Reed Warns Against National Sales Tax Plan
Rep Daniel A Reed of New York warns Eisenhower administration against a national sales tax. He says Congress will fight any broad tax hikes and insists on a balanced budget before relief, predicting Congress will not approve a general sales tax next session. Reed notes administration support to cut taxes stalled by his panel and warns against shifting to a sales tax to cover revenue losses.
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Rep. Reed
Administration
Washington
Reed
Eisenhower
Daniel
Eisenhower A. Reed
New York
Congress
New Yorker
House
Ways and Means
Lois
Endower
Hoa
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Ways and Means Committee
Three Injured As Wall Falls At Ohio Store
In Columbus on Parson Avenue a concrete block wall at the Schottenstein Department Store collapsed injuring three people. Minutes later a two-car crash near the store killed 20 year old Shelley D Sloan Jr. Police say Sloan was likely en route after hearing the collapse. Sloan Sr. lives in Gallia County and the body will be cared for at the Mercer funeral home in Mercerville.
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Columbus
Ohio
Schottenstein
Parsons Avenue
Shelley D. Sloan
Sloan
Shelley Dale, Sloan, Sr
Mercerville
Gallia County
B. Coleman
Girl, 3, Strangled In Conneaut Mishap
In Conneaut Ohio a three year old girl Deborah Kay Joslin died in an accidental strangling while playing in a tree with a rope around her neck. Coroner Clyde Roller ruled the death accidental and she was pronounced dead on arrival at Brown Memorial Hospital.
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Conneaut
Ohio
Deborah Kay Joslin
Roy Joslin
Brown Memorial Hospital
Clyde Roller
Radio Producer Found Slain in Hotel Room
Kansas City KMBC producer Fran Meyser, 52, was found slain in a Pickwick hotel room. Police say he was beaten with a heavy metal lamp and wandered the blood spattered room for hours. He died about ten hours before discovery.
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Kansas City
Fran Meyser
KMBC
Pickwick Hotel
TUGS RUSH TO RESCUE 9 MEN ABOARD DREDGE IN STORM
Marquette Michigan scene as two tugs and the freighter Pontiac battle heavy Lake Superior seas to reach nine sailors marooned aboard the dredge Howard B Ir eighty miles northeast of Marquette. The Maryland ore carrier rode the storm toward Marquette. sixteen crew were rescued earlier.
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Marquette, Mich
Great Lakes
Pontiac
Lake Superior
Marquette
Howard B. Ir
Coast Guard
Sant Ste. Marie
Mich
Gore
C. Dinkey
D. G. Kerr
Pittsburgh
George Purvis
Gore Bay
Ont
Purvis
Maryland
A. P. Goodrow
Marayland
Maranette
Ishpeming
A. F. Wallin
Bethlehem Transportation Co
Bethlehem Steel
World Bank orders Czechs to pay debt by deadline
At the World Bank and Fund meeting in Washington the bank’s governors warned Czechoslovakia it must remit 625000 dollars by December 31 to avoid suspension from the bank within a year. India abstained on the vote and no formal tally was taken amid the final day of the meeting.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
World Bank
India
52 Beauties Await Miss America Edict
Atlantic City N J Fifty two beautiful girls awaited the judges verdict to select ten finalists for the Miss America pageant. The judges would name the lucky ten shortly after the last round of competition and then whittle to five before choosing Miss America of 1954. Final announcement was scheduled for late Saturday.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Youths Admit Theft Murder in Catskills Robbery
Three Bronx youths Thomas O'Hara 17 Matthew Terrigno 21 and Raymond Rice 23 confessed to robbing and killing Israel Present 48 wealthy Catskills butcher at his summer home. They stole 150 in cash a 3000 diamond ring and a wrist watch. Present known as a free spender and head of the Brooklyn Kosher Butchers Association was found dead Labor Day morning.
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New York
Israel
Catskill Mountain
Bronx
George Tilzer
Thomas O'Hara
Matthew Terrigno
Raymond Rice
Monticello
Brooklyn Kosher Butchers Association
Catskills
Tax yield hiked by IRS on rackets squads gains
The Internal Revenue Service said its rackets squads and other agents found tax cases that produced 178 million dollars in extra assessments and penalties in the year ending June 30.
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Washington
Invernal Revenue Service
Rita Hayworth Rejects Million Dollar Divorce Settlement
Las Vegas Friday night Rita Hayworth turned down Aly Kehn's offer of a million dollars for the custody and support of their 33-year-old daughter Yasmin. Her attorney said two conditions were attached: Yasmin to be exposed to Moslem teachings, and periodic European travel. Hayworth, in Las Vegas with Dick Haymes, said she wants Yasmin raised as a normal American Christian.
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Las Vegas
Rita Hayworth
Aly Kehn
Yasmin
America
Associated Press
Prince Aly
Europe
Rita
United States
Dick Haymes
Nevada
Nora Eddington Flynn Haymes
Ministers Deny Red Plot Roles In Clergy Infiltration Hearing
Congressional testimony cited a "highly successful" plot to infiltrate hundreds of Reds into U S clergy. Witnesses described as former communists, including Harry F Ward the Red Dean, claimed infiltration succeeded in the Methodist church and other denominations. Ward denied party membership while other witnesses named ministers and clergy linked to the effort.
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Washington
U.S
New York
Oeehia Deidar Ber
Harry F. Ward
Communist Party
Ward
Union Theological Terinary
Manning Johnson
Johnson
National Negro Commission
Communist Party National Committee
Benjamin Gitlow
Joseph Zack Kornfeder
Gitlow
Methodist Church
Jack Rk, McMichael
Charles C. Weber
Alson I. Smith
Khrushchev Named No 2 Man In Soviet Party
Moscow radio reports Nikita Khrushchev elected first secretary of the central committee of the Communist party of the Soviet Union making him No 2 in the party hierarchy behind Premier Malenkov. Khrushchev had headed the secretariat since last March and gains control of the party machinery.
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London
Moscow Radio
Nikita
Khrushchev
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Georg M Malenkov
Central Committee
Malenkov
Stalin
Beria
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
East Germans Shuffle Cops NBC Berlin Border Shakeup
East German Communists purge the People's Police with a new border guard detachment. Reports say Saxony police were rotated to East Berlin and East Berlin police to Thumma. Refugees face tougher controls, with about 4000 crossing to West Berlin this month and a prior daily average above 3000.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Saxony
East Berlin
Appoints Envoy and Aide to Dulles Named
President Eisenhower named Wiley T. Buchanan Jr. as Minister to Luxembourg replacing Mrs Pene Mesta and named Herbert Hoover Jr. as special adviser to Secretary Dulles on worldwide petroleum matters.
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Dulles
Denver
Eisenhower
Wiley T. Buchanan Jr
Washington, D. C
Luxembourg
Pene Mesta
Washington
Herbert Hoover, Jr
State Dulles
Guerrilla War Ends in Colombia After Negotiated Surrender
In Bogota officials report a four year guerrilla war ended with most insurgents surrendering. The fighting left about 500 dead and millions of dollars in damage, signaling a major shift in Colombia's political conflict.
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Colombia
Bogota
Hocking County Soldier Among Missing POWs Reported
Washington AP A Hocking County soldier is listed among 917 Americans reported missing after alleged capture by communists in Korea. The Defense Department released a list showing 944 still missing, naming Cpl Morris May whose next of kin is Raymond Fetty of Logan Route.
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Washington
Hocking County
Korea
Defense Department
Department
Morris May
Raymond Fetty
Logan
Rhee Waging Drive Against Red Suspects
Seoul reports President Syngman Rhee leads a sweeping postwar cleanup to purge corruption and subversion. He reshuffles government and orders the CIC to arrest suspected communists while high ranking officers face treason charges. A noted South Korean newsman is jailed on espionage charges.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Rhee
Korean Cic
ROK Army Intelligence Bureau
Kim Chong Pyung
High Military Court
Taegu
Hull Named UN Commander in Far East
Gen John E Hull, a 58 year old desk officer for 36 years, will command UN forces along the Korean truce line and succeed Gen Mark Clark as supreme UN commander in the Far East. Clark retires Oct 30. Hull, a Miami University graduate, earned the Silver Star in World War I and has spent WWII in operations control across overseas theaters.
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Washington
John E. Hull
Pentagon
Korer
Eisenhower
Mark Clark
United Nations
Far East
Clark
Hull
Iess
Oerseas
Army
Miami University
Oxford Ohio
Senate Loses Most Eligible Bachelor in Newport Wedding
In Newport Rhode Island on Saturday Senator John F Kennedy of Massachusetts married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St Marys Church. The ceremony joined a renowned bachelor with a society girl who met him while she worked at a Washington newspaper. The wedding was among the most lavish in Newport in years.
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Newport
US Senate
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
Old St. Mary's Church
Washington
British May Demand Payment Over Hong Kong Naval Attack
Britain announces a protest to Peiping demanding payment for the deaths of seven Britons and injuries to ten others when a Hong Kong naval launch was fired on by a Communist gunboat. Humphrey Trevelyan delivered the note to Mao's regime. In Ohio, Warren, William A. Pesa, 47, died when a roof collapse buried him during a construction project in Youngstown.
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London
Britain
Warren
Ohio
Wiliam A. Pesa
McCarthy widens probe into Soviet influence on Army training
Senator McCarthy says two Army witnesses will testify behind closed doors about Russian Foreign Office influence on materials used to train U.S. intelligence officers. He alleges a London-based individual prepared a book aiding indoctrination of U.S. military officials with communist propaganda. Army denies releasing the full report and notes espionage laws for classified material.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
London
Soviet Union
McCarth
Adlai and Aides Map Democratic Party Aims
The Democratic party will stage its largest post convention event in Chicago for two days starting Monday. A $100-a-plate fundraising dinner headlined by Adlai E. Stevenson will feature remarks on his world tour. Generous background conferences are expected to draw about 2000 Democratic leaders, with a Sunday luncheon at Stephen A. Mitchell's home involving Stevenson, Truman, Rayburn, and Mitchell to discuss future aims.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Truman
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Lake Shore Drive
Pollution of Streams Reaches Critical Stage Across State
The state health department reports stream and river pollution at a critical level due to severe drought. Dr John D Porterfield says the situation underscores the urgent need for more and better sewage and waste treatment plants by municipalities and industries.
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Columbus
Ghio “i
John D Porterfield
Woman Denies 2nd Slaying in Ohio Case
Canton police hold Ollie Mae Edison on first degree murder charges after a shotgun killing of 25 year old neighbor, Flar ceil Fox, during a fight with Charles Conley. Edison previously faced first degree manslaughter in a May 1 shooting that killed Helen L Solomon, 26.
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Canton
Ohio
Yail
Ollie Mae Edison
Flarceil Fox
Fox
Charles Conley
Chicago
Conley
Bond
Edison
Sne
Helen L. Solomon
Collision on New Jersey Turnpike Injures Ten Officials
Ten people were injured when a major crash involving about 200 vehicles occurred on the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the scene about a mile from the spot, with two others sustaining injuries as traffic jammed the roadway.
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Jerse
Deanars
Lucy Cleared Of Red Ties Comedienne No Commie
Hollywood reports Lucy Ball denied party membership and voting for Communist candidates while acknowledging register to vote for the Communist ticket in 1936. Desi Arnaz defended her, telling a 300 strong studio audience Lucy has never been a Communist and is American. The audience applauded closely as Arnaz called her redhead a joke.
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Lucy
Comedienne No
Commie
Hollywood
Lucille Ball
House Un-American Actes Committee
William Wheeler
Grandpa
Cuba
Amar
Barney Baruch
Ike Eisenhowes
Arnaz
Secrecy Lid Cloaks Fate Of Airman
Nine North Koreans renounced communism then returned to the DPRK as the UN says 917 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korea war. Pentag on released a list naming Air Force Captain James A Van Fleet Jr among the missing after a B26 strike near Sunchon in 1952. The list also includes Captain Harold Fischer of Swea City Iowa, a Saber jet ace.
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Panmunjom
James A. van Fleet
Pentagon
Washington
Air Force
LN Command
U.S. Aih Army
Sunchon
Korea
UN Stockades
Dermilitarized Zone
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
van Fleet
U.S
UN Command
Parmunjom
Possdy
Young van Fleet
8Th Army
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Finlay
Panmunjem
Fischer
Gallia Crash Injures Two in One-Car Accident
Gallia county report states Robert Lawon, 39, and Carl D Lawson, 14, Patriot, were injured in a 11 45 am Saturday crash on State Route 141 at Route 233. Lawon's car left the road, swerved into a ditch, causing severe facial and leg lacerations, a fractured rib, and other injuries. Lawson suffered head and leg lacerations and possible back injuries. Both were admitted to Holver Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Patriot
Gallineis Post
State Highway Patrol
Robert Lawon
Carl D. Lawson
Holver Hospital
Lawson
Nid Sox
Price Rise in Wholesale Beer Across Nation
CHICAGO announces raise in wholesale beer prices with an average increase of 14 cents per case of 24 12-ounce bottles. The hike takes effect October 1, with Pabst Sales Co. of Chicago leading the move as distributors survey the impact.
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Chicago
Pabst Sales Co
ASSIL
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Chart Party Aims
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