Look Declares Texas Politics At Moral Law
Look magazine charges Texas politics lag in moral standards since 1917 and Gov. Jim Ferguson’s impeachment. Dan Fowler cites the Veterans Land scandal, insurance fraud cases, and influence peddling tied to state officials including Gov. Allan Shivers and Attorney General John Ben Shepperd, with Bascom Giles and Congressman John C. Bell linked to land schemes.
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New York
Texas
Jim Ferguson
Look Magazine
Dan ¢. Fowler
Look
Winnsboro
Tex
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Veterans’ Land
Fowler
John C. Bell
Cuero
Kohler Expands During 17 Month Strike
Kohler president Herbert Kohler announced a $5 million pottery plant in Spartanburg South Carolina to double vitreous china plumbing fixture production. He said the 17 month CIO strike at the Kohler Wisconsin plant will not reduce current production.
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Kohler, Wis
Herbert Kohler
Kohler Co
CIO
Spartanburg
S. C
Kohler
Real War Threatens Between Egypt and Israel
United Press report warns war could erupt between Egypt and Israel from border incidents. Israel values military superiority while Egypt buys Soviet arms, risking wider Arab involvement. Moshe Sharett seeks Western arms. Russia blocks action as Saudis and Syria consider Czech arms, Yemen pact renewed. Palestine issue looms at Geneva talks.
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Israel
Egypt
Russia
Free World
Czechoslovakia
Palestine
Moshe Sharett
Geneva
United States
Great Britain
France
Sharett
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
Britain
Ohio Reciprosity Truck Tax Lifted Controversy Rises
Ohio officials inform that reciprocal truck tax pacts with 17 states are canceled after an injunction lift, clearing the way for a mileage based axle tax on heavy trucks except on the Ohio Turnpike. Firms plan court fight while states weigh new agreements and potential retaliations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert L. Moulton
Ohio Reciprocity Board
Buckeye
Ohio Turnpike
Delaware
Rhode Island
Texas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Moulton
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Polio Research Bares Cold Virus Findings
Dr. Albert Sabin disclosed an unexpected by-product of polio work in Cincinnati. While testing a live polio vaccine in chimpanzees, many contracted the common cold. Wastes from the chimps revealed a new virus linked to the cold, suggesting a potential path to study the illness. He sent samples to other laboratories.
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Cincinnati
Albert B. Sabin
Sabin
Rayburn predicts 1956 Democratic sweep in Oklahoma
Speaker Sam Rayburn told a Jefferson Jackson Day gathering in Oklahoma City that voters are unhappy with the Republican track record. He cited farm income declines from over 17 billion to about 14 billion and blamed Ezra Taft Benson’s agriculture policies. The event raised about 160000 for next year’s campaign. Governor Raymond Gary introduced Rayburn as the state’s congressman at large.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
Republican Party
Rayburn
Ezra Taft Benson
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma Line
Bonham
Tex
Kidnapped Girl Found In Car With Man In Tulsa
A 16 year old girl abducted at gunpoint after Halloween outing was found unharmed with a man in a car on a hill southwest of Tulsa. Deputy Jim Hartley arrested George Helt 23, and the victim Margaret Crawford was located two and a half hours later.
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Tulsa
Okla
Glen H. Brown
Margaret Crawford
George Helt
Miss Crawford
Goldie Amos
Miss Amos
Tulsa and
Creek County
Jim Hartley
Hell
Argentine CGT declares countrywide general strike
The General Labor Confederation CGT in Buenos Aires announced a general strike to begin at midnight Tuesday. Union secretaries cited unkept promises and ignored agreements by government officials as the reason for the action.
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Buenos Aires
General Labor _ Confederation
CGT
Aged Editor Merle Thorpe Dies at 76
Merle Thorpe businessman and former editor of Nation's Business died Monday of lung cancer at George Washington University Hospital. He would have been 77 Tuesday. Thorpe edited and published Nation's Business until 1944 and then served as director of business development for Cities Service Co. since 1944.
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Washington
Merle Thorpe
George Washington University Hospital
Thorpe
the Nation’s Business Magazine
The
Cities Service Co
Teens to face court after Elkhart air gun spree
Three youths aged 13 to 17 were to appear in juvenile court on charges of firing air pistols at Elkhart businesses during a Halloween prank. Police stopped the trio in a car with two air pistols and a large ammo supply. They admitted shooting pellets through windows of about 30 downtown shops, causing dime-sized holes and about $8,000 in damage.
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Elkhart
Ind
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Rane
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Or & Certibed
Asa
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Sixth Street
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