Veteran Bonus Measure and Tax Bill Shake Tennessee Legislature
Two bills draw sharp opposition as Tennessee’s 7th General Assembly opens. Rep. Carsey Lynch introduces a WWII veteran bonus with bonds to be repaid by a soft drink tax. Sen. Clifford Allen and Sen. Ben West push a two percent sales tax reform including food and medicine exemptions and new tax methods. A third measure seeks free textbooks for students, while Edwards and others target exemptions for caskets and burial goods. A separate vote names Joe C. Gamble to the state election commission.
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Gainesboro
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Nashville
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Ben West
Ax Oil
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Shelton Edwards
Murfreesboro
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Roy Acuff
Joe C. Gamble
Maryville
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Hardee Assembly
Court Moves to Repeal Sullivan County Tax Acts
Sullivan County court on Monday backed repealing two private acts affecting the county. Officials urge drafting bills to remove Kingsport and Bristol 40 percent sales tax share and abolish the County Purchasing Agent post. The session also rejected four other proposed reforms seen as infringing on voters rights. Local dissent centered on democracy representation and voters rights.
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Nashville
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Unions Gird For Closed Shop Fight in Tennessee
Tennessee lawmakers prepare to debate a two year old anti closed shop law. Representative Paul Philips a labor union advocate will introduce a repeal bill in Nashville as the General Assembly opens. The contentious measure challenges the current policy and could shape labor relations during the session.
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Supreme Court Upholds State Ban On Closed Shop
The Supreme Court decision upholding state bans on the closed shop turns AFL legislative council meeting into a strategic session. It holds states may restrict or outlaw closed shop forms, with unions planning to challenge worker walkout rights and broader union security. The ruling covered Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina, with many states still under varying limits. The Taft Hartley Act bans the closed shop while unions push for repeal and restoration of Wagner Act protections.
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Bills For Sullivan County Law Changes Introduced
Sullivan County Democrat reports Rep Brack R Sams introduces royal bills in the House to raise election officials pay from 2 to 85 dollars a day, repeal a vets act, legalize noon game fish gigging in the South Halston River with a 50 pound limit for domestic use, set Oct to Dec season, raise juror pay, increase justices of peace pay at Quarterly Court, and raise registrar pay to 35 dollars. Sen Charles M Everhart later files similar measures in the Senate.
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Smith Warns Against Sense of Security
Pittsburgh Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith US ambassador to the Soviet Union told a news conference last night that Russian American relations will remain tense for some time. He spoke at Duquesne University after receiving a doctor of laws degree and warned against a false sense of security.
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Unexpected Signs Of GOP Support In Truman Era Capitol
Republican support for President Truman appeared as the new Congress began its session on Capitol Hill. Truman to deliver State of the Union to a joint session tomorrow, with expectations for broad approval of his legislative program including housing health education, higher minimum wage, farm price supports and anti-discrimination measures. House Speaker Rayburn said Truman's proposals would be received with considerable favor, though no priority list has been set. Rayburn suggested he did not expect a full repeal of Taft Hartley without a replacement plan. He noted no high level talk on reviving or reshaping the House Un American Activities Committee and avoided predicting Truman’s exact asks.
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Allies Demand Exact Count Of German Prisoners In Soviet Hands
Washington reports the United States Britain and France delivered a note to Moscow demanding a precise tally of German POWs still held in the Soviet Union. Allied sources estimate over 200000 prisoners remain in Soviet custody as repatriation under 1949 plans proceeds.
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Marines May Be Leaving Tsingtao
Shanghai reports say U S Marines may depart their China base at Tsingtao with about 3,000 Marines to leave the harbor by January 25. Officials deny plans to seize China, while some sources flag a possible peace context and evacuation of university quarters.
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Egypt Accepts UN Cease Fire Orders
Cairo reports Egypt has accepted the UN Security Council Negev cease fire order dated Oct 29 and supports sanctions against Israel. Foreign Minister Dessouki Abaze Pash expresses adherence to the council and calls for cooperation to restore peace in Palestine. The note notes Israel failed to obey the cease fire and calls for withdrawal of forces from the Negev.
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Estes Becomes Tennessee Senator With Kefauver Family Support
Estes Kefauver wins a Senate seat after a long campaign with Mrs Kefauver Nancy Kefauver describing her husband as having aimed for a higher office for years. Governors, publishers and local officials from Tennessee traveled to Washington to congratulate him, while his family celebrated at lunch and an open house at home. The event drew a large crowd, with relatives and supporters from Chattanooga Madisonville and Nashville among the attendees.
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Richard Bethea
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Pat Wilcox
Hut Mattox
Spencer Flynn
Lee Allen
Clifton Sneed
Cecil Meek
Harve M. Dugging
Walter Johnson
Knoxville
Charles Gore
Bristol
Ed Marrs
London
Tornado toll rises in Warren Arkansas with dozens dead
Warren Arkansas, 100 miles southeast of Little Rock, endures a devastating tornado that killed 46 and injured nearly 800, as two other twisters struck northern Louisiana and Dorado. Doctors, nurses, and National Guardsmen labored through night to treat victims and search rubble, with death toll feared to reach 50 or more.
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Virginian Held In Hammer Fight in Gate City Va
In Gate City Virginia a man named E K Hale was jailed on a 2008 bond after a hammer attack at a sandwich shop near a hotel. Worley Peters suffered a fractured skull and was treated at Holston Valley Hospital while Hale faced no definite charge yet as investigators examined the hotel scene with blood splatter noted on walls and floors.
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G. G. Cunnningham
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Scott Hotel
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Frock coats and baby politicos in Congress turnout
Washington reports a light mood in Congress as Senator Hoey keeps the frock coat habit and new senator Neely dons a creck coat. The House looks unusually youthful with many members bringing children, setting a new House record of 17 offspring on the floor. Voting remains by roll call, taking about 27 minutes for a full house.
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Four Year Old Minister's Marriage Service Questioned
Assistant Los Angeles County counsel Jolea Ray Dowds said the marriage by Rev Marjoe Gortner to Ray mond Miller and Alma Brown may be voidable because an ordained minister should be old enough to conduct a ministerial service. The issue arose after Gortner, who turns five next January, officiated at a Long Beach chapel. Dowds noted the California legislature likely intended the minister to meet age requirements for the duties.
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Market Makes Stand Following Setbacks
New York AP reports the stock market steadied after yesterday's setbacks as gains and losses remained mixed. Most stocks moved only fractionally from the prior close while trading slowed following a moderately active opening.
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Thomas Granted Postponement On Fraud Charge Trial
Washington report says former House Un-American Activities Committee chair J Parnell Thomes Jr of New Jersey won a seven day postponement of his fraud trial. District Judge Schweinhaut set new date January 17 after defense argued Thomas’ life could be endangered by a nervous or mental disturbance while hospitalized at Walter Reed. Thomas faced charges of defrauding the government by accepting salary kickbacks for nonworking employees based on his congressional payroll.
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Rainy Outlook for Kingsport Area This Week
Weather Bureau forecasts mostly cloudy skies with pockets of rain through Tuesday night. Highs around 32 degrees, mild Tuesday night near 47, with rain and then clearing by Wednesday afternoon as colder air moves in. Monday reached 15 with a 34 degree low overnight, the Weather Bureau reports.
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