Postwar tax plan may cut excise rates across many goods
Congress weighs Simpson Martin excise plan to cut or delay rate reductions for furs, jewelry, theatre admissions, phones, telegraph service, pens, pencils, sporting goods and more. The proposal aims to keep revenue near current levels while easing consumer tax burdens in 1954 55. Leading lawmakers debate potential relief versus revenue impact.
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Martin
Congressional
Simpson-Martin
Corry Records Cold Wave, Golden Rule Plans Rise
Twenty years ago the area faced a 26 degree below zero blast with frozen water pipes and meters. Golden Rule Day was planned in March as merchants pledge bargains while the Kiwanis heard Andrew Paulson discuss the Stanford Hose Company. Triumphs marked a Youngsville invasion as Corry teams won 27-14 and 35-13, and Pompeii excavation progress was noted by the National Geographic Society.
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Youngsville
Corry
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Youngsville Independents
Erie woman seeks annulment of second marriage
Dorothy Lambein of North East seeks to annul her 1958 second marriage to Albert F. Lambein claiming she was suffering a serious mental condition that clouded memory after a 1952 divorce from the same man, making the July 3 1958 union invalid in Erie County Court.
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Erie County Court
Dorothy Lambein
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Albert F. Lambein
John M. Blackmore
Lambein
Buffalo
N. Y
Lambeth
How Smart Are You Test Questions on Current Events
A quirky quiz asks seven questions on national and world affairs. It covers coffee price impact, Berlin’s status, Roosevelt children’ marriages, ski contest origins, U S constitutional start, Spanish and British Gibraltar issues, and common causes of overweight.
Quake Toll Fears Dwind as Reports Reach Chiapas
Reports from Chiapas in southern Mexico indicate fears of a heavy death toll are fading, but about 5000 families are believed homeless after Friday's severe quake. The quake centered in a 50 mile wide coffee region 60 miles west of the Guatemalan border damaged four towns in remote mountain areas.
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Mexico
Chiapas State
Wattsburg Fair Officers Re-Elected At Society Meeting
Wattsburg Agricultural Society re elected president J E Burnham and all other officers including Harold Hall first vice president Arthur Harwood second vice president Earl Baldwin treasurer and Harry Burrows secretary Ralph Donaldson named general superintendent for this fall with date to be set at a later meeting Frank Chaffee named superintendent of concessions Three directors Robert Harwood Walter Drissel and G Bisbee elected to three year terms and D B Chaffee named auditor.
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J. E. Burnham
Wattsburg Agricultural Society
Wattsburg
Harold Hall
Arthur Harwood
Earl Baldwin
Harry Burrows
Ralph Donaldson
Frank Chaffee
Robert Harwood
Walter Drissel
G. ©. Bisbee
D.B. Chaffee
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