Code of Ethics Adopted for Airing Convention
The Republican national committee announced that radio and television networks will sell convention airtime only to sponsors acceptable to the public for coverage of the San Francisco 1956 Republican convention starting August 20. The code, approved by ABC CBS and NBC, warns sponsors must meet public standards and aims for broad educational viewing.
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Washington
San Francisco
Calif
Republican National Committee
Chicago
American Broacasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
Republican Party
Switch in Time Saves Doctor Markham Ontario
Dr Arthur L Hore 81 of Markham has given up driving after his license was cancelled. He now rides a bicycle about four miles daily to visit patients, a habit he began after starting practice in 1910. He logged some 30 000 miles by car in 35 years and served as health officer for 20 years. White cashmere is the scarcest wool and most in demand.
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Markham
Ontario
Arthur L. Hore
Hore
Toronto
Markham Township
Youthful Drinker Case Reveals Birthday Oddity
A Knox College student jailed for drinking while underage argued it was legal since his 21st birthday was the next day. Assistant state's attorney William Henning released him to check the law, noting common law counts age from birth date, making him still underage until Jan 1.
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Galesburg
Ill
Knox College
William Henning
Henning
Milk Sold by the Yard in Siberia
Reports from Yakutsk in the far east say frozen milk is sold by the yard at the collective farm market. Milk comes in loaf or bowl shapes wrapped in paper for customers to carry home. Temperatures reach 58 below zero making melting impossible.
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Moscow
Yakutsk
Ogonyek
Pie in the face pays off for polio fund stunt
In Sedalia Missouri KDRO TV raised money for polio by taking pledges for a pieing of Patrolman Leroy Kidwell. Police Chief Neighbors urged him to take the pie but Kidwell finally agreed for fifty dollars and the sting occurred after pledges topped sixty five. He normally works overtime parking tickets six days a week. The note then shifts to a separate industry fact about printing firms representing over half of sales through 900 printers.
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Sedalia
Kdrotv
Leroy Kidwell
Edgar Neighbors
Kidwell
Eisenhower Pushes Postal Rate Hikes To Curb Deficit
President Eisenhower urged Congress to raise postal rates including a four cent first class stamp. A Post Office report says the department loses about $1,000 daily, proposing increases totaling roughly $406.5 million annually to cover staffing and modernization costs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Postoffice Department
Summerfield
New Summerfield
For Sale Tire Chains and Rent Ad Items
FOR SALE Set of 6.00x16.00 tire chains usable on 6.70x15 tires with tight fit. Price 2.50. INCOME TAX Service See Floyd Bassett at the Gift Shop. 219 FOR RENT New twin brush Electric Waxer 1.00 per day. CARD OF THANKS We thank for kindness shown during illness and after passing of our wife mother and grandmother Mrs J A Pumphrey Her Husband Children and Grandchildren.
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Income Tax Service
Floyd Bassett
Dollarhide Hardware
Stan
Whitewright
J. A. Pumphrey
Albert Pierce
Eula Pierce
Billie Brown
Hugh Brown
Shirley Fay Brown
Summerfield Advises President On Plant
A Summerfield advisor counseled the President regarding the physical plant. The remarks focus on facilities management and strategic upgrades to existing infrastructure.
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Summerfield
Telephone rate hike rejected in Athens
Gulf States Telephone Co asked for a 76 percent rate increase in Athens in January but the City Commission denied the request. Mayor A. R. Cox stated the council found the proposed rise excessive after reviewing the auditor's report. A similar request was denied last year.
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Athens
City Commission
Gulf States Telephone Co
A. R. Cox
Cox
Nothing Wrong in Hospitals Say Psychopathic Malingerer Case
The British Medical Journal warns against a young man labeled a psychopathic malingerer who sought medical treatment across 29 hospitals since 1951. Doctors state there is nothing physically wrong with him and he has used the system to obtain care.
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London
British Medical Journal
Journal
Two-Thirds Rule Vital to All U. S., Shivers Declares
Gov Allan Shivers called for reinstating the two thirds rule for Democratic presidential nominations saying its restoration benefits the nation not just the South. He opposed abolition and warned against nominating Adlai Stevenson, as observers expect trouble building a majority. A wealthy family gave a wayward son a six year old Ford for Christmas.
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U. S
Shivers
Austin
Allan Shivers
Adlai Stevenson
Washington
Stevenson
South
Ford
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James Cagney
William Powell
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Richard Burton
Fred McMurray
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Canada
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