House Approves Record 7.2 Billion Tax Increase
The House passed a record 7.2 billion dollar tax package with a 12 to 14 percent rise in individual income taxes. Final passage was 233 to 160 amid party splits and debate over fairness amid broader revenue goals. The measure totals 7.2 billion from individuals, corporate taxes, excises and other changes, part of a multi-bill strategy yielding 17 billion in total postwar taxes.
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Ridgway Backed Mac Arthur On China Invasion Plan
Washington reports an official message says Gen Ridgway supported Gen Mac Arthur last December in urging an immediate invasion of Red China by Nationalist forces from Formosa. The plan included a naval blockade and bombing bases in Manchuria, later cited in Senate inquiries into MacArthur's dismissal.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Douglas MacArthur
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China
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Truman
MacArthur
Ridgway
Korea
Sen
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R-Cal
Wiley
Inside Today Es Amusements and Classifieds
A compact page summary noting sections such as Amusements, Classifieds, Obituaries, Editorials, Sports and a puzzle or patterns feature. Mentions various tiny items like radio TV, comics, and a DIY segment, reflecting a typical daily newspaper front within a single issue.
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Yeessene
Forty Aboard Plane Lost Near African Gold Coast
A Pan American Constellation bound for New York vanished with 40 aboard while en route from Johannesburg. The four engine plane disappeared near Roberts Field Liberia in drizzly weather around 2 45 a m local time. Capt Frank J Crawford of Huntington Station Long Island was the pilot. Rescue efforts followed as crews from French Liberian and American authorities searched with limited visibility.
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South Africa
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Frank J. Crawford
Pan American
Huntington Station
Long Island, N. Y
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Ray Tunstall
Ben Picou
George Alcock
Acme
Ickes Attacks MacArthur Congress In Speech
Harold Ickes denounces General MacArthur and Congress in a rapid, stinging critique about unity and leadership. He condemns political campaigning by high officials and mocks the seniority system in committee chairs. He singles out insubordination as harming the nation and allies.
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Harold Ickes
MacArthur
Congress
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Ickes
Seamen Shippers End Longshore Union Pact
The CIO Maritime reached an agreement with Atlantic and Gulf Coast shipping companies after a seven day work stoppage. Radiomen returned to work after gains, with a 40 hour week to start on December 16. NMU and ARA unions await talks. port operations to resume once radio operators sail.
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New York
CIO Maritime
Pacific Coast
CIO
American Radio Assoc
National Marine Engineers Beneficial Assoc
Joseph Curran
WMU
NMEBA
ARA
Curran
NMU
Truck Routing Change Sought in Charleston Streets
Mayor Copenhaver announced plans to curb heavy truck traffic on certain Charleston streets. He will seek council action and state aid to reroute trucks onto a designed through street like Washington to move traffic to Patrick Street Bridge. The proposal requires council approval and a committee review before any action.
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Water Babies Held British 'Prisoners' Must Leave Today
The Tongay family from Miami Florida was barred from entering Britain at London Airport after protests over two children Bubba Tongay and his sister's Channel swim plan. They were placed under technical custody and ordered to depart, with immigration officials limiting further entry.
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Florida
Bubba Tongay
Tive
Russell Tongay
Miami
Fla
Britain
Tongay
New State Motor Code Seen as Progressive in West Virginia
Statehouse reporter explains a new motor vehicles law set to take effect next month. The feature notes the law aims to regulate self propelled vehicles, addressing definitions, operation and liability as courts and legislature have shaped. The piece reflects on historical views of motorized transport and its evolving legality.
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Statehouse
West Virginia
Berkeley Davids
District of Columbia
Davids
Tait Davids
Girl Hiker Found In Smokies Park Fasted 13 Days
Sevierville Tennessee June report tells how 21 year old nurse Havangeline Lorimer survived 13 days in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with only water and two sour huckleberries. She lost 18 pounds during the ordeal after vanishing June 6.
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Seiverville
Tenn
Hvangeline Lorimer
Smoky Mountain
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Miss. Lorimer
Jury Charges Murders to 3
Indictments in Kanawha County name William L. Harmmonds Samuel Foster and Lee Gates Shaffer for murder arising from a second floor fall during a May 20 fight and three arson counts against King Schein connected to a $75 000 fire at the Tots N Teens Shop on Lee Street. Shaffer was arrested after a fatal shooting of Russell Harding.
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Kanawha County
William L. Harmmonds
Lee St
Samuel Foster
Vevaco
Lee Gates Shaffer
Sissonville
King Schein
Beauregard St
Hammonds
David Aliff
Kenna Homes
South Charleston
Hammond
Fuel Chief Urges Added Coal Need
Fuel Chief Charles W. Conner told the State Coal Mining Institute in Bluefield that coal and coke are essential to victory for democracy and to meet defense demand. He warned a shortage could defeat the cause, citing a predicted rise to 86.5 million tons annual demand by year’s end and stressing expansion of cake output to support steel plans. Former U S Senator Rush D. Holt spoke at the gathering.
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Charles W. Conner
State Coal Mining Institute Today
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Defense Solid Fuels
Trisostale
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Weston
Connor
Red Airmen Bold In Frontline Attacks North of Seoul
Tokyo dispatches report Red air raiders bold near Seoul and near the Manchurian border. Communists allegedly plan a limited offensive on June 25. Red defenses stiffened across a 30 mile arc north of Seoul as Allied forces repelled armored thrusts and heavy shelling intensified. Air battles saw MiG-15s clash with Sabres. Red losses counted, while fire bombs marked a new tactic against Allied troops near Chowon and Chorwon.
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Siday
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Chorwon
FBI Easily Nets Notorious Killer
Notorious fugitive Paul Cato, ranked among the ten most wanted, was captured by FBI agents and Cleveland police without a hard struggle. The 48 year old man, sought for the 1946 murder of a San Francisco model, was held under 3,100,000 bond after arraignment before U S Commissioner. The arrest occurred at an East Side plant where he had worked as a machine shearer and was led by FBI agent Ray Abbatielo and Police Inspector Cato Tames MacArthur.
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U. S
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Solon 72 Nails Republican Foe In One Round
A one round upset saw Solon, 72, knock out a Republican foe after a heated confrontation described in reports from Tehran and Washington. The piece also covers Iran warning of air industry shutdown and a death penalty bill amid oil field control tension, plus a House brawl where Rep Cannon fought Rep Phillips in a corridor incident.
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Ali Heyat
Basil R. Jackson
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Tran
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Ali Varasteh
Iran
Abadan
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Clarence
Cannon
Sugar
John Phillips
John Taber
Taber
Es Greefort Phillips
California
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Tague
Eric Drake
Oil
P ‘i Cannon
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Phillips
George C. Calver
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Independent Office
Vann
Russia Accused of Exploiting Iran Britain-Iran Turmoil
The State Department charged Russia is exploiting the Britain Iran dispute to push Iran toward the Iron Curtains. It cites nationalization turmoil and unnamed “Background” publication notes that anti foreign sentiment is not limited to Britain but also targets the United States. The piece accuses the Soviet Union of using Iran and the clandestine Tudeh party to its advantage.
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State Department
Russia
Iran
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Great Britain
U.S
Pri Ion
Soviet Union
Timber worker killed by lightning near Alum Creek
An Alum Creek timberman named Frank Sears died when lightning struck as he sought shade under a tree during a thundershower. Identified by Roy West Building Supply Co, Sears was employed by C. J. McCoy of Alum Creek on a timber tract. Witnesses place the death shortly before 4 p.m. near Smith Creek, about a mile and a half above Alum Creek. State police report Kanawha County.
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Roy West Building Supply Co
Frank Sears
Sears
C. J. McCoy
Alum Creek
McCoy
Smith Creek
Kanawha Coun
1200 Viscose Workers Begin Trek Back to Work
One thousand two hundred workers at the American Visease Corp Nitro plant returned to the midnight to 3am shift, ending a weeklong walkout by the Textile Workers Union of America Local. H. W. Payor, national union president, said members voted overwhelmingly by secret ballot to follow officers and return to work after an unauthorized stoppage. Negotiations between workers, management, and union officials had failed to settle the dispute.
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American Visease Corp
Textile Workers Union of America
H.W. Payor
National View
Nitro Focal
Wnion
Nwa
Twa
Vie
Wien
Strikin
Probers Subpoena Florida Governor Fullerton Warren
Florida Senate Crime Committee issued a subpoena for Governor Gay Fuller Warren to testify in Washington on July 9 regarding information on campaign contributions. Warren did not attend the Miami hearing where the subpoena was served. officials pursued mandatory appearance despite his absence. The hearing concluded with the subpoena for service on the governor.
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Gay Fulleéy
Warren
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Onume
Senate Crime Committee
U. S
Jack Ly Peoples
Tallahassee
Sen
O'Conor 'J
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O'Conor
Gav Fuller Warren
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Prayer for Peace Recited In Unified Evening Soirée
A short prayer service called Today's 30-Second Prayer for Peace is shared. It appeals to a divine creator for national unity and peace, urging all gathered to seek harmony and goodwill amid conflict.
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