Editorial Review on Income Tax Policy History
A compact review traces Eisenhower's control over fiscal matters against Congress in tax debates from 1948 to 1956. It covers Truman's failed tax cuts, the 1954 victory on taxes, dividend relief talks, exemptions, and the evolving stance on individual income tax reductions amid deficits and party dynamics. The piece notes key votes, vetoes, and policy shifts shaping postwar tax revisions.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Democratic Policy Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Constitutional amendment talk on curbing federal taxation
A brief editorial note recalls five proposed amendments to curb federal powers, arguing surplus taxation has distantened government from the people. It cites Patrick Henry and asks whether taxation with representation would have moved him to stay quiet, referencing Earl Wilson’s column.
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Earl Wilson
Patrick Henry
Pressure to Simplify US Customs Law Gains Steam
President Eisenhower may press Senate to accept his 1956 annual message urging further simplification and improvement of customs legislation. Critics say current procedures blend law and regulation to create uncertainty in classification and duties, detaining imports. The House backed HR 6040 in 1955 to base duties on import prices, sparking debate over potential duty reductions.
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Eisenhower
Senate
House
Memorial Hospital Clarifies Radiology Claim
Dr Harold J Amory notes Memorial Hospital did not establish the area first deep x ray therapy department Beckley Hospital has held that role under Dr Thomas L Martin The hospital does claim a radioisotope section for thyroid disease and leukemia Colin McLuckey owner of Beckley Music Store explains his wife Ruthie runs the store while he endures nine operations at the hospital
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Memorial Hospital
Harold J. Amory
Memorial
Beckley Hospital
Thomas L. Martin
Colin McLuckey
Dexter Ave
McLuckey
Beckley Music
Ruthie
Colin
Feeding Birds Brightens Ill Inhabitant’s Day
C J Needy McLlyade, busy with life, notes cardinals and many birds visiting his home on snowy days. McLuckey, a shut in, encourages readers to feed birds as dozens of species dine on seeds meat scraps and meat eaters share the meal. Birds scratch and plant sunflowers after the feast, giving companionship and cheer to the ill author.
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St. Louis Cardinals
McLickey
McLuckey
Four Wheels to Survival in Civil Defense Plan
Raleigh County Civil Defense director Harold Sopher urges using a car as four wheels to survival in emergencies. He outlines prep steps: keep the car mechanically fit, check tires, battery, and keep gas over half full. He notes conserving fuel by coasting, running at efficient speeds, and even towing another car. Cars can serve as protection, information centers, and storage for emergency foods with proper use and radio access.
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Harold Sopher
Raleigh County Civil Defense
Sopher
Desegregation Court Order Urges Equal School Admission
Federal Judge Ben Moore filed a Charleston court order in Raleigh County Schools after NAACP and Board of Education agreement. The order calls for non discrimination against Negro students entering any school this semester or next fall, framing the issue as admission of all children to all schools without discrimination.
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Moore
Ben Moore
Charleston
Raleigh
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Board of Education
Naacpris
Bailey Services Slated Sunday for John Bailey
Funeral services for John Wallace Bailey 67 of Josephine are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Josephine Missionary Baptist Church with Rev Dewey Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Odd Cemetery. Bailey died at home Wednesday after a heart attack. He was a retired miner and merchant, a church member, born June 6 1889 in Moorehead Kentucky. Survivors include widow Vanda McKinney four daughters Hattie Plummer Richwood Mattie Hill Josephine Melva Bailey Portsmouth and Joe Hunter Princewick one sister Cora Cooper Williamsburg and 10 grandchildren. The body will be removed from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the residence of Mrs Mattie Hill Josephine Saturday afternoon.
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John Wallace Bailey
Josephine
Josephine Missionary Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Wallace
Moorehead
J. C
Mary Horne Bailey
Vanda McKinney
Hattie .Plummer
Richwood
Mattie Hill
Melva Bailey
Portsmouth
Joe Hunter
Princewick
Cora Cooper
Williamsburg
Rose and Quesenberry
Jospehine
Air Force Outscores Amy in Enlistment
Six men joined the Air Force and two enlisted in the Army at the local recruiting station on Monday. Luther C. Norris Jr and Marvin R. Tolley, both sons of local residents, were assigned to Fort Jackson Army Base. James Shaffer, Robert B. Patrick, Charles L. Burleson, Frederick T. Butler, Billy R. Justice, Kenneth W. Wade were sent to Lackland Air Force Base or relevant states, reflecting a shift toward air service.
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Army
Air Force
Fort Jackson Army Base
Luther C. Norris Jr
Luther Norris
Kimball
Marvin R. Tolley
Howard Tolley
Anawalt
Lackland Air Force Base
James ©. Shaffer
Clarence Shaffer
Sprague
Robert B. Patrick
West Virginians Get First Call On State Cabins
West Virginia residents will have first call January 15 to February 15 for state park and forest cabin rentals for the 1956 season. Outsiders may apply after February 15. Eleven deluxe winter cabins will open at Cacapon State Park by January 15, with standard cabins at Greenbrier and Cabwaylingo from late April to November. Rustic cabins at Kumbrabow and Seneca forests, and others at Watoga, Badcock, Holly River, Lost River, and Droop Mountain parks, will follow April late dates. New winterized cabins are under construction at Watoga, Lost River and Blackwater Falls, likely opening year-round after late spring completion, with Bluestone and Tygart parks also expanding.
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Kermit McKeever
West
Droop
Mountain
Watoga
Lost River
Blackwater Falls
Bluestone
Tygart
East Beckley Girl Secures Autograph From Governor
Meridel Lee Lowe of East Beckley earned a rare moment with Governor Marland on opening day of the West Virginia Legislature. The eighth grader paused the State of the State address by requesting an autographed picture for a school assignment. Meanwhile Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties reported health cases for the week ending Jan. 7, including mumps in Fayette and chickenpox, whooping cough, and tuberculosis in Wyoming.
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Meridel
Sylvia
Tri-County
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
West Virginia Department of Health
GM Increases Dealer Support For High School Driver Training
General Motors offers dealers 125 dollars for each new car rented to support participation in a high school driver training program. GM says this education effort is one of the most promising parts of the highway safety program today.
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Detroit
General Motors
Parking Lot Exit Closed Over Slippery Roads in Beckley
Beckley City Council ordered the closure of one exit from the Beckley Municipal Parking Lot on Mayor A K Minter's suggestion. Police Chief James Poole said the exit by the Beckley News Building will close when roads are slippery. The exit currently triggers the traffic light as cars leave, causing uphill traffic on Prince Street to stall and drivers to struggle to climb the grade.
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Beckley Municipal
A. K. Minter
Beckley Newspapers Corp
James Poole
Prince Street Hill
Jones Services Incomplete Funeral for Ermin W. Jones
Funerals plans are incomplete for Ermin W. Jones 55 of 206 James 5 St Beckley who died Wednesday night at a local hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born Meadow Creek March 3, 1900 he was a son of B F Jones and the late Mary Smith Jones. Survived by wife Della Bennett daughter Margaret son Cpl. Robert E. Jones with the U S Army in Germany seven brothers and two sisters. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Ermin W. Jones
James 5
Meadow Creek
B. F. Jones
Fast Beckley
Mary Smith Jones
Beckley Tire and Rubber C
Della Bennett
Margaret Jones
Cpl
Robert E. Jones
U.S. Army
Frankford
Germany
E. L
Oscar
Beckley
Ira
Cranberry
Jesse
Prosperity Judie
Brooklyn
Charlie
Baltimore
James
Austin
Texas
0. R. Taylor
J. Todd
Rosé and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Marines Enlist Five at Beckley Recruiting Station
Five men enlisted for three years in the Marines at the Beckley Marine Recruiting Station. They were sent to Parris Island for basic training. Enlistees include Gerald L Baxter, Davie D Layne, John E Barker, Harold L Terry, and Jessie A Hayes, sons of local residents.
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Beckley
Corps
Parris Island
N. C
Marines
Gerald L., Baxter
E. C. Baxter
Davie D. Layne
Frejon
L Layne
Mabscott
John E. Barker
West Virginia fire losses fall. counties post records
Mountain State miscellany reports 1955 fire loss in Huntington at 282502, lowest in years, Charleston fire loss 170464 with two deaths, Barbour County 1955 receipts 24506 a county record, Mercer Airport beacon lights activated New Year’s Eve, Wayne County appoints Lindsey Perdue street commissioner, Clarksburg Buckhannon report contrasting records as year ends.
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Huntington
John W. Gallagher
Charleston
Bluefield-Princeton
Mercer Counyy
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Buckhannon
Clarksburg 1955 Auto Crashes Reported by Police
In 1955 Clarksburg police reported three automobile accidents with injuries not fatal. In Buckhannon volunteers noted a record fire loss of 140 dollars. Morgantown council considers temporary police salary raise while a service fee study proceeds. Wheeling council protests Ohio River pollution blamed on phenol dumping. Also Wheeling delays on a 9060,000 wharf garage completion due to weather and steel delays. County races develop as McDonald and another candidate file for Democratic nomination.
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Clarksburg
Uot
Buckhannon
Morgantown
Sam Angold
Wheeling City Council
Ohio River
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
State Water Commission
Wheeling
Jones C. Boyd
Mabscott Lions Help Boy Get Eye Operation
Seven year old Bobby Noel, son of Mr and Mrs Robert R Noel of Glen Morgan, had poor eyesight that threatened school. The Mabscott Lions Club sight conservation committee sent him to Johns Hopkins for surgery and paid the bills. Now Bobby is back in school with improved vision and thanks the Mabscott Lions.
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Bobby Noel
Robert R. Noel
Glen Morgan
Bobby
Mabscott Lions Club
John Hopkins Hospital
Mabscott Lions
Ex Countians' Child Dies in Michigan
Funeral services were held Friday in Ypsilanti Michigan for Frankie Lee Stump infant son of Claude and Pauline E Stump formerly of MacArthur The child died at birth last Wednesday in Bever Memorial Hospital Yes in Survivors include maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Snowden Acord Eccles and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Swanson Stump Route 1 Beckley The parents reside at 29006 Van Born Road Ypsilanti
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Frankie Lee Stump
Claude
Pauline E. Stump
MacArthur
Beveremorial Hospital
Yes
Brown to Represent Lions at Convention
Ollie Brown was chosen by the Beckley Lions Club to serve as international chairman for the Lions International convention to be held in Miami Florida from June 27 to 30. Brown is District 23-W deputy governor of the Lions. Joe Rahall Beckley was the main speaker for the meeting and showed color films from the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. The Lions plan to skip the January 31 meeting to join a WVU Day event on February 2 in Beckley with Dr. Irvin Stewart as guest speaker. Ernest Dean announced chairs for the 24th annual style show for sight conservation to be held in March.
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Ollie Brown
Beckley Lions Club
Miami
Fla
Brown
The
Lions
Joe Rahall Beckley
Rahall
West Virginia University
Beckley
Irvin Stewart
Ernest Dean
Lions For Sight Conservation
Defect in Las Oven Triggers Fire Alarm
Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad responded to a home on Westwood Drive where a gas oven control stuck, causing a fire alarm. No injuries or damages were reported to the resident, Chamber of Ferce Mésnaie Director Charles R. Bowers, and fumes were cleared.
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Beckley Fire Department
Chamber of Ferce Mésnaie
Charles R. Bowers
Westwood Drive
Bower
Bowers
Petrol Firm Gifts to West Virginia Wesleyan Science Fund
Pierre DuPont II of E I DuPont de Nemours donates over 200 shares of Phillips Petroleum Co stock valued above 15000 to West Virginia Wesleyan College. The gift supports a new science laboratory fund as President Dr. William J. Scataborough leads a campaign with former Governor Okey Ly Patterson and J Roy Price. The college outlines a 3 2 year engineering plan with Pitt, Penn, and Bucknell universities amid growing engineering demand.
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Phillips Petroleum Co
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Pierre DuPont II
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Co
William J. Scataborough
Okey Ly Patterson
Mount Hope
J. Roy Price
Union Carbide and Carbon Co
New York
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pennsylvania
Bucknell University
Mrs Holmes Dies In City Hospital
Georgia Holmes of East Park died late Wednesday night in a local hospital. Her body was moved to Ritche and Johnson Funeral Home awaiting arrangement details.
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Georgia Holmes
East Park
Ritche and Johnson Funeral Home
Coal Production Rises in Winding Gulf District in 1960 Week
Production data show 21 mines in the Winding Gulf District produced 131.14 tons the week ending January 7, up seven percent from 1955. Operating time dropped to 64 percent, a ten percent fall from last year, while Pocahontas district output reached 26,510 tons.
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Winding Gulf
Pocahontas
Tomb opening probe on Marlowe Shakespeare link
LONDON The Church of England allows a tomb in Chislehurst Kent to be opened to seek evidence that Christopher Marlowe wrote Shakespeare's plays. Chancellor Lambert rules Maj John Marsham Townsend may open the 17th century tomb of Thomas Walsingham and others to test the theory.
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London
Church of England
Kent
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare
Chiselhurst
St. Nicholas
Percy Lamb
Marlowe
Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council
Walsingham
Hamlet
King Lear
Avon
Calvin Hoffman
New York
Thedooes
Chiselurst
Hollywood
Thomas Walsingham
Frank C. Baxter
Shakespeare
Baxter
University of Southern California
Marlowe Shakespeare
England
Ahn
Walsinghams
Scadbury
St. Nicholas Church
Chislehurst
John Marsham
Townsend
Cambridge University
Push-Button Warfare and Tax Relief Clash With Business
The piece argues rising defense spending and costly new weapons threaten business tax relief. It notes mergers of science and industry push prices higher, narrowing relief prospects as taxpayers face heavier bills. It warns that costly advances in atomic and guided missiles inflate costs, challenging the era of easy growth.
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Sam Dawson
New York
U.S. Treasury
Sam
Geneva
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Wayne County
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