Byrd Seeks Senate Victory On Tax Cut Substitute
Sen. Byrd of Virginia says he expects a Senate victory over the $20 universal tax cut despite defections. Democratic leaders favor a substitute plan with offset revenues, prompting some backers to switch. The plan would gesture a $20 cut for each taxpayer with $10 per dependent, excluding wives, and repeal two tax benefits to offset lost revenue.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
House
Thurmond
D-Sc
Ervin
D-Nc
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Sen. Langer
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Knowland
Rcalif
Tom O’Brien Named City Civil Defense Director
Austin’s civil defense organization moves toward readiness with the appointment of Thomas O’Brien 208 S. St Paul as city civil defense director by Mayor Baldy Hansen. He succeeds William Pribble reassigned to Duluth last year and will recruit a staff while coordinating with Emil Schaffer county director. The rescue unit and Ground Observer Corps remain active.
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Austin
Civil Defense Organization
Thomas O’brien
S. St. Paul
Baldy Hansen
William Pribble
Duluth
Pribble
O’brien
American Legion
Emil Schaffer
Civil Defense Rescue
Gound Observer Corps
High Military Pay Sought to Cut Draft
Rep. Kilday says many congressmen back higher pay to attract volunteers and reduce or end the draft. The House 399 to 1 approved boosts average 11.9 percent for enlisted and warrant officers, with hazard pay increases and other fringe benefits. About two million servicemen could be eligible. funds to be voted later.
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Washington
Kilday
D-Tex
Armed Services
House
Taber
R-Ny
Senate
Woman from St Louis Wins 25000 in Mills Sweepstakes
A St Louis Missouri woman who supports a large family as a typist and switchboard operator won first prize of 25000 in General Mills Gold Medal flour diamond jubilee sweepstakes.
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Minneapolis
St. Louis
General Mills
Walter Winchell Ends 25 Year Run at ABC
New York ABC radio and television veteran Walter Winchell says he will quit the network by next Christmas after 25 years. He received a release from his contract and may work for another network or produce his own newscasts. He cites grievances over insurance coverage and stock options and notes NBC invited him to produce programs.
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New York
Walter Winchell
ABC Radio and Television
American Broadcasting Co
Winchell
ABC
New York Daily) Mirror
Robert E. Kintner
Miami Beach
Hollywood
CBS
Nbc-Tv
Broadway Stars, Inc
Nbc-Iv
Niagara Falls Faces Possible New Rockfall From widening fissure
Engineers eye a 20 foot back from crestline crack on the American side that could trigger another rockfall. The Niagara Frontier State Parks Commission calls the fissure old but growing, with possible impact on the falls’ appearance after recent large rockfalls at Prospect Point and nearby.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara Frontier State Parks Commission
Joseph Davis
Commission
Prospect Point
Air Force Jet Pilot Killed in F86 Crash
Air Force pilot died when his F86 Sabre Jet crashed after takeoff from Peterson Field in Colorado Springs. His decapitated body was thrown 200 yards. identity pending next of kin. The aircraft belonged to the 47th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron based at Niagara Falls, New York.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force
Peterson Field
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Government fixes rice price to curb hoarding in Taipei
The government announced a fixed price sale of rice in Taipei aimed at countering hoarders and profiteers blamed for a 40 per cent price surge over two months. It targets speculators and seeks to stabilize markets.
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Taipei
Graham Urges Market Curbs Amid Speculation
New York financier professor Benjamin Graham told the Senate Banking Committee that the stock market boom has reached speculative levels and urged careful government steps. Graham, head of Graham-Newman and Columbia Business School professor, advised investors to significantly reduce common stock holdings while noting speculators face a 50 50 chance of higher prices, barring intervening reactions.
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Washington P
New York
Benjamin Graham
Senate Banking Committee
Graham-Newman Investment Corp
Columbia University School of Business
Graham
Gen
Robert E. Wood
Sears Roebuck & Co. Finance Committee
98 Mile Wind Rips Indiana
Severe storms and high winds swept Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania with gusts up to 98 mph. A school collapsed in New Philadelphia Ohio a woman died in Rankin Pennsylvania and a fire started by a downed power line in Union City Indiana.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
New Philadelphia
Rankin
Union City
Ind
Connersville
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Freeman proposes $16 million revenue bill in Legislature
Gov. Freeman unveils an omnibus revenue measure spreading about 16 million dollars in tax increases with the exception of property taxes. He argues property taxes have carried the burden and pledges to hold property tax increases in check while new revenue funds current government costs. The bill's House authors include Rep. E. J. Chilgren and Speaker A. J. Johnson with other leaders, and the Senate backing comes from Sen. Rafael Salmore and Sen. Donald Fraser.
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ST. Paul
Gov. Freeman
General Revenue Fund
House
Senate
Gov
Freeman
E. J. Chilgren
Littlefork
House Tax Committee
A. J. Johnson
Benson
Fred Cina
Aurora
D. D. Wozniak
Joseph Karth
Harold Schultz
Rafael Salmore
Stillwater
Donald Fraser
Minneapolis
Hotel Held Up Twice in One Day
John Walkinshaw, a night clerk at a West Side hotel, said two would be robbers struck the same day. The first intruder, a former guest armed with a switchblade, stole $33. the second man, tall with a gun, fled as a guest entered the lobby.
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New York
John Walkinshaw
West Side
Walkinshaw
Joseph Tandler
W. 36Th St
FiveYearOld Tours Wright Patterson Air Base
Dayton Ohio report details 5 year old Daniel Pohlabel receiving a VIP tour of Wright Patterson Air Force Base. He views landing gear from a test plane that previously injured him, sits in new jets, rides a fire truck, and meets at the base hospital. He also sees a Russian MIG fighter plane and comments it was fine.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Daniel Pohlabel
Danny
Air Force
Baby Named Lait Delays Tie Between BBC and Viewers
Overdue birth of baby Lait disrupts BBC Family Affairs coverage. Doctors shifted expected dates from March 4 to February 18, then to an uncertain April 4, leaving cameras on standby and the expectant mother fielding repeated media inquiries.
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London
Lait
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Betty Lait
Family Affairs
Rubirosa Divorce Testimony Completed in Dominican Case
Porfirio Rubirosa's divorce from Barbara Hutton concluded testimony in Ciudad Trujillo. Judge Anibal Sosa Ortiz has two months to rule after Rubirosa cited incompatibility. Rubirosa, linked to Miami racing plans, and Hutton, last noted in Honolulu, had a noted separation.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Porfirio Rubirosa
Barbara Hutton
Rubi
Babs
Palm Beach
Fla
Anibal Sosa Ortiz
Rubirosa
Miami
Hon
Penicillin Pioneer Sir Alexander Fleming Dies at 73
Sir Alexander Fleming 73, the Scottish scientist who discovered penicillin, died at his London home of heart disease. He credited the discovery to pure luck and received the 1945 Nobel Prize with two coworkers. Fleming, knighted in 1944, first produced penicillin in 1928 while researching at St. Mary’s Hospital. He noted mold spores dissolving bacteria, leading to the antibiotic named penicillin from the penicillium family.
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London
Sir Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander
St. Mary's Hospital
Ohio Flood Levels Below Expected Crest
The Ohio River floodwaters leveled off far below the projected crest. The Weather Bureau said the river at Louisville reached 36.8 feet late Thursday night and then held steady, after two weeks of steady rise and the worst flood since 1948 cresting upstream at Cincinnati.
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Louisville
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Ground Party Searches for Missing Planes Near Mt Timpanogos
Ground searchers faced heavy snow on Mt Timpanogos as they tried to locate two missing planes and ten aboard five civilians from Chicago and five in an Air Force B25 bomber from Great Falls Montana. Air Force and Civil Air Patrol planes resumed over Wasatch Range while civilian aircraft scouted Wyoming. A ground team moved into another Wasatch section to verify a low flying plane report heard in a rainstorm Wednesday night.
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Salt Lake City
Mt. Timpanogos
Chicago
Air Force
Great Falls
Mont
Civil Air Patrol
Wasatch Range
Wyoming
Wasatch Mountains
Bonanzagram Prize Rises to Twenty Dollars
Readers of the Austin Daily Herald failed to solve the March 2 Bonanzagram puzzle with 500 entries. The prize money increases from 15 to 20 dollars as more players chase the single word solution. Page 11 explains last week’s mystery and invites participation in this week’s puzzle.
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Austin Daily Herald
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