Cut In State Pay Roll Tax To Be Sought
Phoenix December 30 The state employment security commission urges the legislature to cut payroll taxes on employers under the unemployment compensation law and to extend weekly benefits to workers. A $26 270 000 surplus in the state compensation fund supports the plan. The commission cites increased benefit costs and a rise in covered employees while noting a decline in veterans adjustment payments.
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Phoenix
Wade Church
State Employment Security Commission
Arizona
Church
Dan E. Garvey
Truman Lands With Moderate Visibility on Final Approach
President Truman landed after brief concern over visibility on the Independence flight. An air traffic controller guided the aircraft to a near touch down despite 25 feet altitude. Truman joked he slept during the approach and noted he would have diverted to Key West if needed.
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Stanley Seltzer
Williams
Key West
Fila
Wreck Leads to Hospital Check for Mrs Pierce
Mrs Pierce received a severe bump to the head after a two car crash and was treated at the county hospital then released. Police reported no witnesses to the accident. A map centered at the North Pole shows three fourths of earth’s land area with about ninety percent of the population living there.
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Page One
Pierce
Washington
North Pole
Fort Huachuca Post Eyes Diverse Revenue and Park Use
Nineteen employees run a 1,600 kilowatt power plant and related facilities at Fort Huachuca. Revenue from the plant is about $2,000 monthly under a Citizens Utility contract that ends with a new border city plant next year. Additional income could total around $1,000 monthly from gas water and rentals. The post offers recreational and small industrial potential with pools golf tennis lakes and trails. Washington chambers see potential for state parks and summer tourist activity while the guard retains permanent facilities and housing for about 9,000 troops.
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Citizens Utility Company of
Nogales
Merritt
Rural Electrification Administration
South
Tucson
Willcox
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Post
Fraser
Organized Reserve
Sixth Army Area
Communist threat climbs as Yangtze region fortified
Reports say 35 miles of the Yangtze north bank near Nanking area held by Communist forces with orders to sink entering boats. Navy patrols ordered to block the area and keep river traffic away. Yangchow garrison expands fortifications to meet growing threat.
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Yangtze
Nanking
Yangchow
Democrats Push House Rule Changes Amid Spy Probe Ties
In Congress, 218 Democrats push to remove a bill from the rules committee while Sabath’s plan preserves the 218-signature threshold. Rankin’s un-American activities committee role sparks debate, though leaders avoid discussing his possible exclusion. Rankin is a top committee figure slated for the veterans’ panel. In York Pennsylvania, a factory worker rigs a steel bar on the Christmas whistle to play carols heard for miles.
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House
Rules
Sabath
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
un-American Activities Committee
York
Local Game Restocking Plans Across Arizona Lands
Turson Baily Citizen reports on December 30, 1948 that the game and fish department will restock area lands with antelope quail and other species. Streams will be seeded with trout and bass while a small buffalo herd may be moved from Houserock valley to satisfy southern Arizona sportsmen.
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Turson Baily
Game and Fish Department
Kimball
Game Department
Arizona
Houserock Valley
Israeli Forces Press Attack as Egyptian Warplane Losses Reported
Reports say Israeli tanks and armored cars faced heavy losses from Egyptian air attacks. Claims of a Jewish advance 25 miles into Egypt near El Arish were denied by an Israeli spokesman who confirmed air attacks on Egyptian positions outside Israeli territory. Nine senior Egyptian officers were reported among prisoners taken by Jewish forces in the Negev.
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Egypt
el Arish
Mediterranean
Negev
Weather map shows rain across Columbia and Pacific coast warmth
Rain continued in parts of western Washington and western Oregon. Temperatures along the Pacific coast and in the Rocky Mountain states were near normal. Some cold air and a few snow flurries hit Memphis Tennessee Louisville Kentucky and Elkins West Virginia with a high of 78 in Jacksonville Florida on Wednesday.
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Columbia
S. C
Washington
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain States
Memphis
Tenn
Louisville
Elkins
W. Va
Jacksonville
Fla
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Germany
U. S
Huachuca
China
Mimost
Ste. Pierre Smirnoff Fis.Inc
Hartford, Conn
Veterans’ Committee
E. Lester
Peoples Fuel & Feed Co
S. Mary’s Road
Church New Air-Condit
Greyhound
East Jackson
Curzon Gabardine
Monarch
RED Myrick’s
Levi Strauss
Israel
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RCA Victor
Balentine
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California Port
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