Georgia Storm Cleanup Underway After Deadly Tornadoes
A large cleanup force of soldiers airmen and civilians mobilized after weekend tornadoes killed eight people across central and west Georgia. Three twisters struck Macon and nearby rural areas causing extensive damage including at Fort Benning Lawton Field and several homes. Eight military aircraft were destroyed at Lawton Field and at Fort Benning. The death toll include six month old Linda Joyner and Airman Bobby T. Robinson among others with many injured and hospitalized. Macon hospitals treated numerous victims as damage topped twenty million dollars in Bibb County and surrounding areas.
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West Georgia
Macon
Georgia
King
Columbus
Lawton Field
Benning
Linda Joyner
James T. Joyner
Bobby T. Robinson
Dublin
Austin Hogah
Irene Wallace
Lorena Wallace
Lizella
Sam Emory
Centarville
Tarse Million Delars
Bibb County
Virginia General Assembly Ends Longest Session
The long session of the Virginia General Assembly ended after a fierce tax dispute centered on Byrd’s automatic tax reduction. A 36 hour 45 minute marathon produced a compromise allocating 2 186 590 for the general fund rise and the rest of 87 million for tax refunds. The Senate approved the conference report by 27 to 9.
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Assembly
Harry Byrd
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Beeson
Wilson Lists Cuts In Defense Spending
Washington defense secretary Charles Wilson told the Senate Appropriations Committee that fiscal 1955 defense outlay is set at 37.6 billion dollars, a cut of about four billion from 1954 and more than six billion from the 1955 peak. The new look program calls for 1955 outlays of 31.9 billion with Army 22.4 billion Navy 23.4 billion Air Force 34.8 billion and about 900 million for interservice activities. Wilson stressed the burden must remain bearable to avoid harming the economy while preserving national security. He noted airpower spend will rise and by July 1957 the Air Force should field 137 wings, 126 of them combat. He described Army organization by late 1953 at 17 divisions, 18 regimental combat teams, and 122 anti aircraft battalions.
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Charles &. Wilson
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Navy
Air Force
Wilson
Sael
Tne Air Force
Wu Hurls Reform Threat To Chiang Kai-shek
In Chicago Wu, former Formosa governor, challenged Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government saying reforms are urgent or risk defeat. He warned that without changes the hope of retaking the Chinese mainland from Communists is lost.
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Chicago
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Jurors Selected For Kingsport Law Court
Kingsport Law Court opened Monday morning at City Hall with Judge Shelburne Ferguson presiding. Seven jurors failed to answer summons and may be arrested if they do not appear by Tuesday morning. The first case, Raymond B. Heck vs. Fain Morrison, involves a dispute over a body and repair job on a wrecked car. The next case is Charles D. Williams vs. Clinchfield Concrete Co. Inc., a damage suit arising from an auto accident.
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Kingsport Law Court
Shelburne Ferguson
Ferguson
Raymond B. Heck
Fain Morrison
Charles D. Willams
Clinchfield Concrete Co., Inc
Commies Launch Savage Attack Against Dienbienphu
Vietminh forces surround Dienbienphu as French Union paratroopers reinforce the besieged outpost. Air reinforcements planned from Hanoi, with Paris papers noting Ho Chi Minh seeks leverage before the Geneva talks. Battle described as among the war’s most violent, with heavy artillery and mass assaults.
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Paris
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Geneva
Rec China
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Vielmink Artilery
Fatemi To Face Treason Charge
TEHRAN Iran plans to bring former Foreign Minister Hossein Fatemi to treason trial about two months from now. Fatemi 41 was captured in a Tehran house where he hid, a fugitive since the August 1953 revolution. He reportedly wore a heavy beard as disguise. The chief prosecutor said Fatemi would face the same charges as Mossadegh, who is serving a three year sentence for attempting to unseat the Shah. Fatemi was knifed by a bystander during transfer to prison and is in the prison hospital with wounds to his head and chest. He was accused of inciting Tehran mobs to overthrow the monarchy led by Mohammed Reza Shah. Police tipped off Fatemi’s whereabouts via a servant girl who complained the bearded man stayed in his room at night.
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Iran
Hossein Fatemi
Mohammed Mosadegh
Fatemi
Satturcay
Hossein Azemadeh
Fater
Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Panlevi
monasHe
Etelnat
Dulles Warns We Tell Too Much To Russians
Washington America’s top intelligence chief Allen W Dulles warned that the United States tells Russia too much including government disclosures and scientific and congressional material He said he would like to know as much about the Soviet Union as it learns about us by reading the press and noted limited control under the US system He added that Soviet espionage remains strong while US propaganda has a real effect in Russia
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Washington
INS
America
Russia
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
U.S. News and World Report
U. S
Economic Issues Top Billing At Caracas Meet
At the 10th Inter-American Conference in Caracas sixteen of nineteen Latin American nations backed the United States against communism last week and pressed for concrete economic commitments. They demand fairer terms for raw materials, price stability, and greater credit to finance development while urging Latin nations to rely on private capital and their own initiative. A finance ministers conference to implement policy is planned for later this year in Washington or Rio de Janeiro.
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Caracas
Venezuela
United States
U.S
State Dulles
Latin America
Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Weber City Inches Toward Virginia Town Status
Weber City gains momentum to become Virginia’s newest town after the General Assembly approved a charter bill. The measure excludes half of the Southern Railway right of way at Moccasin Gap amid disputes over boundaries and taxes. Residents weigh names with Moccasin Gap favored by some, while Weber City is the common choice for most.
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Moccasin Gap
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Daniel Boone
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Sentt County
Amos and Andy
Mac Casin Gap
Morristown Hamblen Hospital Construction Begins
Construction starts on a million dollar Morristown Hamblen Hospital funded jointly by the city Morristown and Hamblen County with federal support. The Ti-bed hospital will serve as a joint city county project and bears the Morristown Hamblen name.
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Morristown Hospital
Morristown
Hamblen County
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital
Eisenhower To Address Country On Tax Views
President Eisenhower and Republican leaders plot to block a Democratic bid to raise individual income tax exemptions from 600 to 700. He will deliver a radio television address urging support for the administration’s tax program and oppose further excise tax cuts.
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INS
Eisenhower
House
Joseph W. Martin
R-Mass
White House
US Takes Stand On China's Bid
The United States warns France against expecting major concessions to Communist China at the Geneva Conference as part of an Indo Chinese settlement. Ambassador Dillon told French Foreign Minister Bidault that U.S. concerns arise from French elites seeking Washington’s concessions to deter Peiping’s aid to Ho Chi Minh. Premier Laniel spoke of concrete advantages to Red China if Peiping agrees to a peace in Indo China.
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United States
France
Ametica
China
U. S
Clarence Douglas
Dillon
Georges Bidault
America
Peiping
Joseph Laniel
Red China
Family Of Four Dies In Blaze In Kokomo Apartment
A family of four perished in a late night blaze in a second floor garage apartment in Kokomo Indiana. Paul Imlay 27 a filling station operator his wife Betty 24 and their two children Cindy 4 and William 1 died in the fire. Imlay woke smelled smoke and fled calling neighbors for help then reentered.
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Cindy
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Imlay
Deadline Near For Taxpayers Across Nation
The Kingsport Bureau of Internal Revenue office will stay open until 4 p.m. for late income tax filers as the national deadline looms at midnight. Crowds formed at the Post Office building today with a steady morning rush shrinking to a small line by late morning.
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Kingsport
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Court Upholds Titleland Bill
The Supreme Court denied Alabama and Rhode Island permission to sue over a 1958 act granting title to submerged lands to coastal states. The 6-2 decision held Congress may assign federal lands without limit, with justices Black and Douglas dissenting. Chief Justice Warren disqualified, likely due to California ties over submerged lands policy.
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Supreme Court
Alabama
Rhode Island
Congress
United States
Tusiives Black
Dovelas
Warren
California
Marine Hearings End Today on Schwable Confession
The Marine Corps hear ings into Colonel Schwable's germ warfare confession conclude today with closing arguments after four weeks of testimony begun February 16. The four member Court of Inquiry will consider whether the testimony warrants court martial and will submit a report within weeks. Marine authorities, led by General Lemuel Shepherd, seek to determine if Schwable acted reasonably as a prisoner and set military future standards for POW treatment.
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Washington
INS
Marine Corps
Frank EH
Schwable
Korea
Paul D. Sherman
Lons
Henderson Hall
Pentagon
ISA
Ger. Lemuel
Shepherd
Schweble
Newscaster Murrow Declines McCarthy Stand In
Edward R. Murrow refused to allow a stand in to answer McCarthy criticisms. He told McCarthy the invitation to appear was personal and not transferable to anyone else. The denial underscores Murrow’s stance on hosting responsibilities and direct engagement.
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New York
Remembering Good Old Days Before Income Tax Laws Began
Lewis Gulick reviews pre-1913 tax history and explains how the 16th Amendment enabled modern income levies. He traces Civil War taxes, 1884 rates, and 1953 figures, noting the shift from low rates to today’s higher top brackets and lowered exemptions.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
Congress
Taft
Showdown Seen As Answer To End War Dispute
Washington GOP leaders weigh a televised or closed door oath test to reveal truth in the McCarthy Army dispute. Nixon warned against reckless tactics while McCarthy tightens procedures and schedules, insisting on public or private testimony from top Army officials and his investigative subcommittee.
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Len McCarthy
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Wisconsin
Eisenhower
McCarthy
GOP
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Nixon
Capitol Hill
Reid
Tie
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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G. David Bening
Subcommittee
Roy Cohn
Robert T. Stevens
John G. Adams
Hine
McCarthhy
Cohn
Frank P. Carr
Stevens
Adams
Communitee Io
Armed Services
NBC
Jasigh
No New Developments In Missing Man Case
There are no new developments in the search for Jesse Robert Hilton. A note and items bearing Hilton’s name were found on the Holston River bank. The Kingsport Lifesaving Crew searched parts of the river without success as investigators consider the death by own action idea a hoax. Tennessee Highway Patrol officers review farm reports for clues to Hilton’s whereabouts.
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Tennessee, State Highway Patrol
Hilton
Holston River
Kingsport
Tennessee Highway
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