Ike's Fair Tax Formula Sparks Fight Over Exemptions
Democrats reject Eisenhower’s fair tax formula and push plan to raise personal exemptions from 600 to 700, aiming to curb income tax relief. They gain radio and TV time to present their case while Republicans urge rejecting the unsound proposal. House debate on tax revision set for Wednesday amid forecasts of Democratic victory.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Congress
Ike
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
Alvin E. O'Kenski
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Rayburn
Herman P. Eberharter
D- Pa
Walter F. George
Dga
Jere Cooper
D-Tenn
Hearing on Gas Pipeline Project Recessed
A hearing on an 184 million dollar pipeline plan to relieve natural gas shortages in Michigan and Wisconsin was recessed until March 2. The project would pipe 300 million cubic feet daily to the Midwest with 100 million to 16 utilities in four states. Opponents and some utilities sought a longer delay, while sponsors and attorneys urged a swift decision.
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Washington
Michigan
Wisconsin
Power Commission
Richard Ivins
American Louisiana Pipe Line Co
Midwest
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co
Iowa
Missouri
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co
Veeense Ediletor
Wisconsin road group head urges gasoline tax rise
Duane Rolman, president of the Wisconsin Road Builders Association, advocated a two cent per gallon increase in state gas taxes at the 41st annual meeting. He argued rising driving and construction costs require higher revenue as highway funding declines while motorists currently pay four cents per gallon less than neighboring states.
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Milwaukee
Duane Rolman
Wisconsin Road Builders’ Association
Hoffman
Association
Wisconsin
Search for escaped black panther roars through Los Angeles area
In Los Angeles area crowds and police hunted an escaped 140 pound black panther after cries described as catlike rang out from a wooded area near downtown. Officers armed with shotguns searched the area while residents watched from behind windows and children joined bystanders in restless crowds.
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Hunt
Black Panther
Los Angeles
M.N. Alexander
R.E. Brown
Alexander
Wayne Roberts
Roberts
Neishborhood
Hind
Nehru Urges U.N. Action Over U S Observers in Kashmir
In New Delhi Premier Nehru urged the United Nations to act quickly on his informal notice that American observers in Kashmir are not welcome. He cited U S aid to Pakistan and said 18 military personnel and three civilians were on U N observer teams at Jammu Kashmir. He said officers of the U S Army cannot be considered neutral in the Kashmir dispute.
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New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Parliament
United Nations
Kashmir
Nehru
India
U.S
Pakistan
U.N
Jammu
Japs Claim Radiation Burns From Atomic Dust Storm
Twenty three Japanese fishermen reported burned skin swollen hands and falling hair from radiation exposure after a March 1 atomic test. Tokyo scientists confirmed radiation burns and warned against consuming tainted deep sea fish as the Fukuryu Maru returned to Yaesu. The US Atomic Energy Commission noted dust showers at Marshall Island test but reported no serious effects.
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Tokyo
United States
Marshall Islands
Sanjiro Masuda
United Press
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Marshall Island
Atomic Energy Commission
Yaezu
Senate Rules Group Okays Chavez Report
The Senate Rules Committee approved 5-4 an elections subcommittee report urging the unseating of Sen. Dennis Chavez. The action paves a floor fight on whether Chavez is seated or the seat is vacant, with a decision expected next week. The panel spent 14 months probing irregularities in the 1952 New Mexico race.
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Washington
ULP
Senate Rules Committee
Dennis Chavez
D-N
Chavez
Senate
GOP
New Mexico
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Bevatron Opens World’s Most Powerful Atom Smasher
The University of California in Berkeley activated the bevatron, the world’s most powerful atom-smasher, costing nine million dollars and funded by the Atomic Energy Commission. It aims to reveal unsolved atomic mysteries by producing synthetic cosmic rays and mesons, with Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence noting its potential to advance fundamental nuclear knowledge. Governor Strauss says the move keeps the U.S. at the forefront of atomic progress. The device features a 135‑foot diameter doughnut magnet weighing about 10,090 tons, forming the machine’s heart to maintain a closed particle path.
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Berkeley
Cali
University of California
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
AEC
Washington
America
Ernest O. Lawrence
University of Calfornia Tathation Laboratory
Brookhaven Laboratories
Long Island
N.Y
Beyairon
Indochina Reds Threaten Dien Bien Phu Air Ports
French garrison of about 10,000 at Dien Bien Phu fights against odds as Communist forces of up to 30,000 press the siege. Reds use human bombs and bamboo explosives while air drops under heavy anti air fire supply the isolated defenders 180 miles west of Hanoi. American built C47s join the perilous airlift amid widespread requisition of private planes.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Kuhl, Former Tax Collector, Succumbs
Frank J. Kuhl 53, auto dealer and former tax collector at Wisconsin, died at his Wauwatosa home after collapsing. He had served as collector from 1940 to 1947 and had recently returned from a meeting. his wife Cornelia and three daughters survive along with three sisters. The report notes his prominence in Democratic circles and references his wartime remarks on military tactics.
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County Board of Public
jGen
Vo Nguyen Glap
Manitowoc
Kuhl
Spencerian College
Luanqi
Marquette University
Prabang
Xieng Khouang
Kuhl Motor Co
Laos
Bien Bien Phu
Foreign Legion
Cornelia
Public Airing On Cohn Affair Urged
Senator McClellan urged that all testimony on the Cohn affair be public with the Government Operations Committee handling the probe. The subcommittee debated secrecy as Roy Cohn faces Army charges of pressuring for favors for Pvt. G. David Schine.
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Washington
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
Army
Roy, Cohn
Cohn
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClelland
Roy M. Cohn
Subcommittee
Ade
Pvt
G. David Schine
Cenfer
Arkansas
McCarthy
Bride Forgives Mate Who Took 243 000 Dollars
New York reports a 67 year old bride urged federal authorities to drop grand larceny charges against her husband Percy Herman 49 who vanished with 243000 in cash and a Cadillac amid their Florida Virginia honeymoon. He was released on bond to await a motion to dismiss as the couple reconciled in court.
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New York
Dyell Prather Herman
Virginia
Percy William
Herman
U.S
Palm Beach
Fia
Vitsina
T Kent
Florida
New Jersey
Ees
Percy W. Herman
West Palm Beach
Fla
Richmond
Stafford
Eisenhower proposal to lower voting age moves forward
President Eisenhower's plan to reduce the voting age to 18 clears the Senate Judiciary Committee by 7 to 3. The amendment would require two thirds of both houses and three fourths of the states for ratification, with Georgia as the exception for now.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Georgia
Senate
House
Jets Collide as Three Bodies Recovered in Kansas Crash
Two Air Force B47 bombers collided over eastern Kansas. One crashed in flames near Iraj Faust farm, three bodies recovered at the scene and wreckage scattered along a wooded ravine. The other plane reached Wichita Air Force Base with a damaged tail. its crew unharmed.
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Overbrook
Kan
Kansas
Wichita Air Force Base
Iraj Faust
Faust
Charles Fawl
Richland
Fawl
Wichita
Boeing Airplane Company
Air Force
Moslem Students Are Dispersed Without Fight
In Tunis hundreds of Moslem students who clashed with police attempted to storm government buildings again but were dispersed without incident. Two students died of wounds from Monday’s rioting as protests against French government reforms in Tunisia continued.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Tunisa
Council Told To Consider Money Factor
Mayor John C. Vost urged the Common Council to weigh the finances of high school building plans as aldermen considered alternate auditorium proposals for the school referendum set for public presentation on April 6. He warned that every $9,000 in city funds raises the tax rate by one cent and noted ongoing costs of staff, transportation, and meals. the council wrestled with a two part referendum on alternate building options, with action to return to the original wording noted on the agenda.
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John C. Vost
Common Council
Board of Education
Voss
Ald
Carl Mailahn
Debated End to Colonialism Marks Inter-American Conference
At Caracas Western Hemisphere nations debated ending colonial rule by European powers after backing a Panamanian resolution against racial discrimination. Brazil and Argentina proposed resolutions calling for colonial end, while the United States opposed the recommendations citing nonrepresentation of European powers. Guatemala abstained. Panama claimed U S discrimination over the Canal Zone.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Brazil
Argentina
United States
Guatemala
U.S
Panama
Pareva Canal
W.de
Weather summary for Wisconsin Minnesota and notes
Weather forecast shows warmer trend across Wisconsin and Minnesota with higher temperatures in western areas. Forecasts call for plus lower 40s state wide and 20s to 40s regionally, with mixed readings from observatories and local gauges.
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