Ways & Means votes to curb deductions for taxes
The House Ways and Means Committee moved to raise about 500 million dollars by restricting itemized deductions for state and local taxes. The plan bars deductions for gasoline, auto tags, licenses, cigarettes, alcohol and other beverages while preserving deductions for property taxes and state income taxes. Effects start January first next year, not applying to this year’s taxes or next spring’s returns.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways & Means Committee
Rescuers Free Campers After Palo Duro Canyon Flood
High water in Palo Duro Canyon State Park receded enabling 141 campers to start home after more than 24 hours in weather forced exile. A 15 year old boy drowned in Palo Duro Creek during the storms, while a bus crash near Houston claimed 10 year old Gail Griffin. Floods across South Texas dumped heavy rainfall with Laredo reporting 5.27 inches and Presidio reaching 99 degrees as showers threatened further collapse.
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United Press International
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Panhandle Canyon
Richard Lott
Palo Duro Creek
Lott
Houston
Gail Griffin
Palo Duro Canyon
Alpine
Brownsville
Texas
Laredo
Dalhart
Celina
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Austin
Presidio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Loss of Heifers Reported at 210 South Poplar Street
Richard Hurley reported two heifers missing from a jot at 210 South Poplar Street. Officers noted the wooden fence around the lot appeared knocked down and the cattle were loaded and hauled away.
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Richard Hurley
South Poplar Street
Labour Member Urges Macmillan to Postpone Kennedy Visit
Labour MP Marcus Lipton urged Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to ask President Kennedy to delay his Britain visit amid the Profumo scandal. The House debated for six hours as Macmillan faced calls to resign and an expected full inquiry into the affair.
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London
UPI
Labor
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Britain
Macmillan
House of Commons
Mac
Labor Party
Profumo
George Brown
John Profumo
Valerie Hobson
Laborites
Marcmillan
Russia
United States
Rural Texas Telephone to Celebrate Blue Ribbon
More than 100 residents from Telephone will travel by bus to Bonham for Awards Night at 8 o clock. At 10 p.m. Fannin County organized communities will receive county district or state awards for their 1933 Rural Improvement contest entries. The event caps a year of rural development work and marks the third straight year of club competition.
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Texas
Bonham’s
National Guard Armory
Fannin County
Fanmn
Fanmin
Texas Extension Service
A. and M. College
Telephone
Calvin Felts
Bassett Watson
Texas Power and Light Company
Telephone, Mulberry
Nunnelee
Lannius
Bennett L. Smith
Community Public Service Company
Lee Morrow
Agri-Business Committee
J. T. Woodson
Gober
Texas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Ted Martin
Tom Joyce Cunningham
R. E. Patterson
Texas A
M. Bob Old
Telephone Club
J. F. McKnight
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Eldon Donaldson
Mulberry
Community Improvement Council
Wayne Cranfill
Mable London
Claire Moore
Tom Blacketer
Valleyreek Community
Lloyd Skinner
Allen's Point
Bonham C. of C
Kennedy adds large job training to civil rights push
President Kennedy plans a huge program of job training and vocational education to accompany his civil rights package, to be submitted as separate legislation. Senate leaders say broad agreement exists on the training effort, though disputes remain over private sector segregation bans. The proposal could total about 1 billion dollars, officials indicated after a breakfast with Democratic leaders.
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Kennedy
Martha Griffiths
D-Mich
Washington
UPI
White House
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Humphrey
Kiwanis Club hears talk on stock market origin
Forrest Copeland of a Dallas brokerage firm spoke to Kiwanis members after their Tuesday luncheon on The Origin and Growth of the Stock Market. A question and answer session followed as Brad Nunneiee, program chairman, introduced Copeland and guests District Judge A. M. Hargison of Paris and Jay Couk of tmere.
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Forrest Copeland
Dallas
Kiwanis Club
Brad Nunneiee
A. M. Hargison
Paris
Jay Couk
Tmere
Local Civil Defense Classes Proposed in Fannin County
Dr. W. R. Bodine with the Office of Defense and Disaster Relief told Fannin county officials that real Civil Defense work should be at the local level. The visit in Bonham outlined inaugurating county wide Civil Defense classes and emergency medical aid and emergency childbirth courses.
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W. R. Bodine
Office of Defense and Disaster Relief
Department of Public Safety
Fannin County
Texas Power and Light Company
Bodine
Bonham
Philip Gauss
Commissioner of Health
Gauss
Civil Defense
Wayne Cranfill
Housewife Kills Family and Self in Prospect, Pa
In Prospect, Pennsylvania, 44 year old Elizabeth Gregor killed her husband Joseph and five children with a 12 gauge shotgun then took her own life. Police found notes indicating the killings were planned for some time.
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Prospect
UPI
Elizabeth Gregor
Pennsylvania
Joseph Gregor
Clinton Atwell
Atwell
Gregor
Mrs. Gregor
Joseph Jr
Thomas
Rosemary
U.S. Ambassador Signals Multiracial Embassy Events
Cape Town UPI reports Ambassador Joseph Satterwaite intends to host a multiracial event despite official disapproval. Foreign Minister Ric Louw had urged diplomats to limit celebrations to one reception for national days, effectively excluding multiracial embassy fetes.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Joseph Satterwaite
U.S
Ric Louw
Troops cordon Swaziland mine as strike escalates
Six hundred British troops sealed off the Havelock Mine in Swaziland to break a 26 day strike at the world largest asbestos mine. Police arrested 150 striking Africans. In a separate sugar refinery strike, tear gas was used and 70 African protesters were arrested.
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Mbane
Swaziland
UPI
Havelock
Here
Steg
Pilot Kiled COOPER Plane Crash Kills Local Pilot
A crop dusting plane crashed in a field one mile south of Cooper on Monday. The pilot, identified as Harry Redding of Cooper, was killed in the accident.
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Cooper
Ats
Harry Redding
Bartley Woods Water System Gets Go Sign
Residents of Bartley Woods in southwest Fannin County prepare to form a water system after a unanimous vote approved a $7 per month minimum for the first 3000 gallons. Engineers say the loan from FHA would be about 79000 and work could begin immediately with more meters added.
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Bartley Woods
Spl
Munday
Fannin County
Noel Burnett
Burnett
Sys
Lons
Nest
D’ Alchil
W. T Wylie
Farmers’ Home Administration
FHA
Showers Plague Fannin County Amid Rain Outlook
Scattered showers continued to affect Fannin County with more rain expected through Wednesday. Bonham had light drizzle then heavier rain near noon Monday, Leonard reported heavy rain Monday night, and other areas saw light showers. Temperatures in the 80s with a cool overnight. farmers worry about cotton insect infestation as cool, wet weather persists.
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Fannin County
Bonham
Leonard
Texas
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