Fraud Hunt Focuses on Oklahoma Highway Funds Probe
A Congressional subcommittee led by John Blatnik probes alleged fraud and irregularities in federal highway spending. Oklahoma hearings cited $524,689 in overpayments on a 13 mile Interstate segment, with officials invoking the Fifth Amendment. Federal payments may be withheld pending audits and reforms. The probe extends nationwide, with a 1956 program totaling $13.275 billion to date.
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Washington
Subcommittee
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Blatnik
Oklahoma
Congress
Subcommittee Aids
Bertram’ D. Tallamy
Oklahoma Highway Department
Tallamy
Federal Bureau of Public Roads Inspection
Bureau of Public Roads
Massachusetts
Gaso
Spur Man Barbecues For Washington Fete
A thousand Texans attended an outdoor barbecue Sunday in Carter Barron Park Washington. Sponsored by the Texas State Society of Washington the event drew most of Texas's congressional delegation and families plus government staff. Durwood Woodward Spur rancher handled the cooking with Gib Sandefer as master of ceremonies and Miss Wool of Texas Day Padgett of San Antonio among attendees.
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Washington
Carter Barron Park
Texas State Society of Washington
Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers
Assa
Miss Wool
Texas
Day Padgett
San Antonio
Lucius M. Stephens
Lometa
Durwood Woodward
Gib Sandefer
Abilene
Navy ‘Band
State Society
Temblor Rocks San Diego Area
A sharp earthquake struck the San Diego region for about 11 minutes with intensity estimated at three on a twelve point scale. No injuries or damage were reported. Seismologists noted the center near Baja California about 50 miles south and suggested links to Chilean upheavals as part of ongoing readjustments.
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San Diego
Calif
UPD
Fred Robinson
Scobinson
Here
Baja California
Robinson
Alaska
California
Chile
TPA To Hear Talks By Two Area Men
The Texas Press Association announced that Vice President Richard Nixon will address the 80th anniversary celebration in Houston on June 19. The convention runs June 16 with leaders from Brenham, Batten, Durstine and Osborn, Houston Chronicle, Andrews County News, Nacogdoches, and others contributing. Awards in the Texas newspaper contests will be presented June 18.
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Austin
UPI
The
Texas Press Assn
Richard Nixon
Houston
TPA
Tom Whitehead
Brenham Banner Press
Bill Pleuthner
Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn
New York City
Benefield Hinckley
Houston Chronicle
James Roberts
Andrews County News
Garland Roark
Nacogdoches
Male nurse leads Vermont student nurses group
In Burlington Vermont Paul Truax the only male nurse in the state says he wouldn’t trade his role. He recalls a rough first day with 36 female classmates but remains confident as president of the State Student Nurses Association.
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Burlington, Vt
UPI
Vermont
Paul Truax
Truax
State Student Nurses’ Assn
Texan Je Le Swayers wins wild cow milking event
Bill Rhine stine of Tucumcari New Mexico won the bull riding. Dr Ee F Meredith of Olney Texas entered the cutting horse champion Kings Michelle.
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Je le Swayers
Garden
City
Bill Rhinestine
Tucumcari, N. M
Ee F. Meredith
Olney
Tex
Kings Michelle
Man's Salad Taste Triggers $10,000 Damages Award
Annapolis Maryland circuit court awards restaurateur George King $10,000 in damages after trucking executive Ralph Shaw failed to claim Russian dressing for a salad on May 19. Shaw testified he ordered steaks for his party but canceled the meal due to no dressing, remarking that eating steak without salad is like wearing tennis shoes with a tuxedo.
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Annapolis
George King
King
Ralph Shaw
Oxon Hill
Shaw
Texan Appointed To Education Committee
Dr. Ralph T. Green of the Texas Commission on Higher Education is named to the executive committee of the Southern Regional Education Board. The 33 member council includes two legislators from 16 states. Texas also names House Speaker Waggoner Carr of Lubbock.
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Atlanta
UPD
Ralph T. Green
Texas Commission On Higher Education
Southern Regional Education Board
Green
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Price Daniel
Crawford Martin
Hillssboro
SREB
Texas
Waggoner .Carr
Lubbock
Youths scramble for a storm sewer bonus
In Decatur Indiana two boys played catch when a wild pitch bounced into a storm sewer basin. Dennis Waks recovered a purse containing 1050 in savings bonds identified as Mrs Freeman’s, a downtown snatching victim from December 9.
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Decatur
Ill
Homer Ritchie
Dennis’ Waks
Jessie Freeman
Dennis
William McCory
Dedication of First Public Heliport Set
Paterson New Jersey will dedicate the first public heliport funded jointly by city and federal sources. The ceremony is slated for June 23 and marks a national milestone in municipal aviation infrastructure.
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Paterson
N.J
UPS
London Divorce Granted For Wife Adultery and Assault
Judge Samuel Edgedale granted Leonard Stevenson a divorce citing wife’s conduct, including attacks with a wooden spoon, broom, saucepan, knife, and fork and adultery with a longshoreman. The judge said married life was made impossible by the wife’s actions.
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London
Samuel Edgedale
Leonard Stevenson
Stevenson
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