President Kennedy tax message mixes relief and loopholes
Dick West notes Kennedy's proposals include some equitable relief but lacks broad relief. Becker's bill for work travel deductions is praised with possible limits. West jokes about extending cuts to newsmen and WD names, and suggests other quirky deductions such as hair loss, home entertainment, and a broadcasting folk song tax.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Frank J. Becker
R-N.y
Becker
Cost Of Living Drops Sharply In December
The cost of living fell by two tenths of 1 percent in December, the sharpest monthly decline in four years, driven by lower food prices. Forecasters warn cold weather could push food costs up in January, with overall inflation returning to the November level.
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Washington
UPI
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department
Myers
No Work No Pay Rule Touched by House Members
Rep. Paul C. Jones cites an old law docking pay for absence as about 120 of 435 House members attended a Thursday session. If enforced, roughly $19,000 could be docked from pay that day. In Hartford, House Speaker J Tyler Patterson backs a study commission to review existing studies. In Cadillac Michigan officials report no marriage licenses issued since year start due to cold weather.
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Washington
UPI
Paul C. Jones
D-Mo
House
Jones
Hartford
Conn
J. Tyler Patterson
Legislative Study Commission
Cadillac, Mich
Welfare Department probe sent to Judiciary Committee
State Senate moved a resolution calling for an investigation of the Welfare Department to the Judiciary Committee despite sponsor Jack Miller urging full Senate action. Majority Leader Moreland said the panel should be allowed to subpoena records and compel oath testimony, which the resolution as written did not authorize. The Friday sessions adjourned at 2 p.m. with routine votes and two local bills advanced.
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Charleston
UPI
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
State Welfare Department
Jack Miller
R-Wood
Senate
William A. Moreland
House
Miller
Welfare Department
Moreland
Century cold wave eases with lingering closures and deaths
United Press International reports a easing of a severe cold wave that still closed schools and industries and blocked highways. The death toll from the polar air siege surpassed 160 as snowstorms hit western New York and Watertown. Subzero temps extended from the Rockies to New England and into the South. Record lows were set in Havre and Lone Rock, with Philadelphia and Nashville also registering extreme readings. Indiana led weather fatalities with 31 casualties.
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United Press International
Polar Air
New York State
Watertown
Rockies
New England
Southland
Havre
Mont
Lone Rock
Wis
Minneapolis
Minn
Philadelphia
Nashville
Tenn
Atlanta
Florida
Indiana
Bitter start as West Virginia endures subzero temps
Readings across the state plunged to minus 20 at Flat Top and minus 19 at Wheeling with many stations reporting one to six degrees below zero. Roads remained icy. chains advised and travel discouraged. Several counties closed schools and some pupils stayed home while temperatures were forecast to rise to around 20 before dipping again tonight.
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United Press International
West
Kanawha
Clay
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Morgantown
Elkins
Huntington
Charleston
Martinsburg
Break In Europe's Severe Winter Seen
Weathermen report signs of a break in Europe’s bitter cold and storms that killed dozens across the continent. Scandinavia and Belgium saw above freezing temperatures as Britain anticipated a thaw easing one of its worst winters in 300 years. A 111 mile per hour hurricane lashed southern Spain while Tunisia logged its first snowfall in six years and 230 Italian villages were cut off by snow.
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London
UPI
Europe
Scandinavia
Belgium
Britain
Spain
Tunisia
West Virginia Weather Outlook Signals Warmer Weekend
An East region forecast notes not quite so cold conditions with sunny spells and rising temperatures reaching 18 to 25 today. Tonight will see increasing clouds with lows from zero to 15 by area. Saturday looks mostly cloudy and warmer with minor river gauge updates at Hinton and Greenbrier River staying normal and clear.
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Beckley
$66,655 Grant Approved Culinary Course To Resume Here
A $66,655 grant under the Manpower Development and Training Act will let Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center restart its culinary arts program for 20 trainees. The statewide $219,960 total funds seven projects including nursing, electronics, and farm-hand training. The Vo-Tech course runs 28 hours weekly for 48 weeks with equipment from the Southern Region Restaurant Association.
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Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Raleigh County Board of Eduation
Charleston
S. D. McMillen
Clement R. Bassett
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Serene
Vo-Tech
Coopera
Southern Region Restaurant Association
William B. Connolley
Connolley
Restaurant Association
James D. Robinson
Robinson
B52 Down In Maine Woods
A UPI report says a Strategic Air Command B52 carrying eight to nine aboard went down near Elephant Mountain in central Maine. Rescue teams searched the rugged snowbound area as temperatures fell to 20 below zero, with paratroopers en route from Goose Bay to aid survivors.
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Brownville Junction
Maine
UPI
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Elephant Mountain
Here
Andrew Stinson
Bangor
Goose Bay
Labrador
Westover Air Force Base
Chicopee
Mass
Westover
Cooper Prepares for Longer U S Orbital Flight April 2
Amer ica eyes a one day long orbital mission for astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr scheduled for April 2 at Cape Canaveral. The plan aims for 22 orbits around the world possibly lasting 25 to 34 hours, with sleep breaks built into the flight. Copter aboard a bell shaped capsule atop an Atlas booster, using a Pacific landing near Midway Island, following recent Soviet dual orbit records.
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UPS
America
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Air Force
U. S
Cooper
Mercury
John H. Glenn Jr
M. Scott Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Atlas
Pacific Ocean
Midway Island
Schirra
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Breaks Appear On Three Fronts Strike Picture Brightening
Labor unrest across the Gulf Coast waterfront, Cleveland newspapers and Philadelphia transit signals improving talks as government weighs a court pause on a Boeing machinists strike involving 40,000 workers. Longshoremen and other unions push to settle amid wage gains and rain clauses.
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United Press International
Gulf Coast Waterfront
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Boeing
New York
Marquette
Mich
St. Louis
Wisconsin Electric
Fire devastates center of Bowlesburg. 30 homeless
A major fire in Bowlesburg Preston County destroyed a two story brick building housing a furniture shop and apartments. Firemen from six communities fought the blaze from midnight to about 7 a.m. with damage tentatively set at $100,000 leaving about 30 people homeless.
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Bowlesburg
UPI
Preston County
Ohio County braces as weather hinders Mari Marsh remains recovery
Wheeling Ohio County authorities expect three to four days before weather allows recovery of Mrs. Vivian Marsh 62 wife of a former Wheeling Steel Co. executive. Firefighters could not reach her body as bitter cold and snow drifts froze hose water, keeping the fire from being controlled in the rural Wheeling home.
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Wheeling
UPI
Ohio
Vivian Marsh
Wheeling Steel Co
UPI Cuts Rates for NYC Subscribers Amid Strike
United Press International notified New York City publishers this week that it was reducing service rates for subscribers affected by the ongoing newspaper strike.
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New York
UPI
United Press International
New York City
Kennedy presses De Gaulle on NATO unity amid French nuclear dispute
President Kennedy used a news conference to urge Charles de Gaulle to join a multilateral NATO nuclear deterrent, warning that French pursuit of an independent force could fragment the alliance and weaken anti communism efforts. He named Livingston Merchant to lead diplomatic efforts for a multilateral force.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic
Aus
De Gaulle Links Polaris to UK Common Market Stand
Paris reports President De Gaulle ties Britain’s Nassau Polaris missile deal to its troubled bid for entry into the European Common Market. He accuses Macmillan of surrendering nuclear control to the United States and says France would not accept such a NATO arrangement.
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Paris
UPD
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
America
Kennedy
Europe
Britain
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
France
National Assembly
Macmillan
Congress Reconsiders Reforms in Kennedy Tax Plan
Washington lawmakers clash with President Kennedy over a 13.6 billion tax cut and reforms. House whip Hale Boggs says reforms unlikely this session while Kennedy urges passage of both cuts and revenue measures to recoup 3.4 billion by trimming unwarranted tax privileges.
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Washington
Boggs
Kennedy
Congress
Dismay in West Virginia Firekills Child and Burns Parents
In a rural home near Middlebourne, David Snider, 2, died as his mother suffered critical burns. Father Henry Snider and a brother, Henry Jr., were hospitalized with burns, following the deadly fire.
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Sistersville
David Snider
Middlebourne
Henry Snider
Henry Jr
Proposals Seen As Blow To Churches Colleges
Kennedy tax plan would require a 5 percent floor on itemized deductions for gifts to churches colleges hospitals and charities. Private philanthropy leaders fear middle income donors will give less, hurting fund raising and public support for religious and educational causes.
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Washington
UPL
Kennedy
Congress
T. K. Thompson
Department of Stewardship and
National Council of Churches
New York
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