Taft proposes $14 billion annual tax hike for war
Senator Taft proposes a pay as you go plan raising taxes by 13 to 14 billion dollars yearly to fund the Korean war and rearmament. He argues most of the increase comes from the economy and not higher rates, aiming to reach about 50 billion dollars in annual tax receipts.
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Taft
Washington
Air
Ohio
America
Treasury
Tyut
Mmaat
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Guyder
Burder
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Truman urges four anti subversive laws through Congress
President Truman asks Congress to pass four laws to punish spies, monitor aliens, prevent sabotage, and deport potential threats. Rep Bryson's bill extends the wartime statute of limitations from three years to sixteen for peacetime espionage with penalties up to 30 years. The House approved the measure. Senate action pending.
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Sy James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Congress
Sabor Tage
Br. Truman
Rep
Bryson
House
Senate
Vruman
Polio toll reaches 140 in Wythe County area
Wytheville reports 140 polio cases with seven new infections amid an epidemic in a 23 000 population area. A 14 year old boy from Speedwell dies, raising county deaths to 15 and statewide fatalities to 23. Max Meadows and Speedwell report 14 and 15 cases respectively. Santa Faula California reports Jivs Hatcher shot by unidentified assailant after a hot day.
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Wytheville
Wythe
State Health Department
Speedwell
Wythe County
Max Meadows
Memorial
Chilfren’s Hospital
Roanoke
Mary Ateher
Jer Thompson
Tommay
Smarth
T. Ray
Howard, Taylor
Hetty Carroll Jouse
Kingsport Receives First State School Aid Allocation
The 1954 51 school year first allotment amounts to Kingsport 74 900 Sullivan County 237 008 and statewide totals in the Associated Press release show Tennessee counties receiving 22 011 386 of 39 277 932 authorized funds. Other city allocations include Bristol 82 200 Washington 187 200 Johnson City 112 200 Hawkins 127 008 Rogersville 23 200 Jolson 64 500 Hamcock 58 909 Carter 192 400 Elizabethton 37 400 Cocke 106 200 Newport 12 600 Davidson 354 707 Nashville 401 608 Hamilton 294 758 Chattanooga 330 456 Knox 296 005 Knoxville 328 998 Shelby 223 232 Memphis 844 598.
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Nashville
Kingsport
Sullivan
Countty
State Department of Education
Associated Press
Tennessee
Bristol
Weshingtom
Johnson City
Hawkins
Rogersville
Jolson
Greeneville
Hamcock
Carter
Elizabethton
Cocke
New ‘Port
Davidson
Hamilton
Chattanooga
Knox
Knoxville
Shelby
Memphis
Kingsport Tops National Spending Race in New Survey
Kingsport shows high living standards with retail volume reaching 94.9 million dollars for the year. Local families sustain spending via 22,? net income after taxes totaling 42,000 and a per family income of 4,688 dollars, above national and regional figures.
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New York
Kingspor
United States
Kingsport
South Central
Riel
Clark Leading In Idaho Vote In Tight U.S. Senate Race
In Idaho a PDP race narrows with former Senator TD Worth Clark edging toward incumbent Glen Taylor, results show a close Democratic primary as 675 of 836 precincts report. Campion White trails with 141, while Henry Dworshak secures the GOP nomination for the four year term.
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Associated Press
Worth Clark
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Democratic
Senate
Clark
Taylor
Campion White
Henry Dworshak
iRepublican
Hila
Abe McGre
East Tenn Patio Cases Reach Thirty Five This Year
Knoxville officials report thirty five cases of polio in East Tennessee this year. Knox County leads with thirteen cases. other counties include Blount Greene Hawkins Sullivan Washington Jefferson Sevier Monroe Cocke Loudon Morgan and Jefferson with a mix of single digit figures. Glenn Johnson of the Knox County Infantile Paralysis Association announced the breakdown.
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Knoxville
Tenn
East Tennessee
Glenn Johnson
Knox County Infantile Paralysis Association
Johnson
Blount
Greene
Hawkins
Knox
Sullivan
Thre
Washington
Cocke
Jefferson
Loudon
Ore
Monroe
Morgar
Sevier
Cigint
Harriman Reports U S Confidence in Driving Communists from Korea
Averell Harriman returned from Tokyo with General Douglas MacArthur and told President Truman that American forces are confident they can drive the Communists out of South Korea. Harriman met with Truman for 96 minutes and outlined conversations and observations on the battlefront, with discussion touching on the U S military and political stance toward Nationalist China and Formosa.
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Washington
Averell Harriman
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Fruman
South Korea
White House
Truman
General MacArthur
Keres
Harrimaen
U.S
China
MacArthur
Hartiman
Morea
Air
Pentagon
Aloo
Formosa
Desperado Desperado In Missouri Holdout After Triple Slaying
A fugitive gunman in the Ozarks evades a pursuing posse led by bloodhounds after a farmhouse killings that left a 4 year old girl dead and several others wounded. The suspect reportedly killed his daughter and two men, while a motive remains unclear and a large search area includes Deer paths and rugged timberland.
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Missouri
William Harris
Baris
Ozarks
Barbara Harrig
Richard Fansler
Fansler
Homer L. Pansler
Rosa
Elmer Hickels
Harris
Last Roundup Vehicle Decor Draws Crowded Street Scene
A decorated vehicle labeled The Last Roundup sits without doors or windows as a crowd of clowning youths gathers nearby. A boy wearing a pager bag trots along a sidewalk with a small bag in his mouth while three towheaded children watch from a parked jeep.
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Deg
Dixiecrat Charges At HT In Fiery Louisiana Speech
In Baton Rouge Leander Et Peres accused President Truman of incompetence and corruption in a fiery address to the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee. The meeting ousted W H Talbot of New Orleans as state Democratic executive committeeman and named Gov Bart K. Bane in his place.
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Baton Rouge
Siates Rights Democratic
Truman
Louisiania
Democratic State Central Committee
Leander Et. Peres
Washington
State Committee
W. H.talbot
New Orleans
Bart K Bane
UN Forces Drive North Korea On Two Fronts Pincer Near Chingu
North Korea retreated as UN forces pressed on two fronts with a pincer toward Chinju and Chingu, advancing about three miles on the southern front while consolidating gains near the Naktong River. American patrols moved within seven miles of Pusan as battles raged across the central and northern sectors.
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Tokyo
Chinju
U. S
Pusan
U.S
MacArthur
Od Chingu
Chingu
Naktong
Tine
Taegu
Tne
Pusap
Southeast Korea
Yongdok
Bazoaret
Naktong River
Chinfu
Chindong
U. & 2Éth
South
Baker Seeks H-Bomb Plant Site in 2nd District
Republican congressional candidate Howard H. Baker Sr. asks Senators Kefauver and McKellar to consider the district for an H bomb plant. He cites about 80,000 acres, coal water electricity and transportation, urging proper authorities to be alerted. The Atomic Energy Commission plans to meet for the site decision.
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Knoxville
Enn
Howard H. Baker, Sr
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
McKellar
Baker
Jane
Bam
Atomic Energy Commission
Oaith
Navy to Build Atom Powered Sub and 68 000 Ton Carrier
The Navy has authority to build the United States first atomic powered submarine and resume work on the 68 000 ton carrier United States. A new $85 million radar warning system is in the Navy shipbuilding bill signed by the president. The measure authorizes construction modernization or conversion of 312 vessels to strengthen anti submarine power and harbor protection. Newport News is named for resumed work on the United States.
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Navy
Washington
Rohesor
D-Va
United States
Armed Services
Nahiari
Trauma
Ail
Robeson
Newport News
Camgreys
Congressmen Support Dean In AEC Shakeup
Washington reports the Senate House Atomics Committee backing Dean amid a policy shakeup at the Atomic Energy Commission. Senators and representatives signaled confidence in Dean after Carroll L. Wilson was pressured to resign as general manager.
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Washington
Senate-House Atomics Committee
Obama Gordon Dean
Atomicy Commission
Dean
Carroll L. Wilson
AEC
Kine Commission
Wilson
Truman
Fishing Fables Plan Your Days 99
Fragmentary notes describe daily planning and fishing themes with garbled names and times. The text references intermittent schedules, places, and people, but remains largely unreadable and lacks coherent events or outcomes.
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Pitt
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Mass
Sen
Taylor Trettts
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