Tax Cut Battles Emerge in House Split
Washington AP report shows Democrats mocking a rift among Republicans over an 11 percent individual income tax cut starting June 30. Rep Reed leads one camp seeking quick passage, while Speaker Martin and Rep Halleck push budget considerations before tax relief.
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Washington
Rep. Reed
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Reed
Joseph Martin
R-Mars
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Republican Committee
Martin
Eisenhower
Martin Rias
Navy Warship Pounds Ports In New Raid
A U S Navy Missouri bombarded the East Korean Coast off Cwongjin as 16 inch guns fire on the coast. On land the UN reported heavy fighting north of the Punchbowl with 20 to 40 attackers killed and 22 wounded. Air clashes continued as Fifth Air Force Sabre jets damaged a Communist MIG near Ulju.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Ulju
Manchurian
Korea
Navy
Missouri
Cwongjin
Eighth Army
United Nations
Ohio Pastors Condemn UMIT at 34th Convention
The Ohio Pastors Convention meets in Columbus to debate resolutions on gambling vice education and academic freedom civil rights and movie censorship. The 34th annual gathering already adopts measures against universal military training the communist threat and racing gambling. Dr Oscar Johnson calls for interfaith cooperation for world peace during a fellowship supper at Ohio State University Union. The day includes finals of the Prince of Peace reclamation contest by the Ohio Council of Churches.
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Columbus
Ohio Pastors
Ohio State University Union
Oscar Johnson
Ohio Council of Churches
Riot Plagued Leader Seeks Decree Power
CAPETOWN South Africa Prime Minister Daniel F Malan asked Parliament to grant extraordinary powers to suspend laws and govern by decree whenever public safety or order is seriously threatened. Debate on the bill is set for next Monday in the House where Malan’s Nationalists hold a majority. The government majority appears poised to adopt the legislation.
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Capetown
South Africa
Daniel F. Malah
Malan
Doctor Bears Child To Close Busy Day
In Mexico City a 32 year old doctor Irene Talemas de Kitain, wife of violinist Robert Kitain, performed four plastic surgeries on Tuesday then traveled to another hospital to give birth to an eight pound daughter. Her husband interrupted a Canadian tour to be present for the birth, the couple’s second child.
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Mexico City
Irene Talemas de Kitain
Robert Kitain
Seek Minor Penalty Ohio liquor violators to face action
Two assistant attorneys general plan to prosecute liquor violators before the Ohio Liquor Board. They intend to press cases against minors misrepresenting age to obtain beer or liquor and against permit holders.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Liquor Board
Two Multimillion-Dollar Gulf Gas Wells Burn Amid Fire Fight
Weary crews battled two offshore Gulf of Mexico gas wells on a wooden platform ten miles off Louisiana, trying to yank free a spouting pipe with a metal boom after a 75-millimeter rifle failed to sever it. One well exploded Sunday, the other Monday, with flames lighting the night sky as Army infantrymen—supporting Pure Oil—fired at the T shaped pipe in upwind attempts to stop the leak.
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Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
New Orleans
Pure Oi Company
Camp Polk
Income Data Bill Shunned by House Judiciary Committee
The House Judiciary Committee showed no rush to consider Rep. O'Hara's bill requiring members of Congress to file annual financial statements. O'Hara expressed disbelief at opposition, while Chairman Reed remained noncommittal and sources indicated no stampede to act. The bill would require senators and representatives to annually report gross income and sources.
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Washington
House, Judiciary Committee
Congress
Rep
O'Hara
D-Ill
Reed R Ili
Judiciary Committee
Admission of Ohio Due Before March 1
Washington reports that Ohio may be admitted officially to the Union before March 1, marking its 150th birthday. Rep. George Bender advocates the resolution, but the House Judiciary Committee chairmen disagree on cooperation and congress oversight delays adoption of the necessary resolution after Ohio’s 1803 constitutional presentation.
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Washington
Ohio
George Bender
Reed 4
House
Congress
Auto Liability Fund Okayed In House Vote
A $289000 appropriation bill to start operation of Ohio's motorists financial responsibility law was approved by the House Finance Committee 18 to 0. The funds will hire 120 staff for two new bureaus and enforce reporting requirements for operators in traffic incidents. Violations carry fines and license suspensions until claims are shown payable.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Finance Committee
R. E. Foley
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Study Begun On Judge Need in Southern Ohio
Washington report states Sen Bricker plans to review dockets in Southern Ohio to determine if a fourth federal judge is needed. He will consult the Judicial Conference on the matter. A vacancy exists after Judge Robert R. Nevin of Dayton died December 31. Bricker supports creating a fifth judgeship in Northern Ohio.
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Washington
Ohio
Sen. Bricker
Judicial Conference
Robert R. Nevin
Dayton
Bricker
Queen Rejects Plea and Hangs Youth in Britian
An 18 year old Briton Derek Bentley was executed at Wandworth Prison after a robbery during which a police officer was killed by a co defendant who fired the shot. Despite pleas to Queen Elizabeth II and clemency petitions from MPs, Home Secretary Sir David Maxwell Fyfe allowed the execution as crowds protested outside the prison.
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London
Derek Bentley
Bentley
Grim Wandaworth
Alay
Execu
Earner
David Maxwell Fyfe
Bulietin
Ohio House Passes Pen Code Laws and Prison Plan
Ohio lawmakers move toward expanding prisons and streamlining laws. The House approved an 8.5 million prison expansion measure and a 750 million highway bond plan, with Senate hearings and constitutional changes ahead. Proposals also seek to study veterans bonuses and schedule a sesquicentennial Legislature session in Chillicothe.
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Reed Smith
Columbus
Senate
House
Carl D. Sheppard
R-Summit
Judiciary Committee
Ohio
Representatives
100Th
General Assembly
Frank J. Lausche
Highway Department
Ohio National Guard
Chillicothe
Annual Book Awards Made for 1952 Honorees
New York the National Book Awards were presented to Ralph Ellison Bernard DeVoto and Archibald MacLeish for distinguished works of 1952 MacLeish won poetry for Collected Poems 1817 1952 DeVoto nonfiction for The Course of Empire Ellison fiction for Invisible Man Ellison is a 38 year old Negro writer from Oklahoma City.
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Wnational
Ralph Ellison
Bernard DeVoto
Archibald MacLeish
MacLeish
Jer
Congress
DeVoto
Ellison
Oklahoma City
Tanker Crash Sparks Fires in Little Falls Suburbs
A gasoline laden tanker skidded on an icy hill and exploded, setting seven houses alight on the outskirts of Little Falls, New York. Four homes burned to the ground, flames fought in a fifth and two more remained active with residents evacuated. No casualties reported. driver Robert Michaels of Rochester escaped unharmed and aided evacuations.
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Little Falls
N. Y
New York City
Neigh|abers
Robert Michaels
Rochester
Flash Blaze Wrecks Night Club in Tokyo
A flash fire destroyed a top Tokyo night club and two adjoining restaurants. One man was killed and 72 injured, 22 critically. A boiler blast in a chocolate shop below sparked the blaze. Fire crews containment took about an hour with damage estimated at $200,000.
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Tokyo
AEC Reports Sharp Advances in Atomic Power Progress
The Atomic Energy Commission announced progress toward practical atomic power for industry and for use in aircraft and submarines. It noted delays at Savannah River in South Carolina where hydrogen bomb materials would be produced, due to supply and equipment delivery holdups.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Savannah River
8. C
Congress
Canberra Jet Sets Record In Long Hop
The Canberra jet bomber completed England to Australia in 22 hours 1 minute, beating the official 1946 record by a large margin. The flight, arriving at Darwin at 4 07 pm local time, reportedly cruised above 40 000 feet with oxygen aboard.
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Darwin
Australia
Britain
England
London
British Air Ministry
Singapore
Anne Baxter Wins Divorce From John Hodiak
Los Angeles report states Anne Baxter, 29, secured an uncontested divorce on cruelty grounds from actor John Hodiak, 38. She was awarded custody of daughter Katrina, 18 months, plus modest child support and alimony and a trust fund for the child.
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Los Angeles
Anne Baxter
John Hodiak
Hodiak
Boy Dies After Rifle Accident During TV Viewing
Los Angeles reports the death of seven year old Phineas Prouty VI from a bullet wound to the head suffered while watching a Western on TV. Ten year old neighbor Diana Lee Davis allegedly touched the rifle trigger, which her father had left loaded in the living room.
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Los Angeles
Phineas Prouty VI
Diana Lee Davis
Art
Diana
Former state auditor becomes parking meter agent
Joseph T. Ferguson, former state auditor, now serves as an agent for the M. H. Rhodes Co. of Cleveland, a parking meter firm. A $25,000 fire of undetermined cause destroys a dress shop in Sidney’s business district Tuesday.
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Springfield
UPI
Joseph T. Ferguson
M.H. Rhodes Co
Cleveland
Sidney
Eisenhower Opens National Security Council Review
President Eisenhower convenes the National Security Council to assess the nation's defenses and review foreign domestic and military policy. He plans weekly meetings and has just created a psychological strategy board to spread American doctrines abroad.
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Relman Morin
Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Aldes
Security Council
James C. Hagerty
Defense
National Security Resources Board
Council
United States
Congress
Senate
Roger M. Kyes
Mule
Harold B. Talbott
Air Force
Robert Anderson
Navy
Robert I. B. Stevens
Army
White House
Georgi Zarubin
Eisenhower Nominates Conant for Germany Post Faces Senate Fight
President Eisenhower’s nomination of James B. Conant of Harvard as high commissioner to Germany likely to trigger Senate clash. Foreign Relations Committee stalls with rule dispute over post nomination investigations. Chairman Wiley R. (Wis.) convened to discuss new procedure to speed action.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Germany
Senate
Conant
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
FHS
Wiley R-Wis
Wiley
Nationwide Flu Declines Amid Mild Illness Spread
A nation wide survey shows flu like diseases easing in at least 16 states with only three reporting increases. Respiratory infections run near normal for winter and outbreaks are described as distressing but not dangerous, lasting three to five days, with few deaths. In Newark police report a man identified as William Davis 29 and a companion Janie Allen are detained after Davis admitted assault related to the Westport case involving the partly nude body of Mrs Senada Penny Coats.
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N. J
Arthur Weller
William
Texas
al- Davis
Kansas
Tennessee
Minnesota
Westport
Conn
Weller
Davis
Eisenhower
Brooklyn
N. Y
Janie Allen
Senada Penny Coats
Cadet Admits Slaying Girl at Reese AFB Texas
Joyce Fern White, 18, a high school senior missing since January 8, was found killed in a shallow grave near Reese Air Force Base in Lubrock. A 20-year-old Air Force cadet confessed and pointed to the grave site, prompting murder charges against Walter H. Whitaker Jr., son of a Hartford, Connecticut family.
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Walter H. Whitaker, Jr
Hartford, Conn
Tragedy on Korean Ferry Good Fortune Sinks
Off the west coast of Pusan Korea the ferry Good Fortune sank Sunday killing 53 of its 140 passengers with 87 survivors. The Transportation Ministry said the vessel carried almost double its rated capacity and is investigating the incident while holding the captain-owner for questioning.
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Pusan
Korea
Transportation Ministry
General Voices Confidence In Puerto Rican Regiment
Major General George W. Smythe praised the 65th Regiment of the U S 3rd Division after about 100 Puerto Rican soldiers were court martialed for fleeing or refusing action in Korea. Ninety-two enlisted men and one officer were convicted. four were acquitted and one trial is pending.
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U. S
George W. Smythe
65Th
Korea
Smythe
Pusan Army Stockade
Washington
Central Front
Jackson Heights
Lon
85Th Regiment
Allies Urged To End Stall Defuse Wars
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States plans moves to end the Korean and Indochinese wars by denying Russia any advantage from them. He spoke on radio and TV, urging swift action to persuade enemies to seek peace and warned Western Europe unity remains essential.
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HN M. Hightow
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Secretary of State Dulles
Dulles
Korea
State Department
Thebi
Department
Radi
West Germany
U. S
Peterson Named Administrative Assistant in White House
President Eisenhower appoints former Nebraska governor Walter Waldo Peterson as administrative assistant and liaison to federal departments. Peterson, a Republican, was reportedly slated for ambassador to India but Senate confirmation was blocked by Nebraska’s Republican senators.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wal. Peterson
Nebraska
White House
Peterson
India
Hugh Butler
Dwight Griswold
Senate
GOP To Take Over 2100 Postal Offices
Republicans say they can seize over 2100 postmasterships immediately and begin appointments soon. GOP senators have urged the Post Office Department to verify how many posts are currently held by acting postmasters, noting the count has already topped 2100 with two states remaining.
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Washington
GOP
Post Office Department
Blood Donor King Plans 214th Pint in West Virginia
A 46-year-old steelworker from Midland Pennsylvania will donate his 214th pint of blood Thursday in Newell West Virginia. He weighs 230 pounds and carries a rare B positive Rh type blood. Known as Foster Clark he is dubbed king of the blood donors in the community.
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East Liverpool
Midland
Newell
W. Va
Foster
Clark
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