Tax Structure May Be Due For Revision
President Eisenhower's State of the Union calls for a tax review to fit a growth oriented policy. Key ideas include keeping taxes stiff yet pro growth, eliminating the excess profits tax, lowering top brackets, and funding defense while seeking new revenue through sales or higher corporate taxes. Dan Smith of Harvard Business School leads the treasury analysis team drafting policy recommendations.
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State of the Union
Eisenhower
Congress
Martin
R-Mass
House
Dan Smith
Harvard Business School
Treasury
Guard Strike Averted at Nevada Proving Grounds
Las Vegas reports the threatened walkout by civilian security guards at the Nevada Proving Grounds ended after one guard who had been dismissed was reinstated. Preparations for the March atomic test series continue at the facility.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Proving Grounds
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois Tuesday Into Wednesday
Rain is expected in southern Illinois with light rain early tonight and mostly cloudy, mild conditions Wednesday. Low tonight 35 to 40, high Wednesday 50 to 55. Recent temps show a 59 degree high yesterday and a 27 low overnight. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake lie well below their spillway levels.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Southern Illinois Press edition details and street address
Fragmentary OCR notes describe the MVatly U reeu press edition published on set days except Sundays and holidays by Southern Illinois Note Publications Inc. at 22 West Main Street Carbondale Illinois.
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Bouthery
Robbers Story Unfolds At Rodgers Theater Heist
A 24-year-old Murphysboro man Robert Brewer, an ex convict, confessed to robbing the Rodgers Theater in Carbondale on Jan 28 taking about 127 dollars. Brewer surrendered after a gun battle with Sheriff Roy Carter and police, and implicated an accomplice from Menard Prison in arranging the trip to Murphysboro for the hold up.
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Robert Brewer
Murphysboro
Carbondale Rodgers Theater
Jackson County
Roy Carter
Rodgers Theater
Carbond?s
Ian
Brewer
Robert Wright
Ed Hagler
Elza Brantley
District 13
A du Quoin
John Gilbert
Rodgers
St. Louis
California
Rodgers’ Theater
C. Red Doty
N. 15Th St
Frontier
Carter
Menard Division
Illinois
Orvil VeVerka
Madison County
VeVerka
Menard
Carter Brewer
Brewer Aprendy
Murphys
Truck Holiday Protest Against License Fee Dropped
Illinois Federation of Trucking Associations members in Springfield dropped a plan for a trucking holiday to protest license fee increases. Dean Stanford, named to lead the move at Charleston, did not speak as leaders said the measure could anger the public and jeopardize efforts to modify the fee hike. The group adopted a resolution affirming the duty to provide adequate highway transportation.
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Springfield
Illinois Federation of Trucking Associations
Charleston
Dean Stanford
Stanford
Ers
Illinois Trustees Shift 1 250 000 From State Funds
University of Illinois trustees approve moving 1.25 million dollars from state taxes to anticipated university income in hopes of a favorable change to the Korean GI Bill by Congress. The move leaves the total budget at 89 million, and could add 250 thousand more from enrollment gains. Illinois lawmakers are urged to back federal law changes.
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University of Illinois
Congress
William G. Stratton
Chicago
George D. Stoddard
U. of I
Illinois
Budgetary Commission
Blood too late in Kentucky blood transfusion story
Mrs Clarice Dunn Hurley of Springfield Illinois died after a highway crash while a car carrying type O negative blood approached Princeton Kentucky to aid her. The blood supply had run out and a fresh shipment was en route from Evansville Indiana as state troopers tried to hurry it in.
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Clarice Dunn Hurley
Springfield
Ill
Princeton Stal
Evansville
Ind
Cheaper By The Dozen Manville To Wed Again
New York reports Tommy Manville age 58, heir to asbestos wealth, will apply for a license to marry Lillian Bishop age 29 of Union City New Jersey. This would be the bride’s second marriage and Manville’s 12th.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Lillian Bishop
Union City
N. J
Manville
Eisenhower to Leave Thursday for Georgia for Golf
President Eisenhower will depart Thursday afternoon for a long weekend of golf at Augusta. The White House announced he will return to Washington Sunday and stay at Augusta National Golf Club where he spent time after his election. He will fly down for the weekend.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Augusta
White House
Augusta National Golf Club
McKay Urges Giving States Coastal Lands
Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay urged Congress to enact prompt legislation granting states clear title to submerged coastal lands. He stressed development of continental shelf areas while directing revenues to the nation, noting offshore boundaries and the strategic value of increased oil production. The issue echoed the 1952 campaign debates over federal versus state rights.
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Secretary of the Interior
Douglas McKay
Congress
Eisenhower
McKay
Senate Interior Committee
Texas
Gulf Coast
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Atlantic
Truman
Allied Raiders Break Through Reds On Korean Front
Allied tank and infantry raiders fought off a Chinese and Communist force on the Western Front near Panmunjom, breaking through to UN lines after five hours of fierce fighting. The U S Eighth Army said about 60 Communists were killed and 40 wounded, with 40 to 60 more attackers at another outpost near The Hook.
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Seoul
U.N
U. S
Eighth Army
Students Rout Red Dean Dr Johnson Flees Canadian Meeting
Students in London Ontario drowned out Dr Hewlett Johnson with cowbells and paper bag explosions at a meeting by the Society of Friendship Committee. The controversial Canterbury Dean fled through a back door as 600 packed the Masonic Temple. He later planned to speak in Toronto tonight.
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Hewlett Johnson
Britain
Canterbury
London
Ont
Johnson
Canada
Society of Friendshi Committee
Masonic Temple
University of Western Ontario
Iim
Toronto
Red Weapon film accused of spreading communism in New Mexico
Rep. Jackson charges a motion picture is being produced under communist auspices in Silver City New Mexico financed by the United Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union and produced by Prokanaien Corp. He says the film aims to inflame racial hatreds and portray the United States as the enemy and would harm free peoples worldwide if shown.
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Washington
Jackson
Calif
Silver City
N. M
Russia
House Un-American Activities Committee
House Oer
Iecbi Puindant Prokaaien Corp
United Mine, Mill and Smeleter Workers Union
CIO
Commune
United States of America
America
Asia
India
United States
Marriage Ends in Blood Jealous Husband Kills Wife
New York report says a 73-year-old man fatally stabbed his 68-year-old wife after 49 years of marriage. Abraham Sperber was accused of killing Sarah with an ice pick in their apartment and left a note blaming her alleged unfaithfulness. Assistant DA David Getzoff said he found no reason for the jealousy.
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New York
Abraham Sperber
Sarah
David Getzoff
Sperber
Voice of America chief suspended amid materials from Communist writers
The State Department suspended Alfred H. Morton, head of the Voice of America, for defying an order banning use of materials from Communist and fellow traveler writers. Morton allegedly sent a memo disagreeing with the ban while the issue followed investigations on VOA quotation practices and funding for a ship project. The White House asked Johnson to study the information program and potentially head it on a permanent basis.
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Washington
State Department
Voice of America Broadcasting Division
Carl McCardle
Morton
Senate
Robert L. John
White House
Eisenhower
Dulles
Johnson
Voice of America
Tate
Wilson Compton
Wok
ITA
General Clark Denounces Reds Over GI Confessions
General Mark Clark accused Communist propagandists of false charges of U N germ warfare and extorting confessions from captured American servicemen. He blamed Peiping radio for reviving the allegations to deflect Red failures as new epidemics loom in war wrecked Korea.
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Clark
Red
Fantastic
Tokyo
Mark Clark
U.N
Far East
North Korea
Red Pas
Peipin Adio
Frank H. Schwable
Arlington
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Peiping
United Nations Command
Ofeo
Propegan
Angele
Ites
Korea
Tufts Dean Dies After Illness in Medford
The Rev. John M. Ratcliffe, 60, dean of the Tufts School of Religion, died at his Medford home after illness. Private services are set for Thursday. Ratcliffe led Tufts religious studies and community outreach.
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Tufts
Medford
Mass
John M. Rat
Tufts School
Stevenson Receives Decalogue Award in Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson was presented with the annual award of merit by the Decalogue Society of Lawyers in Chicago Monday night.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
The
Decalogue Society of Lawyers
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