Kerr Delays Campaign to Push Four Senate Bills
Senator Robert S. Kerr seeks re election and aims to finish work on four laws before returning to Oklahoma. He plans votes on two income tax proposals increasing exemptions and cutting oil and mineral depletion, while opposing a Williams amendment. Kerr backs a Social Security retirement for clergy and opposes Indian hospital transfer, noting Indian rights concerns. the measure passes 57 to 27 with mixed party support.
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Washington
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Oklahoma
Kerr
Walter George
D-Ga
John J. Williams
R-Del
Oklahoma Baptist Convention
Capitol Hill
Oklahoma City
Mike Monroney
Interior Department
Indian Bureau
Public Health Service
Senate
House
Nunan Convicted Of Tax Evasion In Brooklyn Trial
Former U S commissioner Joseph D Nunan Jr found guilty on five counts of income tax evasion for 1946 1950 denying underpayment of 91086. He faces up to 25 years in prison and a 50000 fine with sentencing set for July 22.
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New York
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Brooklyn
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Nunan
Walter Bruchhausen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
U. S
Frank Erickson
James P. Finnegan
St. Louis
Harry S. Truman
Finnegan
Erickson
Truman
Capital Firm Low Bidder On Clinton Construction
An Oklahoma City firm was the apparent low bidder to rehabilitate 16 buildings at Burns Flat Air Force Base near Clinton Oklahoma. G. W. L. Construction Co. offered 196 749 dollars for the project, which starts preparations to reopen the World War II base. The Navy Bureau of Docks and Yards oversees the rehabilitation.
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New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Burns Flat Air Force Base
Clinton
Okla
G. W. L. Construction Co
Navy
Navy Bureau of Docks and Yards
Western Electric CIO Meet Again For New Contract Talks
Western Electric and CIO Communications Workers Union plan another bargaining session to avert a coast to coast strike set for 8 a m CST tomorrow. Negotiations adjourned at midnight with "encouraging signs" cited. The dispute affects equipment installers across most states. old contract paid $1.86 hourly, workers seeking 6 to 8 cents raise, four to six cents offer rejected.
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New York
Western Electric Co
CIO Communications Workers Union
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Western Electric
Bell Telephone System
Average U S worker missing 744 days yearly rise in illness
The report notes that the typical U S employee is absent about 744 days per year due to temporary illness, highlighting substantial worker productivity loss and health-related impacts on labor.
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U.S
Del City School Damaged By Fire
Del City Oklahoma officials probe an arson inquiry after a junior and senior high building fire. It is the third district fire within a year, damaging storerooms and classrooms and threatening contents worth thousands. One person injured as firefighters saved the 260000 dollar school. Fire marshal to send investigator.
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del City
Okla
Tely
Midwest City
Oklahoma City
Geeschel Davis
Vomateur
Eye color development and blue-eyed infancy notes
The pigments that determine eye color often appear after birth, so children who will be dark-eyed later may start out blue-eyed. The text discusses how eye color can change as pigmentation develops in early infancy.
Easter Date Rules Set Before Modern Moon Science
The article notes that Easter is fixed by ancient rules not by observing the actual moon. It explains the first full moon after the vernal equinox determines the date, while acknowledging limited contemporary moon knowledge used in the method.
Rio Grande Flood Strands Train As Bridges Wash Away
Heavy rains flood West Texas and northern Mexico sending Rio Grande waters over banks. Trains stranded at Langtry while bridges at Del Rio and Eagle Pass collapse. Thousands affected by rising waterways and washouts across the region.
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Texas
Mexico
Rio Grande
Langtry
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Tulsa Cigaret Sales Are Back To Normal
Tulsa smokers have recovered from the shock of cancer talk and cigarette sales have climbed back to normal. A Tulsa World reporter polled random cigarette dealers, finding sales rebounded after the beet society report on cancer incidence among smokers. A stray line notes students estimate Americans spend about 10 percent of income on automobiles.
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Tulsa
The
Tulsa World
American Beet Society
Eisenhower Sees Hope After Talks With Churchill
President Eisenhower said talks with Churchill improved the Far East outlook and a Southeast Asian collective defense plan was discussed. He urged peaceful co existence with the Communist world but rejected appeasement and stated the United States will not be a party to any agreement that makes a country a slave.
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Churchill
Anpurposes
Eisenhower
United States
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Pol Adv
CIO
Admiral Room
Cache Road Furniture Company
Cache Road
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Federal Housing Authority
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Bendix
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