House Republicans Hold Slim Margin In Tax Fight
Washington Democrats pressed a $2.4 million annual exemption increase amid a looming final vote in the House on a broad 875 page tax revision. Republicans predicted defeat on the exemption rise while arguing the package would aid most taxpayers and spur buying power. Senate fate and fall campaigns loom as the debate centers on who benefits from the revenue cuts and who pays the price.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Rep. Presist
D-Tenn
Senate
Eleven Jews Slain At Negev Desert Massacre
News reports describe an attack near the Jordan border in the Negev that killed 11 Jews, with 4 survivors. Israeli investigators and U N observers surveyed the scene as tensions rose along borders with Jordan and neighboring Arab states. Israel filed a complaint with the U N Security Council and prepared notices to Western powers.
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Israel
U. N
Negev Desert
Bierut
Lebanon
Jordan
Syria
Beirut
Moshe Sharett
Israel Army
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Negev
U.N
Lonely Scorpion Pass
Foreign Office
Washington
London
Paris
United Nations
Security Council
Long Range Duel As Dien Bien Phu Forges On
French and Vietminh artillery traded blows over Dien Bien Phu as air strikes from American supplied planes and Chinese aid targeted rebel posts. Despite heavy losses Vietminh forces held off frontal assaults while the French pressed for a decisive breakthrough in the northwest Indochina fortress battle.
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Hanoi
Indochina
United States
Dien Bien Phu
Red Outlaw Bill Is Due For Debate
Washington opens first hearings on outlawing the Communist party in the United States. A House Judiciary subcommittee convened with eleven members to examine bills to strip the party of its political label and brand it subversive. The Un-American Activities Committee reports pending court review of Subversive Activities Control Board findings.
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Washington
Communist Party
United States
House
Legislative Committee
Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
Robbers Get Lost In Store Comedy Ends In Surrender
In New York two teen bandits, Jerry Feller and William Fisner, robbed Hearn's before opening and wandered a Bronx department store seeking escape. They dumped 11 542 dollars, overlooked 19000 in cash, and surrendered after being spotted by special policeman Edward Willett.
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Hearn’s
Black Square
Bronx
Edward Willett
O. K
Jerry Feller
William Fisner
John Jennings
Murray
Violence Strife at New York Waterfront Strikes
Mayor Wagner ordered a crackdown on waterfront violence after clashes between rival dock workers. He called in city and state police to restore order as a two week outlaw strike by the International Longshoremen's Association disrupts pier activity. One arrest for disorderly conduct was reported amid picket lines at remaining working piers.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
International Longshoremen’s Assny
Ind
McCarthy challenges critics on exposing Communists
Senator Joseph McCarthy blasted critics from President Eisenhower downward for not naming Communists they exposed. He pledged a relentless fight to uncover traitors, declaring the battle will continue as long as he serves in the Senate despite Eisenhower’s warning that unwise investigators undermine justice and fair play.
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Chicago
Sen. Mc. Carthy R
Eisenhower
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Midwest
Democrats See Extremists Overplaying Communist Threat
Troy AP Stephen A Mitchell Democratic national chairman says a group of political extremists exaggerates the communist menace in the United States to gain political and business advantage. He warns this fear is turning Americans against each other and cites a revival of religious prejudice against Catholics led by McCarthy supporters. Mitchell, a Catholic, regrets non Catholics view Catholics as sacrificing methods for objectives. He cites Rev. Robert J McCracken at Riverside Church in New York City referencing the anti Communist crusaders and a church member’s role.
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Troy
N.Y
Stephen A. Mitchell
United States
Mitchell
Mittenel
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Robert J. McCracken
Riverside
New York City
Wilson backs Army report on McCarthy Cohn Schine
Secretary of Defense Wilson told the Senate Armed Services Committee he regards the Army report charging McCarthy and Roy Cohn as truthful. He defended Secretary of the Army Stevens and said the charge that the investigation should shift branches was never proper. Wilson stated his absolute confidence in Stevens and in John G. Adams.
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Wilson
Army
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy Cohn
G. David Schine
McCarthy
Stevens
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services Are
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Armed Services Committee
McCarthy-Stevens
Cohn
Schine
John G. Adams
McCarthy probes Benson as dairy policy sparks push
Washington AP reports Sen. McCarthy quietly directs a probe of the Agriculture Department and Secretary Benson as he expands his farm policy critique. He aims to press a farm speech in the Senate and push for a flexible price support plan ranging from 85 to 110 percent of parity, tying it to his broader political campaign in the Midwest.
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McCarthy
R-Wis
Department of Agriculture
Benson
Wisconsin
Senate
Congress
Nson
Eisenhower
Army
House
Middle West
Stevenson warns on dangerous loose talk at Harvard
Adlai Stevenson warns Americans to watch words as foreign opinions form from our voices, official and unofficial. He says loose talk can mislead others and ourselves, fueling extremism, appeasement myths, and neutralism while at Harvard for the Godkin lectures on A Troubled World. He cites domestic vilification and immunity to misrepresentation as harmful patterns.
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Cambridge
Mass
Adlai Stevenson
America
Harvard University
Godkin
France seeks U S aid to win Chinese favor at Geneva
Paris—France hopes the United States will help win Chinese Communist support at the Geneva conference next month to end the Indochina war. French officials warn that without U S backing a new government might abandon American plans for defending Europe and the proposed European army. France seeks a deal that allows it to remain in Indochina to keep Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia governments from falling to Communists.
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Washington
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United States
U. S
Europe
China
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Indochina
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Hunters pursue reported black panther near Northfield
Police and hunters combed fields and woods near rural Northfield in a search for a black beast described as six feet long. Carl Podgurski, 50, a veteran hunter who first spotted the animal, said it was a panther. Nearly 200 people joined the search after new reports of a big animal.
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Cleveland
Northfield
Carl Podgurski
New Horizons Ahead Hydrogen and atomic power push gains pace
Rep. Van Zandt says scientists broke a logjam in hydrogen and atomic power, signaling faster progress for both weapons and civilian energy. Reports cite a March 1 hydrogen explosion far larger than expected, stockpiling hydrogen bombs, and optimistic reviews of nonweapon atomic energy for ships and aircraft.
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Washington
van Zandt
R-Pa
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
United States
W. Sterling Cole
Durham
D-Nc
Price
D-Ill
The
Atomic Energy
Fanatics' Said Ready For Action
A State Department alert warned Puerto Rican Nationalists planned to kill prominent officials including U S ambassador to the United Nations H ens ey Cabot Lodge prompting 200 extra city police to guard residences of national state and local leaders. Lodge was named in the emergency order and others received protection as the hunt for fanatics intensified after the House shooting of five congressmen.
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New York
State Department
Hensey Cabot Lodge
U. S
United Nations
Lodge
FBI
Waldorf
Astoria Towers
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt Hotel
Pawling
N. Y
John F. Kennedy
Six Doctors Aid Atom Burned Nips
A U S Japanese team of radiation specialists began treating 23 Japanese fishermen exposed to radioactive debris from a history’s mightiest explosion in the Marshal Islands on March 1. Six doctors from the Atom Bomb Casualty Commission at Hiroshima worked as four crewmen remained in serious condition in hospital. The Japanese government delayed protests for compensation pending a joint investigation as public furore rose. Industry spokesmen said the fish market disruption could be a near fatal blow to tuna sales.
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Tokyo
Marshal Islands
Hiroshima
Shigeru Yoshida
Kyodo News Service
Weather outlook for Miami Valley turns mild and cloudy
Vandalia forecasters predict cloudy and warm weather dominating the valley tonight with a low near 44 degrees. Tomorrow’s conditions include rain possible, along with cloudy skies, wind, and mild temperatures likely reaching 60 degrees.
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Vandalia
Valeley
Armco
Middletown
Yeste
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