvd
Sheridan Road
Harvey House
R. L. Gilbert
Segregation End Texas Intention
The University of Texas board of regents abolished segregation in the graduate schools of the main university and Texas Western College, with plans to desegregate undergraduate courses in the fall of 1956. The resolution pledges admission of qualified students without regard to race or origin across all divisions, including programs not yet offered at state Negro institutions. Local El Paso orders already desegregated schools, aligning Texas Western College with fall admissions for all races.
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Austin
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Texas Western College
el Paso
University of Texas At el Paso
Tex
Neighbor Boy Kills Teasing Woman in Atlanta Home
In Atlanta last night a 46 year old housewife, Sarah White, was bludgeoned and shot to death. A 16 year old high school pupil has been charged with the crime after her body was found in a bedroom with a bullet wound and blows to the head. The suspect reportedly said the woman had teased him.
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Atlanta
Sarah White
Russell Proposes $400 Bonus for Three-Year Reserve Service
Sen. Russell proposes replacing compulsory reserve training with a $400 bonus for veterans who volunteer for three years of active reserve duty with combat units of the Army or Marine Corps. He argues the plan would strengthen reserves toward the 1960 goal while limiting scope to noncommissioned and enlisted combat units.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Army
Marine Corps
House
National Guard
Rep
Powell
Eisenhower
Defense
Navy
Clarence Mitchell
The
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Air Force
Marine Reserves
Salk polio vaccine released under new safety rules
The Public Health Service distributed about 360,000 shots of Salk polio vaccine produced by Wyeth Laboratories, after retesting under revised standards. Since April 12 vaccination began, with tens of millions of cubic centimeters already available. The service outlined a developmental research program and assigned six scientists to vaccine makers to boost industry-government information exchange and testing coordination.
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Public Health Service
Washington
Public Health Service Today
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
The
Health Service
Leonard Scheele
Division of Biologics Standards
Scheele
Unidentified Man Found Dead in Alley
Police identified the body of a man found in a hobo jungle alley as William Davis Barton 58 a transient and former convict. An unidentified man about 45 was found in the alley between Railroad and First streets near D and E around 11 15 am. Autopsy ordered to determine cause of death but exact cause could not be determined with a probable 36 hours since death. The body lay face down on rocks in a three foot wide space between a garage and fence. No wallet found and pockets held matches cigarets and razor blades. A walking cane lay under the body and scars on the right leg suggested partial disability. Police noted a large head bump possibly from a fall or blow. Shoes were missing. Potential beatings are under investigation. See BODY Page 12.
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Hobo Jungle
William Davis Barton
Manville Redman
Cleo Stout
Stout
Eden Minds Soviet Entry To West Arms Pool
Prime Minister Eden hinted the Soviet bloc could join Western arms control and weapons pools. He spoke at a dinner for the English-Speaking Union previewing policy for a Big Four summit. He reaffirmed backing NATO and U.S. ties while seeking German unification. He said Russians fear a free Germany uniting with the West.
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London
Eden
Russia
Germany
Britain
NATO
United States
Oklahoma Brucellosis Program Enforces Bangs Disease Rules
Oklahoma cattle industry tightens Bangs disease controls as a new law takes effect. Testing within 30 days becomes mandatory for breed stock, with immediate testing, branding and slaughter of infected animals. USDA aid offers up to 50 per head for slaughter. Page 2.
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Oklahoma
D. C. Bostwick
Ardmore
Joe Kelsey
Dan Woesner
Lawton
Orvil Johnson
Lewis Haydock
Bostwick
U.S. Department of Agriculture
House Group Cuts Foreign Aid
The House Appropriations Committee proposed a 20 percent cut totaling 627.9 million dollars from Eisenhower's foreign aid request to fund a 2.6387 billion dollar bill. It cited a chaotic military aid fiscal situation and slashed 420 million from the military assistance portion, saying 705 million should suffice, after noting unobligated balances and a 951 million obligation in June against a committee restraint.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
House
Rep. Passman
D-La
Tulsa Zoo Monkeys Reported At War
Tulsa Zoo reports Rhesus monkeys at Mohawk Park are in a war of extinction within the tribe. Park Supt. O A Zeigler says after four to five years the monkeys become irascible and fight. Two or three drown others in the moat around their island and a past outbreak led to island population replacement. A new lot, about 30 animals aged six, may be purchased.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mohawk Park
Park
O. A. Zeigler
Zoo
Zeigler
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Arthur Dean
Mississippi Valley Generator Company
Senate
Judiciary Antitrust and Monopoly
Texas
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gerald Belcher
U.S. Army
Kaiserslautern
House Group
Tulsa Zoo
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