Tax Cut Plans Tied to Budget Health and Growth
The Committee for Economic Development urged a two billion dollar or larger tax cut next Jan 1 if it does not jeopardize the cash budget. It cautioned against cuts during a small surplus or rising inflation and favored delaying final decisions for a broader review. It proposed top priorities: cut personal income tax rates, then corporate rates from 52% to 50%, then excise taxes if funds remain. The group prefers using the cash budget as a tax-policy guide, noting social security funds and other trust accounts must be considered.
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Mittee
CED
Eisenhower Administration
Congress
Demos battle for California primary in make or break vote
California Democrats cast ballots to choose between Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver in a pivotal primary. Stevenson held a perceived edge for California’s 68 convention votes as both candidates closed a hard week of campaigning amid nationwide contests in New York Montana South Dakota and Iowa.
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Associated Press
California
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
New York
Montana
South Dakota
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Dayton Countryman
R. M
Spike) Wilcox
Federal Reserve Board
Averell Harriman
Democratic State Committee
Harriman's Corner
Eisenhower
Lar Daly
Chicago
Kefauver
Fisenhower
Nobel Prize Scientist Links Viruses to Most Cancers
Dr. Wendell M. Stanley of California says viruses may cause most cancers and urges a new attack on cancer. He suggests vaccines and cures, notes cancer virus could be dormant until aging or hormones trigger activity. Conference attendees include 1,200 physicians and scientists from the US and 23 foreign countries. He won a Nobel for virus purification and heads the Laboratory of Virus Research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Detroitv
Wendell M. Stanley
University of California
Stanley
United States
National Cancer Institute
American Cancer Society
California
FBI Recovers $90,000 in Brink's Robbery Loot
FBI agents in Boston found about $90,000 of the Brink's robbery money behind a wall in a South End office. The cash, in moldy bags and dated 1955, matched serial numbers from the 1950 theft. Two men were arrested as accessories after the fact, Edward Bennett and John Buccelli, while Jordan Perry Jr. faced prior arrest related to the loot.
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Boston
FBI
Brink
John T. Howland
Dist. Atty
Garrett Byrne
Knight
Bosston
South End
Rob
Jordan Perry Jr
Baltimore
Edward ‘Bennett
Weymouth
John F. Buccelli
Brookline
Bennett
Bucelli
Perry
U.S. Board of Parole
B&p J
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Davis vows fight after Wiley clash over oil money
Milwaukee Republican candidate Davis rebukes Wiley for insinuations about oil and gas money in his campaign. He denies benefiting from bonds or foreign sales and cites a single oilman donation in 1952, challenging Wiley's integrity amid the floor dispute.
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Wiley
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Davis
United States
Wisconsin Weather Notes Thunderstorms and Mild Temps Across State
Thunderstorms stretched from Oklahoma to the plains as two tornadoes touched down in western Oklahoma. La Crosse forecasts show moist air bringing showers midweek. highs near 84 and lows around 58 to 60. Wisconsin records include 82 in La Crosse, Madison, and Rockford Beloit area with Lone Rock at 83. Some mosquito activity noted as temperatures rise.
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Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Plains States
Oklahoma
South Dakota
la Crosse
de la Crosse
Wisconsin
Madison
Rockford-Beloit
Lone Rock
Mullen Pass
Ida
Winnemucca
New
Spooner
U N Moves Phase Two of Good Offices in Middle East
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold begins a second phase of efforts to ease tensions between Israel and Arab neighbors. The Security Council backed the plan after watering down a British proposal to avoid implying a permanent peace settlement.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Israel
L-Nation Council
United States
France
Eisenhower Signs Lamprey War Plan with Canada
President Eisenhower signed a bill to join Canada in a program to rid the Great Lakes of sea lampreys that kill fish. The initiative aims to prevent further damage to freshwater fisheries and bolster regional fishing industries.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Canada
Great Lakes
Benson Insists On Value In Soil Bank Pay
Government soil bank payments for 1956 link to actual losses from underplanting and farmer action only. Payments depend on reduced production, not drought or disaster, with rates set per crop and pending tobacco and peanut figures.
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Benson
Sur
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Secretary of Agriculture
Beaver Dam
Wis
Local weather forecast for La Crosse area
Partly cloudy and mild tonight. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and warmer. Local showers likely in the afternoon or evening. Low around 58. High near 84.
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la Crosse
Architects Named For Logan Job
La Crosse City District Board of Education authorized a contract with Schubert Sorensen and Associates for plans and specifications for a Logan junior high school addition. The revised budget totals 1 022 600 with costs for general work site remodeling equipment and contingencies. The board also approved staffing changes and bids for school projects including Lincoln School showers and locker rooms.
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Schubert, Sorensen and Associates
Logan
Emerson School
George W. Garlid
Central High School
Howard A. Voss
la Crosse
Marian Haniff
Webster School
Edna Christianson
Emerson
Peter Nelson and Sons
Lincoln School
Group Urges 4 P M Closing Hour On Waterfowl Shooting
Madison delegates to the 21st Wisconsin Conservation Congress recommended a 4 p m closing hour for waterfowl shooting to conserve birds in Wisconsin. Provisions for bear registration and a six day pheasant hunt on Horicon Marsh were approved. motor trolling in August inland waters was rejected. A spike horn buck season opener was set for Nov 17 and a non weekend waterfowl opening Oct 11. neither recommendation binds the Conservation Commission.
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Madison
Horicon Marsh
21St
Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Wisconsin
Congress
Green Lake
Lake Geneva
Edward Young
Rhinelander
Conservation Commission
Saar Valley Return: French German Pact Sets Treaty Path
Prime Ministers Mollet and Adenauer outline a plan to transfer the Saar to West Germany by January 1 1957 with a three year transition for customs and economic ties. The accord includes continued French coal rights and a Moselle Rhine canal link, signaling a gradual reattachment.
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Luxembourg
Guy Mollet
Konrad Adenauer
Saar Valley
Germany
West Geremany
France
Saar
Moselle
Rhine
Faure
West Germany
League of Nations
Third Reich
Death Toll Tops 350 as Wisconsin Sees Record Fatalities
Wisconsin’s highway death list reached 350 today, up from 306 on this date last year. Allan Jackson, 36, of Allones, died when his car hit a tree in Green Bay and he arrived dead at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Edmund Lyons, 17, of Milwaukee, died when his sports car crashed into Lincoln Creek after failing to stop at a dead end. passenger James Kerns, 17, of Chicago, was hospitalized in critical condition. Della Bray, about 65, was run over by her own car near Linden after it rolled downhill and pinned her beneath.
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Wisconsin
Allan Jackson
Allones
Green Bay
St. Vincent's Hospital
Edmund F. Lyons
Milwaukee
Lincoln Creek
Lyons
W. Glendale
46Th Street
James P. Kerns
Chicago
Kerns
Della Bray
Linden
Iowa
Miss Bray
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