Net income tax bill advances in Pennsylvania House
Democratic leaders push a 2 percent personal net income tax to fuel budget talks with Republicans. Senate Finance Chair Kessler backs converting a defeated manufacturers tax to a 3 percent consumer use tax as the sole revenue solution. House adjourns to Jan 16 with tax bill pending in committee.
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Harrisburg
Senate Finance Committee
Rep
Readinger
Democratic House
House
Kessler
R—Lancaster
Jast Fc
Senate
Boy 7 Hurt When Struck By Car Here
A seven year old Indiana boy, David L. Kuty, was injured yesterday afternoon on Pratt Drive between Locust and Grant Streets. He received brush burns to the face and forehead and is in satisfactory condition at Indiana Hospital. The vehicle, driven by Margaret L. Trimble, could not stop in time after the boy darted from between two parked cars.
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Indiana
Pratt Drive
Locust
Grant Streets
Indiana County
David L. Kuty
Wallace Kity
South Seventh Street
Indiana Hospital
Margaret L. Trimble
Trimble
Uniontown
Mundys Corner
Armagh
Jacob V. Adams
Lee Hospital
Johnstown
Adams
Lee Boy
Aerotrain Debut Today on Two U.S. Railroads
General Motors unveils the lightweight Aerotrain on two demonstrations, one on the New York Central from Chicago to Detroit and the other on the Pennsylvania route from Washington to Newark. The NY unit runs 283.5 miles, the PA unit 216.8 miles, with the Newark stop curtailed by city rules. The rail industry races to replace a chronic passenger deficit of 619 million dollars in 1954.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Harlow H. Curfice
New York Central Railroad
Chicago
Detroit
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington, D.C
Newark
River
Pooch Aided Burglars Steal From Ashland Scrap Office
In Ashland Kentucky thieves fed a watchdog at Ashland Scrap Material Co to distract it while breaking into an office and stealing 1252 dollars from a safe. The odd tale includes names Brock California Dinner ware and discounts at A T Taylor Spa Indiana PA referencing a leg away plan.
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Ashland
Ashland Scrap Material Co
Safe
Brock
California
A. T. Taylor Spa
Indiana
Duel halted in Uruguay over press feud
In Montevideo a court of honor ruled Chief of State Luis Batlle Berres need not duel publisher Washington Guadalupe after El Nacional accused him of private interests and financial editing. Accion called critics low minded and dirty. Guadalupe had issued a challenge but the tribunal concluded no bloodletting was warranted. Eagles Party tonight.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Court of Honor
Luis Batlle Berres
Washington Guadalupe
Guadalupe
el Nacional
Batlle Berres
Accion
Speci
Batlle Berves
Farm Plan Explained By Benson
Secretary of Agriculture Benson briefs Senate and House Agriculture committees on proposed farm program tailoring. He plans to present Eisenhower's recommendations to Congress in a Monday message and will meet Ellender and Aiken before flying to Key West to brief the President. Cooley criticizes Benson for private discussions with Republicans, calling it partisan maneuvering.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benson
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Ellender
D-La
Aiken
Key West
Fla
Cooley
Actress Becomes Beggar for TV Experiment in Dallas
Bea Shaw of WFAA TV Dallas posed as a greying penniless woman using makeup and costuming to beg at a downtown corner while a hidden camera recorded reactions. Eleven men and two women donated $2, which she gave to charity. Shaw estimated earning $48 for an eight hour day and quipped begging might pay better than television.
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Dallas
Bea Shaw
Wfaaty
Miss Shaw
Helicopter Lands Here For Dimes Drive in Indiana Borough
A silver helicopter landed in Indiana Borough to promote the March of Dimes drive led by County VFW Commander Robert Foreman of Blairsville. He brought a miniature blue crutch emblem to be distributed tomorrow and Saturday to donors aiding the polio fight, with auxiliary president Eleanor Vance and Mary Stewart also present.
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Mtants Asia
Indiana County
Robert Foreman
Indiana
March of Dimes
Diana Lynn
Homer City
Mary Stewart
V. F. W. Auxiliary
Eleanor Vance
Blairsville
Indiana County Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. F.W
Foreman
V.F.W
Decision Awaited On Westinghouse Electric Offer
Federal mediators and union officials in Philadelphia await Westinghouse Electric Corp to rule on a new plan to end an 81 day nationwide strike. A three member board would review disputed points and offer nonbinding recommendations after selections by each side and Finnegan.
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Philadelphia
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Union
Wentingpoute
Police Nab Sixteen Tons Writer Merle Travis
Merle Travis, 37, famed songwriter of Sixteen Tons, faced no charges after an all night drinking spree ended with him assaulting his wife with a pistol and barricading himself in his San Fernando Valley home. Police stormed the bungalow with rifles and tear gas. he was unarmed and released after Bettie Travis refused to sign a domestic-violence complaint.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Merle Travis
San Fernando Valley
Travis
van Nuys
Bettie
Mike
Dennis
Lee
Girl Found Slain in Montana Ravine
In Great Falls Montana the body of Patricia Kalitzke a 1 year old girl with a bullet wound to the head was found in a rocky ravine eight miles from a lovers lane where Air Force sweetheart Lloyd Duane Bogle 18 was slain. Bogle was found Tuesday morning beside his car with hands bound and a head wound. Sheriff Leeper said both killings likely share a culprit with no robbery or sexual motive.
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Great Falls
Mont
Air Force
Patricia Kalitzke
Montana
Lloyd Duane Bogle
Waco
Tex
D. J. Leeper
Patricia
Bogle
Stray Terrier-Hound Pup Seeks New Home Near Memorial Park
A medium sized stray male terrier-hound pup of about five or six months was found wandering Memorial Park in Indiana and is seeking a good home. The mostly tan dog with black and white spots should mature to medium size. Call Indiana -8855 between 5:00 and 7:30 p.m. to inquire about adoption.
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Memorial Park
Indiana
Eisenhower says budget balanced. tax cuts tied to red ink risk
President Eisenhower, in the State of the Union, says the budget will balance this year and next, but tax cuts would be justified only if they do not push the government back into the red. He outlines foreign aid, highway financing, soil bank reforms, school building, housing, and a bipartisan commission to study alleged local civil rights denials. He also notes Russia shifting to division and enticement over violence.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Hisenhower
Russia
Brazil's Kubitschek Meets Eisenhower at Key West Breakfast
President Eisenhower welcomes Juscelino Kubitschek of Brazil at a Key West breakfast before the Brazilian leader heads to Washington. The two men share a warm handshake as Kubitschek apologizes for arriving late and prepares to depart for the capital with stops in New York and Washington.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Juscelino Kubitschek
Brazil
United States
Kubitschek
Washington
New York
Boca Chica
Milton
Alfred Gruenther
NATO
Senate
House
Robbery Nets $6,500 From Bank Messenger in Pittsburgh
Police search for a man who pinned Carl Eckert 19 against a wall and grabbed a bag with $5,498 in cash and $1,200 in checks from a Fidelity Trust Co bank deposit in Bloomfield. Eckert's coworker Charles Nauman 24 was nearby and unaware of the crime until Eckert returned.
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Pittsburgh
Eckert
Charles
Nauman
Eisenhower outlines new GOP farm plan to aid farmers
President Eisenhower promised a broad attack on farm problems in a State of the Union style message to Congress next week. He proposed a soil bank to reduce farm overproduction and a new push to curb crop surpluses, framing a plan to share prosperity more equitably with farm families amid rising costs and falling prices.
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Wasington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
State of the Union
Eisephower
Boy Nabbed For Killing 3 Parakeets
In Hagerstown Maryland a year old boy who said he hates birds was held for a mental examination after a third parakeet was found slain at Fountain Dale Elementary School. One bird drowned and two decapitated in three break ins over two months. Deputy Claude Cline said the boy admitted hating parakeets and that killing birds gave him an urge. He had earlier killed chickens for his mother and once attended the school. Juvenile Court Magistrate Evans Crosley ordered a mental examination.
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Hagerstown
Fountain Dale
Claude Cline
Cline
Evans Crosley
Tamales Cart Heist Ends In Peso Scam In Dallas
In Dallas a hot tamales vendor, E H Huges, reports two men halted his cart and handed a peso for two dozen tamales, then drove away. He learned the note was worth about eight cents and expressed anger at the trick.
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Dallas
E. Huges
Huges
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