Freight Rate Hike Approved by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved new freight tariffs raising costs nationwide. Eastern and Western railroads gain 7 percent with Southern carriers at 4 percent, after earlier emergency boosts. Net annual freight-cost increase estimated at about 897.8 million dollars, with overall rates up roughly 14 percent from June 1946 levels.
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ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern and Western
Southern
Navy Plans to Put 60 Ships in Mothballs
The Navy will mothball 60 ships including the battleship Iowa to cut costs. The move should hardly affect fighting power with atomic submarines and other modern vessels joining by next June. Eight destroyers, sixteen destroyer escorts, two submarines, and five transport ships along with five landing ships and two attack cargo ships plus twenty one mine sweepers will also be deactivated as 23 new vessels and ten conversion projects join the fleet.
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Washington
Iowa
Navy
Library Adds Bible Volume to Carnegie Free Library
The final volume of the 12 volume Interpreter's Bible has been added by Librarian Neil Barnaby. The volume covers the last five books with the index and four supplementary articles, including the Dead Sea Scrolls and 16 pages of ancient Bible manuscripts. The set, produced by Abingdon Press, involved 50 Protestant scholars, spans about 10,000 pages, and cost over $1,000,000.
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Carnegie Free Library
Neil Barnaby
Abingdon Press
River Change Might Reveal Liquor Cache
Paris Texas. Dry Red River County may have a rare liquor cache in its own back yard. Heavy spring rains altered Red River's course. Fisherman Benny Budgett uncovered the mast of a large long buried boat along the new river path. District Clerk Eugene Bowers cites a legend that a boat loaded with 200 barrels of whiskey sank nearby in 1855.
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Paris
Tex
Red River
Benny Budgett
Eugene Bowers
Jets to Philippines bolster defense in Clark Field move
The U S Air Force will shift a squadron of F400 fighter bombers from Okinawa to Clark Field in mid August to strengthen Philippine defenses. A month earlier a squadron of Fa86 Sabre jets was delivered to the Philippine Air Force and Filipino pilots are training at Clark Field.
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Manila
United States
Philippine Republic
U. S. Air Force
Okinawa
Clark Field
Air Force
Philippine Air Force
Faith Restored In Young People
Pittsburg Kansas report recalls a Springfield Missouri student whose 66 cent lunch check mishap restored faith in teens. Charles Chancey of Pittsburg cafe welcomed the classmate and his Springfield Central High School group with a free drink on return visits after he found the forgotten payment.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Scott Patterson
Springfield
Charles Chancey
Chancey
Pittsburgh
Patterson
Central High School
Fears Epidemic Of Asiatic Flu
Dr H M Hardwicke Missouri health director reports 200 Asiatic flu cases in two weeks warning a serious epidemic may occur in fall and winter. Health officials from Missouri Kansas the U S Public Health Service and the American Medical Association will meet in Kansas City to plan preventive measures. Most Missouri cases are at boys camps.
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H. M. Hardwicke
Missouri
Kansas
U. S. Public Health Service
American Medical Assa
Kansas City
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