Company reports 1966 contracts revenue and taxes figures
The firm says it earned 6,736,288 on contracts in 1966 with costs of 5,627,088 leaving 1,099,802 before taxes and 229,802 after. It claims the Army erred in disallowing about 641,000 in claims that year including 139,000 for factory lease and equipment and 362,000 in executive salaries. The price adjustment board must answer within 60 days and the company will respond within 45 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stu
Army Hiard
Tillais Watch Case Company
Egin
Garrson Ci
Price Adjustment Board
Erlé
B29 Tries for New East West Speed Record
A B29 Superfortress piloted by Capt. Boyt L. Crubaigh took off from LaGuardia Field at 10 84 A.M. in an attempt to set a new New York and national speed record. Separate items note Klan activity in New York, a political appointment, and a triple hold up with burglaries in the Bronx and Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire State
New York
Boyt L. Crubaigh
LaGuardia Field
New New York
Burbnal
VA Reduces Interest Rate on Government Life Insurance
The Veterans Administration cut the interest on government life insurance policy loans from 5 to 4 percent effective immediately, saving about 1 million dollars for roughly 127,000 World War I and II veterans with $118 million in loans outstanding. Atlantic City, N. J., Mary Elizabeth Whitney offered a reward for the return of her lost four year old horse Witch. Eisenhower flies to Brazil and Mexico City, meeting stops planned with the Army chief of staff. Truman names Ben Johnson as Under Secretary of Labor and William J. Clayton to be Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Atlantic Chy
Mary Elizabeth "L. Whitney
Teerier
WEF
Brazil
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhowm
Westtein
Mexico
Army
Mexico City
Eisenhower
War Department
Truman
Johnson Washington
USP
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
William J. Clayton
Clayton
Attorney General Moves to Void New Jersey Klan Charter
Attorney General Walter Dean Riper filed in the New Jersey Supreme Court for a writ of quo warranto to void the Ku Klux Klan charter in New Jersey. The charter has stood with the secretary of state since 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGiahan
Albany
Walter CG
Mel Gahan
Baysute
Motor
N. J. Klan
Trenton
N. 3
INS
Walter Dean Riper Loflay
Ku Klux Klan
New Jersey
New Jersey Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Deaths of notable medical and union figures across states
Dr. Almon H. Cooke 74, physician who aided McKinley assailant after 1901 shooting, Buffalo. Charles B. Sears 83, ex president of New York State Pharmaceutical Association and State Board of Pharmacists, Auburn. Theron Wendell Kiinter 74, child diseases specialist and inventor of Sinnner test to detect drunkenness, Hempstead. Jacob Rosenberg 81, 12 years president of Local 802 Associated Musicians of Greater New York AFL, New York. Frank Schuler 63, boxing and wrestling figure, former postmaster assistant at San Francisco, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almon H. Cooke
William McKinley
Buffalo
Charles B. Sears
New York State Pharmaceutical Association
State Board of Pharmacists
Auburn
Theron
Wendell Kiinter
Hempstead
Jacoh Rosenberg
Musicians of
Greater New York
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
New York
Frank Schuler
Sun Franino
San Francisco
Russia Rejects U S Plan For Hungary Commission
Moscow says the Soviet foreign office rejected an American proposal for a joint Russian American British commission to study Hungary’s economic restoration. Izvestia notes Hungary could handle the task better, and mentions notes from the U S on March 2 and July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hungary
Moscow
Foreign Office
Izvestia
United States
The Wolf and the Childrens Age Debate
A fragment shows a speaker scolding a wolf figure about pairing with a brother and bearing children with someone of their own age. The line hints at a discussion of suitable companions and age appropriateness in a fable context. The source presents a dialogue tone without clear contemporary specifics.
Senate panel probes wartime contracts and ethics questions
The Senate investigative panel expands its inquiry into shell failures and wartime contracts. Testimony covers a Tacoma defense contractor payment to Paul Olson, possible ethics issues involving Representative Coffee, and remarks on General Waits and Somerville amid calls for accountability and a closed-door session to plan further hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. James ¥. McGranery
Tacoma
Wash
Paul A. Olson
Representative Coffee
D-Wash
McGranery
Coffee
Olson
Mitchell Dwash
Senate
Gen
Waltz
Magnuson
D- Wash
Brehon Somerville
Army Service Forces
Magnusen
Somerville
Alaska
Erie Basin
U. S
Fign T
War Department
War Contracts Price Adjustment Board
Ferguson
R-Mich
Erie
Mead
D.N
Jenry
Han Geery
Mitchell
Waitt
Mend
Elvind Anderson
Deferment Question Raised Over Rubinstein Case
In Columbus Col Chester Coble head of Ohio Selective Service said he was asked by a counsel for Representative Andrew May to defer Serge Rubinstein of New York City. Coble noted H Raph Burton demanded why he refused Rubinstein’s occupational deferment and that no regulation requires a state director to explain his action.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chester Coble
Selective Service
Counse
Andrew May
House Military Affairs
International
Serge Rubinstein
New York City
Goble
H. Raph Burton
Rubinstein
Glass cars and long buses spark highway fears
Walter Kiernan notes that a spun glass car by Stow Jard Darrin and a 60 foot bus by Henry Kaiser threaten to clash on crowded two lane highways. He jokes about the cleanup burdens after an accident as Henry Ford turns 88 and has not yet begun collecting his pension.
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Walter Kiernan
Stowjard Darrin
Henry Kaiser
Henry Ford
Agreement to develop Dewitt plant site for university and Carrier
The Herald Journal reports a pact among Dewitt leaders Carrier Corp and Syracuse University to co locate an industrial research facility at Thompson Road. Carrier would pay about 3.3 million for turbine equipment while the university would contribute nominally The deal aims to distribute surplus federal equipment equitably and could affect the universitys engineering college veteran education plans and the local vocations site.
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TNE
Herald-Journal
Dewitt
Thompson Rd
Syracuse University
Carrier
Ime
WAA
Body Found at Pond Identified as Cambridge Woman
The body of Miss McGurk, auburn haired Cambridge store manager, was found by John J. Lane in a Wareham pond. She vanished five days earlier during a vacation trip with two friends Ruth Jefferson and Helen Leary. Investigations continue into a man nicknamed Frank seen with her at the Colonial Casino. State and local police directed inquiries and questioned casino guests. A separate note reports Granger Grantham nominated for another term as U.S. Attorney for New Mexico.
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John J. Lane
Wareham
Chester A. Churchill
Warehame
Iit
E& GI
Miss MrGurk
Colonal
Bus
Peace Parley Two-Thirds Rule Divides Allied Powers
Read as a wartime diplomacy brief the article notes Byrnes pushing a two-thirds rule for key treaty decisions while some nations oppose it favoring simple majorities. It reports support from the United States Britain France and Russia for the rule and opposition from Australia Netherlands and others. It highlights disputed treaty sections involving Italy Greece Albania Yugoslavia and the Danube frontier and notes Molotov and Italian cabinet reactions.
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Byrnes
Byynes
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Ukraine
Poland
Canada
India
Frhiona
China
Australia
Netherlands
Big Four
Italy
Danube
Greece
Albania
Balkan
Trieste
Adriatic
Bulgar
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Molotov
Ussr
Rome
Pietro Nenni
Underpass Tragedy in California Kills Four Mexicans
Four Mexicans asleep on a bale loaded truck were killed when the vehicle struck an underpass in El Monte California. A second death occurred near New York where Robert J. McKenzie a veteran of New Guinea and the Philippines fell from a guardhouse at Governors Island. McKenzie, 21, had been in Camp Kilmer and later at Governor’s Island after voluntary surrender to Military Police. He held the Good Conduct Medal and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He is survived by his wife Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Monte
Calif
California Highway Patrol
New York
First Army
Robert J. McKenzie
al Spruce St
Baldwinsville
New Guinea
Philippines
Tigverners Island
McKenjview
Camp Kilmer
Buffalo
Fort Dix
Governor's Island
Virginia
Onondaga Sanatorium
Syracuse
Jap Charged As Torturer At Osaka POW HQ
Kenichi Kondo, an Osaka POW orderly, was charged with torturing allied prisoners during a 1941 Fourth of July celebration and with causing the deaths of PO2e Robert W. Hess and G. B. Serafin by denying medical aid and forcing labor.
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Tokyo
Kenichi Kondo
Osaka
Robert W. Hess
G. B. Serafin
Glasgow
Scotland
Il. I
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E. M. Grantham
New Mexico
Peace Parley
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