Truman Eyes Tough Foreign Policy Year 1950
President Truman and aides foresee a hard year with a two front cold war and economy minded Congress. Top issues include an effective stop Communism program and preventing Western Europe from slipping into economic decline as Marshall Plan aid ends in 1952. He will outline his foreign policy plan in the State of the Union, likely stressing Point Four aid and resisting spending cuts.
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Truman
Congress
John M. Hightower
Washington
Western Europe
State Department
U.S
Social Security tax rises 50 percent starting 1950
The 1 percent payroll tax climbs to 1.5 percent with total up to 3 percent including employer share, affecting about 35 million jobs. No pension or survivor benefits rise yet until Congress acts, though House and Senate measures promise higher future payments under an election-year push.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Truman
Trusty Leader Hits Prison Break Fugitives
Four armed convicts led by James Perry Williams escaped from Tucker State Prison Farm in Arkansas after killing guard Bill Bohannon. The party, five pistols and a riot gun in possession, fled into the cotton fields and are being hunted by state police, with two prior escapes noted for Williams and Dyer.
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Tucker State Prison Farm
Ark
Arkansas
Warren Hosmer
James Perry Williams
Sheridan
Bill Bohannon
Williams
Cummins State
Hosmer
Odus Eaton
Stillwell
Okla
David Dyer
Oklahoma City
Jack Rheuark
Sapulpa
Ferda
Tucker
Little Rock
Pulaski County
Little Fock
Dyer
LSU Medical Seminar Set in Monroe May Lead Cancer Conference
The one day cancer seminar to be held in Monroe features LSU School of Medicine staff. From 11 to 12 doctors from LSU will host informal conferences at Conway Memorial Hospital led by Dr C P Gray. An afternoon tumor conference will start at 2 pm on the Virginia Hotel roof with clinical case presentations.
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Monroe
L. S. U. School of Medicine
Jack Rawls
Louisiana State Medical Society
L. A. A. Medical School
Conway Memorial Hospital
C. P. Gray
Virginia Hotel
New Year Toll Rises Across Nation In 1949–50
By Associated Press the last hours of 1949 brought 48 deaths nationwide as New Year celebrations approached. Traffic accidents accounted for 32 fatalities, with six five other mishaps adding to a grim toll. States reported heavy losses from traffic fires and mishaps from 6 p.m. local time to Saturday afternoon, totaling numerous deaths across Arizona California Illinois Indiana Iowa Massachusetts Missouri New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia Washington.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Indiana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Fred Strauss Named Good Citizen Of 1949
Monroe honors Fred Strauss as its Good Citizen of 1949 in a News Star World Publishing ceremony at his offices. Wilson Ewing presented the trophy. Strauss, a noted businessman and philanthropist, said he did not seek publicity and accepted the award with humility.
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Fred Strauss
Monroe
Wilson Ewing
Monroe News-Star
George W. Lofton
the World
Strauss
News- Star-—-World Publishing Corporation
Mr. Strauss
William L. Bendel
Annie Rimes
B. B. Martin
The
Good Fellows
Pap” Strauss
Welcome Of Infantile 1950 World Celebration Across Cities
The Associated Press reports a worldwide welcome to 1950 with New Year revelry from Times Square to Red Square. Crowds in New York cheers mix with prayerful observances as cities host parties, gifts, and bold resolutions amid war’s memory and hopes for peace.
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Associated Press
Times Square
Red Square
Manhattan
Es Square
Maybank pushes 3000 more IRS agents to curb tax evasion
Senator Maybank of South Carolina advocates adding 3,000 internal revenue agents to prevent tax rate increases. He opposes any tax hikes, seeks stronger IRS enforcement, and notes White House talks to cut wartime excises while proposing new levies to trim the deficit.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Internal Revenue
Senate Appropriations
Internal Revenue Bureau
Truman
Congress
White House
Administration
Ourgo
Charleston
S. C
Senate
Russia accuses Finland over war criminals in false papers
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accused Finland of violating peace ties by concealing Soviet war criminals. Tass quoted him saying Finland furnishes these criminals with false papers and fake names, asserting about 300 Soviet citizens are in Finland, with 56 percent charged with the most serious crimes.
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Moscow
Russia
Finland
Soviet Union
Tass
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Soviet germ war trial seen as warning to imperialists
The Khabarovsk military court sentenced 12 former Japanese army officers for germ experiments, delivering 25 year terms to four generals including the Manchuria army commander and two to 20 year terms for eight others. Prosecutor Smirnov said the verdict should warn instigators of a new world war.
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Moscow
Russia
Khabarovsk
Izvestia
Siberia
Manchuria
L. N. Smirnov
Jubilant Welcome Planned for Angus Ward Homecoming
Allegan Michigan will greet Angus Ward after his year in a Chinese prison. The Allegan Chamber of Commerce announced a public welcome for January 8 as Ward returns from Manchuria. He arrives January 6, visits his brother T R Ward, then heads to Washington before a two to three month Allegan stay.
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Allegan
Mich
Michigan
Angus Ward
Manchuria
Allegan Chamber of Commerce
Mukden
T. R. Ward
Washington
Ward
State Department
Birthday fete for Mrs Zula Stancil twins celebrates 80
An open house at Mrs Jessie Roan's Farmerville home marks the eighty birthday of Mrs Zula Stancil and her twin sister, honored with a huge cake amid neighbors and friends. The twins, who married twin brothers Ollie and Hal Stancil, see their spouses deceased.
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Jessie Roan
Farmerville
Zula Stancil
Ollie
Hal Stancil
Doctor in Mercy Death Accused of Murder in New Hampshire
Dr. Hermann N. Sander 40, a former Dartmouth ski champion, faces murder charges in the alleged act of mercy that killed cancer patient Abbie Borreto 59. Investigators say he injected air into her veins. she died December 4. He posted $25,000 bond and aided in delivering a baby hours later. Grand jury slated to meet Tuesday. defense insists justice will vindicate him.
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Hermann N. Sanders
Goffstown
N. H
Abbie Boroto
Hermann N. Sander
Dartmouth
Abbie Borreto
Hillsboro County
Dr. Sander
General Erskine To Bring Iwo Jima Flag To Monroe
Major General Graves B. Erskine will bring the Mount Suribachi flag to Monroe for a public display before the showing of Sands of Iwo Jima at the Paramount Theater on January 8. The flag, raised on Iwo Jima during World War II, is to be presented to the city mayor and guarded to prevent damage or souvenir taking.
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Graves B. Erskine
1St Marine Division
Marine Barracks
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Sands of
Iwo Jima
Paramount
Marine Recruiting Office
Erskine
Indiana
Los Angeles
Mount
Suribachi
Defiant Skipper Says Flying Arrow Will Sail to Shanghai
Captain David Jones of the Flying Arrow plans a Shanghai voyage amid mine threat reports. Some crew fear the trip, but officers deny using force and no mass resignations are reported. bonuses cited and tensions remain as the ship loads in Hong Kong.
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Flying Arrow
Shanghai
Seymour Topping
Hong Kong
Red Shanghai
David Jones
Chicago
U. S
Frederick A. Hill
U. S. State Department
Jones
Isbrandtsen Line
New York
United States
Hill
Jack M. Pattison
The
Hong Kong Sunday Herald
Two Juveniles Face Burglary In Ouachita Parish
Two West Monroe youths confessed to five burglaries reported to West Monroe police, with police and sheriff investigators unearthing two additional local juveniles as suspects. The raids touched two service stations a cleaning plant a tractor company and a nursery within blocks of each other.
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Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
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