Fire Prevention Week Seeks Community Involvement
The city’s Fire Prevention Week emphasizes home and workplace safety. Coloring contests for students feature a fireman and Sparky the mascot with school winners receiving a model fire truck donated by Texaco representatives Jesse Plummer and Ray Stewart and a cash prize from the Fire Prevention Committee. The effort urges residents to clean properties and businesses to inspect for fire hazards while 33 Chamber of Commerce members and city departments back the drive to make it the most effective city observance.
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Rusk and Gromyko Seek Soviet Grain Purchase
Rusk and Gromyko on page one discuss a deal where the Soviet Union aims to buy about 250 million dollars of American wheat and other grain from private U S sellers. The sale remains under negotiation with the Kremlin pushing for broad purchases.
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Rusk presses Cuba issue amid talks with Khrushchev
U S officials say Dean Rusk will press Moscow to end meddling in Cuba before any major East West thaw. He aims to secure specifics on Khrushchev proposals for a non aggression treaty and international observation posts to guard against surprise attack.
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Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Hurricane threatens Haiti and Cuba with deadly path
A hurricane skirts Haiti’s Les Cayes and looms toward Cuba risking Guan tanamo Bay and Fidel Castro’s regime. Tourists flee Tobago to Port of Spain as island towns reel under wind and flood. An elderly traveler recalls screams and debris as the devastation unfolds. Otto Weekes among evacuees.
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Cuba
Guantanamo Bay
Fidel Castro
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Port of Spain
Otto Weekes
Flora Hurricane Strikes Tobago Prompting Haiti Warning
Enormous damage to livestock and property as Flora devastates Tobago. The hurricane grows dangerous, prompting southern Haiti residents to seek safety immediately. Tobago residents faced two hours’ notice. many towns reported extensive homelessness, power outages, and ongoing rescue efforts. Prime Minister Eric Williams flew to Tobago and started an aid fund with a $1,000 contribution.
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Court upholds sales tax while delaying its start
In a 25 to 24 ruling Lt. Gov Rich ard O Ristine risked his future with an aye vote breaking party lines. The court postponed tax collection until Oct 22 or longer if a rehearing is filed, and rejected retroactive taxation. It rejected altering tax brackets and urged remedies at the polls. Governor Welsh backed the tax to avert a revenue crisis.
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Senate
Niblack
State Revenue Department
Welsh
House
Richard Newhous
Morristown
Edwin K. Soers
Indiana Sales Tax Ruling Impacts School Funding and Revenue
The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the sales tax plan, boosting tax collections for local schools and easing property tax burdens. Gov Welsh and Lt Gov Ristine praised the decision as crucial for education finance, while the ruling overturned a prior injunction that delayed the tax.
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Richard C. Ristine
Senate
Indiana
Fire day plans and legal hire details outlined
The report notes a Republican siding with Niblack on an unconstitutional ruling and the state not being represented. Indianapolis lawyer George Zazas was hired by Welsh and delivered to Anderson by Howe. Guide Lamp Fire Chief John R Brown will lead the Junior Firemen's Day program with assistance from Guide Lamp plant protection and area fire departments.
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Indianapolis
George Zazas
Anderson
Howe
Guide Lamp Fire
John R .Brown
Guide Lamp
Fireman’s Day Program Showcases Historic Engines
Madison County officials and Guide partner to stage Firemen’s Day on the plant grounds. Fire engines from Anderson to Pipe Creek Township will carry children from the Guide lot toward the Century of Progress display featuring historic pumpers from Zanesfield and Arcanum, a 1917 model, a 1920 Pitsburg unit, and Howe made engines.
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Elwood
Lapel
Markleville
Pendleton
Pipe Creek Township
Pendleton Ave
Zanesfield
Ohio
American LaFrance
Cincinnati
Arcanum
Eldorado
Pitsburg
Howe
NAACP Schedules Forum With Ferguson and School
NAACP officials aim to question Mayor Ferguson and the School on issues at a meeting. Ferguson told Dawson he would consult the fire chief, but Dawson says he offered no clear reason for unkept promises over seven years. Ferguson blames limited fire department jobs and a nonintegrated department on the safety board.
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Ferguson
Dawson
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Court questions Hutcheson claim amid bribery case in Marion County roads
The high court found Hutcheson’s assertion about a friend unable to show a conspiratorial motive to bribe. There was no evidence either Hutcheson or co-defendants Chapman or Blaier knew the official Doggett. Receipt of $15,500 shared may reflect a business venture reward rather than a crime, and Doggett’s $15,800 checks lack a clear payment purpose.
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Chapman
Blaier
Doggett
Page One Summary of Tax Proposals Change
The article outlines four changes from Page One on proposed tax policy. It discusses reducing taxes on stock market profits via stock options and imposing a levy on American purchases of certain foreign securities. It also calls for American businesses to be taxed currently on profits of foreign subsidiaries.
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