Probers Say Farmers Not Evading Tax
A four member Iowa legislative committee examining the Iowa Tax Commission reported no substantial evidence that farmers evaded state income taxes. They cited 1953 returns showing 87,000 farmers paid about 5 million dollars, 108,000 filed no pay returns, and 312,991 total no pay returns that year. The panel urged seven reforms including higher penalties, longer audit periods, and a minimum filing fee.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Ap- Spe
Tom Frey
Reola
Tax Commission
Ice jam wrecks homes and docks along Niagara River
Residents, army engineers, and coast guardsmen watched a massive ice jam on the Niagara River devastate summer homes and docks from Lewiston to Queenston. Up to a million dollars in property damaged, with piles up to 50 feet high. Eight cottages crushed at Lewiston and Queenston steamboat dock destroyed. Lake Ontario level rose about 20 feet. dynamite attempts failed.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Coast
Niagara River
Lake Ontario
Lewiston
Fort Niagara
U. S
Queenston
Niagara-ow-the-Lake
Toronto
Cedar Rapids arson charge against 23 year old woman
Cedar Rapids police held 23 year old Mrs. Louis Kemler after she admitted setting two fires in her apartment house. County attorney said he would file arson charges. She cited depression from financial troubles and family loss as motives.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis
Phyllis) Kemler
Fifth Street
Lester Woodward
E. J. Herron
Willis A Glassgow
Kemler
Dubuque
Non-Atom Device Tested in Nevada
A non nuclear explosive charge was detonated about six miles above the Nevada desert Friday. The test involved a secret weapon intended to be tipped with a nuclear warhead under combat conditions.
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Las Vegas
Nevada Desert
Auction Ends With Pars Probing Bids and Banter
A man buys a parrot at auction amid spirited bidding. He jokes the bird talks. The auctioneer replies the parrot has been bidding against him for an hour. The moment captures light humor in a simple sale.
Cold Wave Forecast Hits Southeast Iowa and Cedar Rapids
A cold wave warning targets southeast Iowa and Cedar Rapids with zero to five above forecasts for tonight. Saturday highs may not exceed 25, with little temperature change through Sunday or Monday and a brief warming trend next Tuesday or Wednesday. Snow depth varies from a trace to five inches, roads are slick, and midmorning readings show three above at Spencer and 15 at Cedar Rapids by 2:30 pm Friday.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Mason City
Ottumwa
Council Bluffs
Iowa Highway Patrol
Estherville
Blairsburg
Tama
Dubuque
U. S. 30
Clinton
Spencer
Case of Peress To Justice Dept Warranting Review
The Senate investigations subcommittee concluded its study of the Irving Peress case and voted to let the Justice Department decide if perjury occurred by witnesses. Chairman McClellan said the decision awaits a possible motion from McCarthy and Mundt, who were absent. The panel also voted to ask the Justice Department to determine if grounds exist to prosecute former army dentist Irving Peress.
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McCarthy
McClellan
Justice Department
Peress
Bibles on display include gangsters oath Bible at U Chicago exhibit
A University of Chicago exhibit features Bibles with one known as the gangsters Bible said to have been used by the Capone gang to swear solemn oaths.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Gang
Capone
Linn Supervisors And Central City In Tax Squabble
Linn county supervisors moved to withhold about 6 500 in county tax funds from Central City until a settled claim. The dispute centers on 2 500 liability for bridge approach work and 4 000 denied by Central City. The 19 000 finishing touches and 2 500 extension added controversy.
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Linn Supervisors
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Henry J. Hood
Miles P. Sutera
Martin Wiley
Frank Bates
Wapsipinicon River
Central City Town Council
Hood
Joint Group Rejects Cut In Income Tax
Washington AP report: senate house conference committee rejects a Democratic plan for a $20 per person income tax cut next year. The panel backs a Senate bill to extend current corporate and excise tax rates, with the House expected to follow. The 61-32 Senate vote struck the tax cut from the measure, and a last minute compromise for a $10 per person cut was also voted down.
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Washington
Senate-House
Senate
House
Conference
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Benson
Commodity Credit Corporation
The
Commodity Stabilization Service
CCC
Breach by Soviet Charged by Allies
Washington AP reports that the United States Britain and France agreed that Russia violated secrecy rules by disclosing a disarmament proposal to a five power meeting in London, calling it a shocking breach of faith.
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Washington
U. S
Britain
France
Russia
Lonon
Oldest Twin Brothers Plan Visit to 92-Year-Old Sisters
BRUSSELS Ill AP The nation's oldest twin brothers widowers and veteran flyers plan a brief air trip to Kentucky to visit the nation's oldest twin sisters both 92 Mary Cullen of Maysville and Eva Bowman of Newport. August and Fred Schulze 92 were born Aug 11 five months before the sisters birthday Jan 11 92. The Schulze family runs an orchard seed business and uses a private plane for distribution across 12 states. They have not yet notified the sisters of their planned visit.
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Brussels
Ill
Kentucky
August
Fred Schulze
Calhoun County
Mary Cullen
Maysville
Eva Bowman
Newport
Bowman
Annie Schulze
Schulze
Dysart Coach Dies In Auto Crash After Bond Vote
Dysart residents voted on a $383 000 school bond Friday hours after popular coach Clark Werntz 34 was killed in a two car crash on highway 30 near Tama. Four injured in Werntz car included three adults and a child. other details note the crash and ensuing school closure.
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Dysart
Clark Werntz
Werntz
Gladstone Viaduct
Tama
Senate Overrides Veto Threat On Pay Raise Bills
The Senate voted 72-21 to raise pay for 1.5 million federal employees by 10 percent and 500,000 postal workers by 10 percent, despite President Eisenhower’s objections. A 1 million Civil Service workers raise also passed by voice vote. Debate focused on a proposed 7.6 percent alternative for postal staff, which failed 52-41. The measures now move to the House. the bill also shifts to begin on signing day rather than retroactive Jan 1.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
House
Executive Branch
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Swiss Say F R Voiced Demands
Swiss newspapers Basler Nachrichten and Die Tat claim a Roosevelt letter exists demanding actions similar to Stalin’s push for a march through Switzerland. They urge Swiss access to the letter in light of Yalta record disclosures. The papers reference 1944 summer correspondence to the Swiss federal council containing remarkable demands.
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Geneva
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Switzerland
Stalin
Basler Nachrichten
Die Tat
Zurich
America
The
Nachrichten
Roosevelt
Federal Council
Yalta
Josef Stalin
Churchill
L. D. Burkhalter Dies Suddenly at 76 in Cedar Rapids
Louis D. Burkhalter, 76, Cedar Rapids insurance agent and founder of the Burkhalter Insurance Agency, died after illness in his office. He was born April 9, 1878, and survived by wife May, a son Louis Jr, a daughter Patricia Ann, a sister, and three grandsons. Services set at Turner chapel with burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis D. Burkhalter
St. Luke's Hospital
Salt Lake Area Gets Salt Rain Thunderous Salt Wind Douses Valley
Salt Lake City reports a salty rainfall after winds lifted salt dust from nearby flats and carried it over the valley. The crusted white residue settled on homes and automobiles, leaving many residents puzzled by the unusual weather event.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Valley
Weather Bureau
Typewriter Stolen Last Fall Recovered in City Police Dept
A typewriter stolen last October from the Philippine American Life Insurance Company was found Thursday in use at the Quezon City police department.
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Manila
Philippine-American Life Insurance Company
Quezon City
Navy Plane on Air Force Poster Sparks Recruitment Fury
SHREVEPORT LA AP Air force tempers rise over a recruiting poster that features a delta wing jet resembling a navy Skyray. Lt Col John Spaulding says resemblance prompts inquiry into poster sourcing at Madison Avenue and Wright Patterson Field promises to investigate.
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Shreveport
Air Force
Navy
John Spaulding
Second Air Force
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Arno Leuhman
Air Force Recruiting
New York
Madison Avenue
Pentagon
Telegraph
Allan Lazarus
The
Shreveport Times
Sweden bars Czech attaches from service in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM SNS The Swedish government said on Friday that no Czechoslovak military attaches will be allowed to serve in Stockholm until further notice. The decision follows Sweden's discovery of a Red spy network linked to the matter.
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Stockholm
Sns
Sweden
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Oppedahl
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Herron
Nevada
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Quytin
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D-Miss
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Wife Critical
Tama Clinic
Evangelical Hospital
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Mark Poggemiller
Robert Savereid
Savereid
Mr. Savereid
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Paton
Tama County Schoolmasters Club
Poggemiller
Lovedeia
Baldwin
University High Towa City
University of Town
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