Eisenhower seeks 6 month extension of profits levy
President Eisenhower proposes extending the excess profits levy on business to January 1 while keeping individual income taxes at current rates until that date. House Ways and Means Chairman Reed said no change to the plan and noted Congress would need new legislation to extend the levy. The president plans a nationwide fireside broadcast tonight to discuss defense costs and financing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
White House
Reed
House
Ways and
Congress
Yadio
Long Beach
Woman Kills 4 Pets Along With Herself
A 45 year old Costa Mesa woman Eleanor G McLaughlin 2030 Cypress St killed herself by filling her car with carbon monoxide while accompanied by a dog and three white rats. Deputies discovered the scene at 2 15 am on a bluff above Newport Bar and she died later at Orange County General Hospital. Her body was taken to Gravel Mortuary.
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Costa Mesa
Eleanor G. McLaughlin
Cypress St
Orange County General Hospital
Newport Bar
Ralph Curiale
James Sands
Ex-Gov Merriam Lapses Into Coma After Car Crash
Former governor Frank F. Merriam aged 80 lies in a coma at St. Marys Hospital Santa Ana with family reporting loss of recognition since Monday. He sustained six rib fractures and a shoulder fracture in a week old crash along with a heart ailment developed after the shock.
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Frank F. Merriam
California
St. Mary's Hospital
Diaon Guthrie
Santa Ana
Merriam
U N May Free Anti Red Prisoners In Korea Talks
United Nations said Korea truce talks were recessed for six days as planners consider releasing 34 000 North Korean defectors who refuse to return to communist rule. A revised armistice plan and a possible extension were reported as Reds consented to the liaison meeting at Panmunjom amid questions over 14 500 Chinese captives and remaining prisoners.
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Tokyo
U. N
U.N
Reds
Panmunjom
Mark Clark
U.S
B 50 Crash on Guam Kills One Hurts Five
An Air Force B 50 bomber crashed in a dense jungle on Guam during an emergency landing attempt. One crewman was killed and five others were injured, two seriously, when the four engine aircraft failed a line and exploded in flames.
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Guam
Agada
Unwitting Wife in Japan Marry Without Ceremony
Miss Mina Drayton learned she was legally married to Col H V Atkins after the U S Consul registered their documents in Nagoya on a Friday afternoon. Atkins directed the Japan Air Defense Force and hoped she would join him in Japan next year. The couple had known each other 244 years and last met in December 1952. He is from Fitzgerald Georgia and San Bernardino.
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Washington
New York
FBI
Clifton Eugene Bradford
Bradfords
Bradford
Clifton Jr
Diane
John J. Murphy
Children’s Center
Clifton Bradford
Dd. S. Stewart
Stewart
Tokyo
Mina Drayton
H. V. Atkins
Miss Drayton
Los Angeles
Japan Air Defense Force
Nagoya
Japan
California
Air Force
U. S
Atkins
He) Air Hotel
Fitzgerald, Ga
San Bernardino
Earth Shocks Detected by Fordham Seismograph
Fordham University seismograph recorded two fairly sharp earth shocks Monday night about 5200 miles from New York. The direction was undetermined.
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University
New York
Fordham University
Where to Find It in The News Page Guide
A navigation list outlines sections and page references for the newspaper. It names Beach Combing on B-1 and Boyle-Page A-? Bridge on A-9, Classifieds on 8-6 to 1, Comics on A-10, Crossword on 8-6, Editorial on A-16, Financial on 8-3, Obituaries on B-2, Radio and TV on A-1, Shipping Table on B-2, specials on A-12 and A-13, Theaters on A Tides, Temperatures on 2 and Women on B4, 5, Your World on A-2.
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Boyle
Ridgway: Europe Needs Aid For Long Defense Build-Up
General Matthew Ridgway told the Senate foreign relations committee that Western Europe cannot assume its own defense in the foreseeable future. He warned the Russian peace offensive is dampening public support for military buildup, as the administration seeks 5.8 billion dollars for foreign aid starting July 1 to aid European defenses and allow American troop withdrawals.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Western Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Free World
Europe
Ridgway
NATO
Eisenhower
U. S
Sen
Gillette D
Iowa
European Defense Community
Pistachio Pilfering Suspects Nabbed After Theft
Los Alamos brothers John M. Martinez and Steve Martinez were jailed on suspicion of stealing a pistachio nut dispensing machine from a store at 108 E Fourth St. A proprietor identified them as the culprits and they were arrested nearby while loitering.
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Los Alam Tos Brothers
John M. Martinez
Steve Martinez
Green St
Alice Villanuava
E. Fourth St
Solons Refuse to Hand the Controls Rein Solons Refuse to Hand the Controls
The Senate voted 45 to 41 to block President power to freeze wages, prices, and rents for 90 days in a national emergency. The Byrd amendment limits such action to war declaration or congressional decision, amid heated clashes with Taft who denounces the Capehart plan as contrary to free economy.
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Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Sen. Capehart
Riind
Banking
Byrd
D.-Va
Congress
Capehart
Truman
Ind
Bush
Conn
Russians Return Two Captive U S Soldiers
Berlin reported the release of two American soldiers held in the East Zone for 179 days. Sergei Dengin informed US authorities that Pvt. Raymond Michalowski of Perth Amboy and Pvt. Lt. Night of Los Angeles would be turned over, following a visit by Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Timberman at Karlshorst. Both MPs were seized near the Russian border on November 26, 1952.
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U. S
Berlin
East Zone
Sergei Dengin
Soviet Control Commission
Dengin
Thomas S. Timberman
LU. S
Karlshorst
Raymond Michalowski
Perth Ambay
Night
Los Angeles
Eastland attacks Cohen as security risk before Senate panel
Sen. Eastland denounces Morris A. Cohen of Brooklyn as one of the worst security risks before the Internal Security Subcommittee. Cohen refused to reveal if clients are in war work or if he passed data to Soviet spies. Eastland says he will push an inquiry into Cohen's private chemistry practice for potential war work connections. Another witness, Charles S. Flato of Wellfleet Massachusetts, refused to confirm current or past Communist ties amid his federal job history. A crippled, unemployed witness testified he handled secret information but did not reveal it to unauthorized persons.
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Washington
Sen
Eastland
D.-Miss
Morris A. Cohen
Brooklyn
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Cohen
Sen. Hendrickson
R.N.J
Charles S. Flato
Wellfleet
Mass
Flato
2000 Dixie Families Homeless in Floods
Heavy rains and swollen streams forced almost 2000 families from their homes in Louisiana and western Mississippi. Three people drowned in Louisiana and two others were missing after a Natchez, Mississippi landslide. Livestock losses were reported as cattlemen moved stock to higher ground. Unofficial estimates put property and crop damages in the millions. More rain was expected as the storm spread. In Texas, wild winds damaged Galveston with one dead and two injured. Tornado sightings were reported near Terrell, Waxahachie, and Beeville.
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Mississippi
Natchez
Miss
Texas
Galveston
Arthur Allen
Allen
Eldridge Robinson
J. H. Sterling
Terrell
Dallas
Waxahachie
Beeville
Corpus Christi
Toll backs $1 lawn mowing license fee plan
George Toll of the California State Employment Service urged the City Council to set a special $1 license fee for youths 18 and under who mow lawns, while existing licenses cost 20 to 25 dollars. He warned hundreds of youths will seek summer work and some may earn less than the license cost. Real estate man James D French urged rescinding the lawn mower code, citing constitutional rights to work without licenses. The council referred both communications to the ordinance committee for study.
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George Toll
California State Employment Service
Toll
James D. French
Atomic blast rattles Bishop as Nevada test fires next Monday
LAS VEGAS AP A powerful atomic explosion lit the dawn sky over the Nevada desert as the 1953 spring series neared its end. The blast shattered windows in Bishop and nearby towns with 12 seismic shocks and a strong ground rumble. The Atomic Energy Commission plans a final 280-mm cannon shot at Yucca Flat next Monday after weather delays. Congressmen witnesses and thousands of observers watched from trenches and towers while unmanned planes tested the fireball and military forces supported the operation.
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Nevada
Bishop
Atomic Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
Test Organization
Atery
Yucca Flat
Theusand Armed Forces
Navy
Indian Springs
Strategic Air Command
Roswell
N. Ma
Tipet
Ike Reported Eying Security Tax Freeze
President Eisenhower was reported to be considering a temporary freeze on Social Security taxes, canceling the scheduled increase next January 1. Under current law, 47 million workers pay a 1.5 percent tax on earnings up to $3,600, with employers contributing a matching amount for a total 3 percent. The law provides for automatic step increases to 2 percent.
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Waanivwayax
Plane with two New Yorkers missing over East Coast
Search planes and surface craft scanned Long Island Sound for a missing private plane carrying Bernard Peyton Jr. a Herald Tribune reporter 25 his mother and pilot Arthur Muhs of Pennington New Jersey.
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Wao Bmnna
Acer
Long Island Sound
Bernard Peyton Jr
New York Heralds Tribune
Bernard Peyton
New York
Arthur Muhs
Pennington
N. J
Weather Update Details for Wednesday
The forecast notes hazy conditions with night and early morning fog and low clouds. Expect little temperature change today with a slight cooler spell on Wednesday.
AWOL Korean War POW Benjamin McGhee Strands Deserter Risk
Pvt. Benjamin Willie McGhee, 21, a U S returned prisoner of war from Phoenix, walked away from Lettermans General Hospital in San Francisco May 5 after gunshot wound treatment. Army warns of possible deserter status unless he reports within 30 days. he was captured in 1953 near Pork Chop and released soon after.
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Benjamin
Willie) McGhee
Letterman General Hospital
McGhee
Phoenix
Ariz
Metzhee
Pork Chop Air
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