Dems May Seek Change In Tax Revision Plan
House Democrats press for tax relief for families and lower stockholder taxes, targeting dividends and depreciation in Eisenhower era revision. They consider boosting personal exemptions to offset revenue loss, arguing gains shift to wage earners and families while criticizing the plan as a corporate tax shift. Humphrey says business aids people.
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Hemingway and wife survive jungle plane crash in Uganda
Novelist Ernest Hemingway and wife Mary Welsh escaped unhurt after a chartered sightseeing plane and a rescue craft crashed near Murchison Falls in Uganda. They were later rescued by a launch and a second plane before traveling by road toward Entebbe.
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British Overseas Airways
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Entebbe
Mary Welsh
Big Four foreign ministers meet in Berlin talks
The meeting includes John Foster Dulles Vyacheslav Molotov Anthony Eden and Georges Bidault in West Berlin starting a five year pause in tension as they set conference agendas and discuss atomic energy control amid heavy security.
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Georges Bidault
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Indians Join Reds in Slap At PW Action
India backed by Poland and Czechoslovakia voted 3 to 2 in the Korean repatriation commission to oppose releasing about 22 000 anti Red Korean and Chinese prisoners. UN Command freed 7500 anti Red North Koreans and 14 000 Chinese, saying armistice requires civilian release.
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Ohio Mishaps Fatal to Seven
Seven people died in Ohio traffic accidents over the weekend and three more perished in miscellaneous incidents. Notable losses included William M. Fyfe a 62 year old inspector from Youngstown in a two car collision at the Youngstown Sheet and Tubular Co Brier Hill Works. in Negauunee Michigan Arthur Neptune and two Tyner residents drowned after a snow slide near Cambridge. Tammy Leklin and Ernest Salo of Negaunee burned when their clothes ignited near a heating stove in Cincinnati during a mine area search. Sigfrid Parkkonen and Jerry Koski were involved in an avalanche incident with Parkkonen later saved.
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Brier Hill
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Cambridge
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Leklin
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Jerry Koski
Parkkonen
James Roosevelt Seeks California 26th District Seat
James Roosevelt, eldest son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, announced as a Democratic candidate for Congress in California's 26th District. Incumbent Rep. Samuel W. Yorty said he would run for the U S Senate in the California June primary.
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Franklin Dr. Roosevelt
Samuel W. Yorty
U. S. Senate
FBI Adds Ex Convict To Most Wanted List
The FBI added 30 year old Everett Lowell Krueger alias Ee King to its ten most wanted. Krueger has long plagued police across about six Western states since age fourteen and has served time in Wyoming Colorado Nebraska California and Oklahoma for various offenses.
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FBI
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Ee King
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Colorado
Nebraska
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Oklahoma
Athens Chauncey Gleam in Local Comics Spotlight
Local pages feature Pat Athens Chauncey and Gallipolis Glouster Nelsonville stories with sports notes on women's events in Point Pleasant Pomeroy Middleport. Important names and places anchor a compact index of content across towns.
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Gallipolis
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Southern Bloc Plans To Drop Tax Pacts Despite Ohio Plea
The Southern bloc aims to end reciprocity agreements with Ohio over the axle-mile tax on trucks. Ohio Gov Lausche urged a delay while the National Governors Conference weighs whether to cancel its 10-state pact, with Ohio pushing for a spring session to address the issue.
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Police Battle Madrid Mobs In Fiery Riot
Police on horses and foot fought thousands of Madrid University students demanding Gibraltar’s return to Spain. Ten policemen and five students were injured as officers fired revolvers and charged to break up the 15 minute clash near the British Embassy, damaged in a prior demonstration.
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Dewey Hints at Successor Amid Upstate Politicking
Dewey hinted a successor if he does not run for governor again as 15,000 students prepared a half day holiday. Rumors name Sen Irving M Ives and Rep Dean P Taylor at GOP meetings with county leaders.
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Dewey
Afl
Irving M. Yeast
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Dem
Harry J. O'Donnell
Ives
Dean P. Taylor
Troy
Washington
Republicans Advise Little Action on Tariff Cuts This Year
Washington reports key Republican congressmen told President Eisenhower to expect minimal Congress moves to cut tariffs in 1950. The 17 member Foreign Economic Policy Commission headed by Clarence B. Randall urged a 5 percent yearly tariff cut for three years and easing to 50 percent of import value, prompting blunt dissent from Daniel A. Reed who warned it would cost jobs. The panel also urged a three year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act and lifting the 50 percent floor on tariff levels from 1945.
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Eisenhower
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United States
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Ways and Means Committee
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Yank Bobsled Stars Quit At World Championships
Veteran driver Stanley Benham of Lake Placid and brakeman James Bickford of Caranac Lake left Cortina d Ampezzo after finishing third in the two man event. They said they withdrew to avoid being stranded and could not book flights for the delay.
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Skelton Injures Arm After Glass Door Incident
Hollywood comedian Red Skelton shoves his right arm through a glass door during a Friday night mishap at his home. The CBS spokesman said the injury needed about 30 stitches and he is expected for television rehearsal.
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Red Skelton
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Skelton
Water Shortage Reduces South Zanesville School Hours
South Zanesville Ohio with 1500 residents keeps schools open only half day due to a water shortage. Town tanks hold 15000 gallons while 100000 gallons are needed daily to support day to day needs. A state geologist will help map relief plans as the Ohio pastors convention opens in Columbus for four days.
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South Zanesvile
South Zanesville
Compromise Hopes Dim on Bricker Amendment
President Eisenhower may back a go ahead signal to congressional leaders on the Bricker Amendment terms. GOP leaders face a choice between pushing a Senate fight or seeking a compromise. Senator Knowland expects a leadership plan after a White House conference, but Ferguson shows little optimism for agreement.
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Michigan
Eisenhower
Congressional Committee
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Senate
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Knowland
R-Caltf
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Sen. Ferguson
Ohio Censors Release Film After Court Ruling
In Columbus the state film censorship division approved showing the Italian film "hi" after the Supreme Court ruled the Ohio ban unconstitutional. Columbia Pictures submitted the film for review and sought ten readers, enabling simultaneous theater showings if approved.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Columbia Pictures Corp
Ohio Truck Tax Receipts Rise in First Quarter
Ohio reports an additional 329032 dollars in truck sales taxes since Friday boosting first quarter collections to 2422241 dollars State Treasurer Roger W Tracy said much mail remains unprocessed and receipts have slowed since the January 20 deadline The levy applies to trucks with more than two axles at 2 cents per mile to fund roads
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Columbus
Ohio
Roger W. Tracy
Eisenhower Proposes Eight Point Plan for Housing Reform
President Eisenhower urged Congress to revise federal housing laws to deliver good housing in good neighborhoods. He sought 700 million dollars in federal loan funds and 250 million for city slum renovation, plus FHA mortgage insurance and loans to encourage private builders while shifting housing credit toward private control.
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Police Seize Two Juveniles In Wild Chase Through Point Pleasant
State Police captured two juveniles after a wild chase from a Detroit stolen car. The car crashed a utility pole and hit parked vehicles at Mason and Point Pleasant, causing extensive damage but no injuries. The suspects are held for Michigan authorities.
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Howard Abbott
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Michigan
General Dean Seeks Sympathy for POWs in Korea Case
Maj Gen William F Dean former Communist prisoner spoke at a series club in Kansas City voicing strong sympathy for the 21 POWs still held in North Korea. He noted Edward S Dickenson recently arrested on court turmoil charges in Washington and tied the case to broader repatriation debates with the United Nations forces.
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William F. Dean
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Russians Ink Trade Treaty
London reports the 1954 trade pact between the Soviet Union and China aims to expand commerce. Russia will supply metallurgical, mining and power equipment, autos, tractors, building machinery, metals, petroleum and chemical products and China will ship nonferrous metals, soybeans, rice, nuts, oils, tobacco, fruits, silk and leather with a 4 percent credit extension.
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Three Children Die In House Fire In Mattoon
Three children aged 14, 9, and 7 died in a basement blaze that trapped them in their Mattoon home while their parents attended a fundraising dance. An older brother Walter 14 escaped by jumping from a rear window as smoke filled the residence.
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Norma
Divided Senate Committee Opens Labor Law Hearings
The Senate Labor Committee, split between Republicans and Democrats, opens hearings on President Eisenhower's 14 proposed Taft Hartley revisions with Secretary of Labor as the first witness. Mitchell signals support for study of Ravenhouse secret employee polls while urging speedy enactment of the remaining 13 points.
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Senate Labor Committee
Secretary of Labor
Afitehelk
Eisenhower
Mitchell
New York
Ravenhowser
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Sen
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Albert C. Beeson
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Smith
Lehman
Beeson
Senate
Court orders levy refunds in Ohio ruling
Judge Fame J Crystal ordered Maumee Conservancy District to refund levied funds to the county treasury and auditors following Ohio Supreme Court guidance. The ruling targets 13 units and may affect taxpayers as the district plans an appeal to the Third District Court of Appeals in Lima.
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Fame
Crystal
Maumee
McCrystal
Ohio Supreme Court
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Karl Ht
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Lima
Fire sweeps wharf destroying coal cargo in Maine blaze
A three alarm fire ripped through the Pocahontas Fuel Co wharf in Portland with flames and explosions lighting the waterfront. Firefighters from Portland, South Portland and the Coast Guard fought the blaze as 25 000 tons of steam coal worth 250 000 dollars burned. Total damage was unofficially estimated at half a million dollars.
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Maine
Pocahontas Fuel Co
South Portland
Coast Guard
End of the Line in Cleveland Streetcars After 93-Year Run
The 1500 street car system in Cleveland ends its 93-year history as the last 26 cars from 1929 are set to be scrapped, marking the end of an era in public transit.
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Ex Red POW Offered Help in Defense
Brig. Gen. Herbert C. Holdridge retired commandant said he offered to defend Edward S. Dickenson a former Korean War prisoner and warned he could not receive a fair trial amid current emotionalism and vindictiveness. Ohio Am welLs want court martial charges for 23 Americans who adopted communism as Korean prisoners. More than 3200 delegates from 71 posts closed a three day convention.
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Herbert C. Holdridge
Adjutant General School
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Dickenson
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Ohio
Wells
Bo Broucht
Indochina War Figures Claim French Victory Pace
French reports claim 943857 Vietnamese Communist troops were killed and 113987 rebels captured from Jan 1 1950 to Dec 31 1953 in the seven year Indochina conflict amid the Franco Vietnamese war.
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Frenca Igh Command
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
Mrs Eggleston searches for her missing family puppy after seeing a children’s pet ad in Athens. She receives one call from a finder who had located the pup, bringing happiness to her children in a simple community exchange.
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