Showdown Looms Over GOP Income Tax Cut Plan
Knutson signals quick House action on an 8.35 billion dollar plan to cut personal income tax by 20 percent for the first 300000 of income and 10.5 percent beyond, with testimony limited to Treasury officials and tax experts. The measure would retroactively reduce withholding starting Jan 1 and cap total tax at 76.5 percent while adding a 500 dollar exemption for taxpayers over 65.
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Francis M. Lemay
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Romance row roils Britain Greece royal links
The Communist Daily Worker blasted a reported romance between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip as an unworthy intrigue and a Bevin scheme to justify British control in Greece. It accused King George of Greece and urged Britons to oppose ties between the royal houses.
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Communist Daily Worker
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Greece
Ernest Bevin
George
Bevin
Duke of Windsor
Man Burns Rescuing His Three Children
Austin carpenter William Lee Terry was severely burned while rescuing his three children from their blazing home. The fire, started by a kerosene stove lit in the children’s bedroom to warm the room, spread rapidly through the frame house.
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Austin
U.P
William Lee Terry
Austin Carpenter
Zionist Leader Quits ZOA Over Basle Conference Fallout
Stephen S Wise resigns as ZOA vice president after Basle World Zionist Congress, condemning personal hatreds and political compromise. He faults the congress for vague remedies in Palestine and criticizes leadership, urging support for Weizmann, Brandeis, Nordau, and Herzl, while warning about funds for 1946 relief.
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Stephen S. Wise
Pan
Zionist Organization of America
Basle
Switzerland
Wise
ZOA
Herzl
Palestine
Abba Hillel Silver
Basse
Ise
England
America
Congress
Chaim Weinann
Savings and Investment Accounts Totals and Adjustments
Financial figures show totals for savings and investment accounts with positive and negative values. Included are amounts such as 2,648,443.25 and entries like -2,985,972.32 reflecting net movements. The data appears to be a ledger snapshot with mixed debits and credits.
Appointment of Tom Gordon as assistant county attorney
County Attorney John Steele announced Saturday the appointment of Tom Gordon as assistant county attorney. Gordon, a 1936 UT Law graduate, served as legal investigator for Attorney General Bill McCraw and as an assistant attorney general before World War II. He later practiced law in Lubbock and ran for district attorney in 1946.
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Tom Gordon
John Steele
Gordon
University of Texas Law School
Bill McCraw
Army Air Forces
Lubbock
Broadway
St. John’s Methodist Church
Steele
England
France
Holland
Belgium
Germany
County Commissioners Court
Lloyd Croslin
Hollywood Camerama Killed In New Mexico
Gerald L. Ray aged 29 formerly of Denver and a still cameraman for Warner Brothers studios in Hollywood died en route to Gallup hospital after a highway 66 crash 40 miles west of Cedar Point Arizona Lynn Day a Denver photographer drove Ray's car and said he dozed and the vehicle struck a soft shoulder overturning the car
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Gallup
N. M
Gerald L. Ray
Denver
Warner Brothers Studios
Hollywood
U. S. Highway 66
Cedar Point
Ariz
Lynn Day
Ray
West Texas museums seek funds from legislature
Plains Historical Society of Canyon and the West Texas Museum Association officials hosted a dinner at the Hilton with Texas legislators to press for a 90 000 appropriation to finish museum buildings on the West Texas State Teachers College and the Texas Technological College campuses. Attendees included Senators Grady Hazelwood and Sterling Parrish, Rep. Blair Timmons, Preston Smith, Tech president W M Whyburn, Canyon secretary L F Sheffy, and association president G E Maedgen.
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The
Plains Historical Society of
Canyon and the West
W. G. McMillan
W. C Holden
Wm. Pierce
Jas. G. Allien
Retha Martin
J. D. Hassell
C. W. Ratliff
Treason Suspects Arrive In Boston
Former newsmen Robert H. Best and Douglas Chandler arrived in Boston by train and were lodged in East Cambridge jail awaiting arraignment on treason charges for Nazi propaganda broadcasts during World War II. They were guarded by two U.S. marshals.
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Boston
Robert H. Best
Douglas Chandler
East Cambridge
Free extra copies of discharges for veterans urged
The attorney general’s office said county clerks should provide free additional copies of honorable discharges and marriage licenses when required by the Veterans Administration for veterans seeking benefits. William R. Federici stated no charges may be made for these extra copies.
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Attorney General
William R. Federici
C. R. Sebastian
Veterans’ Administration
Texas Railroad Commission Expands Gas Output In Panola County
The Texas Railroad Commission order raises Carthage field production to 60 million cubic feet daily for Lone Star Gas during the emergency. Gas will be delivered to the big inch pipeline system as cold weather drives demand. Confucius' father was 70 at Confucius birth.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Carthage
Panola County
Lone Star Gas Company
Big Inch
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Homer D. Grant Panhandle Construction Company
Amos H. Howard
J. Louis Murfee Insurance and Real Estate
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Ea Company
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