Social Security Reforms Move Toward Expansion and Tax Rise
Congress appears ready to approve President Eisenhower's social security plan expanding coverage, raising benefits, and increasing the payroll tax. The package also includes federal aid to states for direct relief and aims to reach about 10 percent more workers. Benefits would rise for current retirees and survivors, with larger boosts for future beneficiaries, and earlier benefit timing anticipated before the next elections.
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Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Capitol
House
Martin
R-Mass
Reed
R-Ny
House Ways and Means
Rep
Kean
Ways and Means Committee
American Medical Assny
Break Seen In Bricker Treaty Fuss
A Senate resolution circulated by Sen. Kefauver aims to set out attitudes toward treaties and their domestic effect, requiring a recorded roll call on ratification. It does not amend the Constitution, unlike Bricker’s proposal, and compromise talks continue with Bricker to meet at the Justice Department.
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Eisenhower
Bricker
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Ohio
Senate
Knowland
California
Atty. Gen. Brownell
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Justice Department
Hudson Nash Boards Okay Consolidation
Hudson Motor Car Co and Nash-Kelvinator Corp approve a merger to form American Motors Corp subject to stockholder approval. The deal covers about 355 million dollars in assets and over 100 million in working capital. Nash and Kelvinator divisions will become divisions of the new firm, making American Motors the fourth largest U.S. automaker behind GM Ford and Chrysler.
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Hudson Motors
Nash-Kelvinator
Hudson Motor Car Co
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
American Motors Corp
N’k
Nash
Kelvinator
Hudson
NK Corp
American Motors
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
News Blackout Charges Made
Washington reports that Bernard M. Shanley says about a dozen complaints have been filed over a security information order limiting news. He notes many protests concern matters outside the order’s jurisdiction and half address why 2 200 federal workers have been separated as security risks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bernard M. Shanley Eisenhower
India Will Force Return Of Unrepatriated War Prisoners
Panmunjom report says an Indian spokesman asserted New Delhi will repatriate 22 500 prisoners despite Allied or Communist wishes. The move starts at 9 am Wednesday, with officials noting replies to notification letters will not alter the decision. He stressed it is India’s choice not a plan.
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Panmunjom
Prosecution Delays Walter Reuther Murder Plot Case
Detroit prosecutors win a 15 day postponement in the Walter Reuther shooting case. The pre trial exam of Car Renda is rescheduled to January 29 at the request of Prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien after a key witness refused to return to the United States.
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Detroit
United States
Walter Reuther
Recorder's
John P. Stallen
Car Renda
Gerald K. O'Brien
Jury Acquits Mayor Accused of Bribery
Defiance Ohio jury acquitted Elmer Rost 50 of bribery charges. The Common Pleas Court found Rost innocent of taking 87.29 dollars from Paul Mack, Firestone store manager, as a kickback in tire sales for city police cars. Rost’s safety director G B Hiatt died by suicide after pleading innocent to similar charges last month.
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Defiance
Ohio
Elmer Co
Rost
Common Pleas Court
Paul Mack
Firestone
G. B. Hiatt
Pressure Rises To Permit More Trade With Russia
Washington aides debate easing cold war trade barriers with the Soviet Union and satellites. Proponents cite a buyer’s market agriculture surpluses and easing tensions while opponents warn against subsidized exports and undermining friendly nations’ trade.
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Russia
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Parents Refuse Blood for Infant Dies in Chicago
An eight day old boy died after his parents Thomas Grzyb and Barbara Grzyb both Jehovahs Witnesses refused blood transfusion on religious grounds. The couple faced Family Court action to declare them unfit and make the infant a ward of the court. The case was brought to attention by Dr. Herman N Bundeson after St Anthony's Hospital officials reported the child's condition.
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Chicago
Thomas Grzyb
Barbara
Jehovah's Witnesses
Herman N. Bundeson
Board of Health
St Anthony's Hospital
Isadore Lerner
Lorain County Fair Named Best of Ohio in 1953
Lorain County’s 1953 fair was judged the best county fair in Ohio on a point basis for competitions and participation. Myers Y. Coloper presented the trophy at the Ohio Fair Managers Association meeting closing last night. The association urged the state to subsidize $3000 for each of Ohio’s 94 fairs, a request previously approved by the House but stalled in a Senate committee.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lorain County
Ohio Fair Managers Assn
Myers Y. Coloper
Association
House
Senate
Canton Plans Traffic Court for Teen-Agers
Ohio will establish Stark County's first teenage traffic court where high school students will hear traffic cases under supervision of a referee. Prosecutor John Rossetti announced the plan at a meeting of the Ohio State Prosecutors Assn.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stark County
John Rossetti
Ohio State Prosecutors Assn
Rossetti
Two Fatal Fires Claim Lives in Cleveland
A woman named Maria Sztcczka died after her dress ignited beside a kitchen stove as she dressed. In a separate incident, 44 year old George Ware was killed when his clothing caught fire from a stove that had toppled in his basement.
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Clevelany
Maria Sztcczka
George Ware
Red Gain Seen In Butter Deal
The proposed sale of surplus butter to the Russians could yield a large profit for the Soviet government. Prices in Soviet channels would reflect current butter prices around 30 rubles per kilogram, about $3.40 per pound, while the butter would have cost export prices of 40 to 50 cents per pound. The profit to the Soviet side would be about $2.99 to $3 per pound, financed by American taxpayers at 15 to 25 cents per pound.
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Commodity Credit Corp
Roseville Trio Named Heirs to Kelly Estate
In Columbus three Roseville residents were declared legal heirs to the million dollar estate of the late Dennis R. Kelly adopted son of a Columbus banker. Attorneys for Mrs. Rose Sigler McGhiey of Springfield Illinois natural mother to the boy say they will appeal the decision.
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Columbus
Rosevile
Ohio
Dennis R. Kelly
Rose Sigler McGhiey
Springfield
Ill
Edmund T
Bess Kelly
Egypt dissolves Moslem Brotherhood after mass arrests
Cairo authorities announce the dissolution of the Moslem Brotherhood and confiscation of its assets after about 450 arrests. The Revolutionary Council accuses the group of conspiring with communists and the British to foment disorder and a counterrevolution in Egypt over Suez Canal negotiations.
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Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Revolutionary Council
Naguib
Brotherhood
Middle East
Suez Canal
Anwar el Sadat
Farouk
C. M. Creswell
Treffor E. Evans
Hassan E Hodesby
Two Signalmen Escape Death In Runaway Train Wreck
Ten freight cars derailed on the B and O near the Hocking River in west Athens. Two signalmen, I. C. Arnold and Eimer Rodehaver, fled as the derailed cars bore down on their motor car, which was crushed. The rear portion stayed on the track while wreckage disrupted communications and blocked the main line. No injuries were reported. cause was unknown, with frozen bearing suspected.
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Baltimore & Ohio
West
Athens
I. C. Arnold
Foster Place
Eimer
Kersburg
Hocking River
Grosvenor Crossing
Arnold
Rodehaver
Union Decides On Ohio Truck Strike Today
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters mulls a response to Ohio axle-mile tax on two or more axle trucks. Hoffa had set a strike date, then postponed beyond January 20. If called, the action may halt more than 10,000 Midwest owner-drivers and stop trucks operating in or via Ohio.
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Chicago
Ohio
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
The
Teamsters
AFL
Frigid Storm Grips Montana Across Regions
A severe winter storm swept Montana with blizzard conditions and 40 mile per hour winds. The cold front, forming from Canada, was expected to reach six northern states by Saturday as Montana temperatures plunged to 30 below in the north and 10 below in the south per a Helena Weather Bureau advisory.
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Mont
Montana
Wyoming
Continental Divide
Canada
Helena Weather Bureau
Quiet Ceremony Crowded DiMaggio Marries Monroe
In San Francisco Joe DiMaggio wed Marilyn Monroe in a brief courthouse ceremony. About 500 spectators heard Judge Charlies Peery perform the vows as Monroe promised love and devotion. The couple declined to reveal their honeymoon plans and shared smiles for photographers.
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San Francisco
Joe DiMaggio
New York
Marilyn
Joe
Reno Barsocchini
Congressmen Face Vote On Self Pay Increase
Senators and House members were invited to vote themselves a 12500 annual pay raise raising salaries to 27500. The panel also recommended 14500 for Supreme Court justices and higher expense allowances for the vice president and Speaker. Congress has 60 days to act, with an election year debate likely.
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House
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Unknown cause for Philippine DC6 crash in Rome
Investigators from three countries found no explanation for the Philippine Airlines DC6 crash that killed 17 aboard in Rome yesterday. Four Americans died, including Gabriel J. Batavia of Silver Spring, Maryland, an attorney returning from a Hong Kong assignment for Civil Air Transport. The aircraft, smoking from one engine, struck a vacant lot in a crowded tenement district after requesting priority landing at Ciampino Airport and losing radio contact amid heavy rain.
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Rome
Ciampino
Gabriel J. Batavia
Silver Springs
Hong Kong
Claire L. Chennault
Civil Air Transport
Ohio Lawmaker Seeks Coffee Price Probe
State Sen David M. Ferguson called on Sen John W Bricker and Ohio GOP congressmen to probe rising coffee costs. He blamed profiteers racketeers and monopolists with Brazilian producers for prices jumping from 32-40 cents to over $1 per pound in about three years.
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Columbus
David M. Ferguson
Guernsey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
GOP
Ferguson
Special Legislative Session Nears Close
Columbus Ohio lawmakers prepare to sign two acts sending the half billion highway bond issue to Gov Lausche after a four day special session. The measures aim to implement the voter approved highway bond plan and related funding actions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Sadistic Knife Slayer Eludes Police Search
The hunt for Otto A Lael, 47, Syracuse, N Y, charged with slaying traveling companion Elizabeth Jeanne Henderson in a Oklahoma City motel stretched from New York to Oregon. Henderson, a 31 year old Compton California mother, was found dead and described as tortured and stabbed. Mrs Loel later told Oregon state police she had no idea where her husband was, last hearing from him January 6.
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Otto A Lael
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Oregon
Loel
Elizabeth Jeanne Henderson
Compton
Calif
Henderson Prrbably
Roseburg
Ore
Perjury Trial of Dayton Labor Leader Heads to Jury
A U S District Court jury in Cincinnati was to begin deliberations today in the case of E. Melvin Hupman a Dayton labor leader charged with perjury for signing a non Communist affidavit Judge John H Druffel hoped to submit to the jury by noon the decision on whether more witnesses would be called Defense has presented five character witnesses and no further witnesses were heard as of yesterday.
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Cincinnati
U. S. District Court
E. Melvin Hupman
Dayton
John H. Druffel
Hupman
House Panel Urges Dividend Tax Cuts
The House Ways and Means Committee approved sharp cuts in personal income taxes on dividend income. The revenue loss is estimated at 240 million dollars in the first year and up to one billion when fully in effect. About four million people would be affected, with roughly one third paying no tax on dividend income.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Margaret O'Brien Turns 17 Amid Baltimore Observers
Baltimore notes mark former child star Margaret O'Brien reaching age seventeen. The article highlights her early film work and ongoing public interest in her career.
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Baltimore
Margaret O’brien
Poison Slayer Awaits Death in Ohio Electric Chair
COLUMBUS Ohio Gov Frank J Lausche refused to intervene in the case of Mrs Davie Dean a Clermont County grandmother facing execution by electric chair for the poisoning death of her husband Hawkins 68 at their farm The 54 or 55 year old woman has exhausted all appeals and may be moved to the Ohio Penitentiary near 7 30 p m if clemency is not granted She calmly prepared yesterday for the sentence planning to leave her belongings and her parakeet to Velma West and await execution as the second woman to die in Ohio s electric chair.
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Colmbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Davie Dean
Clermont County
Ohio Penitentiary
Marysville
Deovie Dean
Columbus
Dean
Hawkins
Lauache
Light Snow Forecast Spots State Weather
Light snow expected Saturday night with moisture amounts around a quarter inch. Temperatures range from the mid 30s to upper 40s this weekend with a milder start, then a colder spell into Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Norma
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