Congress Weighs Broad Social Security Changes This Year
Congress likely to raise old age pension payments and expand coverage under the social security program. The Senate and House race to craft a compromise bill, with administration backing and a 1947-formed advisory council guiding reform. Current pensions average about $25 monthly, with a maximum around $45 for individuals and $67.50 for couples.
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James Marlow Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Truman
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Advisory Council On
Socialty
Edward R. Stettinus, Jr
Altmeyer
Council
Hydrogen bomb looms as mankind’s final act
HAL Boyle foresees the hydrogen bomb as a looming disaster and a test of whether humanity will abandon its quest to play god. He recalls the uranium bomb and warns that the new device could devastate large cities, potentially killing millions, and argues that self defense drives nations toward building it. He questions moral responsibility and suggests releasing mentally ill inmates when war begins.
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New York
Japan
Earth
Africa
Green Valley
Notice of Proposal of Lease of Paramount Theatre Building
Sealed proposals will be received by the City Manager of High Point by 9 00 A M on February 21 1950 for the lease of the Paramount Theatre building including furniture fixtures and equipment owned by the city The lease covers four years from January 1 1954 to December 31 1957 Minimum monthly rent is 800 Tender proposals may inspect the present lease terms by contacting City Clerk Mrs P C Smith All bids are subject to City Council approval or rejection Lois W Smith City Clerk
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High Point
Tuesaday
Paramount Theatre
P. C. Smith
Lois W. Smith
Maid held after boy slain in New York home
A 19 year old housemaid Leona Williams admitted to beating to death four year old Timothy Hefner in NORTH TONAWANDA New York. She said the child wouldn't mind and interfered with her work. Police awaiting conference with prosecutors before filing any charges. Timothy died after a ambulance trip to a Buffalo hospital. Autopsy showed a massive abdominal hemorrhage.
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North Tonawanda
WN. Y
Leona Williams
Timothy Hefner
Emil Grzenkowski
Erie County District Attorney's Office
Timothy
Buffalo
New York City
Paul J. Rutecki
Executors Notice for Bettie Hunt Sapp Kirkman Estate
Marguerite Kirkman Murray and Porrest Murray announce they are executors of Bettie Hunt Sapp Kirkman deceased of Guilford County North Carolina. Creditors must present claims by January 19 1951 or be barred. Debtors should pay promptly. Notice dated January 20 1950 and filed with Roberson Haworth Reese in High Point NC.
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Bettie Hunt Sapp Kirkman
Guilford County
North Carolina
S.td
High Point
Marguerite Kirkman Murray
Porrest
Murray
Roberson, Haworth & Reese
Attys
Midwinter Press Institute Draws NC Newspaper Crowd
More than 200 journalists from about 75 percent of North Carolina papers attend the 25th midwinter institute at UNC and Duke. Participants praise idea exchange and note a shift toward stronger business emphasis without harming editorial standards. Investments, costs of news gathering, and inflationary pressures highlight the modern newspaper trade.
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North Carolina
Press Institute
Carolina
Duke
Journalism Foundation School
Chapel Hill
Los Angeles
New York
Washington
Singer Ricci Vallo Survives Teen Fan Stampede at Station
At Pennsylvania Station a crowd of about 100 Ricci Vallo fans mobbed the Brooklyn baritone as he arrived for a show. Police rushed him to Allegheny General Hospital after the assault left him shocked and briefly detained. The incident followed a recent return engagement by Vallo.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Station
Riccivallo
Brooklyn
N.Y
Allegheny General Hospital
Ricco Vallo
Lclub
Ricci
Trickey
Vallo
Betty Hutton and Ted Briskin Separate Again
Betty Hutton and husband Ted Briskin have separated again and Briskin says it is for keeps. He moved out to allow Hutton and their two children to stay in the home while they discuss divorce plans later. The couple wed in Chicago in 1945 and spent the weekend apart with friends in Palm Springs.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Betty Hutton
Ted Briskin
Briskin
Miss Hutton
Lindsay Dianne
Candice
Palm Springs
Briskins
Chicago
Hair Hearing Not Yet Set In Wake Forest Murder Case
Raleigh January 23. A hearing date for Raymond Hair, 24, Wake Forest college student charged with murder, has not been set. Solicitor William Y. Bickett said a hearing will be in Wake Forest recorder's court once principal state witnesses are gathered. Hair is accused of fatally shooting Roy W. Cobl, 20, of Oakboro, a former Wake Forest student.
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Raleigh
Raymond Hair
Wake Forest College
William Y. Bickett
Wake Forest Recorder’s Court
Hair
Roy W. Cobl
Oakboro
Wake Forest
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R. R. Ragan
Robert Davis
A. Scott Parker, JR
Guilford
Bessie A. Foster
Notary Publicly Commission
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
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Thomas J. Kelley
Mgr
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English Motor CO
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