Mitchell calls tax cut the next big step to fight recession
Secretary of Labor Mitchell said unemployment reached 5.2 million in mid February, up 700000 from January, and urged a targeted tax cut as a bold stimulus. He warned against broad spending and pledged readiness to propose a personal and business tax reduction if downturn persists. Meany and AFL CIO leaders echoed calls for quick tax relief, higher jobless benefits, defense spending, and public works.
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Washington
Labor
Mitchell
Ernie Ae
Framans Nixon
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Wyoming
Vermont
Utah
South Dakota
Rhode Island
North Dakota
New Mexico
New Hampshire
Nevada
Danieley Inaugurated As Elon College President
Dr James Earl Danieley 33 became Elon College president today succeeding Dr L E Smith. The sixth president of the 1400 student Christian school vows to honor traditions while pursuing a progressive program with strong faculty alumni trustees and community support.
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Elon College
N.C
James Earl Danieley
Danieley
L. E. Smith
Christan Church School
Hodges
Luther E. Earnhardt
Concord
Christian Church
Elon
Alamance County
University of North Carolina
Johns Hopkins University
Highways Bring New Dangers Despite Rebuilding
The article notes that while highways are being rebuilt into safer, faster roads, fatalities from speed have risen and accidents persist. It argues modern roads reduce ditching but introduce new temptations and moral pitfalls on the easier level path.
Delicate Operation for 11-Year-Old Susan Kurtz
Eleven year old Susan Kurtz of Onsted Michigan underwent a five hour heart operation at St Luke's Hospital in Cleveland. Surgeons planned to graft arteries from her lungs to her heart and correct other defects. Her parents and 24 hometown residents donated blood to start and sustain her mechanical heart. The procedure carried only a one in five chance of survival.
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Cleveland
Susan Kurtz
Onsted
Mich
St. Luke's Hospital
Susan
Lloyd Kurtz
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Frederick
Cross
Kurtz
Professor Beaten and Robbed Near Fort Bragg
William J. Barnhart a 34 year old North Carolina State College professor from Raleigh was beaten and robbed on a Spring Lake porch near Fort Bragg after arriving to teach an English class. His car keys wallet and $1 were left in the front seat and he was hospitalized then sent to Raleigh for care. details were limited.
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Fayetteville
N.C
North Carolina State College
Ft. Bragg
Cumberland County
L. W. Speight
William J. Barnhart
Jackson St. Raleigh
Spring Lake
Barnhart
Raleigh
Speight
Train Tragedy: mother dies as boy survives fall from elevated track
In Brooklyn a mother, Marie Vitucci, 30, died after stepping in front of an elevated train while holding her 4-year-old son. The child hung by a leg 60 feet above the street for five minutes before rescue. he survived with no serious injuries. Police say the death was a suicide impulse. The father was away in New Jersey for a car purchase. A brother-in-law questioned the suicide finding, noting no prior mental illness.
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New York
Brooklyn
Marie Vitucci
Michael
New Jersey
Vitucci
Benjamin Vitucci
Missing Cashier Nabbed After Bank Heist
W G Potter formerly of Mount Hope vanished Aug 27 1957 after telling his wife he would walk. The Mount Hope Bank vault was found locked with a 72 hour timer and $41504 missing. Potter later identified near the West Virginia statehouse by Lt Callaghan and Trooper Bruce as the suspect. He was indicted by a federal grand jury last January and faced flight plans to Chicago while living in Denver.
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Fayetteville
W.va
W. G. Potter
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Bank
W. R. Callaghan
Potter
Fayette County
Chicago
Denver
Colo
Midwest
SEATO Diplomats Begin Work
Manila hosts the SEATO foreign ministers conference as anti-Communist allies debate beefing up aid for Asian members and linking SEATO with NATO and the Baghdad Pact. U S officials, led by Secretary of State Dulles, oppose expanding SEATO militarily or economically this year.
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Manila
Asia
SEATO
NATO
Europe
Middle East
Dulles
Guards Accused In Plot At Central Prison
Three guards at Central Prison were fired after admitted involvement in a plot by five inmates to escape. Warden Bailey said Jesse B. Lee H. W. King and Herman Taylor were implicated while five prisoners James Mears John Kilborne Mann Smith James H. Smith and Carl H. Smith remained in segregation as inquiries continued. Lee claimed a $15 000 payoff and Georgia trip but no money was delivered.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
State Sons
W. F. Baily
K. 8. Bailey
W. F. Bailey
Jesse B. Lee
H. W. King
Herman Taylor
Lee
Taylor
James Mears
John Kilborne
Mann Smith
James H. Smith
Carl H. Smith
Georgia
King
Pro Western Umma Wins Big in Sudan Elections
Final results from Khartoum show the Umma party winning 72 seats in the 173 member parliament, a strong margin over rivals but 15 short of a majority. The National Unionists took 45 seats, and the People's Democratic Party 32, leaving Premier Abdullah Khalil possible to stay in power if the coalition holds, though sources doubt it can last.
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Cairo
Umma
Khartoum
People’s Democratic Party
Abdullah Khalil
PDP
Egypt
Kahlil
Umma Party
Knife bought for protection leads to school stabbing
James West Jr used a four inch German paratrooper knife bought by his mother after a confrontation with James Gant at Westport High School in Kansas City. Gant, 17, underwent six hours of surgery for a deep stab wound. West, 15, was taken to a parental home for custody. Police questioned others while the school principal said neither boy was a discipline problem.
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Kansas City
James William West Jr
Westport High School
James Gant
General Hospital
Jimmie West
Northeast High
Westport
Northeast
Jimmie
West
Gant
Tit
Klan Wizard James W Cole on Trial in Robeson
In Lumberton North Carolina Ku Klux Klan wizard James W Cole goes on trial accused of inciting a riot by a January rally that Lumbee Indians say threatened them. The courtroom housed about 500 spectators with Indian jurors excluded on request and the state pressing unlawful assembly as part of the incitement charge.
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Robeson
Lumberton
N.C
James W. Cole
Cole
Charles Nye
Carolinas
Rio
Malcolm McLeod
Marion
Maxton
Robeson County
Garment Workers Reach Three Year Contract Pact
New York negotiators and 105000 ILGWU garment workers reached a three year contract subject to ratification. The deal ends New York Citys largest walkout in 25 years with an 11 percent wage package and higher piece rates. Enforcements remain under study while picketing continues until employer ratification is confirmed.
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David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Park Sheraton Hotel
New York
Garment Workers
New York City
Dubinsky
Robert F. Wagner
Republicans defer tax cut decision amid economic slowdown
GOP leaders reported President Eisenhower would delay endorsing any anti recession tax cut for at least a month as unemployment climbs to about 5.2 million in mid February. Senate Leader Johnson said he is not ready to back a tax cut, while Vice President Nixon favors a broad tax cut over big public works programs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
White House
Mitchell
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Nixon
Johnson
Congress
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Sens. Martin
Pennsylvania
Francis Case
South Dakota
State Builds Case Against Frank Wetzel
A state witness testified that a man resembling Frank Edward Wetzel registered at a Chattanooga Tennessee tourist home the day after two North Carolina highway patrolmen were killed. Wetzel, serving a life sentence for one slaying and on trial for the other, listened as a roomer described the man as wearing dark glasses and using the alias Paul Cameron. Evidence included a registration book, two car bumpers, and a cigarette butt linked to a 1957 Oldsmobile tied to the killings. The solicitor pursues a death sentence in the case.
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Silbey
Wetzel
Paul Cameron
FBI
Jack Huguelet
W. Jack Hooks
Seneca Falls
N.Y
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
Michael Vitucci
Arnold Perazzo
York
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Richard Ball
Harry Uviller
Pennsylvania Garment Manufacturers Assn
Upstate
ILGWU
Delaware
Connecticut
Maryland
Frank Wetzel
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