Senate boosts old age pensions by five dollars a month
The Senate voted 77 to 2 to raise federal monthly contributions for the aged and for needy blind by $5 and for dependent children by $3, while rejecting a move to lower the start age from 65 to 60. The measure advances to conference with the House where a rival bill would block extensions for self employed workers. The final vote on the amended social security bill was 74 to 4. The max federal old age contribution would rise from $25 to $30.
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Washington
Senate
McFarland
Arizona
Revercomb
West Virginia
House
Legislative Digest Reports Tax Increases and Approvals
Senate bills introduced include S 342 to extend clerk term at Orleans civil district court to the next state election. Major measures pass floor: H 105 levy 100 tax on slot machines, H 109 two cents extra per gallon gas, H 111 ten dollar beer tax, H 117 sales tax up to 2 percent, H 230 severance tax increase, H 231 one cent gas gathering tax. Votes ranged 31 to 38 in favor with several floor amendments.
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Carbajal
Orleans
Ckeefe
Blasi
Wimberly
Executive Department
General Fund
Sanders
Sylvester
Inspector foresees possible vanishing dairy cows in Cleveland
Cleveland's chief milk inspector Dr. Acheson warned at a public sanitarians meeting that cows may not remain a staple in the region. He urged stronger dairy support to avoid reliance on synthetic milk, noting a waning interest among the young and ongoing shortages in several cities. Regulatory conflict and uneven enforcement were cited as barriers to recruiting in dairy farming.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Acheson
Cleveland Health Department
Ohio Association of Public Sanitarians
Atomic power forecast by standards chief on pace of development
The director of the National Bureau of Standards predicts experimental atomic power plants could appear within a year or two and ships powered by atomic energy within a decade, outlining a rapid timeline for peaceful nuclear use.
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National Bureau of Standards
Women Air Racers Reach Miami in Crosscountry Event
The last of six California to Miami contestants in the $1500 Jacqueline Cochran cross country hop have landed at Amelia Earhart field in Miami. pilots include Dorothy Krovozo and Helen Greinke who paused for darkness and plan to resume. D'Ambly led the field with McMillen and Betty Loufek close behind in Palm Springs. Other derbies run from Dallas Wichita St Louis Detroit and New York as the maneuvers open. Nolde sponsors the New York Miami event with a $500 prize.
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Miami
Fla
Amelia Earhart Field
Jacqueline Cochran
Dorothy Krovozo
Stockton
Calif
Helen Greinke
Bloomington
Ill
Palm Springs
Jeanne D’ambly
Claire McMillen
Betty Loufek
Santa Ana
Darlene Thurmond
van Nuys
Frances Nolde
Waco
Tex
Dallas
Wichita
St. Louis
Detroit
New York
Nolde
Mary Morrison
Grace Harris
Kansas City
Vienna Convention Attack by Russian Paper
The Russian army newspaper Oesterreichische Zeitung criticizes the Vienna international Socialist convention opening there. It says Vienna is slated as the platform for an official declaration of war by General Marshall’s corporals against the Communist states and notes only 16 European nations attend while Socialists keep away true socialist fighters.
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Vienna
The
Marshall International
Oesterreichische Zeitung
Marshall
SPECIAL NOTICES AND LEGAL ADS FROM LOUISIANA RECORDS
A mixed slate of public notices announces sealed bids for state finance purchases in Baton Rouge with June 10 1948 deadline, probate notices for Jule W Parks Jr estate, Monroe homestead proof for Leland Petagna, guardianship actions for Beverly Jo Reneau in Arkansas, and a foreign guardian recognition filing in Ouachita Parish calling for show cause within 30 days. Names include J B REILY director and Cammie C Newsom deputy clerk, along with witnesses Griffin Baur Sims and Coverdale. Public notices cover bids, probate admin letters, final land proof, and guardianship removal of property.
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State of Louisiana
Department of Finance
Capitol Annex
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
A. Drues
Department of Health
Monroe
Parish OF
Ouachita
Fourth District Court
Jule W. Parks, JR
Selma Oliphant Parks
State Land Office
Leland W. Petagna
Riverside Heights
Ouschita
R L. L. Terrell
J. ‘le Griffin
Tony Baur
James A. Sims, Sr
Bert Coverdale
Lucille May Grace Register
Tora Lee Rakestraw
Cora Lee Rakestraw
Beverly Jo Reneau
Little Rock
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Larson
Edgar Rie Burroughs
Warrick Camp
Mandrake the Magician
Merm
Captain Manton
Humpki
Lee Falk
Phil Davia
Darling
Cope
LYL Abner
By al Capp
Cokey
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Mary Worth
E Meanwhile
BY Ken Allen
Aunt Mary
Leona
Beverly
J. R. Williams
U.S. Senate
Ambrose
SR William
NEA Service Inc
Legislative Digest
Press Senate
W. Ripchmett
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Monroe, LA
Russia
State of Louisiana Department of Finance Division of Purchases J. 8
REILY
Cammie C
Newsom
R. D. Farr
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