Hodges Urges Personal Income Tax Cut Focus
Secretary Hodges said Kennedy favors retroactive tax cuts to Jan 1 1963 and argued most relief should target the personal income tax for quicker stimulus. He noted GNP around 560 billion and predicted continued gains in 1963, with corporate cuts also needed but slower to impact.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Kennedy
Hodges
New York Economic Club
Congress
Guiding Star Satellite Launch Lights Up West Coast Sky
A Scout rocket launched from Point Arguello California carried Transit 5A to orbit, creating a dramatic glow visible from San Francisco to Utah. The satellite aims to form a global navigation network for ships and Polaris submarines, enabling precise position fixes in varied weather.
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Point Arguello
Calif
San Francisco
San Diego
Utah
Transit 5A
Los Angeles
Point Arguebto
Polar
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Arson Suspected In Somerset Residential Fire
A fire Tuesday afternoon at 532 E. Main St in Somerset damaged a residence owned by Mrs Nora Pugh. The blaze started in a bedroom and bathroom and Fire Chief Newton B Picking said it was started by someone with arson suspected. Fire marshal Karl Metz Greensburg was called to investigate. Call logged at 3 10 p m and crews extinguished the fire with about 150 dollars in damage.
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Nora Pugh
E. Main St
Bloom Appointed As State Secretary
Harrisburg AP George Bloom resigned Tuesday as Republican State Chairman to become Gov William Scranton's Secretary of the Commonwealth. Scranton and Bloom endorsed Craig Truax as successor, while Henry D Harral was named highways secretary. A Jan 14 meeting of the 117 member Republican State Committee will approve the resignation and successor.
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Harrisburg
George Bloom
Scranton
Henry D. Harral
Penn Wynne
Montgomery County
Bloom
Republican State Committee
Washington County
Elec
Youngsters Invited to Cartoon Show Monday
The Christmas Eve cartoon matinee at the Governor Theatre, sponsored by the Somerset Jaycees, will be shown at 2 p.m. on Monday featuring 17 new and familiar cartoons. All children in the community may attend at no charge. Jaycees president Donald Meese notes the theater donates the building and projectionist services while the group covers film rental.
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Governor Theatre
Somerset Jaycees
Jaycees
Donald Meese
Meese
Mona Lisa Guarded by Secret Service for Exhibition
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci will receive protection by soldiers, Secret Service agents, and police as it arrives aboard the SS France. The painting from the Louvre will be escorted to the National Gallery of Art for an exhibit opening January 8, with police escort from Pier 88 through the Lincoln Tunnel and along en route to Washington.
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New York
Secret Service
Leonardo da Vinci
France
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Salinger
Louvre
Paris
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Pier 88
Lincoln Tunnel
Hudson River
O D Shipley Reports on Pa Drivers
Harrisburg AP traffic safety chief O D Shipley says 27 776 drivers were disqualified for physical or mental defects since the program began June 1 1960 covering 30 months to Nov 30 More than 1 3 million motorists were examined and 11 703 actually were tested while 16 073 did not comply for various disabilities The report notes 3955 cases of serious mental disorder 861 epilepsy and 777 alcoholism Also 135 000 drivers needed corrective lenses and 131 000 failed to respond to notices about testing
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Harrisburg
O. D. Shipley
Shipley
Lawrence to leave office with no regrets says governor
Harrisburg AP Gov. Lawrence plans to depart with no regrets and return to Pittsburgh and his insurance business while remaining active in politics. In a farewell news conference he praised roads education conservation safety and industrial development and wished Gov.-elect Scranton success for Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence
Pittsburgh
California
Quehanna
Pennsylvania
Defense Department
79Th Infantry Division
Maurice K
Goddard
Scranton
Red Cross appeals for aid after Johns Shaulis fire loss
The American Red Cross Home Service Somerset County chapter seeks donations for the John Shaulis family after a Jenners fire destroyed their home and belongings. The carpenter was laid off. his wife works at DeVilbiss in Somerset. The family stays with Norman Shaulis Sr. in Friedens. Clothing and furniture donations are requested with sizes listed. cash gifts go to Friedens RD 1 or Somerset 3355.
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American Red Cross Home Service
Somerset County
John Shaulis
Jenners
Shaulis
DeVilbiss Co
Somerset
Norman Shaulis
Friedens
R. D
Somerset 3355
Red Cross
Friedens, R. D. 1
Prisoner swap talks with Castro raise Christmas release hope
Negotiators led by James Donovan confer with Fidel Castro on exchanging food and medicine for 1,113 Bay of Pigs prisoners. Cuban relatives and officials express guarded optimism of a release by Christmas as aid shipments and a Red Cross effort line up for transport.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
James B. Donovan
New York
Miami
Fla
Donovan
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolph Abel
Berta Barreto
Alvaro Sanchez
Virginia Betancourt
Cuba
U.S
Castro
Kaiser Designs Labor Pact for Key Problems
Kaiser Steel Co announces a broad labor management pact to reward production, protect jobs from automation, curb strikes, and protect the employer’s finances. The plan, developed by AFL-CIO Steelworkers and University of Pennsylvania’s George W. Taylor after a three year study, is praised by officials as a breakthrough.
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Norman Walker
Associated Press
Washington
Kaiser Steel Co
Afl-Cio
George W. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Fontana
Calif
W. Willard Wirtz
Luther H
JFK and Macmillan push to end Skybolt dispute Congo fears
Kennedy and Macmillan meet in Nassau to align on Cold War strategy and to seek a resolution of the Skybolt missile dispute. Washington plans a U S military survey mission to the Congo to assess UN forces and potential Soviet moves amid Katanga unrest.
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Kennedy
Macmillan
Skybolt
Communist Bloc
Nassau
Bahamas
Harold Macmillan
Congo
U.S
Katanga
Leopoldville
Britain
Louis W. Trueman
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
United Nations
Washington
White House
Soviet Union
United States
U S Agrees to Bolster U N Congo Force
The United States will strengthen the U N Congo force with air transport equipment and other military gear after a Thant request. Adlai Stevenson said the move supports Thant as Congo tensions rise over Katanga secession and Cold War concerns.
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Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
United States
U Thant
U.N
Congo
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Thant
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Nassau
Kennedy
Macmillan
White House
Stevenson
Secre
Kennedy perfects art of communication in televised forums
Kennedy impresses allies and unsettles foes with a polished televised interview. The Republican National Committee considers a similar forum for equal time and names possible GOP contenders including Eisenhower Rockefeller Scranton Romney Dirksen Halleck Goldwater to counter the President before the 1964 race.
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Washington
Kennedy
Republican National Committee
Brown
GOP
White House
Federal Communications Commission
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
William W Scranton
Pennsylvania
George Romney
Michigan
Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Rep
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Idol
Dominican Church-Political Crisis Resolves
In Santo Domingo a church political clash over a claim that presidential frontrunner Juan Bosch is a Communist ends after a Jesuit retracts the charge. Bosch and PRD supporters prepare to resume campaigning as the government proceeds with Thursday elections and Bonnelly plans power handover in February.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Dominican Revolutionary Party
PRD
RPD
Laurice Garcia
Bosch
Viriato A. Fiallo
National Civic Union
Rafael Bonnelly
Rafael L. Trujillo
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Eric Jones
Park H. Martin
JFK
Florida
Tampa
New Providence
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Kaiser
Lee Kaiser
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
U.N. Congo
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