Ike's Speech Previewed for GOP Shows Tax Cuts Ahead
President Eisenhower and aides discussed the state-of-the-union message and a new program aimed at tax relief. House Ways and Means Chairman Daniel Reed indicated taxes can be cut more, while leaders await a second showdown session of the 83rd Congress. The president plans housing, taxes, and health messages, with Social Security changes proposed.
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Daniel Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
James C. Hagerty
White House
Tobacco Industry Forms Panel On Cigarette Lung Cancer Links
A New York based tobacco industry committee is formed by manufacturers and grower groups to investigate any link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. An ad titled A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers asserts the products are not injurious, while urging continued medical research and financial support. The group lists major firms and associations as sponsors and notes potential legal scrutiny due to anti trust decrees.
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Cigaret
Soia
Cigaret Smoking Visory Board
Cigaret Industy
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Science Ad Education
Feschuch
American Tobacco Co. Inc
Benson & Hedges
Bright Belt Warehouse Assn
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Burley Auction
Migh
Sonilict
Offshore Blasts Set for Survey Near Long Beach
The Harbor Department plans 480 underwater explosions as part of an offshore survey east to the city limits near Alamitos Bay and south of Long Beach. Geophones and seismograph cameras will measure energy from two 1500 foot lines. final survey results are due in a month or two.
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Pacific Recorder
Manuel Mayuga
Harbor Department
Cette
Alamitos Bay
Long Beach
Hardesty
Water Shortage Hits Polish Capital Amid Low Vistula Level
Vienna reports a major water shortage in Warsaw caused by low Vistula River levels four inches below the 1888 record. Emergency squads of soldiers are said to work around the clock to relieve the situation, though specific actions were not detailed.
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Austria
Warer
Trybana Ludu i
Animals Use Jets The Ocean’s Gifted Inkers
The octopus and the squid mastered jet propulsion and smoke screening long before humans imagined such feats. Water jets spray from their funnels while ink clouds confuse pursuers, showcasing surprising underwater technology.
Europe weather turmoil tests ancient sea walls
After 24 hours of battering by gale driven seas Western Europe’s dikes and sea walls held firm. England’s coast guard crews watched through the night until high tide passed. Netherlands reports near normal, though floods lingered from last winter’s disaster. Snow and blizzards hit Denmark Sweden Italy, causing road and rail disruptions.
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Scandinavia
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Resere
Stockholm
Sweden
Alpine
New York Ceremony Opens March of Dimes Event
A New York City Hall ceremony formally launched the annual March of Dimes campaign. Delbert Davis the poster boy, a four year old polio victim from Idaho, joined Basil OConnor Mayor Wagner Mrs Roosevelt and Helen Hayes among others in the program.
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U. A
City Hall
Del‘bert
Debby) Davis
Idaho
Basil O'Conner
the Nations Foundation For Insan Hie Paralysis
Robert F. Wagner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Helen Hayes
British Unit Leaves for Guiana Red Probe
Three members of a vigilante commission left by air today for British Guiana to investigate conditions in the troubled crown colony. They were ordered to study changes needed after suspending the constitution to prevent the colony from becoming a Moscow satellite following the ousting of Premier Cheddi Jagan last October.
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British Guiana
Cheddi Jagan
Moscow
Fugitive Fails in Jail Break Shooting Attempt
MARIANNA Fla Officers guarded 33 year old Jesse James Roberts a noted South Georgia auto thief and jail breaker awaiting federal arraignment. He was captured at a Wewahitchka tourist court then fired at deputies at Gulf County Jail before being overpowered. He had escaped from Greene County Jail Eutaw Ala on charges of forgery and stolen cars. FBI charged him with interstate transportation of a stolen automobile.
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James Roberts
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U.S
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Inal
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PEI
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Greene County
Eutaw
Ala
Atlanta
Freedom
Eight Children Die As Fire Sweeps Homes
An early morning blaze in West New York New Jersey destroyed two five story brick buildings and stores, forcing evacuation of 32 families. Eight Whitcomb children perished in the flames, while several firemen were slightly injured and the fire was declared under control about 8 am. The report notes a gas explosion and another major fire near Pottstown Pennsylvania damaging Woolworth stores.
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Manhattan
Albert Schneider
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Ark
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Willie
Ray
Stevie Ray
Hardin, Mont
Lee Joyce Fomeroy
Mary Elfen
Jeanette
James
Peter Goetz
Roy ‘Riley
Pottstown
F. W. Woolworth Co
Richard L. Lindauer
Royal Jewelry Co
Woolworth
Man Robbed by Youth He Tried to Befriend
William JH Allan, 69, told police he was slugged with a flatiron and tied to his bed by a youth he had attempted to befriend after giving a handout and letting him sleep at his 809 California Ave apartment.
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Allan
California Ave
U N to Free All Anti Red Prisoners Debate Opens
Officials discuss freeing 20 000 anti Reds from the Munsan area within two to three days if detentions after January 22 are not agreed. Thimayya signals possible release plans but notes need for consensus. Communists oppose freeing prisoners before a Korean peace conference is set.
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Formosa
UNC
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NNRC
Thimayya
Hull
MRC
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