Congress Set to Reopen Hearings on Naval Supercarriers Plan
Washington February 19 Congress moves to reexamine a 1.9 billion dollar naval shipbuilding program for next year. The Navy seeks a fifth Forrestal class supercarrier and 600000 tons of craft, plus atom powered submarines and reconversion of existing ships. Key witness Admiral Radford expected as hearings aim to settle who bears the risk of new aircraft carrier power.
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Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Senate
Navy
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Democrats Push $20 Personal Tax Cut For Each Taxpayer
House Democrats move to reduce personal income taxes by twenty dollars for each taxpayer and each dependent effective January 1. The plan faces opposition from President Eisenhower and is tied to a broader tax measure. Rayburn announced the strategy after a Ways and Means meeting with Democratic leaders. Analysts say four million families could be removed from the tax rolls under the proposal, with a potential year impact of about one billion dollars.
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House
Eisenhower
Rayburn
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Democratic Committee
Rep. Mills
D-Ark
Treasury
Marland Proposes Substitute Road Plan For WV
Gov. Marland unveiled a substitute for the local road program offering West Virginians a choice between county control or state oversight. The plan ties state aid to voluntary property tax increases and allows counties to raise evaluations to qualify for assistance. He urged public decision while noting both options aim to raise road quality.
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Charleston
Marland
West Virginia
House
Senate
State Road Commission
Road Commission
West Vinta
At Least 10 Dead as Big Storm Moves East
Nationwide blizzard from Rockies to Midwest leaves at least ten dead and many injured. Roads blocked in western Nebraska. cold warnings issued for Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Missouri as storm pushes south and east. Rescue efforts continue across Wyoming Colorado and Montana with snowdrifts and stranded travelers reported.
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Senate probes urge self regulation by comic book industry
Senate investigators urge self censorship of lurid material and praise a new industry code to police crime and horror comics. The report rejects government censorship and assigns responsibility to publishers to meet morals standards expected by American parents.
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Charlies F. Murphy
New York City
J. KM
Ieee
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Els
Ike Seeks To Aid School Program
The Eisenhower administration requests expanding its school aid plan with a direct federal grants option for needy districts not at loan or bond limits. Senator Smith signals openness to changes and lower bond rates, while critics argue states must have building agencies for grants. Educators favor a straight grants system of about 500 million yearly with state matching.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Alexander Smith
RNJ
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
Smith
Hobby
Labor
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Plane Crash Kills Woman and Three Service Men in Illinois Field
A war surplus twin-engine trainer crashed in a rainy central Illinois cornfield near Loami, killing a woman, her Marine husband, and two Navy sailors en route to Kansas City. Staff Sgt Richard Stalitf bailed out earlier. wreckage found around 10 p.m. by Loami residents.
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Illinois
Ray Brezeale
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Brezeale
Gina
Kansas City
James W. Jones
David Edward Robinson
S Brezeales
Loami
Civil Air Patrol
Larue Jacobs
Elmer Koke
Food Shortages Hit Soviet Wives Across Moscow
Reports from Moscow describe shortages of pork and sugar as housewives struggle to obtain basic foods amid government policy delays. Cables indicate Moscow may reflect wider shortages, though it's unclear if this is temporary or long term.
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New York
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Kruschchéy
Georgi Malenkov
Ussr
Russia
State Cops Guard Senate After Threats to Three Leaders
State Police were posted in the Charleston Senate chamber on Thursday and Friday after threats to kill Senators Bean Carey and Myers. Superintendent R W Boviles confirmed officers were in the gallery and on the floor. Myers said the man seeking appointment as a Senate amache caused the threats and later called Bean with the ominous message.
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Senate
R. W. Boviles
Bean
Carty
Myers
J. Howard Myers
Dhardy
Sen
Carey
D-Kanawha
Ther
Senate Chamber
Virginians Drown Trapped In Auto Crash
Three people died when a car swerved from Hollins Road into Tinker Creek near Roanoke Virginia. Edward Gillespie of Salem drove, with David Palmer, 25, of Roanoke, among the occupants. An eyewitness said the vehicle crossed the road at a normal speed, turned left, and rolled, trapping those inside.
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Hollins Road
Her Creek
Edward Lee Gillespie
Salem
David R. Palmer
Tinker Creek
R. B. Goad
Palmer Park
Premier Imre Nagy Seriously Ill in Hungary
A formal communique from Budapest states Hungary Prime Minister Imre Nagy is seriously ill and recovery is not expected before April. No further health details were released.
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Budapiost
Hungary
Imre Nagy
Nationalists Claim More Commie Ships Go Down
Taipei Formosa reports Nationalists claim 36 communist ships sunk near Taishan and Nanchishan in the Taishan Islands area. Defense sources say junks carried soldiers. heavy fighting and shipping activity underscore shifts to bolster Taishan garrisons amid Chiang Kai-shek’s northern defenses.
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Formosa
Taishan Islands
Nanchishan
Taishans
Fresh aspirant to try formation of cabinet
Paris reports Edgar Faure a 46 year old lawyer and former premier agreed to try forming a new French government. Three men already have tried and failed since Premier Mendes France's cabinet fell 15 days ago.
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Edgar Faure
Pierre Mendes-France
SEATO Confab Opens Three Day Meet in Bangkok
SEATO launches a three day conference in Bangkok to counter Red influence in Southeast Asia. Diplomats from the United States United Kingdom France Australia New Zealand the Philippines Thailand and Pakistan will discuss training Asian agents and propaganda to resist communism. US ambassador John Puerifoy reports Ho Chi Minh shrines among Vietnamese refugees in Nongkhai.
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Ho Chi-minh
Bankok
Tot Buried Alive Rescued From 18-Foot Hole
In Glen Burnie Maryland 22 month old George Maichelle was buried at the bottom of an 18 foot test well and rescued after three hours of digging. He was unhurt aside from a forehead bump and kept for observation at South Baltimore General Hospital. The boy slipped into the 10 inch diameter hole in his uncle Clifton Case's lawn as his mother Lena Matchelle worked nearby. Patrolman Charles Taylor led the rescue and reported the child alive as rescuers cleared dirt from the opening.
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George Maichelle
Charles Taylor
Anne Arundel County
Lena Matchelle
Taylor
Mananes
Gustave H. Faubert
George
South Baltimore General Hospital
Matchette
Baltimore
Clifton Case
Case
Glen Burnie Heights
Plane vanishes in fog bound New Mexico mountains
A Trans World Airlines Martin 404 carrying 16 aboard vanished in foggy northern New Mexico while en route Albuquerque to Kansas City. Civil Air Patrol and state police conducted a large ground search as bitter cold and snow hindered aerial reconnaissance.
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N.M
Trans World Aire Lines
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Madrid
Sandia Mountain Range
Kansas City
Amarillo
Tex
Topeka
Kan
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Civil Ar Patrol
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US Weather Bureau
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Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Texas
California
Colorado
Maj. A. H. Perry
Albouquerque
Weather Bureau
Cabbie Testifies In Phenix Slaying
James R. Tay, a taxicab driver from Columbus, Georgia, testified that he saw Albert Fuller Gash flee from between buildings and jump into a waiting car minutes after A. L. Paterson was murdered in Phenix City, Alabama. He identified Fuller as the man who ran from the scene and said the car sped away through a red light.
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Ala
Albert Fuller
A. L. Paterson
Phenix City
Ler
Paterson
Fuller
James R. Tay
Patterson
Taylor
Columbus, Ga
Puller
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