Taxes Threaten Senate Delay Over Tax Bill Fight
Washington AP report says Senate Democratic leadership may delay debate on the administration backed tax bill to March 14 amid opposition to a $20 income tax cut. Byrd leads Finance Committee against the cut while Knowland and Kerr clash over reporting procedures as action looms.
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Washington
Senate
Clements
Kentucky
House
Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Knowland
California
GOP
Kerr
D-Okia
Barkley
Treasury
Stock Boom Firm on Foundations Says NYSE Chief
G Keith Funston, president of the New York Stock Exchange, testifies to a Senate Banking Committee that the 18 month stock boom rests on firm foundations and does not signal a 1929 style crash. The inquiry seeks education, not accusation, with lawmakers wary of market rumors and policy influence.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Keith Funston
Funston
Senate Banking Committee
Fulbright
D-Ark
Capehart
Ana
New York Exchange
Associated Press
Stock Exchange
Egypt warns of retaliation against Israel by forces
Premier Gamel Abdel Nasser ordered the Egyptian army to retaliate against future Israeli attacks. He spoke at the Egyptian Military College after 36 Egyptians were killed near Gaza. Moshe Sharett warned Egypt must decide if war resumes. UN truce chief Gen Burns visited Gaza amid riot damage.
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Egypt
Regptar
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Israel
Gaza
Palestine
United Nations
E. M. Burns
Mixed Armistice Commission
Railroads Admit Loss on Lake Erie Conveyor Plan
Roy C. Kern, chairman of the Central Territories Railroads Coal Coke and Iron Ore Committee, told an Ohio House committee that twelve railroads lost 55 million tons of traffic three years ago yet filed no request for higher freight rates. The proposed 100 mile Cleveland to East Liverpool ore and coal conveyor would carry about 60 million tons annually.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Roy C. Kern
Pittsburgh
Coal
Central ‘Territories
Cleveland
East Liverpool
Recruits Begin Gamma Globulin Study On Respiratory Disease
Two hundred recruits received gamma globulin shots at the start of a six week pilot study in New York to test its effects on respiratory disease. About 4000 soldiers will participate with 70 percent leukemia increase cited in the U S over the last decade. The trial runs through April 15 with some soldiers receiving saline solutions as controls.
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New York
Ert
Roesler de Villiers Founda
Betiow
United Basin
Varison
Middletown Reporter Questions Matusow Fallout
A Middletown Journal tester John J. Edmiston and his wife say they feel they may have been the prize chumps after befriending self confessed liar Matusow. Edmiston testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee amid inquiries into his allegations.
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Middletown
Ohio
Middletown Journal
Marvey Matusow
Matusow
John J. Ed Edmiston
City Hall
Esteteces
Edmiston
Martha
Senate
Internal Security
Ying
Farm Loans On 754 Crop Extended By Government Action
Washington reports a one year extension of price support loans on up to half a billion bushels of 1954 crop grains. Farmers may delay repayment or surrender grain, with loan maturities set to expire by mid 1956 in various states and crops. Ohio loans for wheat and barley mature by March 31 1956 and rye and oats by April 30 1956.
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Agriculture Department
Ohio
Unions Clash Over Ohio Right to Work Bill in Senate
In an Ohio Senate committee, CIO and AFL representatives attacked a right to work bill sponsored by Sen. Robert A. Pollock. Jacob Clayman of the CIO Council and former Sen. Howard Metzenbaum of the Ohio Federation of Labor warned the measure would outlaw union shop contracts and spark chaos, calling it the most vicious union busting measure seen in the legislature.
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Ohio Senate
CIO
AFL
Bill Laeled
Robert A. Pollock
R-Stark
Jacob Clayman
Ohio Cio Councl
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio Federation of Labor
Clayman
Picket line uses elephants and camels at Rohr strike
International Association of Machinists members used two rented elephants and two camels in a protest at Rohr Aircraft Corp. The animals bore signs complaining about arbitration and a long dispute period, as IAM workers strike over terms.
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International “Association of Minists
Rohr Aircraft Corp
IAM
U S Middle East Policy Studied To Build Stability
A broad review of U S policy toward the Middle East weighs how to strengthen regional stability against Soviet influence. Officials consider development aid, security guarantees, and Arab League dynamics including Egypt and Iraq amid tensions with Israel. In other news a Columbus man dies from coal stove fumes at St Anthony Hospital after a fatal home incident.
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Iraq
Allon
United States
Britain
Jersey City
France
Egypt
Israel
Ter Nedella, Jr
Arab League
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Middle East
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Gaza
Columbus
Williams
McReynolds
Soviet Union
St. Anthony’ Hospital
Hog Carcass Tops Ohio Spring Barrow Show at OSU
A hog carcass valued at 20.11 per hundredweight entered by J Elva Pitt Belleville Richland County won top honors at the Ohio spring barrow show held at Ohio State University. The event drew 88 entries and awarded a dozen ribbons for top prices. Floyd Emery Hillsboro Highland County was runner up with 19391 valuation and Warren Heales Mount Vernon Knox County took third at 1933.
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J. Elva Pitt
Belleville
Richland
Ohio State University
Floyd Emery
Hillsboro
Highland County
Warren Heales
Mount Vernon
Knox County
Test Air Raid Alarms Cause Newark Panic
Newark police faced a flood of about 2000 calls in 40 minutes during a widely publicized practice air alert. Patrolmen also called in seeking clarification as residents asked what the sirens meant.
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Jersey
Newark
N. J
Alls
Ohio River High Water Blocks Roads
The Ohio River nears crest levels causing low area flooding and evacuation of 11 families near Cincinnati. Flood stage reached 52 feet at Cincinnati and is expected to crest around 54 feet with 53.5 feet forecast for Portsmouth. Several highways remain closed or restricted due to high water.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Morrow
Highway Patrol
Athalia
Lawrence County
U. S. 52
Chesa’ Peake
U. S
Portland
Long Bottom
Meigs County
Coal Grove
Chester
Soldier Waits Penalty Rule Fort Bragg Sergeant Convicted
An Army general court martial at Fort Bragg discusses punishment for Sgt William H Olson convicted of aiding the enemy while a prisoner in China. The eight man panel may sentence him from reprieve to death though prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty. Olson, 40, was found guilty of making anti American speeches and writing pro Communist articles.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
Fort Braga
William H. Olson
Olson
Man
United States
Explosive lava flows renew threat on Hawaii's Kilauea tip
Massive underground blasts ruptured the scarred eastern Hawaii Island creating lava fountains up to 20 feet high. Burning debris scorched ground along about a half mile as the National Guard rushed in to help some 100 residents whose escape routes were at risk.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
National Guard
Offer Launched To Change Basis For State Subsidies
President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended a State dinner hosted by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay and his wife. The event highlighted discussions on potential changes to how state subsidies are structured for schools amid wartime considerations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Secretary of Interior
Douglas McKay
Mosher Defends School Bill Amid Governor Critique
In Columbus the Education Committee Chair Charles A. Mosher of Oberlin unveiled the large public school bill amid sharp remarks about Gov. Lauscher. He said lawmakers must lead on school funding, not the governor, and outlined a two year cost study tied to a new state subsidy formula.
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Senate
Charles A. Mosher
Oberlin
Tee
Frank
J.” Lauscher
Mosher
Chool
Legislative
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Lausche
Investi
Dulles Says Quemoy Matsus Not on Cease Fire Talks
Secretary of State Dulles told Chiang Kai-shek those offshore islands were not on the cease fire bargaining table in the Chinese civil war. Sources close to Dulles hinted abandonment could occur if it guarantees Asia’s peace and Chiang’s government agrees. Dulles reaffirmed U S defense vows for Formosa and the Pescadores under the mutual defense pact signed in Washington.
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Formosa
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Matsus
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U.S
Pescadores
United States
China
Georg Yeh
Washington
Pncifc
Yen
Paci
Fren
Free World
Mme. Chiang
Stra
Admobert B. Carney
Naval “Operations
Adm Felix "B."stump
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Walter & In
Fires Damage Waterfronts Across Cities
A large waterfront fire struck Boston at the 500 foot India Wharf causing extensive damage as 300 firefighters battled the blaze aided by watercraft from the Navy and Coast Guard. In San Francisco a four alarm fire swept a waterfront warehouse for hours threatening a gas plant before control.
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San Francisco
Manchester
N. H
Navy
Coast Guard
India Wharf
San Francisco Bay
National Council of Churches to spend 1.405 million on religious media
The National Council of Churches will allocate a record 1,405,000 for this year to religious films television and radio programs an increase of 249,000 over 1964.
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New York
National Council of Churches
One-Year Term Debated for House Members
Representative Cel ler notes the president's four-year term proposal for House members is unlikely to pass the Judiciary Committee. He argues the two-year frame in the Constitution reflects a workable balance and that backers of longer terms face long odds. Other lawmakers support a three-year or four-year term to reduce constant electioneering.
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Washiwasuever
Eisenhower
Instea
House
Representative Celler
Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Doyle
Calif
Farewell Mass for U S Priest Expelled from Moscow
Tears marked the final mass of American Father George Bissonnette the only foreign Catholic priest in Russia as Soviet police ordered his passport lifted and expulsion by Saturday Western observers note the move may be linked to US Soviet pact disputes diplomats families and the plan to replace him with Father Louis F Dion from Assumption College in Worcester Massachusetts
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Moscow
Soviet Union
George Bissonnette
Central Falls
Russia
Father Bissonette
Boris
Hassan Orthon
United States
Bissonnette
St. Biatie
Svant
Janary
Helsinki
Father
Lous F. Dion
Father Dion
Assumption College
Worcester
Mast
Father Bissonnette
Higher Tariff Possible Say Republicans
Two Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee suggested the Tariff Commission could gain power to recommend higher tariffs as part of a reciprocal trade extension. They proposed extending the reciprocal trade agreements for three years and giving the president power to cut duties by 3 percent annually, while potentially stiffening the escape clause.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
Ili
Millikin
R-Cole
Son
R-Kan
Eisenhower
Iaw
Carlson
Will requires heirs to visit grave yearly to keep $2.7 million estate
In White Plains the will of Charles Stuart Fo rum directs that beneficiaries must visit the wife’s grave once a year or lose the funds from a $2.7 million estate. Named beneficiaries include family, servants, and friends, with the remainder going to the Maud Glover Folsom Foundation for scholarships in memory of his wife.
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White Plains
Charles Stuart Forum
Maud Glover Folsom Foundation
Six-Legged Dog Frisky to Newell
A six legged spaniel puppy named Frisky roams with an extra pair of hind legs. The two additional limbs are small but functional and add curiosity to the young dog’s movements.
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To Newell
Senate May Vote on Harlan Nomination Today
The nomination of John Marshall Harlan to the Supreme Court, first submitted by President Eisenhower, may go to a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The outcome hinges on committee attendance at a closed meeting with uncertainty about further delays.
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Washington
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