Eisenhower Wins Senate Tax Bill Battle On Dividend Relief
In a 9 to 4 Senate Finance Committee vote with two abstentions the panel approved the dividend income relief in the omnibus tax revision bill. The move maintains momentum for broader tax cuts and prompts ongoing drafting ahead of a floor showdown and potential June floor action.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
George D-Gay
George
Kerr
Okla
Frear
Del
Japan Diet Extends Session Amid Political Turmoil
The lower House voted to extend the Diet session by 10 days in a tense session marred by minor scuffles. Socialist deputies boycotted and a wall formed outside President Yahachi Kawai’s office disrupted an upper house session. no major violence occurred.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yahachi Kawai
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Liberal Party
Progressive Party
Unitedtates
Police Suspended In Columbus Over Bribery Probe
Two Columbus traffic officers were suspended pending investigation into bribery charges. Authorities confirmed the officers face serious allegations as the probe proceeds and a departmental review continues.
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Columbus
Coperme
Ant
Baby albino robin found in Springfield I
Susan Turner feeds a white albino robin with red eyes found in Springfield I. The chick has not learned to fly and is cared for by two adult robins believed to be its parents. Susan hopes the bird will stay with her.
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Susan Turner
Springfield
Susan
McCarthy Says Army Case Blown Up By Televised Calls
Senator McCarthy asserts long secret Army monitored phone transcripts undermine the Army's case against him. He cites disclosures from Senate probe showing Stevens and Symington involved, detailing steps in the inquiry and calls for bias removal and release of transcripts.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Pentagon
Ripon
Wis
Republican Party
McCarthy
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stevens
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Pvt. G
David Schine
Ing Stevens
William P. Rogers
Missouri
Subcommittee
Clifford
Symington
Roy M. Cohn
Executive Branch
United States Opens Direct Talks With Red China
Geneva, The United States began direct negotiations with Communist China to secure the release of more than 200 Americans detained in China. Alexis Johnson led the U S delegation, stressing the talks do not amount to recognition and follow a precedent of negotiating on prisoners of war.
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Geneva
United States
China
U. S
Peiping
Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Stevenson Warns America Faces National Self-Doubt
Adlai E. Stevenson told a Columbia bicentennial conference that the United States suffers a national neurosis of self-doubt and may cross from democracy toward totalitarianism. He cited McCarthyism as one symptom, warning of a moral crisis paralleling Rome and feudal eras and urging faith in humanistic Western culture.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
America
Columbia University
Washington
Army
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Gore Plans New Recall Drive If He Fails
Gore of Gore’s weekly here says he will start a new recall campaign after the November elections if the current effort against Senator McCarthy fails to reach 403,900 signatures by the deadline. He notes 375,000 signed with 88,000 invalidated and cites Wisconsin law requiring 25 percent of the governor vote.
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Saue City
Wis
Leroy Gore
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Gore
Joe
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Marine Parachute Saves Soldier After Everglades Plane Crash
Marine Pfc William G Collier 20 from South Webster Ohio recounts survival after two Douglas Skyraiders collide over the Everglades. 2nd Lt Ray M Holton 21 Alpharetta Georgia and 2nd Lt Harry Proudian 24 Los Angeles die. Costa 21 Salem Ohio killed. Collier says he was blown clear by explosion and parachuted out for his first time.
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Miami
Fla
South Webster
Ohio
Everglades
John Costa
Rt. 3
Salem
Ray M. Holton
Alpharetta
Harry Proudian
Los Angeles
William G. Collier
Water shortages to rise in Ohio communities this summer
A state water expert predicted more Ohio communities will face water shortages this summer than last year as hot weather strains supplies.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dad Takes Blame For Son's Commission Being Held Back
An Austrian born janitor, Andrew Yadlowsky, says he is to blame for his son Peter Yadlowsky’s Navy commission delay after buying a cheap insurance policy from a group now listed as subversive. Peter, a U S Naval Academy graduate, ranks 118th in a class of 852 but faces a security check delaying his commission along with two others Pollack and Shimek Jr. Neighbors describe Pollack as a good American and teachers recalled his high school praise.
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Navy
Adrew Yadlowsky
Peter
International Workers Order
Yadlowsky
City
Peter Yadlowsky
U. S. Naval Academy
Harold J. Polack
Hartford
Hartford, Conn
Paul Shimek Jr
Hazen, Ark
Egstlowsky
Annapolis
Pollack
Hazen
Shimek
Naval Academy
Hartford Courant
Geneva Conference Faces Korean Unification Clash
The Geneva talks return to Korea with South Korea proposing UN supervised free elections. Communist delegates likely reject Pyun Yung Tai plan and push for Communist elections. 16 UN Allies plan a restricted session to seek a graceful end to Korean negotiations.
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Korea
Indochina
Pyun Yung Tai
United Nations
U.N
United Nation
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
T He
North Korea
National drill planned by FCDA in 41 cities
The Federal Civil Defense Administration announces its first major drill named Operation Alert. It will run June 14 and 15, with 41 U S cities simulated under atomic attack to test civil defense readiness and communications.
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Washington
Federal Civil Defense Administration
U. S
FCDA
New Jersey Ex Governor Hoffman Dies At 58
New Jersey former Governor Harold Giles Hoffman died at 58 after a career marked by political clashes and a role in the Hauptmann case. He had been suspended March 18 as director of employment security amid an inquiry into alleged irregularities in department purchases. Hoffman's death followed heart trouble and occurred about seven to eight hours after his body was found, with reports noting a possible collapse while dressing. He served as governor from 1935 to 1937 during the Hauptmann trial era.
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Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Agh Js
West Virginia chemical plant blasts injure 52 in Kanawha River valley
At the Institute plant of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp in Charleston area a tank car exploded triggering four more blasts. About 200 workers were at the site. around 40 were plant employees. The fire raged for hours despite river water pumped to contain it with homes and businesses rattled within a 15 mile radius.
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W.va
Kanawea
Institute
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Here
West Virginia
Chemical Valley
South Charleston
St. Albans
Institute and Dunbar
Delbert Simmons
Dunbar
Watt Powell Baseball Park
Pete Droddy
Dreddy
Neil Boggs
Charleston Gazette
Nevada
Weather Outlook For Miami Valley Turns Warmer
The Miami Valley expects fair and cool conditions tonight with a low near 50. Tomorrow will bring a high around 75 as temperatures rise. Monday looks partly cloudy and warmer with a chance of scattered showers later. Yesterday’s high in Middletown was 38 at 2 a.m. and the low 52 at 7 30 a.m. Today's low reached 46 at 2 30 a.m.
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Miami Valley
V Weather Station
Middletown
Chairman Ends Power Split in Atomic Energy Panel Debate
Washington AP Rep Holifield says congressional testimony reveals a serious rift within the Atomic Energy Commission over strengthening the chairman’s power. The Senate House Atomic Energy Committee seeks more testimony on making the chairman the group’s principal officer. Strauss argues lack of a qualifying phrase causes difficulties. Smyth Murray oppose elevating the chair while noting tension.
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Washington
Holifield
D-Calif
Atomic Energy Commission
Interes
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Hollefield
AEC
Eugene M. Zuckeert
Joseph Campbell
Henry D. Smyth
Thomas E. Murray
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Smyth
Commission
Murray
Eisenhower
Testimony Pinpoints Puerto Rican Gun Attack on House
A waitress and five congressmen testified in the federal case against four Puerto Ricans linked to the March 1 House shooting. Witnesses identified the defendants and described the attack while several lawmakers recounted injuries. The four defendants face multiple counts of assault with intent to kill and with a dangerous weapon, each carrying up to seven years in prison if convicted.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Alice Fisher
Alexander Hoitzoff
D-Tenn
Ben F. Jensen
R-Iown
George H. Fallon
D-Md
Louis E. Graham
R-Pa
James E. van Zandt
Kenneth A. Roberts
D-Ala
Alvin H.ley
R-Mich
Offensive Near Korea Could Follow Geneva Breakdown
Tatao News Agency reports China plans an all‑out offensive in Korea if Geneva talks fail and has massed about 230,000 troops along the Indochina border, signaling a major escalation.
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Formosa
Interior Ministry
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