Congress to consider tax windfall for new administration
Washington sources report President Truman urged rapid action on tax changes for the incoming Eisenhower administration. Proposals include up to 50000 yearly special deductions for the President and up to 10000 for the Vice President and Speaker, with salaries unchanged. Republicans show cautious support while Democrats praise the plan as fair and liberal.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
House
Charles A. Halleck
New
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Monterey Fresno Bishop Succumbs After 19 Years of Service
The Most Rev. Philip George Scher bishop of the Monterey diocese for 19 years died in Fresno at age 72 after a hospital stay since July 22 1945 following a stroke. Native of Belleville Illinois he studied in Ohio and Rome and held multiple parishes before becoming bishop in 1933.
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Fresno
Philip George Scher
Monterey
Belleville
Ill
Scher
Ohio
Cardinal Respighi
Propaganda College
Rome
Our Lady of Sorrows
Santa Barbara
McGinley
Man Drowns While Trying to Save Three Boys
In Clarksburg West Virginia a 30 year old man and three boys who skated on Hin Isle Lake fell through thin ice. Oscar Leonard Jeffers attempted a rescue but drowned after entering the icy water. Names: Taylor McCausland 9 Eddie Merchant 10 John Carlin 12. Others reported helping, but could not reach them.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Hin Isle Lake
Taylor L. McCausland
Eddie Merchant
John Carlin
Bridgeport
Oscar Leonard
Jeffers
David Saunders
Jimmie Gullick
Old Shell Game Defendants Fined for Bunco on Boardwalk
Jessie Sampson and Wilson Simmons Jr. of Los Angeles faced Judge Charles D. Wallace after pleading not guilty to operating an old shell game on New Year’s Day near the W Seaside Blvd foot bridge. Each faced 200 fine. two co-defendants also pleaded innocent and sought a jury trial. The bunco involved bottle tops and a sponge, with the aim to mislead players.
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Charles D. Wallace
W. Seaside Blvd
Jessie Sampson
Wilson Simmons Jr
Los Angeles
Wallace
Sampson
Simmons
Prentiss Larry
Bonietle Mosly
Felice
Grenade Explosion Blows 7 to Bits in Venice Lagoon
A powerful blast on a transport barge in the Venetian lagoon killed seven workers and injured nine others. The Isola della Certosa facility, a 700-employee plant manufacturing naval explosives, had just loaded grenades for transport to the mainland when the explosion occurred. Rescue teams contained the scene as tremors shook the city and demolished railroad cars and a ferry.
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Long Beach
Hisa
Venetian
Isola Della
Certosa
Texas Woman Editor Injured in Seoul Ice Fall
City editor Miss Womack of Sherman Texas Democrat visiting Korea slipped on ice at Seoul City Airport after arrival from Tokyo. She sustained a wrist fracture but reports the injury as not serious after treatment at an Army hospital in Seoul and a brief rest in Tokyo.
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DWV
Burs
Suiap
Sullan Wormack
Sherman, Texas
Democrat
Seoul City
Tokyo
Miss Womack
Korea
Seoul
Boy Trapped in Shaft Rescued by Firemen at Fort MacArthur
SAN PEDRO Army officer's son Wayne Henley seven crawled into a ventilation shaft of a gun emplacement at Fort MacArthur Friday afternoon. Fire department rescue squad extricated him. he emerged frightened but unhurt.
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San Pedro
Fort MacArthur
Wayne Henley
Jack Henley
Carolina Ave
Neither Man Nor Mouse Faces Court Leniency
Municipal Judge Charles D. Wallace told Happy Jack Watson who is 21 that no one is exempt from the law. Watson asked for a bail cut from 500 dollars after pleading innocent to stealing cheese valued at 59 cents from a local market on January 1. The judge stated bail of 500 dollars applies to all, even a mouse, and scheduled a jury trial for January 23.
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Charles D. Wallace
Happy Jack Watson
Watson
Wallace
New York Ave
Lovett to Outline Changes for Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Secretary Lovett plans to address the House armed services committee next week to discuss reforms for the joint chiefs of staff. He suggested legislation and a review of the Unification Act to improve military planning and flexibility, amid calls to separate service heads from their planning roles.
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Washington
Lovett
House Armed, Services Committee
Congress
Joinl Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Rep. Short
R.-Mo
House Committee
Short
Defense
Defense Department
Truman
Capitol Hill
Oddly Laden Yawl Set for Eight Thousand Mile Film Cruise
A 42 foot yawl named Mischievous loaded with underwater cameras diving gear and CO2 weapons sailed into Newport Harbor en route to Acapulco and the Gulf of California. Joe Reyness 45 and Chuck Peterson 24 of Inglewood with their wives plan a four month voyage for underwater film work for Famous Pictures Inc. Peterson handles the photography and diving with a CO2 powered pistol and harpoon included in his gear.
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Newport Harbr
Acapulco
Gulf of California
Joe Reyness
Chuck Peterson
Inglewood
City Yacht Anchorage Hert
Newport Harbor
Peterson
Reyness
Iameé
Famous Pictures, Inc
Feterson
Hisarsenal
Youth Nabbed After High Speed Pursuit
A youth about 15 was arrested after an 85 mile per hour chase ending when the suspect’s car rammed a garage at Indiana Avenue and Flower Street in Paramount. Police said the car was stolen New Year’s Eve from a used car lot on American Avenue. The youth was uninjured and turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Juveniile
Herbert L. Wickstrom
Artesia St
California Ave
American Ave
Indiana Ave
Flower St
Paramount
Will contest filed over Man o War owner Samuel Riddle estate
Kentucky attorney Myers says the will creating a hospital fund and trust for Man o War’s grave may be struck down for merital incapacity and undue influence. He claims about four million dollars at death with twenty one relatives seeking changes while executor Beatty disputes the interpretation.
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Philadelphia
Samuel D. Riddle
Rodes By Myers
Kentucky
Myers
Ity
Riddle
Media
Robert Wi. Beatty
Riddie
JA Beatty
Transport Plane Crashes with 3 Killed
A U S Air Force C 47 transport crashed near Raleigh Durham airport in rain and fog during an emergency landing. Three officers, Capt Louis R Gossman 1st Lt New W Joyce and 1st Lt Robert W Shaw were killed. One sergeant, T Spt Edward Matus survived and reported the crash after reaching the Duke Hospital in Durham. More than 100 searchers including Civil Air Patrol and state patrols combed the wreckage. The plane was returning from a training flight from Stewart AFB Newburgh N Y to Donaldson AFB Greenville S C.
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Raleigh-Durham, N. C
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburgh
Raleigh
N. Cl
Air Force
Durham-Raleig
T-Spt
Edward Matus
Matus
Donaldson Air Force Base
Greenville
S.C
Civil Air Patrol
jState
Duke Hospital
Durham
18Th Air Force
aDmaldson
Louis R. Go
Divorced Father of 18 Children Separated in Nantwich
Enfield? Nantwich report states 74 year old British father of 18 children, Albert Parks, was divorced here Friday from his wife Mabel Parks, 48, who accused cruelty. Parks, a retired musician, had previously remarried and co-children newly noted.
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Nantwich, Enge
Alpert Parks
Mabel
Grudge Carrying Prep School Boy Blamed for Blast
HINTON West Virginia A 17 year old student David Basham is accused of wiring dynamite into a bus ignition on New Year's Eve injuring driver Frank Arthur. Basham reportedly confessed admitting two sticks of explosive and saying he wanted a loud noise. He denied writing a death note found on the bus.
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Hinton
W. Va
David Basham
Frank Arthur
Read
Summers County
Young Bashar
Streeter
West Virginia
Basham
Arthur
Hinton High School
Dee
Onetime Playboy Spreckels Ends Jail Stay Today
Arcadia report onetime sugar heir John D Spreckels Jr. 42 was to be released today after a four day jail term for drunkenness He surrendered at the Arcadia police after asking to be jailed money problems cited loss at Santa Anita and recent divorce marked his history A LA manhunt and local arrests also surfaced in a broader Los Angeles crime note citing a murder case with Velma Wharton and four suspects named with ties to Lockheed and Los Angeles settings.
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Arcadia
John D. Spreckels IE
Spreckels
Santa Anita
Los Angeles
Audrey Buchanan
Czech Chess Champ Seeks Swiss Asylum
Czechoslovak chess champion and Prague Ministry of Education employee Senek Kattnauer announced he would not return to Czechoslovakia and would seek political asylum in Switzerland. He has been participating in a chess tournament in Switzerland.
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Luck
Switzersland
Senek
Kattnauer
Ministry of Education
Pragué
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Kattiauer
Army Navy Entry Test Attracts 14 Candidates
Congressman-elect Craig Hosmer reported from Washington that 14 candidates from the 18th Congressional District will seek appointments to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis and the Military Academy at West Point. He noted numbers may shift after reappointment and said his credential letter will authorize each candidate for the January 12 exam at the Long Beach Post Office Building.
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Craig Hosmer
Washington Today
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Military Academy
West Point
Hosmer
Long Beach Post Office
Critics Turn Applauders in Probe of Foundations
Washington A special House committee said some tax-exempt foundations were gullible in hindsight for dealing with Communists and left-wing groups but did not intend to support subversive activity. It urged stricter accounting and possible tax-law revisions to encourage gifts, while stressing no evidence of funds aiding threats to the American system.
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Washington
House
Congress
BE. E. Cox
D Ga
Fit for Big Job Ahead as Eisenhower Near Inauguration
Seventeen days before his inauguration President-elect Eisenhower is reported in fine health. Dr. Rowland Snyder says he is in very good condition with a strong reserve and good appetite. He sleeps six to seven hours, maintains a reasonable blood pressure, and keeps a disciplined daily routine. Snyder notes a slight weight gain but emphasizes Eisenhower can cut down weight easily and remains mentally sharp. Hagerty says Eisenhower will stay informed and aides discuss media approach to communications.
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New, York
Eisenhower
Rowand Snyder
Snyder
West Point
Allied Powers
France
Congress
James C. Hagerty
Roosevelt
Judge Ignored Plea in Check Forgery Case
Paul F. Huskey, 24, of 974 Elberson Ave Salt Pedge, was not sent to prison for two felonies but received a penitentiary sentence for cashing a $38 worthless check and driving a stolen auto across the state. Judge Fred Miller warned Huskey he would be marked for life yet imposed confinement and said he would receive psychiatric help during 1 to 10 years in prison.
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Paul F. Huskey
Elberson Ave
Salt Pedge
Fred Miller
Miller
Husky
Miller Didagree
Huskey
Train Wreck Kills 29 Koreans Near Taejon
The United Nations freight train derailment 23 miles south of Taejon killed 29 Korean civilians and injured 41. Operated by the Third Transportation Military Railway Service, the one car train plunged from a bridge near Iwon while bound for Pusan. Victims occupied four cars, 27 were empty, many had hitchhiked aboard.
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Seoul
United Nations
Taejon
Eighth Army
Third Transportation Military Railway Service
Iwon
Pusan
Two youths die in desert cave collapse near Phoenix
A hideout cave near the Salt River bed south of Phoenix collapsed killing Gerald Groessl aged 12 and Rodney Bynum aged 16. Frantic neighbor efforts failed and a third youth, Jack Vaughn aged 14, escaped with injuries after carrying dirt from the tunnel.
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Phoenix
Gerald Groessl
Rodney Bynum
Jack Vaughn
Lucky burglars flee as cafe closes for night
Two would be burglars attempted to break into a cafe at 1198 East 10th Street while proprietor Ralph C. Aniba and his wife sat inside after closing. They pressed against a wall when a car neared, split up, and tried rear and then front doors. Police arrived after the pair fled.
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E. 10Th St
Ralph C. Aniba
Anibas
Anika
Would.pe
Hotel Man Jailed After Taking Shot at Mate in Row
Prominent hotelier William A. Porter is jailed on suspicion of assault with murderous intent after he fired a shot at his wife Gladys during a heated row at their home. Porter, 45, head of the Continental Hotels System in Glendale, had reconciled after a prior divorce suit. The shot was fired through a door as she locked herself in a bathroom. she was unharmed. Porter formerly led the Southern California Hotel Association.
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van Myys
William A. Porter
Ashot
Gladys
Porter
Continental Hotels System
Glendale
Southperm California Hotel Association
Franchot Tone Ex Wife Takes Sons Abroad
In Santa Monica the two sons of actress Jean Wallace and ex-husband Franchot Tone won court permission to accompany their mother and her husband actor Cornel Wilde on a moviemaking trip. The junket may visit French Morocco and possibly England, Spain or Mexico. Judge Orlando H. Rhodes ruled the trip is in the boys' and mother's financial interest.
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Franchot Tone
Santa Monica
Jean Wallace
Cornel Wilde
French Morocco
England
Spain
Mexico
Pasqual Franchot
Thomas Jefferson
Orlando H. Rhodes
Ballet Master Balanchine Marries Dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq
In Bayville New York on New Year's Eve George Balanchine 48 wed dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq 22 a City Center star. It is Balanchine's fifth marriage to a dancer.
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New York
George Balanchine
Tanaquil le Clerq
City Center
Bayville
N. Y
Belanchine
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