Governors Turn Cold Shoulder To Ike's Financial Suggestion
President Eisenhower faced a cool reception at the 49th Governors Conference as he urged a partnership to shift some programs back to state control and offered a potential federal tax cut. Republican governors voiced cautious support for a joint federal state task force. Democratic leaders criticized the idea as an overreach.
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Ike
Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Hisenhower
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Eisenhower Proposes Federal to State Function Handoff
President Eisenhower spoke at Williamsburg urging a Governors Conference study committee to study transferring some federal functions to states. He argued for a single program focus and stressed comparing state and federal tax costs while noting possible federal tax cuts to fund the shift.
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Wiliamsburg
Eisenhower
Governors’ Conference
Florida Extends Sales Tax On Vehicles And Goods
Florida introduces a new 1 percent motor vehicle tax starting Monday adding to a broadened 3 percent sales tax on clothing and various goods. Trade incentives apply a deduction for vehicle trades, while cigarette taxes rise to 3 percent per pack, and documentary stamp taxes on real estate rise to 20 cents per hundred. The law also doubles intangibles taxes and raises the industrial machinery cap to 1000 dollars, with stricter filing deadlines for intangible property.
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Tallahassee
Florida
Green
Greenhag
Former Polk Official Faces Trial Today
The state opened its case against Iris Caudill 30 who headed the office staff of former Sheriff Pat Gordon accused of forging deputy names on petty cash receipts in Bartow.
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Bartowp
Sheriff's Office
Iris Caudill
Pat Gordon
Constitutional Amendment Urged To Nullify Supreme Court
Loyd Wright of Eisenhower’s Government Security Commission urged amending the Constitution to overturn recent Supreme Court rulings on FBI files and subversives. Bills were filed in Congress to limit FBI data to defendants as Wright predicts lawmakers will push for a central security office and prompt action.
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Ruth Montgomery Washington
INS
Loyd Wright
Eisenhower
Commission On Government Security
Supreme Court
FBI
Los Angeles
Congress
Senate
House
American Bar Assa
Commission
Wright
Charged With Brutality by Jacksonville Marines
Eight Marine guards at Jacksonville Air Station brig face Navy court martials for mistreatment of prisoners. Cpl John E Mazanec Jr Cpl Ronald E Clark and Pvt Emil R Curay face special court martials for mistreating prisoners while Pvt Claude E Morgan faces a summary court martial for dereliction of duty. The probe followed a sailor’s father’s charges of ear drum perforation and lasting injuries.
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Jacksonville
INS
Jacksonville Air Station Brig
Navy
John E. Mazanec Jr
Bedford
Ohio
Ronald E. Clark
Liberty
Tex
Emil R. Curay
Drexel Hill
Pvt
Claude E. Morgan
Memphis Tenn
Charg
Richard Deyoung
Chicago
Vehicle Chief To Address FMHA Meet
Florida Motor Vehicle Commissioner Ina Thompson will speak at the Florida Mobile Home Assn quarterly meeting at the Lido Biltmore Hotel. The event runs July 8 and 9 with a governors meeting July 8 and a general session July 9 followed by a dinner. Members travel from Pensacola Jacksonville and Miami. State headquarters are at 32 S Palm Ave.
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Florida Motor Vehicle
Ina Thompson
Florida Mobile Home Assn
Lido Biltmore
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Miami
S. Palm Ave
North Florida sees bright meteor across the sky
North Florida residents reported a brilliant white green fireball flashing across the sky last night. Seen from Jacksonville to Daytona Beach, witnesses described a jet plane sized meteor at about 15 000 feet with a bright tail though no impact was reported. The weather bureau could not confirm height or area visibility.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Daytona Beach
J. L. Smith
Weather Bureau
Outer Space
Fasteeth Denture Powder Ad Aids Comfort and Odor
An advertisement touts FASTEETH a pleasant alkaline powder that keeps false teeth firm for easier eating and talking. It claims no gummy taste or texture and helps neutralize denture breath. Sold at drug counters.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Atty
Ervin
Polk
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Jacksonville Marine Guards
FMHA
North Florida
Elgin
FLGHT
Tampa
the Stars
America
Consumer Finance Company
Sarasota
HFC
YMENT
Sancaa
Lemon A
Big MI
Dad
Mercury
Montclair
WTVT
Lincoln-Mercury CO
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