Eclipse Captured as Sudan Moon Enshrouds Sun in Khartoum
In Khartoum a 3 minute total solar eclipse drew 70 scientists from 10 nations amid wind concerns that affected telescope setups. Observers from U S Austria Britain Netherlands France Italy Greece Canada Egypt Switzerland joined 17 teams to study relativity and solar phenomena while Sudanese officials warned tribes to stay calm.
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Canara
Egypt
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Russia
French Chief Seeks Tax Hike for Defense Budget
Premier Edgar Faure plans to ask the national assembly for a 5 percent tax increase, raising 400 billion francs for 1952 defense. He proposes a defense appropriation of 1400 billion francs, nearly doubling last year's 743 billion, with the United States to provide 195 billion francs. France would need about 120 billion francs more than anticipated.
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Edgar Faure
France
National Assembly
North Atlantic Council
Lisbon
United States
Landon calls for economic sanctions against Iron Curtain
Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republican presidential candidate, urged economic sanctions against Iron Curtain countries at a Salina Rotary lunch. He criticized Truman policy, warned against leaving the United Nations, and said the Atlantic Pact remains unduly celebrated while sanctions have not been fully tried.
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Kansas
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Andrew Schoepper
R.kan
United States
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Dewey
New York
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Kansan
Russia
U S Pays Informers Fee On Tax Evasion Boast Warned
A Federal report shows the Revenue Bureau paid informers over 500000 dollars last year for tips that led to 9627846 dollars in additional taxes. Fees vary up to 80000 dollars, with cases of revenge and boasting triggering prosecutions or penalties.
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The
Revenue Bureau
Alabama
War Talk Sparks Kansan Fire with Fire Comment
A Kansan columnist urges hardline methods in the ongoing conflict, stating that as long as the Soviet Union continues the war of attrition, a strategy of fighting fire with fire should be employed. The remark reflects wartime rhetoric and policy debates within the government and armed forces.
Four Air Guardsmen Safe After Spokane Crash Ordeal
Four Air National Guardsmen missing since Friday on a Spokane to Sacramento flight were recovered at Geiger Field. Pilot Harley Pallette and three Californians Ernest Kidwell Bruce Prinz and James Sims walked out of Siskiyou County mountains to McCloud California, one sick, one remaining behind.
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Calif
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del Paso Heights
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Carmachael
James Sims
Fair Oaks
Cal
Doe H. Drakes
Geiger
Siski‘you County
McCloud
Pallette
Kidwell
Solon Hits Treasury on Nunan Counseling
Washington February 25 AP Senator Ferguson accuses the Treasury of stretching rules to let ex Internal Revenue chief Joseph D Nunan represent tax troubled clients. Treasury defends its restrictions as far beyond federal law, citing a two year bar and broader prohibitions for former employees.
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R.-Mich
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Snow Advances in Southwest U S Across Several States
The Associated Press reports unusual snow across the southwest, covering eastern New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, northwest Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. Oklahoma City recorded two inches and Wichita three inches while other areas saw rainfall, and a deep cold snap hit Fraser Colorado at 30 degrees below zero.
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