Democrats Push Quick House Vote On Tax Cut Bill
Top Democrats aim to force an early floor showdown on the tax cut measure approved by the Ways and Means Committee. They seek to keep amendments in check while arguing they are helping Reed and taxpayers. Republicans question whether the move reflects a split with Eisenhower over the budget and veto threat.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Congress
Daniel A. Reed
RN. Y
Senate
Reed
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Rules Committee
Martin
Work Resumes At H Bomb Plant Site
Near normal construction work resumed at the Savannah River hydrogen bomb plant in Augusta after a three day AFL painters strike over a $3 travel pay. About 28 000 workers were idled. DuPont estimated 600 000 man hours lost. The dispute, settled in Washington, ensures painters return while negotiations continue. Louie E. Creech said other trades may seek travel pay benefits.
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Augusta
Savannah River
Washington
AFL
DuPont Co
duPont
Joseph L. Keenan
AFL Building Trades Council
Trades Council
Louie E. Creech
Democrats Seize Falling Farm Prices as 1954 Issue
Democrats push farm price declines as a key issue for the 1954 election while Republican leaders defend Benson policy. Hog prices rose 1.76 per 100 pounds since mid January, offsetting debate over price supports. Fulbright criticizes Benson as Taft defends GOP record amid farm downturn claims.
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Benson
Taft
GOP
Senate
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Department
Stern
Beneel
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Arkansas
Congressional Leaders View Grim Picture After briefing
Washington observers said the briefing portrayed a grim picture of the world military situation. Eisenhower met with 12 senators and 13 House members, chaired by Taft and Martin, with Gen. Omar Bradley and Allen Dulles explaining Korea and other hot spots.
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Eisenhower
House
Senate
White House
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Robert J. Cutler
National Security Council
Rep. Halleck
R-Ind
Congress
Halleck
Sen
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Taft
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Foreign Relations, Armed Services
Walters Outlines PR Plan at Tar Heel Electric Meeting
Allyn A. Walters of the Rural Electrification Administration led a panel on financing consumer electrical appliances during the Tar Heel Electric Membership Association session in Winston-Salem. He outlined core elements of effective public relations and the discussion highlighted public outreach strategies.
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Winston-Salem
Allyn A. Walters
Rural Electrification Administration
Consumer Electrica
Tar Heel Electric Membership Association
Walters
Asheville Nursing Homes Plan Group to Fight Closure
Asheville nursing home owners vow to organize to fight fire law condemnation aimed at closing 17 of 20 facilities. A Feb 10 directive from State Fire Marshal Sherwood Brockwell ordered A. M. DeBruhl to enforce building code and fire statutes affecting Asheville homes.
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Asheville Asheville
Sherwood Brockwell
A. M. DeBruhl
Asheville
North Carolina Job Losses Paint December to January Dip
Raleigh reports January non-farm employment fell 29 100 from December as Christmas layoffs hit. State totals reached 1 003 800, down 2 8 percent from December but up 2 8 percent year over year. Pritchard notes declines in tobacco stemmeries redrying plants construction transportation and textiles. Durham hosts Piedmont Republican Club meeting aligning with Tri-County Lincoln Day Dinner for Durham Wake and Orange counties.
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Raleigh
State Labor Department
S. H. Pritchard
Pritchard
Durham
Piedmont North Carolina
Piedmont Republican Club
Durham County
Tri-County
Wake
Orange Counties
Jury acquits judge of beating juveniles with strap
Anson County jury clears acting judge E Avery Hightower of four counts accusing him of beating juvenile offenders with a leather strap. The clerk of Superior Court did not deny using switches on four Negro youths aged 13 to 17 accused of stealing and other offenses, saying such punishments were lawful and customary in line with parental authority observed by juvenile judges.
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Wadesboro
Anson County
Voice of America transmitter project halted amid waste charges
East Arcadia reports stop-work orders on a multi million dollar VOA transmitter project after a congressional panel blasted the site choice as wasteful. Senator Joseph McCarthy and engineer Lewis McKesson accuse swampland location requiring drainage before towers can rise. Charles H. Merritt confirms orders to halt.
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East Arcadia
Voice of America Transa
Charles H. Merritt
Voice of America
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
Lewis J. McKesson
Utilities Commission delays ruling on Camp Lejeune train service
The Raleigh Utilities Commission will postpone its decision on the Navy passenger train proposal serving Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point until written briefs are filed by lawyers for the Marine bases and the Atlantic Coast Line and Atlantic and East Carolina railroads.
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Raleigh
the Utilities Commission
Navy
Camp Lejeune
Cherry Point Marine Bases
Marine Bases
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic and
East Carolina
Lawyers Push Last-Minute Efforts to Save Miller
Two Raleigh attorneys race to halt a death by gas chamber for Lafayette Miller, 21, in Beaufort County. Herman Taylor travels to Washington to seek Supreme Court certiorari, while Samuel S. Mitchell files for a state court stay.
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Raleigh
Beaufort County
Central Prison
Herman Taylor
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Lafayette Miller
Taylor
Samuel S. Mitchell
State Supreme Court
Dulles Mulls Naval Blockade and Trade Limits on China
Secretary of State Dulles said Allied nations face no political embarrassments as the United States weighs options against Red China. A naval blockade of the China coast and stricter enforcement of UN trade recommendations are under study alongside other measures.
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Dulles
United States
Red China
China
United Nations
State Department
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Yalta
Potsdam
Russia
Far East
Europe
Denver Boy Recovers and Tries to Move Limbs in Clinic
An eight year old patient at Children's Hospital Denver recovering from encephalitis, no longer seizing, bends to stand but grips his waist and says he must hold up his pajama pants as doctors observe his limited movement and ask about trying to move his hands.
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Denver
Denver's Children’s Hospital
State Agencies Seek 145 Million Above Budget Plan
Raleigh The Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee filed requests from state agencies schools and institutions for 145 million dollars more than the Advisory Budget Commission recommended Hearings closed after the committee tallied the total The Budget Commission had proposed over 67 million dollars for the period Included are about 104 million for permanent improvements with 60 million for school buildings and 35 million for operations The committee will meet again next week to review the requests and prune them to revenue projections A subcommittee may handle the cutdown next year the body suggests Art Society seeks 400 555 dollars for a downtown gallery conversion and related expenses The State Art Society asks 223 000 for the gallery and 75 289 for operating costs Greenville businessman Robert Lee Humber described potential art gifts including 200 paintings and a promised one million dollars worth from the Kress Foundation if space is provided Paroles Commission receives 81 316 dollars and more details follow on page two A
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Raleigh
Joint Appropriations Committee
Advisory Budget Commission
Budget Commission
J. K. Doughton
Alleghany
House
Umstead
Budget Bureau
Ing
Coughton
Art Society
Appropriations Committee
State Art Society
Robert Lee*Humber
Greenville
Kress Foundation
Paroles Commission
Ship Finds Airplane Wreckage Off Alabama Coast
A sunken wreckage believed to be National Airlines DC-6 was located by a ship using sonar off Alabama. Coast Guard will mark the spot and recheck soundings as four ships pattern air cover search for survivors continues. 46 people died in the crash. Rep. Hale Boggs urged a congressional probe into why the aircraft flew over turbulent Gulf weather and a safer route might have saved 30 minutes. Coast Guard says little chance of survivors, with 17 bodies found.
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Ala
National Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
U. S. Coast Guard
Alabama
Coast Gun
New Orleans
Tampa
Miami
Pla
Hale Boggs
D-La
Congress
Gulf
Coast Guard
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Adm
A. C. Richmond
Israel Delays Red Legation Departure
The Soviet legation in Tel Aviv delays departure awaiting confirmation that Israeli diplomats are en route from Moscow. All 39 staff remain in Tel Aviv with passports held. Moscow reports Israel plans to move its nine member legation to Helsinki by train as a timing step in ending relations.
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Israel
Moscow
Kremlin
Haifa
Helsinki
Finland
Benes
Russia
Samuel Eliashir
Sabres Down Two MIG Jets in Korean War Air Battles
American Sabre jets claim two MIGs destroyed near the Yalu River as U N forces hit a training school, freight yard, and oil center in North Korea. Col Royal N. Baker earns his 10th MIG kill, tied for second in the war, with Col James K. Johnson leading others in a multi-flight mission over northwest Korea.
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Korea
U. N
Yalu River
Col
Royal N. Baker
Mc. Kinney
Tex
Sunchon
John R. ‘Swann
Opelika
Ala
Air Force
Kangso
58Th
Baker
Yalu
Maj
George Davis
Lubbock
Davis
Queen Elizabeth Faces Adult Film Viewing In Public
London reports Britons accept the queen knows the facts of life. The royal household watched the French film Beauties of the Night at Venice's festival and allowed its public showing. In private Manon provoked lurid publicity and was sent to a palace for royal viewing.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Gina Lollobrigida
Venice
Rene Clair
Manon
George V
George VI
Convict Offers Blame in Conn Yacht Club Murder
Connecticut inmate David Blumetti said he fired the shot that killed Grover Hart during a 1949 robbery at the Indiana Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich. Blumetti claimed he acted to spare his accomplice, Francis R. Smith, who faced execution, and tied others to the crime as investigations continued.
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Montgomery
Connecticut
Alabama
David E. Blumetti
Stamford
Conn
Grover Hart
Indiana Harbor Yacht Club
Greenwich
Blumetti
Francis R. Smith
George
Weathersfield
Smith
Lowden
Stock Market Edges Upward in Modest Gains
New York stocks edged up in light to moderate trading with small fractions of gains. Chrysler advanced another point to 91 1/2, General Motors held at 64 3/4, New Haven rose 1 1/2 points to 33, Amerada Petroleum gained 1 4 to 17 2, and Douglas Aircraft rose 1 to 63 4.
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Chrysler
General Motors
New Haven
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific i
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
Amerada Petroleum
Douglas Aircraft
Final Action On Measure Expected
Raleigh reports the administration backed bill to reorganize the Highway Commission was set for final House floor action after speedy Senate passage. The measure would allow Gov Umstead to appoint a five member committee to redraw highway division boundaries or increase divisions from 10 to at most 15 with the governor's advice and approval.
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Raleigh
Highway Commission
House
House Roads Committee
Senate
Umstead
Weather Update With Temperatures and Sun Times
Tonight will drop to 48 degrees with a high of 58 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 56 and last night's low was 28. Sunset is at 6 05 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 7 02 a m.
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