Marland's Tax Study Commission Aims to Reform State Tax System
Governor Marland proposes a statewide citizen commission to study financing and taxation with a goal of a balanced equitable system. Real estate and personal property taxes would be revalued and equalized county by county to fund schools roads and indigent services while shifting more burden to counties. A deple tion tax on coal may be explored for future use to fund roads parks and libraries as part of long term planning. The Register urges careful selection of the commission core.
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Marland
Citizens’ Commission
West
Bette
The
Register
Bermuda communique rejects permanent division of Europe
Leaders of the United States Britain and France say they will not accept unjust borders or terror regimes to force a Soviet pact. They urge peaceful means to restore Eastern Europe to nations of their choice and pledge restraint while maintaining strength. The German peace treaty remains unwritten and satellite states harbor anti-Communist hopes.
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Bermuda
Europe
Soviet Union
Oder-Neisse
Germany
Poland
West Virginia warns drivers on holiday hazard
Road Commissioner TL WK Griffith urges caution on state highways under the Holiday Hazards Program. He warns that drinking and highway use elevate danger, noting 23 of every 100 fatal U.S. accidents last year involved liquor or gasoline mixtures and calling for practical foresight to save lives.
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West Virginia Safety Council
Tl, WK. Griffith
United States
Cobbleker’s visit by Christ tale and neighbor aid letters
A magazine excerpt recounts a cobbler’s three visits by Jesus as he helps a beggar, a hungry woman, and a child, illustrating acts of kindness. The piece also shares two reader letters asking for assistance: one praising Maxwell Hill neighbors who helped a Thanksgiving job loss family, another widow seeking a mattress and springs for a daughter, noting dire finances.
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E. E. Bibb
Guidepost
Norman Vincent Peale
Marble Collegiate Church
New York
Edwin Markham
Markham
God
Christ
Conrad
Raleigh Evening: Beckley Newspapers Circulation Policy
Publication details for Raleigh Evening and Beckley newspapers outline second class mail status, locations Beckley and Hinton West Virginia, editor Thomas F Stafford, Associated Press rights, national reps Story Brooks and FinleyInc, subscription rates and address change rules, tax and delivery disclaimers.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
W Va
Beyukdes
Thomas F Stafford
West Virginia
Beck
You're Telling Me Youre Telling Me
A jumble of satirical lines about bans on Robin Hood in schools, a clam steaming plan for a national convention, cricket terms, tape recording of shows, and fashion quirks, ending with a quip about a rhinoceros and a foghorn.
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Indiana Book Commission
Robbie
Lincoln Green
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Peggy Kessinger reports on U S Marines and soldiers abroad and at home. Carl Legursky returns to Camp Lejeune after Korea with Silver Star and Purple Heart, and two promotions. James Legursky also at Lejeune. Pvt James R Floyd arrives in Germany with the 25th Infantry Division. Pvt Joseph Andrew Cook stationed in Italy with anniversary notes and embassy. George R Jackson promoted to corporal in IX Corps Korea. Pvt Raymond L Lusk serves with 102nd Regiment in Germany. Cpl Richard V Goode rests in Kobe Japan with the 72nd Tank Battalion.
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Carl Legursky
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Mabseot
John L. Legursky
Korea
Fifth Regiment
First Marine Division
Alxome
James
Germany
25Th Infantry Division
James R. Floyd
M H. B. Floyd
Edgewood Drive
Beckley
Floyd
Army
Fort Knox
Pvt
Cook
Italy
Camp Gordon
Beckley Junior High
Bradley Construction Co
68Th Military Police Company
IX Corps
George R. Jackson
Walter Jackson
Whipple
48Rd Infantry Division
Raymond L. Lusk
Virgil B. Lusk
Oceana
102Nd Regiment
Lusk
Kobe
Japan
Cpl
Richard V. Goode
Ted Goode
Pineville
72Nd Tank Battalion
Fingers Still Crossed As World Weighs 1953 Reflections
In a New York column, the year 1953 is weighed by seers and sages across politics economy health and culture. The piece argues individuals remember 1953 by personal moments rather than grand events, with a shared sense that the year passed with cautious, hopeful resilience.
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New York
America
U.S
Prayer Thanksgiving for Public Service Workers
A prayer honoring millions in communities who perform humble duties daily including postmen newsboys milkmen bus drivers and repair staff. It asks divine blessing for their early and late labor and ends in Jesus name. The signer is James Ross McCain of Decatur Ga president emeritus of Agnes Scott College.
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Jesus
James Ross McCain
Decatur
Agenes Scott College
Eisenhower Faces Crucial Test in 1954
President Eisenhower confronts a pivotal year as he pursues a plan for international pooling of atomic materials. The Nixon era era.
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Eisenhower
Punsters and politics mix in postwar humor and Ike’s 1954 program
Clift on Fadiman highlights Groucho Marx Euphemism jokes and other classic quips. The piece shifts to President Eisenhower’s 1954 policy agenda including social security taxes Taft-Hartley changes and foreign aid as he faces a tougher Senate dynamic with Knowland and a more combative Democratic caucus in an election year.
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Clifton Fadiman
Groucho Marx
Africa
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
George S. Kaufman
Franklin P. Adams
Louis Untermeyer
Debussy
Christopher Fry
Fadiman
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Knowland
California
Senate
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