Republicans Dine At $1,000 Plate Dinner Weigh Nomination Hopes
Washington AP report describes a high priced GOP fundraiser drawing leaders from across the country to discuss potential presidential nominees. George Romney and Barry Goldwater attend with Nelson Rockefeller’s status under review after recent personal life events. Eisenhower and Scranton unlikely to attend as Romney and Goldwater lead the event to raise funds for 1961 congressional campaigns.
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George Romney
Michigan
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Margaretta Fitler Murphy
Venezuela
Romney
Goldwater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Brakes On Expense Account Spending Hit Hotels and Night Spots
Dwindling business blamed on changes in income tax expense account deductions has hit hotels and restaurants. Night clubs and high end eateries face cutbacks as patrons spend less and many workers face layoffs. The Treasury rules, plus other factors, reduce business, with New York City hotels at low levels not seen since 1938.
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Tennessee Restaurant Association
Joe B. Callihan
Benson Hotel
Portland
Ore
Sherman Billingsley
Stork Club
San Francisco
Charles F. Delano
Golden Gate Restaurant Association
Chick Hedrick
Atlanta
Pennsylvania
Dale Overfelt
Kansas City
National Restaurant Association
Thomas W. Power
Association Counsel
Treasury Department
Power
New York City
Hotel Association of New York
James A. McCarthy
Association
Restaurant League of New York
Harris, Kerr, Forster & Co
Copacabana
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Lake Eufaula Lodge Project Nears Reality
Oklahoma plans a $10.3 million twin lodge at Lake Eufaula with federal changes approved. The project scope grows upgrades and rent terms hinge on net revenue, shielding state credit if profits fall short.
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Lake Eufaula
Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellman
Dale Cook
Bellman
Planning and Resources Board
Oklaho Lake
Cook
Bus Plunge Kills Pupil Near Crumpler North Carolina
A school bus plunging 150 feet down a mountain killed 10 year old Brenda Pugh and injured 18 others near Crumpler Ashe County. The bus left the road after the accelerator stuck and overturned multiple times en route to Nathan's Creek Elementary.
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Jefferson
N. C
UPI
Brenda Pugh
Crumpler
Ashe County
J. M. Stinett
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Tennessee
Allen Roy Huffman
Stinett
Nathan's Creek
North Carolina
Wilkes County
Oklahoma Senator Praises Gordon Cooper Space Flight
Senator J Howard Edmondson announces Gordon Cooper, Shawnee born astronaut, will launch from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas rocket for about 22 earth orbits in a day and a half. Cooper will conduct photography, carry a television camera, eject a light sphere and balloon to study distance judgment, and sleep in space for about eight hours.
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Washington
Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
Gordon Cooper
Shawnee
Cooper
U. S. Air Force
U. S
Senate
Cape Canaveral
Earth
Tucson Postmaster Assistant Confesses Penny-Rate Stamp Gaffe
In Tucson, Arizona, Assistant Postmaster N. L. Pritchard admitted to affixing 4-cent stamps on letters when postal rates rose by one penny. He spoke after the change took effect, acknowledging the error in handling.
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Tucson
Ariz
N. L. Pritchard
Retired Prof Gets Honors at OU SDX Meeting
Retired Prof H H Herbert founder of the University of Oklahoma journalism school received two honors at a joint Sigma Delta Chi meeting attended by national officers. Walter Burroughs presented a special SDX merit award and Dr C Joe Holland awarded a plaque marking his SDX faculty adviser service from 1913 to 1959.
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University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
SDX
Ben Franklin Club
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