Deluge of Mail Delays North Carolina Income Tax Deadline
Raleigh reports a flood of tax mail before midnight deadline with 62 bags received today, up from 51 last year. Revenue Commissioner James S. Currie expects a larger rush tomorrow as 30 temporary workers join regular staff, with day and night shifts and weekend overtime to handle the tax influx.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Revenue
James S. Currie
Revenue Department
Currie
Brewster Conviction Reversed by Appeals Court
The U S Court of Appeals reversed the contempt of Congress conviction of Frank Brewster, Western boss of the Teamsters, ruling the Senate committee exceeded its authority. Brewster, 60, faced a year in jail and a $1000 fine, and Nugent Lapoma of Seattle Local 174 also had his conviction reversed by the panel.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Frank Brewster
Teamsters Union
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Brewster
Field
Rewster
U.S. Dist
John J. Sirica
Nugent Lapoma
Seattle
The
Teamsters
Defense Proposal Explained
President Eisenhower told Senate Republican Leader Knowland he will not seek blanket authority for the secretary of defense to control all military spending. Knowland disputed an earlier message to Congress claiming such authority would be granted, noting the plan reorganizes the military establishment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Secretary of Defense
Senate
Knowland
California
Congress
Capitol
Bryce Harlow
Army finds no record of WAC name and serial in service
An Army official in Winston-Salem stated no person with the name and serial number provided by a 30 year old woman arrested in Mount Airy as Sgt Hazel Louise Dodson is serving in the Army or has been stationed with WAC Detachment Co A at Fort McClellan. Major Carl J. Wright confirmed the investigation shows no match.
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Winston-Salem P
Wac
Mount Airy
Hazel Louise Dodson
Fort McClellan
Ala
Baptist Hospital
Forsyth County
Burlington
Carl J. Wright
Winston-Salem Army Reserve Subdistrict
Army
Tax Cut Opposition Tightens In Senate Debate
Senate Democrats Humphrey and Monroney criticize administration resistance to tax cut and job-creating legislation while Senator Bridges warns of excessive federal spending. Fed reports March industrial production at 128 of 1947-49 base, lowest since 1954 recession, with declines in employment incomes and retail sales but high construction activity.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Humphrey
D-Minn
Monroney
D-Okla
Congress
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Von Braun Urges Vigorous Action On Space Policy
Army missile expert Wernher von Braun told the House Space Committee to act quickly to beat the Soviet lead in space. The hearing opened on Eisenhower’s plan to create a civilian space agency built around the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Representative McCormack endorsed the bill as a starting point.
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Washington
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
America
House Space Committee
Eisenhower
Tional Advisory Committee
Aeronautics
Rep. McCormack
D + Mass
House
Special Space Committee
Theodore C. Merkle
John McCormack
D-Mass
United States
Russia
von Braun and Merkle
University of California
Livermore
Calif
Special
House Committee On Astronautics and Space Exploration
Jury resumes deliberations in teen murder case
An all male jury resumes deliberations in New York in the case of seven teen defendants charged in the slaying of 15 year old Michael Farmer. Judge Irwin D Davidson kept jurors under guard overnight after a midnight recess in a 95 day trial. Prosecutors say Alvarez Horton and others faced possible first degree murder charges with mandatory death sentences for two defendants while others could face first degree manslaughter or lesser charges. The defendants, all members of the Egyptian Dragons gang, allegedly ambushed Farmer and his companion Rog er McShane in a city park last July.
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New York
Michael Farmer
Irwin D. Davidson
Davidson
Louis
Little Jesse) Alvarez
Charles
Big Man) Horton
Alvarez
Egyptian Dragons
Horton
Farmer
Decatur
Ala
Upper Manhattan
Richard Hills
John McCarthy
Leroy
the Magician) Birch
Leoncio
Jello) DeLeon
Dominican Republic
George Melendez
Roger McShane
McShane
Jesters
Dulles Attacks Soviet Propaganda in Diplomacy Debate
Secretary of State Dulles accused the Soviet Union of debauching international diplomacy for propaganda. He said Moscow is endangering peace with letters to President Eisenhower and indicated Western talks may open in Moscow Thursday with a formula approved by 13 Atlantic Pact nations.
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Washington
Dulles
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Moscow
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Leaky Dam Threatens Benettstown Area Dam near 300 acre lake may fail soon
In Bennettsville South Carolina a leaking earth dam holding Paul A Wallace Lake about 300 acres fears collapse. Police Chief F E Davis says the weak spot at the high end is only 18 inches deep and may give way any time. About 500 residents were evacuated when the prior break flooded lowlands.
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Bennettsville
S.C
Paul A. Wallace
F. E. Davis
Davis
Highway Department
National Guard
Truman Testimony Sparks GOP Attack and Mixed Reactions
Republican critics label Truman's economic plan as the same old wheeze while he testifies before the House Banking Committee. Spence praises the ex president as a valuable witness. others call the appearance a campaign gimmick. Truman proposes a five billion dollar tax cut, social security boosts, and federal spending for defense and public works.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Congress
House Banking Committee
Mumma
R-Pa
Truman
Spence
D-Ky
GOP
Missouri
Cuban rebels pursue new front as army recaptures yacht
Havana reports the army chased a group estimated at 50 Cuban rebels who landed at La Colomba Beach in Pinar del Rio to open a third front against Batista. Authorities seized the yacht El Coraje and caches of arms. Rebels suffered heavy losses around Guantanamo, Jamaica, and Liman near the US base, with at least 30 killed in reported clashes.
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Havana
Mexico
Cuba
Fidel Castro
la Colomba
Pinar del Rio
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Oriente
la Villas
Guantanamo
Navy
Army
Caimanera
Jamaica
Lima
Drug that is 100 times stronger than morphine tested
Dr Rennie Taylor reports a laboratory produced drug called piperidine with analgesic strength up to 100 times morphine and 785 times demerol, though with higher toxicity. The research at Cutter Laboratories aims to develop a new class of powerful painkillers while Los Alamos scientists discuss reducing strontium-90 uptake in crops by adding lime to calcium deficient soil.
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San Francisco
Bill Elpern
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Elpern
American Chemical Society
Los Alamos
N.M
Eric B. Fowler
Aviation Record Try Scheduled in Van Nuys
Ken Willard, 40, plans a dirt-road takeoff behind a dam in Van Nuys to attempt a Soviet endurance aviation record of 3 hours 6 minutes with a 6-foot wing span radio controlled model. Timers from the international timing group will verify the attempt as Willard pilots from the ground. The craft previously crossed 28 miles from Long Beach to Santa Catalina Island last July.
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van Nuys
Calif
International Timing Group
Ken Willard
Willard
Long Beach
Santa Catalina Island
Russell W. Nichols
Academy of Model Aeronautics
Washington, D.C
Nichols
Los Angeles
Federation Aeronautique International
The Gay Ladies and The Ladies in Pink Volunteer Help
The Gay Ladies and The Ladies in Pink join thousand s of volunteers aiding hospitals across America. They sort linen and assist emotionally with families waiting for doctors. Many seek spiritual centers serving all faiths for emergency contact with God.
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America
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