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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1954
Page
2
Tokyo officials uncovered a tax dodge dating about 300 years old in Northern Honshu. Two large 18 by 24 foot topographical maps from the 1680 period are nearly identical, yet one shows 11 more villages than the other, suggesting misrepresentation to evade taxes.
A man identified as George Washington Ducker spent a night at Lowell Police Headquarters Massachusetts in a cell with a sign idea suggesting George Washington slept there on the door. The incident centers on the unusual booking and the vintage Washington reference.
A historical note shows the term used by local authorities for collecting taxes, signaling the shift of fiscal duties from the province to higher tax officials and reflecting governance changes.
Regional forecasts note partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers across West Texas East Texas Central Texas North Texas and Oklahoma Tuesday through Wednesday. Highs reach 80s to 90s with cooler nights in Panhandle and extreme southeast. Winds mainly southeast to south, with variable conditions in Kansas and cooler trends statewide.
A squall line stretched from Eastern Oklahoma through Dallas to Del Rio as heavy rain drenched Fort Worth and lighter totals fell in Dallas Mineral Wells Del Rio and Perrin AFB. Temperatures ranged from 54 to 80 amid widespread evening showers and several tornado alerts were issued southwest of Childress toward Hobart. Damaging winds toppled structures near Stanton and Crane saw hail dust storms.
TRENTON New Jersey. Gov. Meyner to announce detailed misconduct charges against the late Gov Harold G Hoffman including embezzlement of 300000 to fund his political career and to pay a blackmailer. Hoffmans daughter Ada Leonard pledged repayment of the funds and demanded Meyner clear her fathers name.
The Lincoln flag that covered Abraham Lincoln's casket on its 1865 journey from Washington to Springfield is now owned by the McLean County Historical Society. The 9 by 14 foot 35 star flag, retrieved from a Springfield attic, has a long provenance including Beidler family affidavits and a 1940s fire loss.
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