Nationwide highway users group fights tax diversions
Washington AP reports the National Highway Users Conference, a 54 year old nonprofit, seeks to ensure motorist taxes are spent on highways. It cites $7.2 billion in motor fuel taxes in 1965 and $8 billion diverted over 30 years to oyster propagation and mosquito control, urging state constitutional amendments to prohibit such diversions.
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Tex Easley Washington
Alaska
American “Petroleum Institute
U.S. Public Roads Bureau
America
Arthur Butler
Texas farmers face near standstill as cold clears fields
Texas Agricultur al Extension Service reports midweek weather halted outdoor farming except livestock care. Subsoil moisture below normal in parts of the state and rust widespread in oat fields with ongoing cotton allotment sales in Northeast Texas.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
South Plains
North Central
Cowboys Win Money and Titles at Denver Rodeo Show
Six of the nation s top eight cowboys received 1200 each at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. Honorees include Dean Oliver Glen Franklin Harley May Shawn Davis Jim Houston and Larry Mahan. Two champions could not attend Jim Rodriguez Jr. and Sonney Wright. Thursday night results list winners in bareback bronc riding steer wrestling calf roping girls barrel racing saddle bronc riding and bull riding led by Duane Howard in bull riding.
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UPI
Nnation
John A. Love
Colorado
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Dean Oliver
Boise
Idaho
Glen Franklin
House
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Harley May
Oakdale
Calif
Shawn Davis
Whitehall
Mont
Jim Houston
Omaha
iNeb
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Brooks
Ore
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Paso Robles
Sonney Wright
Alto
Rodriguez
Wright
Duane Howard
Minnewauken
N. D
Paul Mayo
Grinnel
Iowa
Roy Duvall
Muskogee
Okla
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Talihina
Duane Eaton
Lamar
Colo
Sherry Combs
Checotah
Larry Kane
Big Sandy
Major Outbreak Of Measles Is Battled
More than 1 500 children aged 1 through 8 were inoculated as health authorities fight a measles outbreak in Mount Pleasant Michigan first noted in December. Dr E J Brenner and Kent Gray report hundreds of suspected cases and fund contributions from local service clubs to cover vaccination costs.
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Mich
Kent Gray
Tri- County
Central Michigan
E. J. Brenner
Tri-County
Isabella
Mecosta
Osceola
U.S
Gray
Isabella County United Fund
Vera Pearce Former Variety Star Dies in London
Vera Pearce about 70, a former variety star, died Tuesday after a song a witness said. The death was announced Thursday in London.
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London
Vera Pearce
Variety
Women Upset Over Nude Art Auctioned From Boy's Club
In Minneapolis, women board members protest 300 nude pictures from a 1100 piece art donation by Louis F. Dow Co. They threaten to resign if the auctioned nudes are not moved from the third floor to prevent exposure at the Boys' Club. The sale is set for January 29 after prior placement in the club. officials say the nudes are no worse than works found in art centers.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Boys’ Club of
Minneapolis
Louis F. Dow Co
St. Paul
H. J. Dow
Senator Urges Check On CIA Investigation Push
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy urges the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to investigate the CIA. He notes past attempts faced administration opposition as a senior subcommittee secretly reviews CIA appropriations of several hundred million dollars annually.
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Washington
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Monte Carlo Rally Group Rejects Driver Protests
The Monte Carlo Auto Rally Organizing Committee rejected protests from six British drivers disqualified before final standings. Drivers may appeal to a Monaco Automobile Club special court, with members experienced in legal matters. If appealed, the case could take weeks.
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Monte Carlo
GOP Bits From Congress Show No Big Change Yet
Washington report notes light legislative effort in the 89th Congress while lawmakers enjoy humorous exchanges. Rep. George Grider, a Democrat, jokes about GOP solicitations and computer jokes with Rep. Robert Michel. laughter over agency name glitches hints at ongoing Washington satire.
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Washington
UPI
George Grider
Tennessee
Republican National Committee
GOP
Grider
Ray C. Bliss
Robert H. Michel
Asjl
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Michel
Department of Transportation, Housing and Urban Growth
Stay Motion Denied Against Dallas Film Censorship
The U S Court of Appeals denied a stay motion filed by Interstate Circuit Inc. to block Dallas Texas from censoring certain films. Dallas approved Nov 22 1965 an ordinance creating a film classification board with power to censor movies not fit for under 16. A hearing on Interstate's appeal was scheduled after May.
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Atlanta, Ga
U. S. Circuit of Appeals
Dallas
Tex
Interstate Circuit Inc
Motion Picture Classification Board
U. S
Doctor Says Mother Not Boy’s Best Friend
Dr. Harry F. Harlow of the Wisconsin Regional Primate Center argues a boy’s mother is not his best friend. He notes since 1930 he’s studied primates in mother infant and peer settings, concluding early ties with one’s own age group shape personality and social adjustment. In absence of an age mate, a mother serves as the best substitute to foster socialization.
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Omaha
Neb
Harry F. Harlow
Wisconsin Regional Primate Center
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Harlow
Nebraska Psychiatric Institute
Youngister
General Corbin, 82, Dies After 40 Years in Army
Maj. Gen. Clifford Lee Corbin, aged 82, who retired from the U S Army in 1846 after more than four decades of active duty, died Thursday in Washington.
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Washington
Clifford Lee Corbin
U.S. Army
European Space Units In Alaska OKayed By Senate
Senate approved a measure to permit European nations to build a space tracking station in Alaska. It designates the European Space Research Organization as an international group exempt from import duties for the Fairbanks station. Eleven nations belong to the group.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Alaska
White House
European Space Research Organization
Fairbanks
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