Tax Woes Loom In Georgia Assembly Fight Of 1950
Atlanta AP reports Georgia lawmakers face a busy 1950 session with tax revisions and highway governance at center.-Talmadge backs a five member highway board appointed by the governor. opponents push a bipartisan plan with legislative confirmation. The legislature weighs repealing the cigarette tax hike, expanding merit system coverage, funding hospitals, and creating a statewide highway body as part of broader tax reform efforts.
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Hoover Says Agency Uses 170 Phone Taps In Security Cases
Washington AP The FBI chief says the FBI has fewer than 170 telephone taps in existence and that tapping is narrowly authorized by the Attorney General in espionage sabotage cases. Hoover defends wiretaps as carefully controlled and not a blanket program amid congressional concern.
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Italian Churches Demand Freedom Protestants Call U S
In Naples today Protestant churches including Waldensian Baptist Methodist Free Church Brethren Seventh Day Adventist and Presbyterian adopted a resolution protesting an Italian Interior Ministry statement on Protestant activities and communism. The resolution urged enforcement of religious freedom clauses and was sent to the US Embassy in Rome and the State Department in Washington.
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Roy Parker to Run Against Lister Hill
Roy F Parker of Attalla announces candidacy for the U S Senate seat held by Lister Hill on a States Rights and anti Civil Rights platform. He seeks more farm aid a veterans pension and tax relief while opposing progressive civil rights measures. Parker is a former Democratic National Convention alternate and backed J Thomas Bellisleins race.
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Search Under Way For Two Negro Men In Robbery
Police seek two armed men after an early morning carjacking and robbery near Enterprise. Victim James Rogers says the pair forced him from his car at gunpoint, drove him to a mill area, and stole about $30 plus the victim’s cat before fleeing toward Camp Rucker. He was battered during the hold up and later walked a mile for help. A blanket search is in progress across the Ozark Enterprise area for the suspects and vehicle.
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Hobbs Improves After Health Crisis in Washington
Ailing Rep Hobbs of Alabama was reported in excellent condition after a circulatory ailment led to hospitalization at Doctors Hospital. The 63 year-old Democrat was treated Thursday and is expected to return to his apartment in fet days.
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Bodies Found in Cave After Headhunters Kill Two Professors
In the Philippines two American university professors, Dr. Robert F Conklin and Prof Mare Pittman, were killed by headhunters after a hike. Their bodies were found in a shallow grave 75 miles northeast of Baguio in Ifugao territory. U S authorities said three tribesmen admitted the killings and two others helped, during a two week search by ground patrols and air units.
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Dimes Start Marching With $5 000 As Goal
Houston County launches March of Dimes drive with a $5000 goal. W K Holt urges full participation as polio funding needs rise. Cochairs Richmond Flowers and Jack Ussery lead the school drive as children donate allowances and shoppers contribute at local stores. The national foundation seeks double last year’s funds amid record polio cases.
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First Refund Checks Go Out To Vets Today
The first $2.8 billion World War II insurance refunds begin flowing to 16 million veterans. Checks range from 90 cents to $528, averaging about $125, with ordering by last three digits of serial numbers. Payments to post offices nationwide start, delivery times vary by location.
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Senate Debate on Formosa Sparks Partisan Accusations
Democrats and Republicans clash over U S policy toward Formosa and China with leaders such as Benatar Lucas and Senator Brewster accusing opponents of turning foreign policy into politics while defending the administration's withdrawal of consular staff from Communist China and warning of appeasement charges as the debate continues.
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Midwest Sees Worst Cold Wave With 52 Dead
A massive winter storm gripping the Midwest and mountains faded into Canada but left the region with its coldest conditions of the season. At least 52 deaths were tied to the storm including nine in Canada and seven in plane crashes amid icy roads. Subzero temps from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast, with heavy winds and damage to lines and livestock, followed by flooding threats near the Wabash River and a dramatic ice danger on Lake Winnebago.
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Presidential tax message to Congress delayed
Washington officials said President Truman’s special tax message may be delayed for a few days. Presidential Secretary Charles Ross told reporters it would likely not be ready until toward the end of the week. The plan calls for cuts in wartime excise taxes and a boost in other levies to yield a moderate overall tax increase.
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64 000 Miners Refuse To Obey Work Order
In six states miners ignore John L Lewis call to return to work amid a second week of stoppages. About 84 000 to 90 000 idle nationwide, led by Western Pennsylvania with 45 000 idle of 56 000, as Alabama Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Utah Indiana show varied activity. Coal regions show mixed production while Southwest Virginia reports few idles. No official explanation beyond Lewis suggestion.
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Senator Proposes 3 Billion Budget Cut in 1950 Plan
Washington AP reports Senator George JD Gad George, head of the Senate Finance Committee, proposed a $3 billion cut to President Truman’s $42.499 billion budget. He says balancing the budget is possible without harming essential services or commitments abroad and opposes large tax increases while favoring closing loopholes. He aligns with Senator Byrd in urging restraint as Congress debates wartime taxes and future revenue.
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Russians Walk Out On UK Group Hearing
Soviet bloc delegations walked out of an UN body in LAKE SUCCESS protesting the Chinese Nationalists. Czechoslovakia joined the protest against Chinese Nationalist participation as the two year boycott of the General Assembly continued.
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Hap Arnold dies at 63 in California ranch home
Gen Hap Arnold, longtime Air Force leader and driving force behind U.S. military aviation, died suddenly at his Sonoma area ranch near San Francisco. Coronary occlusion listed as cause. funeral set for Thursday in Arlington Memorial Cemetery.
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Interior Committee Backs Oscar Chapman's Cabinet Bid
The Senate Interior Committee unanimously approves Oscar Chapman’s nomination for Secretary of the Interior. Democrats and Republicans praise the candidate named by President Truman on December 1. Confirmation proceedings expected to proceed promptly.
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Hap Arnold Life Chronicles Two World War Skies
AP reports Gen Hap Arnold, pivotal figure in US Army Air Force, dies at 8% odds amid famed career spanning two world wars. He led daring exploits and helped found strategic air power, including actions that shaped wartime and postwar aviation.
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Nationalist Troops Reported Battling Reds On Namoa
Nationalist forces shell and defend Namoa Island as Communist troops make a beachhead attempt near Swatow. Linting Island fighters rout 3,000 Reds while Communist junks are sunk off the Lucian Peninsula. U S Ambassador Jessup conferred with Chiang Kai Shek amid Formosa aid talks. Jessup plans Hong Kong Manila Singapore Bangkok trip.
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Three Bandits Rob Hotel Of 48 000 In Boston
In Boston three masked gunmen robbed a hotel near Park Square stealing cash and checks including weekend receipts from the lobby to the offices on the mezzanine. It was the second major robbery in Greater Boston that day. In Cambridge a lone robber forced a poultry company employee to sit at the table during a bank drop.
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