Solons To Study Farm Exemption From Sales Tax
Oklahoma lawmakers will study farm tax relief proposals including a 2 percent state sales tax exemption on feed seed fertilizer insecticides and farm machinery. A plan for exemption via affidavit for feed was floated, and grading egg labeling noxious weed control and grasshopper programs gained support. Open range law and a state broiler show were deferred.
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Oklahoma City
Legislative Council
Senate
Agricultural Committee
Lewis A. Munn
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
A. R. Larason
Fargo
Larason
Farm Bureau
Comittee
Oklahoma
Cowboys Were Poor Shots Say Hal Boyle Revelations From Guns Study
Hal Boyle reports on Herbert Brayer findings that legendary Western cowboys often missed. Stories note few real marksmen among cowpunchers, with many gunmen being professionals. Examples include Dodge City 1881, New Mexico 1884, and 1 020 incidents with 84 cowboys killed by each other but 266 by non cowboys.
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Herbert O. Brayer
Texas
Charles Goodnight
Brayer
Jim Shaw
The
Wyoming Stock Growers Assn
New Mexico
Buck Rogers
Special Tour for Manuscript Washington The Yo nan Codex
The Aramaic manuscript of the New Testament, 1600 years old, was mounted on a specially equipped bus for a nationwide exhibit tour. Vice President Richard M. Nixon launched ceremonies and called the Bible’s significance vital in a world divided by prejudice and hate.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Elder Declares Quster Illegal PARCELL Leader Oust Declared Unconstitutional
Charles Elder, former secretary of the Oklahoma League of Young Democrats, says his Sunday night ouster by the Executive Committee was unconstitutional. He plans no contest, cites lack of notice for absences, and accuses the committee of inactivity while denying support for Doenges. The dispute centers on positions influenced by Gov. Raymond Gary and the national committee vote in Chicago.
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Elder
League
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
W. C. Doenges
Jim Arrington
Doenges
Raymond Gary
Arrington
Forest land in East Texas fit for timber growth
A report notes East Texas holds about 10,500,000 acres of forest land currently best suited for timber production, highlighting its potential for timber growing compared with other uses.
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East
Texas
Gary To Help Young Dems Defray Costs
Oklahoma City Gov Raymond Gary pledges help to cover about $18,000 of the $30,000 cost for the League of Young Democrats national convention. Registration fees and pledges raise portions, with Adlai Stevenson Harriman Kefauver among featured figures during the three day event.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
League of Young Democrats
State League
Gary
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Woman Detained With Wrappings and Knives Pays Fine
A 52 year old woman was stopped by police in a Phoenix shopping center carrying an armful of Christmas wrappings and carving knives. After a brief conference she paid 70.28 dollars for the goods and was released. She departed in a 1956 Cadillac.
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Phoenix, Ariz.p
Phoenix
Hearing Set Friday In Ardmore Killing
In Ardmore Oklahoma preliminary hearing is set for Friday at 10 a.m. for Wesley J Ford 39 charged with the November 18 pistol deaths of Henry D Mit aon 34 and Jess Golden Wood. Ford was ordered held without bond at arraignment before Peace Justice Fred Johnson after his speedy trial claim was denied by District Judge John C Caldwell. The hearing will also be before Johnson. The police say Ford and Mitchell argued in a tavern before the shooting with Mitchell shot three times in front of the tavern. Wood was a spectator.
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Ardmore
Okla
Wesley J. Ford
Fred Johnson
Ford
Johnson
John
Mitchell
Wood
Clash Leaves Six Students and Four Officers Injured
In Santiago Cuba police used clubs to disperse a demonstration against President Fulgencio Batista. Six students and four policemen were injured in the confrontation overnight.
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Santiago
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
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St. Jos
Pittsburgh Paints
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