05 May 1960
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1960
Page
1
In Rochester a break in left $35, a pack of cigarettes missing and odd pranks blamed on a thief or prankster. The suspect allegedly smeared beans in a bed and used rubber cement in the bathroom while herbs and smarbles appeared around the room.
James Marlow reports the Eisenhower administration’s medical care program for the aged falls short. It excludes about 31 million seniors and adds enrollment fees co pays and deductibles, leaving only about 10 million eligible and many still facing high out of pocket costs.
The Tennessee Valley Chamber delegates urged TVA be limited and regulated by Congress and the Federal Power Commission. They said TVA functions should shift to other agencies and accused government overreach of stifling local initiative and fair competition. A spokesman from Coleman Harwell criticized the resolution as ill-timed and harmful to TVA’s role in free enterprise.
The Senate approved a bill to lift restrictions on medical expense deductions for taxpayers. The measure would remove the cap that limits deductions to nominal expenses below a percentage of gross income, affecting deductions for parents and in-laws and others. The bill now moves to the House for action.
State Treasurer E. B. Pendleton Jr. of Louisa will deliver the keynote at the Ninth District Democratic Convention in Abingdon on Saturday. Senator Stuart Symington will speak at the Martha Washington Inn dinner. Delegates total 989 from fourteen counties with apportionment per 50 votes for Jennings in 1956.
West Tennessee Strawberry Festival opens with juniors parade stage events and baton twirling while a horse show runs tonight. William Lovelace of Memphis won the festival golf championship in a playoff over William Stone Humboldt. Grand floats parade featuring 60 bands planned, with Senior beauty revue tomorrow. Bombing of Ler Brown home prompts a $1000 reward for information leading to arrest.
Nashville banker Lee Davis, president of Tennessee Investors, Inc., outlines a statewide small business credit bank created under the 1958 Small Business Investment Act. The agency aims to ease loan access for mid sized firms, with Kingsport described as a hot growth area needing its services. Davis says 35 salesmen are marketing stock to the public as several Banks back the venture.
Mine Gorda Beskup, smiling amid the mishap, drove the car in reverse over Newark Bay edge while Anthony Stern, 18, supervised driving from behind. He jumped out and secured the front end to a railroad track before a wrecker righted the vehicle.
Doug McClure actor from Overland Trail faces a divorce suit filed in Banta Monica. Faye McClure, 21, accuses mental cruelty. the couple married in Honolulu in 1957 and separated a week ago. The filing notes a corporate steel loan rule.
NASHVILLE AP Peabody College will establish a center to study educational standards and Southern educational problems. The center aims to provide information and recommendations, addressing school desegregation, rural to urban population shifts, and suburban metropolitan trends. Funded by a 450000 grant from the General Education Board of New York.
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