FCC Freeze Keeps New TV Stations From Opening
Washington reports the FCC has not approved a new TV station license since October 1948 amid interference and airwave crowding. Chair Wayne Coy hopes to lift the freeze by end of 1950 and begin licenses in 1951, with color TV debates complicating the timing.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Wayne Coy
R.C.A
Radio Corporation of America
C.B.S
Columbia Broadcasting System
C.T.I
Color Television, Inc
San Francisco
Coy
Itching First Application Blue Star Ointment Ad
Ad promises immediate relief from itching due to eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and scales with one application of Blue Star Ointment. urges repeat use as needed and offers money back if the first jar fails to satisfy.
U M W Offices Closed For Funcannon Rites
Offices of District No 11 United Mine Workers will close Monday and Tuesday to honor Charles Funcannon a former president of District No 11. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM Tuesday at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev Samuel E Carruth officiating. Burial is at Rose Lawn Memorial Park. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers from various districts are listed.
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United Mine Workers
Charles Funcannon
International Board
Louis Austin
Roscoe McKinney
District 11
Ernest Goad
Princeton
Edward Hunter
Bicknell
James Vowell
Sullivan
David Campbell
New Goshen
Hugh White
Springfield
Ill
Edward Mor
Bicycle rider injured in collision on Gilbert and Poplar
Leon Hudson aged 16 of 1921 Spruce street was admitted to St. Anthony's Hospital with minor cuts after his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Ernest A. Brown 20 of R. R. 3 at Gilbert avenue and Poplar street late Saturday night.
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Leon Hudson
Spruce Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Ernest A. Brown
Gilbert Avenue
Poplar Street
Banker Fiancee Face Prison Terms For Embezzlement
Hammond Indiana June 26 A former bank cashier Donald J Heater and his fiancee Miss Norma Genevieve Benner bank bookkeeper pleaded guilty to 19 counts of mis applying funds in a $15000 embezzlement from the State Bank of Walcott They face up to five years in prison and fines to 5000 They will be sentenced later In Lake county court other pleas and sentences were handed down In one case two men pleaded innocent and one guilty to charges of operating a car ring that stole cars in Savannah Georgia and sold them in Lake county A former Lake county deputy sheriff John Bucur Jr Crown Point and Richard Minich Savannah pleaded innocent
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Hammond
Ind
State Bank of Walcott
Donald J. Heater
Norma Genevieve Benner
Lake County
Savannah
John Bucur, Jr
Crown Point
Richard Minich
G O P Women to Meet in Vigo County Club Session
Vigo County Republican Woman's Club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the YMCA with Mrs. Fred Orear presiding. Superior Court Judge Clay A Phillips will speak outlining activities planned for the Republican state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County
Republican Woman’s Club
Y.M.C.A
Fred O’rear
Clay A. Phillips
Superior Court
Washington Debates Massive Farm Aid and Foreign Aid Packages
Congress weighs a 2 billion dollar farm price support increase already passed by the House and proceeds with a 1.2225 billion dollar foreign arms aid plan. Committees meet behind closed doors on Alaska and Hawaii statehood and a large federal highway program as diplomacy, defense, and tax measures move through draft fixes and floor action.
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House
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Alaska
Hawaii
Public Works Subcommittee
Foreign Relations Subcommittee
John S. Service
Appropriations Committee
State Acheson
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Senate House Conference Committee
Auto collision at Eighth and Spruce injures neck claimed
Autos driven by Harry O. Graham of 2814 Schaal Avenue and George T. Nero of Milwaukee collided at Eighth and Spruce streets around midnight Saturday. Graham claimed a neck injury but refused medical aid, saying he would consult his physician later.
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Harry O. Graham
Schaal Avenue
George T. Nero
Milwaukee
Wis
Eighth
Spruce Streets
Graham
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