Tax Leaders in House Oppose Senate Version
House tax leaders oppose major Senate changes to extend corporate and excise tax rates at wartime levels for another year. Mills states the House will push a simple extension while conferees weigh differences on the renegotiation act and defense contracts. Senate actions include repealing travel and dividend taxes and boosting old age grants, risking a budget imbalance.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means
Mills
Senate House
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Congress
Fisenhower
Nixon and Tito Among Best Dressed Gents of 1959
Tailor and Cutter magazine named 11 best dressed men of 1959 including Vice President Nixon and Yugoslav President Tito. Others listed span millionaire Nubar Gulbenkian, Sir David Eccles, the Duke of Kent, Cecil Beaton, and General Sir Frederick Browning. The 11th name was withheld for modesty.
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London
Richard MM. Nixon
Tito
Yugoslavia
Fred Astaire
Rex Harrison
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Tailor and Cutter Magazine
Nixon
U. S
Freighter Monrovia sinks after Lake Huron collision
The Liberian freighter Monrovia sank in ice covered Lake Huron after a collision with the Canadian freighter Royalton near Thunder Bay Island. Coast Guard radar contact was lost on the Norman WW, but the Fog rescued the Monrovia crew about an hour after an abandonment order. Royalton sustained only minor damage. The cause of the collision remains undetermined.
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Alpena. Mich
Monrovia
Lake Huron
Coast Guard
Norman
Royalton
Thunder Bay Island
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Inside Radio TV Classifieds Page Highlights
Phoenix market and Fulton listings feature area guides and ads. Obituary notices honor local residents, with sport and bridge results noted on pages 9 and 15 for readers.
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Phoenix
Fulton
Little Rock School Board Votes to Open Highs Integrating
The Little Rock school board announced plans to operate high schools on an integrated basis this fall despite Gov. Faubus warning of possible violence. The board’s unanimous decision follows a federal court ruling and prior token plans. Two U.S. federal protections and past integration efforts are noted. Irene Brown of Wilmette, Illinois, is identified among American fire victims in Norway.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Faubusy
U. S. Supreme Court
Central High School
Central
Union Refuses To Go on With Steel Parley
NEW YORK The United Steelworkers Union refuses to continue with the four man bargaining team and calls for direct talks with steel company executives tonight. President David J. McDonald says two union offers were rejected and no concrete settlement offers have been made in eight weeks. The union sent strike instructions to locals as negotiations stall with contracts set to expire Tuesday and 300,000 workers potential walkout looms.
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New York
United Steelworkers Union
Steel Company
David J. McDonald
McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
MccDonald
Cooper
Vetoes Two Farm Measures
President Eisenhower rejected two farm bills affecting wheat and tobacco saying they failed to meet growers needs in expanding markets and curbing surpluses. His veto, urged by Secretary Taft Benson, likely ends prospects for new legislation this year and signals future battles in Congress and the election campaign.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
R Taft Benson
Mayor Wagner Signals NY Secession Talk End
Albany report says Mayor Robert F. Wagner told an Albany audience that secession talk is over and New York City must work with upstate counties. He urged a fairer fiscal relationship and stressed the state and city are one body despite past tensions over taxes and off track betting.
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Albany
New York City
Upstate
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Institute of Community Leadership
State Citizens Council
Drunken PSC Official Arrested After Pedestrian Collision
State Public Service Commissioner Francis Mylott, 61, was arrested after his car struck pedestrian Angela Asona, 79, as she crossed First Avenue at 59th Street. He posted $1,000 bail and faces appearance in Vehicle Accident Court. Asona was hospitalized with facial and body bruises. witnesses said the vehicle was a State armed car en route from Manhattan to Queens. Mylott, appointed in 1949 and reappointed in 1951, earned $20,000 annually.
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New York
Public Service
Francis YT
Mylott
Milott
Angelo Asona
Polies
First Avenue
59Th St
Myslett
Mylett
Manhattan
Jack Heights
Queens
PSC
Thomas F. Dewey
Dewey
Rockefeller seeks reforms in New York harness racing
Governor Rockefeller urged a three member commission to take over state harness racing oversight and end diverting millions to track improvements. He criticized the one man commission and cited alleged ethics issues surrounding George Monaghan while noting funds from a 1956 program total 14 million paid to tracks and 30 million set aside but unused.
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Albany
Monaghan
State Investigation Commission
Tie
Koeser Rockefeller
Governor Rockefeller commutes Hughes murder sentence
Albany reports Gov. Rockefeller grants clemency to Joseph Hughes, a convicted murderer, commuting his death sentence at Sing Sing to life imprisonment. It marks the governor’s first clemency since taking office in January amid a Buffalo shooting case tied to a disputes jury recommendation and Judge Fisher’s original death sentence.
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Albany
Joseph Hughes
Sing Sing
Rockefeller
Tluches
Necro
Vinnt Samaci
Essen Shan
Buffalo
We State
Hirelles
Carlton A. Fisher
Fisher
Hughes
Court Frees Gay Earl Long From Mandeville Hospital
Covington Louisiana state court ordered Gay Earl Long released from Southeast Louisiana Mental Hospital at Mandeville. Judge Robert Jones signed the order at 10 44 am clearing the governor to resume duties as governor after hospital confinement lasting 27 days. The Hospital Board dismissed opposing officials following an emergency meeting.
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Covington
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Southeas Louisiana
Mandeville
Long
Robert Jones
22Nd Judicial District
Jones
Joe Arthur Sims
Ramrod
State Hospital Board
State Hospital
Jesse Bankston
Charles Belcher
Galveston
Tex
Baton
Mrs. Tong
Plane Crashes With 68 Aboard Near Milan
A TWA four engine airliner carrying 59 passengers and nine crew members crashed in flames 15 miles north of Milan during a thunderstorm. Witnesses say lightning struck the aircraft at about 1 500 feet as it taxied for Paris. Flight No. 891 from Athens to Chicago via Rome and Milan went down in an open field.
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Milan
Italy
TWA
Here
Winesses
Paris
Athens
Chicago
Rome
Prolonged Silence Brings Separation in Eggertaville
Mrs Sally Telesco was granted a legal separation from husband Samuel after 2% years of silence in the same home. They wed in 1933 and Telesco did not contest the suit. The court did not disclose the cause of the prolonged silence.
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Buffalo
Sally Telesco
Eggertaville
Samuel
Telesco
State Supreme Court
Seaway ceremony marks opening with Eisenhower and Queen
President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II dedicate the St. Lawrence Seaway in Montreal, opening its first 31 miles with a ceremonial platform at St. Lambert Lock. The event draws over 20,000 onlookers as both nations’ leaders praise joint effort and peaceful progress.
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Montreal
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
St. James St
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Washington
St. Lambert
Seaways
Congress
Canada
Lewis L. Strauss
Queen
United States
St. Lawrence
U. S. Navy
Philip
Cornwall
Ont
Massena
N. Y
Richard M. Nixon
Seaway
Lisenhower
St. Hubert Air Force Base
John Diefenbaker
Fisenhower
Arcchitects
Queen Elizabeth Opens Seaway in Canada Welcome
Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II meet at a Canadian air base for the St Lawrence Seaway opening ceremony. Columbine lands with officials aboard, a 1 gun salute sounds, and crowds cheer as the Queen and President review guards.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Eisenhower
Queen Elizabeth II
Columbine
Prince Philip
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Wilber M. Brucker
Christian A. Herter
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Washington
Elizabeth
Royal
Mop Up Rebels in Algiers After Bone Uprising
French troops conducted mop up operations in eastern Algiers as firings and grenade blasts disturbed the city. Rebels were targeted in quiet sectors and security forces tightened patrols to restore order after a violent flare in the Bone area.
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Algiers
Bone
Ouly
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