Public Supports Keeping Military Strength Over Tax Cuts
A George Gallup study shows no strong public push to reduce the Army and Navy. When given a choice, most voters prefer keeping armed forces at current levels to cutting taxes, with widespread cross party agreement across demographics. Veterans favor maintaining current strength slightly more.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Institute
Army
Navy
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Wallace
Education College
1947 Couldn’t Be As Funny As 1946 Says Othman
Frederick C. Othman reflects on 1946’s wild year in Washington with satire and anecdotes. He notes lawmakers, embassies, industrial quirks, and public misadventures as he bids farewell to 1946 and doubts 1947 will match the humor.
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Othman
Nogales Man among Christmas Day Auto Victims
Jose M. Lopez 42 a Nogales native living in Los Angeles died in a Christmas day automobile crash. His body will be brought to Nogales for funeral services. he leaves a wife and five children.
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Nogales Ariz
Los Angeles
Jose M. Lopez
Nogales
Lopez
Radar training blamed for fatal Shanghai crashes
In Shanghai on Christmas night three planes of CNAC and CATC crashed in dense fog, killing 70 and injuring 16. Navy radar guidance helped two planes in, while CNAC and CATC pilots largely did not take up radar training offered. One pilot, Capt. Rolf Brandt Preus, remained gravely injured.
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Shanghai
U.P
China National Aviation Corporation
China Air Transport Company
Kiangwan
C. D. Allen
San Diego
Navy
CNAC
Allen
CATC
Rolf Brandt Preus
Minneapolis
UNRRA
Preus
Lt Murray On Way Home From Austria
Lt Dycus A Murray husband of Mary Sue Gatlin is en route to the United States from Lintz Austria where he has been stationed with the air forces. He was a flying instructor at Marana Army airfield. His wife will return to Tucson after the first of the year to greet him. Donald E B Hill spent Christmas in Tucson with his grandmother Mrs Alice E Tolbert and was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for submarine warfare in the Atlantic plus the American Defense Ribbon for European and Pacific theaters and the Good Conduct Medal after 14 months in the China seas.
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Dycus A. Murray
Mary Sue Gatlin
United States
Lintz
Austria
Murray
Marana Army Airfield
Texas
Tucson
Donald EB. Hill
St. Paul
Alice E. Tolbert
24Th Street
Atlantic
Pacific
China Seas
Highway Commission Closes 1946 Business Friday in Phoenix
PHOENIX Dec 27 The state highway commission will close its 1946 business Friday by opening bids on three projects totaling 15 miles of highways and a stretch of North Central avenue outside Phoenix. Contracts already let this year amount to 6.7 million dollars.
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Phoenix
U.P
State Highway Commission
Florence-Superior
North Central Avenue
Wisconsin Governor Backs Stassen for 1948 Nomination
Governor Walter Goodland of Wisconsin said he would support Harold Stassen for the Republican presidential nomination in 1948. The 84 year old Republican, oldest governor in the nation, made the remark in Madison on Thursday.
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Madison
Wis
Walter
Goodland
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Radio May Play Big Role In 48 Campaign
David Sarnoff, RCA president, says television will be ready to play its first big role in the 1948 presidential elections and may alter political campaign technique.
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New York
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Mexican Senate approves bill for farm credit bank
MENICO CITY December 27 The Mexican senate approved a bill creating an agricultural credit bank and agricultural investment insurance. The bank would offer small four year loans. The measure now goes to the chamber of deputies for approval. The bill was drafted by President Miguel Aleman early in his term.
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Menico City
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Miguel Aleman
Phoenix Junior College Dean Resigns After 16 Years
Phoenix junior college announces the resignation of Dean Harry B. Wyman after a 16 year tenure effective next June. President E W Montgomery says associate professor Robert J Hannelly will become the new dean as Wyman moves to head the education philosophy department.
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Phoenix
Harry B. Wyman
Phoenix Junior College
E. W. Montgomery
Robert J. Hannelly
Wyman
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