Minnesota Legislature Debates Sales Tax in Budget
The Minnesota Legislature discusses a potential sales tax as Gov. Freeman pushes income, cigarette, liquor and iron ore tax hikes to balance the budget. Lawmakers split along liberal conservative lines with with comments on equity and economic impact.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Gov. Freeman
House
Fred Cina
Aurora
Freeman
John Hartle
Owatonna
L. L. Duxbury Jr
Caledonia
Wayne Bassett
Worthington
Hike in Income Tax Would Hit $4,000 Bracket
In St Paul AP Governor Free men backs a one percent rise in individual income tax. A compilation shows the largest percentage increase would hit the $4,000 gross income bracket with about a fifth of taxpayers in the $4,000 to $5,000 range. The jump would be about six percent for the $50,000 bracket. The governor says funds should be shared more broadly to support services.
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Senate
Harry Wahlstrand
Sen. Wahlstrand
Sen
Valimm
Mankato
Senate Finance Committee
Johnsons Party Grip Tightened On Senate Assignments
Senate majority leader Lyndon B. Johnson tightens control as Democrats split committee assignments with 64 Democrats and 34 Republicans. Freshman Sen Robert Byrd lands two major panels on Appropriations and Banking. Dodd and McGee receive Appropriations seats.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
Senate
Johnson
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Gale McGee
Wyoming
Appropriations
Roseville School Tax Election Date Changed After Irish Vote
Detroit AP: In Roseville the school board will move a key tax election date after strong Irish influence. Board attorney Raymond Cashen, an Irishman, says the March 17 date would force bar closings under election law, prompting the change.
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Detroit
Roseville
Raymond Cashen
Cashen
St. Patrick’s Bay
Castro Threatens Death If U S Sends Marines To Cuba
Fidel Castro defended executions of alleged war criminals and warned that 200,000 Americans would die if U S Marines were sent to Cuba. He spoke to a Rotary Club crowd amid rising executions and criticized U S actions and leaders.
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Castro
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Rotary Club
Familiar Weather Reverses To New Cold Snap
Winter returns with a sharp turn as temperatures fall from a sunny 38 to near zero by afternoon. Strong icy wind delays outdoor activity and boosts travel caution after a mild spell ended in December.
GOP Ready to Defend Space and Security Plans
The article notes leaders from the administration and Republican ranks defending space missile and security programs. Vice President Nixon signals support for scrutiny, while Senator Dirksen contrasts the Soviet pace and cites von Braun. President Eisenhower defends progress and urges a balanced, ready military program.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Dirksen
Symington
Truman Administration
Car Misses Turn Piles Up on Porch in West Austin Area
Deputies report two 15 year olds in a Ranchero escaped unharmed after the car crossed two ditches and struck a porch on Plymouth avenue near Austin. West charged with careless driving. The crash damaged the porch and house where Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Goskesen and their five children were inside.
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Dale Rolfson
Plymouth Avenue
Austin
Peter J. West
Rolfson
Douglas Wilcox
Maple
Quentin Goskesen
Goskesen
West
U S Reassures West Germany on Free Elections Policy
The United States backs free elections as the natural method for German reunification but leaves room for future policy revision. Secretary Dulles affirmed reunification by free elections while noting other theoretically possible paths. West German and State Department officials discussed ideas under study, with EU and Soviet reactions looming.
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U.S
West Germany
Washington
United States
Konrad Adenauer
John Foster Dulles
Germany
Grewe
Dulles
Soviet Union
State Department
Wilhelm Grewe
Herbert Dittmann
Foreign Office
Sisted
Lincoln White
Europe
Eisenhower
Bullet Wound Fatal to Lyle Farmer
Franklin Delbert Dunning a 24 year old Lyle area farmer was found dead with a bullet in his head this morning by his sister in law. Dunning left behind two children and his family recently moved to the farm with his brother's family. Authorities are investigating.
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Franklin Delbert Dunning
Lyle Area
Dunning
Judge Johnson cites Wallace for contempt over records
U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. held Circuit Judge George C. Wallace in criminal contempt for failing to comply with an order to produce voter registration records to the Civil Rights Commission.
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Montgomery, Ala
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
George C. Wallace
Civil Rights Commission
Ghosts blamed as 39 windows broken in Springfield home
In Springfield Massachusetts Mrs Charles Papineau 8 describes fear as 39 windows shattered since last Tuesday with police finding no crime. John C Parker a self described poltergeist expert offers to install a recording thermometer in the 24 story frame house to test for scientific causes while neighbors report strange noises before each crash. James M Herrmann of Seaford New York urges faith in God and calm acceptance amid unexplained events.
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Charles Papineau
John C. Parker
Parker
James M. Herrmann
Seaford
N.Y
Long Island
Springfield
Mass
Union
Mikoyan Visits U.N. Headquarters in New York
Anastas I. Mikoyan arrives at U.N. headquarters for a private talk with Dag Hammarskjold on the 38th floor, accompanied by Arkady Sobolev. Security is tight with 85 U.N. guards and a police cordon nearby as he prepares to meet officials and attend events before traveling to Washington.
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New York
Anastas I. Mikoyan
The
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Arkady A. Sobolev
Secretariat
Mikoyan
Mikhail A. Menshikov
United States
Council On Foreign Relations
Committee For Economic Development
Washington
Nyet
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Dinner Bell and Fire Bell Save Home Blaze
Mount Pleasant Michigan fireman Jack Lawson heard a crackling sound in a wall while at home for dinner. He rushed back to the station with two colleagues and extinguished a small fire blamed on defective wiring.
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Mount Pleasant
Mich
Jack Lawson
Weather Readings From Herald Site on Fire Station Roof
The Herald reports at 8:30 a.m. a reading showed general weather as cloudy with a low of 1 degree and a high of 42 degrees in the previous 24 hours. Temperatures were recorded at The Herald Building.
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Herald
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