Bureau Seeks Names of Market Speculators for Inquiry
Agriculture Secretary Clinton P. Anderson aims to publish a list of commodity traders to expose gamblers while shielding innocent individuals sharing names. The roster may hold 12 000 to 15 000 names from two years of trading, with addresses often missing, complicating verification before Congress. The list will feed Senate and House probes into possible insider trading on exchanges and potential congressional witness testimony.
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Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Department
Congress
John Doe
Oregon
James Roe
Detroit
Truman
Harold Stassen
NEA
Clinton Anderson
Capitol
Washington, D. C
Styles Bridges
N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
Issues loom as Congress plans early 80th session
Washington DC reports that after a five week special session Congress will reconvene January 6 for the 80th Congress. Republican leaders aim to push tax cuts federal spending reductions and tariff policy universal military training and social programs through by mid June while preparing for the Philadelphia convention.
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Congress
80Th Congress
Robert A. Taft
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Philadelphia
Truman
Europe
Charge Faces Sister Slayer in Colorado Court
In LOS ANIMAL Colorado District Attorney Gordon Allott filed a murder charge against 12 year old James H. Melton Jr for shooting his 16 year old sister Phyllis Marie Melton. State Senator Averell C Johnson acted as his attorney by filing a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The judge ordered a commitment to the Colorado Psychiatric Hospital in Denver for sanity evaluation. Jimmy told officers he shot Phyllis Marie because he did not like her and her body was found after the late night killing. He remained in county jail. his father requested the boy stay jailed.
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Colo
Gordon Allott
James H. Melton, Jr
Averell C. Johnson
Commission of the
Herschel Horne
Colorado
Denver
Jimmy
Phyllis Marie
J. H Melton
All I know is what I read in the Claremore Progress
The Claremore Progress adopts Will Rogers famous line with a twist in its masthead, printing All I know is what I read in the Claremore Progress beside a Will Rogers portrait. The gesture marks a local nod to the famed humorist in Claremore, Oklahoma.
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Claremore, Okla
Claremore Progress
Will Rogers
Progress
Congressmen To Aid Measure On Veteran Pay
Congressmen pledged to back a bill improving subsistence pay for student veterans. Edith Nourse Rogers said committee members and veterans from several states voiced support for increasing monthly stipends from 65 to 75 dollars for non dependents and from 90 to 105 or 120 dollars depending on number of dependents.
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Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
Mass
House Veterans Committee
Washington Upsets Minnesota In Tight Interconference Game
In Minneapolis, the University of Washington toppled Minnesota 55 to 49 in a back and forth contest that saw 15 lead changes. Washington led 25 to 21 at halftime and claimed the win despite Minnesota’s earlier upset over Washington.
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Minneapolis
University of Washington
Minnesota
Gophers
Washington
Montana Grizzlies Hold Off Hawaii 14 12 In Postseason Clash
Two fourth quarter conversion points propelled the Montana Grizzlies to a 14 12 victory over Hawaii in a close postseason grid game. Final moments featured clutch kicks and a tight defensive stand by Montana.
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Honolulu
University of Montana Grizzlies
University of Hawaii
Tax Cut Next Year Looks Likely
Congress faces an early tax fight after reconvening January 6 with consensus on some tax relief. The plan from Chairman Harold Knutson would cut 56 hundred million dollars from income taxes, remove 7.4 million people from the tax rolls, raise exemptions to 600, and apply 10 to 30 percent relief across brackets. Republicans favor the outline while signaling concerns over revenue impact. some Democrats worry middle and upper bracket taxpayers may gain too much.
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Knutson
Texans Correct Inscriptions On Salado Battle Monument
In Austin the report notes Fayette County corrected errors on inscriptions at a Salado battle monument. It now honors Captain N. H. Dawson and his command who fell September 18, 1842, and Captain Nicholas Mosby Dawson with 36 volunteers killed near Salado Creek in Bexar County.
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Austin
Tex
Fayette County
N. H. Dawson
Salado
Nicholas
Mosby Dawson
Salado Creek
Bexar County
Nature May Solve Problem Of Siamese Twins
Indiana clinician Dr. Donald Caseley said the joined twins born Nov. 29 at Indiana University Medical Center face a poor prognosis as parents Mrs. and Mr. Edwin Speer of Bedford debate separation. Authorities warned non support if the children are kept at home but no state institution is likely to take them. The twins have not improved in four days and show no sign of recovery.
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Indianapolis
Donald Caseley
Indiana University Medical Center
Caseley
Edwin C. Speer
Bedford
Ind
Speer
Elder Injured In Car Crash In Nevada Football Setback
Nevada’s bid for a Salad Bowl win over North Texas State in Phoenix on New Year’s Day suffered a blow when ace halfback Willard Elder was seriously injured in a car crash. Elder, a sprinter who became a football player after transferring from the University of Iowa, sustained a fractured jaw severe facial lacerations and a skull fracture after the car plunged 70 feet off a mountain road.
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Reno
Nevada
North Texas State
Phoenix
Willard Elder
Elder
University of Iowa
Crowded Chicago Store Hit By Flames
Fire swept through a State Street department store crowded with Christmas shoppers in Chicago. No one injured as 1.5 to 2 million people filled the loop area. escalator blaze caused by heavy crowds. Store expected to reopen within two hours. financial loss estimated in the thousands.
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State Street
Michael J.corrigan
Corrigan
Goldblatt’s
aVh Baren
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