House Panel Backs Four Year Draft Extension For Now
The House Armed Services Committee approved 32 to 0 a bill to extend the military draft for four more years. It preserves the 18 through 26 active service plus reserve obligation while adding two changes to prevent multiple peacetime inductions for certain guardsmen and those with prior service.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
National Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard
Congress
John R. Blandford
Blandford
Pentagon
Defense Department
Vinson
D-Ga
Burr T. Harrison
D-Va
Tax Expert John Scott Stella Killed by Train in Ridgewood
Ridgewood New Jersey February 3 An Erie Railroad train struck and killed John Scott Stella a 41 year old tax expert and attorney who had been accused by the government hours earlier of failing to file income tax returns for 1951 53 Stella who served as an instructor in federal taxation at Columbia University's School of Finance faced charges before his death police said.
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Ridgewood
N. J
Erie
John Scott Stella
Stella
Columbia University
School of Finance
Continued Cold For Southern Illinois Weather Update
Partly cloudy and continued cold through Friday with snow late Friday afternoon or night. Tonight’s low 15 to 20, Friday high near 30, Friday night low in the low 20s. Yesterday’s low 30, today’s 7 am reading 33, noon 29. Crab Orchard Lake level with spillway today. Little Gressy Lake 1 inch below spillway today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Gressy Lake
Road Report Notes All Clear Across Illinois
The message indicates Southern Illinois shows all clear while Northern and Central Illinois also report no issues. No hazards, incidents, or closures are listed in the latest regional travel advisory.
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Southern
Illinois
Northern
Central
Princess Mdivani Critiques American Women
Princess Irene Mdivani of Georgia, ex head of Paris Schiaparelli, offers a blunt take on American women. She says they drink too much milk, fret over bust size, dress to please themselves not men, and worry about staying young, otherwise they are nice.
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Los Angeles
Irene Mdivani
What
The
Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia
Train Crashes Into House Injuring London Family
A New York Central freight derailment near London Ohio injured six in the Scurry family as a box car tore into their home at 4 am. The derailment was blamed on a broken bearing box on the 11th car of a 62 car train. Ralph Scurry and four children suffered minor injuries. Ralph spent time at University Hospital in Columbus before returning home. Gladys Scurry escaped through a wall hole to seek help.
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London
Ohio
Madison
Ralph Scurry
Gladys
Scurry
University Hospital
Columbus
Passengers Uninjured In Pennsy Wreck
Salem Ohio February 3 AP six cars five sleepers and a mail express of the Pennsylvania Railroad eastbound Gotham Limited derailed near Leetonia but remained upright and no injuries were reported. Cause under investigation and rerouting not needed. The train carried 111 passengers and continued to Pittsburgh after pickup by the Morning Steeler.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Gotham Limited
Leetonia
Ohio
PRR
Salem
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
January sales tax income sets record in Illinois
Illinois sales tax collections for January rose to a record $21,870,210, surpassing the prior high of $20,948,595 set in January 1953. Cigaret taxes totaled $2,349,445, liquor revenue reached $1,881,691, public utility taxes were $2,591,641, and motor fuel taxes, earmarked for roads, stood at $11,272,885.
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Illinois
State Revenue Department
County Must Accept Aid Ohio Unit Fought To Stay Free Of U. S. Funds
Harrison County Ohio faced a 5-2 ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court ordering acceptance of federal aid for totally and permanently disabled residents. The coal county with about 19 000 people had resisted federal funds, arguing local care sufficed, but the court held welfare rules and reporting authority over the county could not be questioned.
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Ohio
U. S
Columbus
Harrison County
Ohio Supreme Court
Harrison
Henry J. Robison
Robison
Welfare Department
Union Loses NLRB Rights Under Taft-Hartley ruling
The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers loses Taft-Hartley privileges after NLRB finds secretary treasurer Maurice E Travis signed false noncommunist affidavits. Union vows appeal to the Supreme Court and faces stripped powers in complaints, elections, and union shop agreements.
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International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Maurice E. Travis
Denver
Supreme Court
NLRB
Travis
Shell kills child in Rovigd Italy meadow blast
An AP report from Rovigd Italy says a wartime mortar shell found in a meadow exploded yesterday killing one child and seriously injuring four others. The blast occurred as locals retrieved the shell and raised concerns about unexploded ordnance in the area.
Estate of $300000 Left by Shipping Clerk Armin Schmidt
Armin H. Schmidt, a 54 year old shipping clerk earning $60 weekly, left an estate valued at over $300,000. A Probate Court inventory showed $60,251 in state value including 10,085 shares of stock at $1 each, some worth over $100. Schmidt retired last August and died November 21. Three fourths of the estate goes to his daughter with the remainder in trust for his widow.
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Armin H. Schmidt
Schmidt
Four Die In Fire At Joplin House
Four people died in an early morning fire that destroyed a small three room house in Joplin Missouri. Victims identified as Alma Moffett 45 James Gosnell 54 Johnny Kemp about 45 and Charlie Schoppe about 40. Owner Ed Johnson 54 escaped by breaking a window and was held for questioning. Neighbors said a party had been in progress.
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Joplin
Alma Moffett
James Gosnell
Johnny Kemp
Charlie Schoppe
Ed Johnson
Johnson
Chou Presses U N Cease Fire Debate Price
Carbondale family holds hope as Cpl Arlie Pate, POW since 1950, writes from Red China claiming contentment with workers and life in a paper mill. His mother cites government secrecy while awaiting repatriation and a hoped return home to the 62 acre farm.
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Cpl
Arlie Pate
Carbondale
Panmunjon
Korea
United States
Daniel Pate
Arlie
Red China
U. S
Pate
U. N
Pates
China
Chiang Awaits U S Position Over Tachens Crisis
Nationalist air forces and artillery bombarded Communist targets along a 350 mile front from Formosa to the East China Sea as Chiang Kai-shek weighs a possible pullout from the Tachens amid U S guarantees for Jaemoy and Matsu. Gen Earle E. Partridge, the top U S air commander in the Far East, visited Formosa and met with Nationalist forces.
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Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
East China Sea
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachen Islands
U. S
Jaemoy
Matsu
Yikiangshan
Fallen Island
Tachens
Earle E. Partridge
Far East
Tokyo
VA names Middleton new chief medical director
Dr. William S. Middleton, 65, dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, will assume the role of chief medical director of the Veterans Administration on March 1, succeeding Vice Admiral Joel T. Boone.
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Washington
William S. Middleton
University of Wisconsin Medical School
The
Veterans Administration
Joel T. Boone
Tax Deadline Confusion Nodded By Revenue Officials
Taxpayers wrongly expect March 15 deadline for income tax filings, while the 1954 law moved it to April 15 and has yet to trigger the anticipated help surge. Officials report steady business at filing points with most lines misinformed about the date.
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Washington
Revenue Service
Drew Pearson Cleared by Jury in Libel Suit
A federal jury cleared columnist Drew Pearson and ABC of libel and slander claims filed by Mrs. Mary Gariepy of Detroit. The $225000 suit alleged a Pearson broadcast on January 30, 1949, damaged her reputation by alleging the government would prosecute her estranged husband, Dr Bernard Gariepy, in an income tax case.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
American Broadcasting Co
Mary Gariepy
Detroit
Gariepy
Pearson
Bernard Gariepy
Voigts Quits As NU Coach
Northwestern University head football coach Bob Voigts resigned today after eight seasons. The Wildcats finished ninth in the Big Ten last year, with winless Illinois below them. Voigts, 31 at his appointment, led Northwestern to a 1949 Rose Bowl win over California and held a 33–39–1 record.
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Evanston
Bob Voigts
Northwestern University
Voigts
Northwestern
Illinois
Wildcats
California
Wildcat
Ted Payseur
Pica
Organization of Police Sought An AFL union push in Illinois
An AFL official said he aims to organize Illinois state police into a local of the state county and municipal employes union. Spring field business agent C Tiny Groeteke reported some state patrolmen have joined and paid dues. 11 is the charter minimum. He targets 500 uniformed and 50 nonuniformed members, with a meeting set with state officials and labor leaders. State Police Chief Phil M. Brown opposed union membership.
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Springfield
AFL
Illinois
Groeteke
Joseph Bibb
State Safety Department
T. P. Sullivan
Stratton
R. G. Schoerstrom
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Safety Department
Phil M. Brown
Brown
James Monroe
Collinsville
Easter Seal Child Billy Jennings Selected in 1955 Drive
Billy Jennings six year old from Trumbull Connecticut is named 1955 Easter Seal Child by the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. His photograph will appear on posters and billboards for the society’s fund drive starting March 10.
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Billy Jennings
Trumbull, Conn
National Society For Crippled Children and ‘Adults
Reds Demand Seat and Defendant Role for China in Security Council
London reports Communist China rejects UN invitation to attend Formosa talks unless Beijing gains Chiang Kai-shek's seat and the United States is cast as a defendant. Premier Chou En-lai hrefs a high price, backing Soviet resolutions accusing the U.S. of aggression in Formosa waters.
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China
United Nations
Security Council
Formosa
United States
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Dag Hammarskjold
New Zealand
Council
China Coast
New York
Chou
U. N
People’s Republic of
People’s Republic of China
Formosa Strait
Aunt Charged in Death of Burned Oklahoma City Boy
Oklahoma City February 3 AP five year old Lloyd George Staley Jr died after severe burns and beatings. His aunt Virginia Thompson 29 and her husband Lawrence 32 faced murder charges. Prosecutor Raymond Burger said the death, the most brutal case of his career, may bring the death penalty for Thompson. James Edward, age 3, was hospitalized and may require plastic surgery.
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Lloyd George Staley Jr
Stanley
Pauls Valley
Garvin County
Raymond Burger
Virginia Thompson
Lawrence
Burger
Lloyd
James Edward
Thompson
IP Worker Killed While Trimming Trees
An Illinois Power Co employee, 36 year old Elder, was killed February 3 when a tree limb weighing about one ton fell and crushed him during trimming of trees near a power line. Two other workers were present.
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Elder
Illinois Power Co
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