Tax drains lake owner sparks neighbor outcry
Cottage owners along Lake Sadanga in Vermont clash after Sawyer drains the 220 acre lake he owned for 30 years to dodge taxes. A muddy bottom and scarce water remain as he proposes refilling if locals help pay the 150 dollar annual tax bill. Selectman E J Roberts calls the move dramatic and cites Sawyer’s kinship.
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Jacksonville
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Boy Dies After Nephew Accident While Playing Cops and Robbers
In Lynn North Carolina sixteen year old Carl Lee Blackwell died yesterday after being shot through the heart while attempting to take a .25 caliber pistol from his four year old nephew who was using it in a game. Sheriff Lloyd Westbrook said the children had been playing with cap pistols when the grandson retrieved the firearm from his grandfather.
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Old Fashioned Labor Laws Deemed Outdated By Federal Official
A Department of Labor official argues that men’s compensation laws are old fashioned and should be updated by states rather than the federal government. Undersecretary Arthur Larson calls such laws the granddaddy of social legislation, noting reforms over the last fifty years have not kept pace. He spoke at the National Assn. of Claimants Compensation Attorneys convention in Nome.
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Department of Labor
Arthur Larson
Larson
National Assn
NAACP Faces $100000 Fine Over Alabama Records
The NAACP in Alabama faces a $100000 fine at 5 p.m. today unless it submits Alabama records including membership, bank and property lists, and correspondence. Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones had levied $10000 for contempt after the organization failed to provide the documents. Thurgood Marshall, NAACP chief counsel, commented as the five day window to boost the fine closes.
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Colored People
Alabama
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New York
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Patterson
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Nixon says Stassen proposal does not hurt GOP in Vermont
Vice President Nixon told reporters in Montpelier that Harold Stassen’s bid to back Gov. Christian Herter as vice presidential candidate did not harm the Republican Party. He said healthy discussion helps and noted support from many since Stassen’s move. He also said Herter will nominate Nixon at the convention and praised the party’s prospects and the nation’s peace and prosperity. Nixon and his wife were in Vermont to pick up their daughters from a summer camp.
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Nixon
Harold Stassen
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
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Herter
Vermont
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Julie
Washington
Roxbury
Adlai Stevenson Leads Delegates in Democratic Row
A tabulation by The Associated Press shows Adlai Stevenson with 371 delegate votes on first ballots, leading Kefauver Harriman Johnson and others. Delegates come from 27 states plus DC, Alaska, and Hawaii, with 686 to clinch the nomination on August 13 in Chicago.
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Adlai Stevenson
Associated Press
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Chicago
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Alaska
Hawaii
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Averell Harriman
New York
Second Trial Under Way For Student In Maryland Case
Gregory M. Delli-Pizzi, a 25 year old University of Maryland medical student, faces a second trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court for the fatal hotel lobby fight over a nightclub dancer. The May Baltimore jury deadlocked after seven hours of deliberations. the case was moved for venue.
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Gregory M. Delli-Pizzi
Anne Arundel ‘County
University of Maryland
Baltimore
Delli Pizzi
Weirton
W. Va
Richard M. Wieck
Allentown
Wick
Charlotte Holland
W.va
Jeanne Winters
Bold Civil Rights Plank Drives GOP Platform
Senator Bush predicts the Republican National Convention will endorse a strong civil rights plank. He and Senator Smith say the platform will contrast with Democrats and may include a Civil Rights Commission and federal court access, while discussing schools desegregation. Senator Ervin expects a nonoffensive plank within the Democratic group.
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