Capitol Hill Tax Battle Sets Big Session Tone
The House narrowly passes a massive 875 page tax bill aimed at overhauling the U S tax code with a net gain of revenue from corporate levies and a cut in personal taxes under a party line vote. President Eisenhower defends the plan while Democrats accuse it of favoring the wealthy, setting the stage for Senate battles and upcoming elections.
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Washington
U.S
Eisenhower
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Senate subcommittee to probe McCarthy Cohn clash behind closed doors
The investigations subcommittee will investigate the dispute between Chairman McCarthy and Roy Cohn with Sen Mundt temporarily chairing. A special staff will handle the inquiry while the regular staff is sidelined. Administrative statements and McCarthy remarks keep the issue alive as a Midwest tour continues. Chavez seat facing vacancy after Rules Committee vote citing irregularities in the 1952 New Mexico election.
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Senate Investigations
McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy Cohn
Army
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Eisenhower
Midwest
Statehood Pace Slows as Senate Debates Hawaii and Alaska
Lawmakers wrestle with official business on statehood for Hawaii and Alaska. Southern senators block progress by keeping the floor and proposing Commonwealth status for the territories similar to Puerto Rico.
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Hawaii
Alaska
Senate
Puerto Rico
U S Layoff Trend Starting To Slow
The Labor Department report shows unemployment rising by mid March across most major industrial areas, with signs of a slowdown in the rate of increase. BES notes a slight dip in insured unemployment and a small fall in new jobless claims the week of March 13, while the Census Bureau records 3,671,000 unemployed in February.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Employment Security
BES
Eisenhower
Census Bureau
Bureau
Two New Drugs Aid Burn Victims in Bikini Incident
Tokyo University Medical Department announced two new treatments for radiation burns on fishermen from the Lucky Dragon. EDTA and Tokyo University's tibysin are used to boost white blood cell counts, while two crewmen remain in serious condition at Tokyo University Hospital and 21 others at Yaizu. Dr. John Morton of the ABCC projected recovery for the worst burn cases within two months.
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Tokyo
Bikini
Tokyo University Medical Department
Tokyo University
Kentaro Shimizu
Tokyo University Hospital
Yaizu
John Morton
U. S
Hiroshima
Dulles Frames Selectivity as Key to Ike’s New Look
Secretary of State Dulles outlined selectivity in weapons, timing, and targets as central to the Eisenhower administration’s new look miltary plan. He argued the President may act in national interest, with Congress consulted in time, and allies involved before retaliation is chosen.
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Eisenhower
Dulles
Ike
Washington
Secretary of
United States
Congress
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Capehart
R-Ind
Lester B. Pearson
Farm acreage to stay near last year despite surplus
The Agriculture Department reports March 1 survey shows total planting for 59 crops may reach 356.5 million acres, only 2.7 million less than last year, with farmers operating near war-expanded capacity. Weather, prices, and crop controls could shift final plantings.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Armco Plans 1954 Expenditure to Streamline Operations
Armco Steel Corp plans a 1954 outlay of 3 million to streamline operations and cut costs. Board chairman Charles R. Hook and president W. W. Sebald cited 250 million spent since World War II on modernization, with 4,704,733 tons of steel ingots produced and sales of 588,919,990 last year, both new company records. They expect 1954 to be a good year.
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Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Charles R. Hook
W. W. Sebald
Armco
Hook and Sebald
RKO Accuses Hissong Over Sinbad Film Edits
RKO Pictures of New York sues Dr Clyde Hissong in the Ohio Supreme Court over elimination of scenes from Son of Sinbad. RKO Radio terms the order discriminatory and an act by the state education director.
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Columbus
RKO Pictures, Inc
New York
Clyde Hissong
Ohio Supreme Court
RKO Radio
Hissong
Route 75 Proposed as North-South Statewide Highway
John C. Owens of Logan joined nine SEORC delegates meeting with the Ohio Highway Construction Council to push Route 75 as a main north south highway from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. The plan would extend from the Ohio turnpike near Cleveland to Ironton with an alternate southward path from Jackson to Gallipolis. The council said it would consider the recommendations before year’s end.
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John C. Owens
Logan
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Ohio Highway Construction Council
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Frank Morrow
Wellston
SEORC
Ohio Turnpike
Cleveland
Ironton
Florida
Jackson
Gallipolis
Route 17
Charleston
West Virginia Turnpike
Sandusky
Thornville
Perry County
Soldier Pvt Eugene Castle Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot
Pvt. Eugene C. Castle, 20, of Creola, died at 2:25 p.m. after a self inflicted shotgun wound on a Creola trestle. He had powder burns on his left chest and the left lung and heart wall pierced. The 12 gauge blast occurred while awaiting overseas orders. motive undetermined, papers pointed to unit shipment. Survived by Flora Belle, parents and siblings of Creola. Burial plans at Wrightsel Funeral Home in McArthur.
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Eugene C. Castle
Creola
J. Ward Doering
Hocking County
Castle
Hocking Valley Hospital
McArthur
Doering
Rt. 75
Vinton County
William Brown
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Sheriff's Office
Flora Belle
Boyd Castle
Wrightsel Funeral Home
Court Order Opens Records Of School Board Meeting
Ironton court action opens part of the South Point school board minutes revealing teacher firings. Judge Warren S. Earhart ordered Rex Miller to show the minutes after prior denials, under a new open meetings law effective Jan 31. South Point students went on strike over the firings amid protest details still undisclosed.
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Ironton
Clarence Pennington
Ironton Tribune
South Point
Pennington
Common Pleas
Warren S. Earhart
Rex Miller
Miller
Judge Earhart
Ohio
South Point High School
Ennis Austin
Sprinkler System Halts Fire At H. C. Godman Co
An automatic sprinkler at the H. C. Godman Co in Logan stopped a fire last night after 7 p m. The night watchman found the blaze and police and fire crews responded. Spontaneous combustion of rags is blamed for the incident causing minor damage.
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H. C. Godman Co
Logan
Strike Quiet Near Bellmont County Mines
The Belmont County sheriff reports shots fired near two picketed strip coal mines yesterday did not involve strikers seeking unionization. No injuries were reported and a deputy said, "everybody's happy."
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
Police Shoot One of Two Dogs and Deliver Other to Warden
City police received two calls about dogs yesterday. One dog found on W Hunter Street appeared dying and was shot by a patrolman with owner approval. The other dog, struck by an auto on E Hunter Street, was not seriously hurt and turned over to Dog Warden James Reedy.
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City Police
James Reedy
W. Hunter St
E. Hunter St
Laurelville
Breeze
Mr. Straus
Orland Hartley
Little Pine Run Rd
Howard Thompson
Laureville
Thompson
Hartley
Ora Crider
Rebel Forces Hit By French Planes Near Dien Bien Phu
French planes bombed strafed and shelled Vietminh troops besieging Dien Bien Phu with artillery fire. Some Communist forces dug in within 200 yards of the fortress barbed wire barricades amid the bombardment.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Tornado Strikes Adelphi and Laurelville Causing $20,000+ Damage
A violent windstorm described as a baby tornado cut a path through Adelphi and Laurelville injuring none but destroying homes garages and outbuildings. Damage estimates exceed $20,000 with Chickens barn and porch losses. surrounding areas Dayton Arlington and Chillicothe reported additional impacts. Sheriff and county deputies assisted as authorities traced the storm’s quick passage.
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Adelphi
Laurelville
Pickaway
Ross
Hocking County
Hocking Hills
Dayton
Arlington
Montgomery County
A. J. Waldron
Joe Breeze
H. S._ Hill
State Highway Patrol
Jim Weaver
Chillicothe
Logan
Circlevile
Columbus Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
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