Senate Votes Cut in Travel, Freight Taxes
The Senate backed repealing the WWII transport taxes, approving the freight tax repeal 59 to 25 and the passenger fare levy 50 to 35. Leaders opposed the moves, citing budget deficits and broader tax policy, as the bill moves back to the House for final action.
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House
Exposed to Radiation Eyed Closely at CAR RIDGE
A team of specialists monitored eight men exposed to radiation after an enriched uranium incident at a nuclear plant. Five men received severe doses damaging bone marrow. three had lesser exposure with no symptoms. The Atomic Energy Commission reported no visitors except family and expected little change in condition for days.
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Turk Bulger Troops Clash on Frontier
A military source confirms reports of a sharp sustained exchange between Turkish and Bulgarian troops at the Tripoint frontier in western Thrace. Turkish forces reportedly killed a Bulgarian soldier after entering Turkish territory, and Bulgarians torched two Turkish border posts in reprisal.
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Ten-year-old Lynn Potter lands top role in Music Man
Lynn Potter, a 10-year-old Mason City boy, wins the lead role of Winthrop Paroo in Meredith Willson's Broadway musical Music Man. Willson, a Mason City native, praised Lynn after he sang Gary Indiana and will tour with the road company for at least two years, studying with a tutor and preparing to play cornet before performances begin.
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Korean Tour of Duty Cut to 13 Months
The Korean tour of U S Army soldiers will be shortened to 13 months from 16, effective July 1. Sth Army Command members have been notified of the cut. No official comment from Army spokesmen was issued, pending Washington approval. The 16 month tour has been in effect since the Korean armistice.
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TV Executives Ousted Over Communist Refusal Hearings
Stage manager of I've Got a Secret and NBC Twenty One director Charles Dubin were fired for declining to disclose Communist ties before a House subcommittee. Witnesses including Arthur Lief violinist Benjamin Steinberg and actor Clifford Carpenter invoked or dodged the Fifth. Chairman Morgan Moulder said Communist networks are deeply hidden and hard to trace.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Dubin
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Subcommittee On UN
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Clifford Carpenter
Campobello
Steinberg
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United States
Photographer Dies In St Petersburg At 65
William E. Johnson aged 65 died Thursday. For 15 years he served as chief photographer for Rand McNally Publishers of Chicago and developed improvements for mapping and aerial photography.
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Rand McNally Publishers
Chicago
Dulles Warns of Red Economic Warfare Threat
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Finance Committee that Russia threatens economic warfare to isolate the United States. He urged a five year extension of the Trade Agreements Act, which expires this month, noting the act authorizes tariff reductions to stimulate trade.
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Turkish Cypriot Chiefs Spurn British Proposal
Turkish Cypriot leaders rejected Britain’s plan to jointly govern Cyprus but agreed to talks. Greek officials prepared to respond, while Archbishop Makarios pressed for unity with Greece. The island faced ongoing violence with 17 dead this month and 30,000 British troops deployed. Curfews and troop reinforcements followed clashes in Limassol as Britons sought a path to mediate between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
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