Electoral College Reform Backing From Voters 1 To 1
A Princeton Institute survey shows public support for replacing the winner take all method with proportional electoral votes. Among all voters 12 percent favor change, 42 percent unsure, with higher support among educated groups and independents. The study notes past divergences between popular and electoral votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ganp
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Senate
Institute
Stevenson
Eisenhower
U. S
John Quincy Adams
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
Senate Panel Approves Tax Extension Bill for One Year
The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously to extend corporate income and select excise taxes at current rates for another year. If passed, rates would remain in place though outlines warned of funding shifts and possible future tax cuts, with fiscal figures cited by Humphrey and Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate
White House
Secretary of Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Byrd
Humphrey
Rites Are Pending For Wreck Victim Clyde Nicholson
Funeral services for Clyde Nicholson 41 former Crosbyton resident will be directed by Beck Funeral Home Pilot Point. His body was transferred from Carter Funeral Home Ralls after a crash on Highway 82 nearanzo. He died when his car struck a tree after attempting to pass a vehicle on the four lane highway. Nicholson formerly owned a Crosbyton grocery and was a butcher in Arlington at his death. He is survived by his mother and sister in Pilot Point a sister in Arlington and by his ex wife and 8 year old daughter in Crosbyton.
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Clyde Nicholson
Crosbyton
Beck
Pilot Point
Dallas
Nicholson
Carter
Ralls
Highway 82
Nzo
Arlington
All-Bran Promises Quick Regimen for Regularity
A New York testimonial endorses Kellogg's All-Bran for relief from constipation caused by lack of bulk. The ad touts whole wheat grain as a natural laxative bulk and promises a ten day trial with a double money back offer if not satisfied.
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K. Rees
N. Y
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
Dockers Return To Work In Houston Protest
Dock workers ended a brief walkout Saturday after halting work on five ships in protest against non union ditch diggers. The stoppage began Friday when workers protested the Ramey Construction Company building a road from the wharf to a freight terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joes Houston
Ramey Construction Company
Pastor Quits As Congregation Splits Over Teachings
Dr John Knox Bowling resigned as minister of Northridge Presbyterian Church after a theology dispute split the Dallas Presbytery and church members. About 159 who left the Presbytery were not accepted as members in an official poll during the special meeting.
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Dallas
John Knox Bowling
Northridge Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Bowling
Northridge
Powerful Russian Bomber Prompts U S Alarm
New York March 24 Former Air Force Maj Alexander P De Seversky warned that Russia has unveiled the TU 104 a powerful bomber in flight testing The craft with two bypass engines is allegedly faster than current American jets and marks a shift in air power balance De Seversky notes the U S is behind and expects the Boeing 707 not ready until 1957 Serovs London flight with Gen Ivan A Serov signals the first outside Iron Curtain exposure of the Russian plane.
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London
Ivan Serov
Bulgaria
Khrushchev
New York
INS
Air Force
Alexander P. de Seversky
Russia
Ivan A. Serov
Moscow
U.S
de Seversky
America
England
Serov
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
the War College
U. S
Iron Curtain
Tarleton Relays Threaten Five Records in Field of 504
STEP HENVILLE Tex March 23 A record field of 504 entrants threatened to break at least five marks Saturday in the Fifth Tarleton State College Relays. Thirty four high schools are entered. The endangered marks are in the 100 220 and 440 yard dashes and the 449 and mile relays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenville
Tex
Tarleton State College
Railways Seek Passenger Fare Hikes Across Major Regions
Washington reports rail carriers plan fare increases with a 5 percent rise likely for most of the West and northern Eastern states. Eastern and Western lines notify the ICC of May 1 increases, minimum 5 to 25 cents per ride, 20 cents for first class, while Southern lines delay. The ICC also announced a broad probe into postwar passenger operating losses.
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Washington
West
Ohio
Potomac
Eastern and Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
ICC
Rogers Services To Be Held At Asbury Methodist Church Today
Funeral services for Charlie R. Rogers 72 of 3109 E 4th St will be at 2 30 p m today at Asbury Methodist Church with Rev John English and Rev Roscoe Trostle officiating Burial will be in Tech Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction Rogers a Lubbock resident for 29 years died at 11 a m Friday in Methodist Hospital after a three year illness He was a retired farmer Pallbearers were Arthur Vinson Ed Moore Date Keeler Bill Davis D C Judd and J D Ralston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie R. Rogers
4Th St
Asbury Methodist Church
John English
Roscoe Trostle
Aldersgate Methodist Church
Tech Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Rogers
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Arthur Vinson
Ed Moore
Date Keeler
Bill Davis
D. C. Judd
J. D. Ralston
British curfew clamps 13 Cyprus towns on Greek independence
In Nicosia Cyprus March 94, Field Marshal Sir John ordered an ironclad curfew on 13 main towns as Greek Independence Day neared. The curfew covers 160000 residents, bans vehicles, allows only passes for essential personnel, and shuts churches with radio programs for all faiths. The airport remains closed and flights halted amid tensions with Cypriot self determination advocates.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Sir John
Turkey
Greece
Tomorow
Harding
Makarios
union-with-Greece
Corpus
Murder of Peron's relation proved
Government investigators concluded that Juan Duarte, once Peróns brother-in-law and major intermediary in black market deals, was murdered in 1953 rather than dying by his own action. Exhumed remains showed head blows and a close range shooting, while Duarte sought escape as deposed leader promised a crackdown.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Juan Duarte
Army
Duarte
Peron
Argentina
Jorge Antonio
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