Merchants Battle Over 50 Cent Sales Tax Bracket
Indiana retailers vow court action after the Revenue Board approves a 50 cent threshold for the 2 percent tax while a lower bracket proposal favored by the state revenue commissioner faces possible reversal. Governor Welsh and state officials indicated hearings and final steps remain before the plan takes effect.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Revenue Board
Charles van Nuys
Indiana Retail Council
Welsh
Revenue Board
Dorothy Gardner
Robert Hughes
James C. Courtney
The
Indiana
Edwin K. Steers
Secretary of State
Steers
Alex Ingram
Courtney
Gardner
Hughes
van Nuys
Congress Attacks EU Chicken Tariff Increase
U.S. lawmakers from poultry states condemn the Common Market's tariff rise on frozen chicken from 13 to 14.25 cents a pound. They urge retaliation and demand the Kennedy administration push for tariff reduction while noting talks may still occur under a 1961 pact. Senate critics warn the move risks profits for U.S. growers and call for strong action.
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UPI
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West Germany
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Italy
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United States
Brussels
State Department
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
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Kennedy
Durward G. Hall
R Mo
H. R. Gross
Calif
Hall
Unemployment Drops Again in Indiana April Report
Indiana University analysts report April shows lowest unemployment since 1953 at 4.0 percent, plus record high industrial electricity sales and bank debits. April unemployment 72,700, Anderson area bank activity up, housing starts up, May trends point to fewer claims and potential steel cutbacks. Bernard Baruch, 93, in New York Hospital for routine checkup.
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Bloomington
Indiana University
Bureau of Business Research
Anderson
Indiana
University Bureau
New York
UPI
Bernard Baruch
New York Hospital
Pope John XXIII regains consciousness amid grave illness
Vatican reports the Pope briefly awakened from a coma and spoke with relatives and doctors. He recognized family, blessed them, and sipped coffee, but physicians warned the recovery is not a real improvement amid a cancerous stomach tumor.
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John XXIII
Vatican Radio
John
Vatican
Amleto Cardinal Cigonagni
Papal
Pope John
Msgr
Angelo Dellacqua
Holy Father
Italy
Mindszenty Release Doubts Face Austrian cardinal says no rapid solution
Cardinal Franziskus Koenig of Austria doubts a quick release of Josef Mindszenty from Hungary. He notes ongoing negotiations with Hungary's Communist regime and says there are problems blocking an agreement, though he remains not discouraged.
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Rome
UPI
Franziskus
Koenig
Austria
Josef Cardinal
Mindszenty
Hungary
GOP Demands Policy Outline on Kennedy Foreign Policy
Republican leaders call for a clear, concise explanation of U S foreign policy toward the Soviet bloc Cuba Laos Brazil Venezuela and Guiana and urge Senate and House committees to convene officials for a bipartisan review amid concerns over NATO and the nuclear test ban.
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UPI
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Senate
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Charles A. Halleck
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Brazil
Venezuela
Guiana
Kennedy
Europe
Soviet Union
NATO Alliance
Ottawa
Britain
France
Canada
Netherlands
Belgium
Portugal
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Indiana Weekend Forecast Says Scattered Showers Expected
Fair skies and seasonable temperatures gave way to a weekend outlook of scattered showers and thundershowers across Indiana. Highs range from the mid 70s to low 80s with overnight lows in the 50s to 60s as a five day period trends above normal temperatures and rainfall between half an inch and three quarters.
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United Press International
Indiana
Pilot Dies In Crash Near South Bend
A World War II Mustang piloted by Harris L. Clark, 33, of Munster, on leave, crashed into a muck field nine miles west of South Bend. Clark died instantly as the single occupant. The engine buried eight feet in the ground, investigators said.
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South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph County
Harris L. Clark
Munster
Memorial Day toll climbs toward record highway carnage
The National Safety Council warned the Memorial Day holiday toll could top 550 as 218 deaths were tallied by 9:30 p.m. Friday. New York led in traffic deaths with 25, California 24, and multiple states reported fatalities including a car train collision in Springfield Ohio.
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National Safety Council
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California
Texas
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Missouri
Connecticut
Indiana
Kansas
Ohio
Springfield
Marinette Cleaner Helps White Cat Stay Brown
A Marinette dry cleaning firm received a call from a young girl requesting shoe polish removal from her white cat to prevent brown kittens. The caller stressed urgency as she expected the cat to have kittens soon.
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Marinette
Wis
Marinette Dry Cleaning
Photographs Show Thresher Sunken One Piece in Atlantic Depth
In one piece on the Atlantic seabed at about 8500 feet, the sunken submarine Thresher was photographed by the research vessel Conrad from 20 by 30 feet image areas. Capt. Frank A. Andrews and Dr. J. Lamar Worzel said a hull rent is visible while debris trails and sand grooves indicate Thresher’s path before final resting. The Trieste is being dispatched to assist with further exploration as the Navy conducts its inquiry.
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Thresher
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Conrad Thursday
Frank A. Andrews
J. Lamar Worzel
Lamont Geological Observatory
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Conrad
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N.H
Naval Shipyard
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Mass
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China buys 4 million bushels wheat from Australia on credit
Wheat Board Chairman James V Moroney said Communist China purchased 4 million bushels of Australian wheat on credit. The shipment will be paid in 12 months, bringing China’s total buys since December 1966 to 236 million bushels, at a cost over 358 million dollars, allowing Australia to dispose of its export surplus.
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Australia
UPI
Wheat Board
James V. Moroney
China
Peking
Negro Marchers Charged In Jackson Civil Rights Clash
About 500 Negro youths marched through Jackson business districts and were arrested after entering a police barricade. They were loaded into trucks and taken to a stockade, joining some 100 others arrested earlier as highway patrols reinforced the scene. In Tallahassee, a judge dismissed contempt charges against 220 demonstrators, allowing continued picketing of segregated theaters with limits.
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UPI
State Highway Patrol
Tallahassee
Fla
Jben C. Willis
Florida A&m University
Baccalaureate Speaker Named for Class of 1963
Rev. Hillery C. Rice of Park Place Church of God will deliver the baccalaureate address titled Guests of God at 7 30 p m in the Anderson High School gymnasium. About 440 seniors and several clergy will attend as part of a series leading to Thursday’s commencement.
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Anderson High School
David L. Adams
Hillery C. Rice
Park Place
Richard Dennis
Robert W. Fridley
First Methodist Church
George Harris
East Lynn Christian Church
Monroe G. Schuster
Central Christian Church
George Taggart
First
Immigation Measure Co-Author Rep. Walter Dies At 69
Rep. Francis E. Walter D Pa co author of the MacCarran Walter Immigration Act died at 69 after a coma and leukemia. In 1933 he entered the House and rose to power as chair of the immigration subcommittee and the Un American Activities Committee guiding Capitol patronage and caucus leadership. He was a trusted Rayburn aide with a noted controversial streak on internal security.
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Washington
UPI
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
House
Walter
Judiciary
Committee On UN
Farlher
Judiciary Committee
New Arrivals at St John’s and Community Hospitals
Births reported from St John’s Hospital and Community Hospital list seven families welcomed: Theodore Ballard and wife at 1904 W 22nd St with a boy. Willie Frisby of 2317 Halford St with a girl. C David Lehman of Frankton and wife with a girl. Harlan Harris of 4313 Cherry Rd with a boy. Tom Tata of 1016 W 4th St with a boy. Paul Riffey of Penditon with a girl. Roger Roudabush of 507 Hawthorne Dr with a girl. Fred Chariton of Pendieton with a boy. Ben Batie of Chesterfield with a girl. W Kent Priest of 3506 Redwood Dr with a boy.
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Theodore Ballard
W. 22Nd St
Willie Frisby
Halford St
Community Hospital
C. David Lehman
Frankton
Harlan Harris
Cherry Rd
Tom Tata
W. 4Th St
Paul Riffey
Pendieton
Roger Roudebush
Hawthorne Dr
Fred Chariton
Ben Batie
Chesterfield
W. Kent Priest
Redwood Dr
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