Prospects Fade For Tax Slash In Congress
A House Ways and Means informal poll signals less support for a straight 20 percent income tax cut. Republicans favor a graduated income tax reduction, while Democrats oppose the 20 percent plan. Knutson delays action until the joint budget panel sets federal expenditure ceilings.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Grant
Rind
Ways and Means
Knutson
Joint
Senate Budget Committee
Budget Committee
Rebels Claim Advance On Hanoi Headquarters
Viet Namese radio reported heavy fighting in central Hanoi as Viet Nam troops pressed toward General Morliere's headquarters amid French artillery tanks and armored cars.
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Manila
Viet-Namese Radio Today
Hanoi
Indochina
Morliere
Miners Die in Blast at Glen Alden Colliery
Fifteen miners were killed and three injured in a Plym outh Pennsylvania explosion at the Glen Alden Coal Co Nottingham Colliery. Twenty two men were trapped 850 feet underground as rescue teams worked amid cave in risks.
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Pennsylvania
Plymouth
Glen Alden Coal Co
Edward Griffith
Nottingham
Griffith
Sadistic slaying of young woman shocks Los Angeles
Police search for known sex deviates as they probe the brutal death of a about 17 year old girl whose nude body was found in a sparsely populated southwest Los Angeles area. The victim had strangulation head wounds knife slashes an abdominal injury and the body was cut in two above the midsection with rope and wire burns on wrists and ankles. Detectives believe she was tortured and killed elsewhere then dumped.
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Los Angeles
Jess Haskins
Logue Named Chief Engineer in Ohio Bridges Bureau
State Highway Director Murray D. Shaffer appoints Glenn R. Logue of Columbus as chief engineer of the bureau of bridges in the Ohio highway department.
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Columbus, O
Murray D. Shaffer
Glenn R. Logue
Columbus
Bureau of Bridges
Ohio Highway Department
Infantile Paralysis Drive Opens in Hocking County
The 1947 March of Dimes campaign begins in Logan and Hocking County with a goal of 24 million dollars. County chairman Carl E. Blosser urges double contributions versus last year to fund polio relief, research, and epidemic aid reserves. The effort runs citywide through January 30 with cannisters placed by Logan Bottling Works and theater drives January 24 to 30.
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Logan
Hocking County
Carl E. Blosser
Blosser
Mr. Blosser
R. B. Perkins
Carl Harsh
H. G. Southard
Wilhelmine Deissle
Logan Bottling Works
Logan Theaters
National Foundation For
Irish Loss Saved From Deportation
U S District Judge Mel G Underwood freed 18 year old Jane Orr Shepherd-Thompson of Belfast to the care of the British consul Major E J Jobbs in Cleveland. The consul can decide her fate after she faced deportation for allegedly working as a waitress in Springfield Ohio while on a six month visitor visa. Her counsel sought to keep her in the United States until the visa expired and said she would live with relatives in Connecticut.
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Columbus
U. S
Mel G. Underwood
Jane Orr Shepherd-Thompson
Belfast
Ireland
Cleveland
E. J. Jobbs
Springfield
J. H. Hanscom
Connecticut
London Dock Strike Ties Up Shipping
More than 100 ships were tied up in the port of London as 20 000 dockers and stevedores walked out in protest of troops replacing striking truck drivers. The 111 day old truckers stoppage involves at least 50 000 men and ships along the Thames waited with cargoes half unloaded.
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London
Thames
Eleanor Roosevelt Loses Driving License in Mishap
New York state revoked the driving license of Eleanor Roosevelt after an August Yonkers accident that injured five people. A 30 day reinstatement option exists with a required driving test after a White Plains hearing.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Albany
N. Y
New York State
Yonkers
Roosevelt
Howard P. Miles
White Plains
William F. Glasheen
Motor Vehicle Department
Saw Mill River Parkway
Elderly Woman Fatally Attacks Burglar in Kitchen
Deputy Sheriff says 64 year old Mrs. Talbert Founder and her 68 year old husband fought an intruder, Matthew R. Rudolph, after a kitchen light was broken. Rudolph died minutes later in hospital. the couple fired at him with a .38 while the burglar defended himself with a bottle and wood.
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Los Angeles
W. H. Salyers
Matthew R. Rudolph
Salyers
Talbert Founder
Rudolph
Hitch Hike Slayers Studied by Judge
Juvenile Judge Henry Beckenbach studied the cases of two high school pupils who confessed to bludgeoning and shooting to death a 52 year old Ashtabula salesman. Arthur Chapman 17 and Don Frohner 16 face possible juvenile handling or grand jury referral after psychiatrists at Youngstown Receiving Hospital examined them. Further examination was planned for today.
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Youngstown
Henry Beckenbach
Arthur Chapman
Don Frohner
Youngstown Receiving Hospital
William S. Spieth
Ralph E. Elser
Train Wreck in Japan Kills or Injures Dozens
Kyodo News Agency reports an express electric car crashed into a train stopped at a station in Fukuoka killing about 40 or 50 people and injuring many more. The incident occurred today with casualties unconfirmed.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Kyodo News Agency
Today
Georgia Fight Over Gubernatorial Power Reaches Capitol
Georgia faces a constitutional clash as the General Assembly names Herman Talmadge governor elect after Eugene Talmadge. Governor Ellis Arnall refuses to recognize the action, claiming legality and vows to remain chief executive while Lt. Gov. elect M. E. B. Thompson is set to assume. Talmadge supporters clash with Arnall aides in the capitol ante room amid the dispute.
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State General Assembly
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia Superior Court
A. W. Worrill
Ellis Arnall
Ant M. EB. Thompson
Arnall
Ford Price Cut Hailed As Encouraging Start
Washington observers praise Ford price reductions as a crucial step toward broader cuts President Truman urged. Edwin G. Nourse calls Ford action measured and prudent, likely to stabilize demand. John R. Steelman and Congress react with optimism. If other manufacturers follow, the move could curb a 1947 recession.
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Ford
Washington
Truman
Edwin G. Nourse
President
Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
Presi
Dent
Mr. Truman
Congress
Mr. Ford
Economist
Detroit
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
John R. Steelman
Economic Council
Hemming Indicted On Kidnap Charge
Robert H. Hemming of Franklin County was indicted by a grand jury on a kidnapping charge in the disappearance of 20 year old Mary Virginia Kimberly, a professor's daughter and Ohio State University senior. He also faces six counts of issuing worthless checks.
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Columbus
Robert H. Hemming
Franklin County
Mary Virginia Kimberly
Ohio State University
Hemming
Storm Kills Four In Tennessee Spot Cyclone
A freak wind storm described as a spot cyclone struck Pinson near Jackson Tennessee killing four Black inmates and razing the homes of six families.
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Jackson
Tenn
Pinson
Britain and France Plan New Military Alliance
Britain and France agreed to a military alliance against a fresh German threat after two days of talks between Prime Minister Clement Attlee and French Premier Leon Blum. Officials called the pact a magnificent triangle linking eastern and western Europe and said it would be concluded at the earliest moment.
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London
Great Britain
France
English Channel
Clement Attlee
Leon Blum
Russia
Europe
Ohio Fair Managers Seek End of Taxes
At the Ohio fair managers convention in Columbus proposed creating a headquarters to campaign for abolition of state and federal admission taxes on fairs. Bruce Burgess of Delaware urged organizers to unite as 93 independent and county fairs face growing entertainment competition and risk extinction.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bruce Burgess
Delaware
O. Burgess
Page Boys Put Under Foster Parent Rule in Congress
The House subcommittee imposes a rule requiring each congressman to act as a foster parent to a page sponsor. If a page boy misbehaves the proxy parent must answer to the committee.
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Washington
Pan
House
Allen
Herbert to Outline Agenda in Joint Session
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert plans a Monday night speech to a joint Senate House session after informal talks with all 11 cabinet members. He may include a veterans bonus and met with key Republican leaders including Whittemore, Daniels, Reniers, Walcutt, Bateman, ONeill, Ballard, and McCormick. Seven new bills were introduced by senators, bringing total to about 30 in the first two days after inauguration.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Senate House
Herbert
Ohio
Albert L. Daniels
Greenfield
Finance Committee
Fred G. Reniers
Cincinnati
Judiciary Committee
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Commerce and Labor Committee
Senate
Thomas FE. Bateman
House
C. William O'Neill
Marietta
Paul H. Ballard
Jackson
Paul L. McCormick
Huntsville
Queen Victoria's longtime aide Frances Drummond dies at 99
The Hon. Frances Mary Drummond died today in London at age 99. She served 30 years as maid of honor to Queen Victoria and was a noted royal aide since her youth.
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London
Frances Mary Drummond
Military Force Changes Locks During Night
Ellis Arnall tried to enter the governor's executive offices but was blocked by secretary Benton Odom as Herman Talmadge's supporters seized the capitol. Arnall set up a temporary office in the rotunda claiming he remains governor until M. E. Thompson is sworn in while accusing Talmadge of forcing access by military force.
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Griffith
Plymouth
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Young Talmadge
Capitol
Georgia
Arnall
Benton Odom
Talmadge
State Capitol
Odom
Odum
Talmadge Organization
Mystery of Disappearing Sewer Pipe Puzzles Harrison Officials
Harrison New York officials confront a baffling loss of 752 feet of sewer line marked on 1913 maps. Contractor Joseph J Sisca unearthed no pipe despite four feet of digging and study of a dummy storm sewer. Basil E Bradner notes manholes have no outlets and the line ends a block from the Sisca property.
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Harrison
N. Y
Joseph J.sisca
Port Chester
Basil E. Bradner
Westchester County
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