Senate Auto Prices Question Whose Hand Sets The Cost
In Washington at a Senate Banking Committee inquiry chaired by J. W. Fulbright GM president Harlow Curtice debated who truly fixes new car prices. Curtice argued market competition, not a cartel, sets prices while Fulbright pressed why prices stay high and how tax cuts boosted GM earnings. The hearing probes GM’s influence on stock trends and auto pricing.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Banking Committee
Harlow H. Curtice
General Motors
Auto Company
Capitol Hill
Ford
Chevrolet
Curtice
Sen. Fulbright
Unti
Pravda accuses U S of smearing Yalta papers
Pravda calls the released Yalta conference documents by no means authentic and says U S State Department attempts to discredit the conference backfire. The paper argues ruling circles in the United States harm peace and international cooperation and heighten NATO partners suspicions and tensions.
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Moscow
Pravda
U.S. State Department
United States
Communist Party
NATO
American matador Patricia Hayes wins second bull in Acuna ring
Patricia Hayes, 28, a U.S. bullfighter from San Angelo and Pulaski, recovers from earlier injuries as she battles two bulls in La Macarena. She drives the second bull over horns for a dramatic kill, earning cheers and the animal's ears and tail. A previous goring in Acapulco left her with serious injuries. Separately, Oklahoma City claims a 1,572‑foot TV tower as the world’s tallest structure.
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Patricia Hayes
Patricia
Muleta
Miss Hayes
la Macarena
San Angelo
Tex
Pulaski
Tenn
Acapulco
Mexico
Hallinan Out of Jail Still Defiant
Hallinan the 1952 Progressive party candidate for president was released from McNeil Island Federal Prison after 14 months of an 18 month tax evasion term. The 59 year old left wing attorney told reporters he is not afraid of returning to prison and will continue to fight for liberal causes. He arrived in San Francisco with his wife and six sons at his side. He carried a copy of False Witness by Harvey Matusow.
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San Francisco
Vincent Hallinan
Progressive Party
Hallinan
McNeil Island
Wash
Harvey Matusow
Harry Bridges
Bridges
U. S. Supreme Court
Conductor Kleiber in West Germany after Berlin exit
Conductor Erich Kleiber has begun Easter broadcast rehearsals in Cologne for Weber Der Freischutz and plans a Beethoven concert in April after fleeing East Berlin in protest against Communist interference. He wrote a letter March 16 to Max Burghart detailing politics at the East Berlin Opera House.
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Cologne
Germany
Erich Kleiber
West Germany
Max Burgharat
Kleiber
East Berlin
East Berlinnists
Defeat Seen For Tax Cut
Washington leaders expect House Democrats to drop their income tax cut push to avoid blame for cutting other revenue. The $20 per person tax cut plan failed in a bill extending corporate and excise taxes due to expire April 1. Senate rejection leaves only the existing taxes, risking a $3 billion yearly drop in government revenue. Senator George of Georgia says the House will back down to protect the revenue bill as conferees plan a Wednesday meeting.
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Washington
House
Cuse
Senate
Sen. George
D-Ga
Steel demand expands beyond autos in 1953
Cleveland report notes consumer demand for finished steel spreading beyond automotive use. Construction activity rises with plates and shapes in tighter demand. sheets and strip shipments lengthening. Building, line pipe and appliance sectors grow. export business supports high production into midyear despite labor troubles. March output may set a near record as ingot rate reaches 92.5 percent.
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Cleveland
Metalworking Weekly
Stassen Seeks Public Ideas on New Disarmament Role
Harold E. Stassen asks citizens to send suggestions on his duties as Eisenhower’s special assistant for disarmament. In a ABC radio TV interview he called the post Cabinet level and described it as a search for ideas that could give mankind hope for peace in a nuclear age.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
ABC
Divorce Notice in Butler County Common Pleas Court
Ruby Lee South of 3605 Canal St Brooklyn NY is notified that on February 25 1955 Edward South filed for divorce in Butler County Ohio case No 72570 on grounds of wilful absence over three years and gross neglect. She must answer by April 16 1955 or the petition may be granted. Clerk Joseph T. Kiep Deputy Norman G. Grevey, and Attorney David F. Dillon.
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Ruby Lee South
Canal St
Brooklyn
New York
Edward South
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Ohio
Joseph T. Kiep
Norman G. Grevey
David F. Dillon
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Winston
Qreater Et Store
Rae
Maan
Denier
South Pacific
Bali
Fondom
Faith Jewelry
Middletown
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