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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1959
Page
5
Prosperity at mid year shows higher personal incomes and record spending in 1959 with more work hours and rising living costs. Americans save, borrow, and invest while government taxes rise. unemployment falls and auto buying rebounds though inflation fears and a weaker dollar linger.
President Eisenhower must sign to extend wartime rates on corporation income and excises for one year. The measure would preserve about three billion dollars in annual revenue to support a balanced budget, with the tax cut risking a drop from 52 to 47 percent on corporate income and on excises for autos liquor beer and cigarettes. The House passed it by voice vote and the Senate by 57 to 35 after debate. 32 Republicans supported it along with 25 Democrats while 35 Democrats voted against hoping for revision in conference. Floods in Italy kill two Alpine soldiers and close the Brenner Pass as landslides force evacuations and wash away bridges.
Obituaries detail final rites for James Elmer Neill in Tallulah and numerous others across the region. The notices naming survivors, church affiliations, and funeral details cover Neill, Oseland, Nethery, McQuillin, Lambert, Skipper, Taylor, Montgomery, and Outman with dates, locations, and burial plans.
John C. Pilcher 87 died Monday in a Monroe hospital after a short illness. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Concord Church near Chatham with interment at Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Choudrant. Survived by two sons, two daughters, a brother, a sister and several grandchildren.
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