Senate Finance Committee Passes Major Eisenhower Tax Revision
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee approved most White House tax goals in a six week process. The package would cut about 1.4 billion dollars in year one, with favored provisions for corporations, stockholders, medical deductions, retirement income, and other exemptions while Democrats plan floor challenges on personal tax cuts.
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Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
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Delaware
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D-Ga
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Second Bus Strike Meeting Set Today
In Wichita Kansas officials of Continental Trailways central lines division and union representatives planned a second meeting amid a five day strike involving 700 drivers on 13 000 miles of inter city routes across 12 states.
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Wichita
Kan
Continental Trailways Central Lines Division
Brotherhood of Railroad
Weather summary for Southern Illinois with warm, cloudy conditions
Cloudy and warm conditions continue in Southern Illinois. Tonight and Friday remain warm with lows near 70 and highs in the mid 90s. Reports show 0.60 inch of precipitation from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today, and lake levels near spillway as of today.
Florida murder plot uncovered in Daytona law case
Investigators traced a Pensacola man as the go-between in a plot to murder three wealthy individuals for profit in Florida. Sheriff Gordon staged a fake abduction, arrested Emmett Donnelly and Willard Durden, and identified Manuel Reeves as the named killer while Donnelly’s death followed bond. Warrants list Mrs. Byrd Roach, 51. Mrs. Klara Gerlach, 81. Mrs. Louise Hawley, about 50, as intended victims. Donnelly handled their legal and financial affairs.
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Bartow
Fla
Florida
Pensacola
Clifton Kelly
Pat Gordon
Byrd Roach
Lake Wales
Gordon
Emmett Donnelly
Willard Durden
Orlando
Manuel Reeves
Donnelly
Durden
Kelly
Reeves
Hamp Gandy
Escambia County Sheriff's Office
Roach
Kk. H. Gerlach
Louise Clark Hawley
Brother Sister Transfusions Shield Ciccone Graduation
John and Theresa Ciccone from Philadelphia received blood transfusions to prepare for their high school graduation next week. John at 20 has 451 transfusions and Theresa at 19 has 401. They live with Mediterranean anemia, a disease that impairs red blood cell production and is managed solely through transfusions.
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John
Theresa Ciccone
Ciccones
Ike Favors Tariff Cuts
President Eisenhower defended his foreign trade program amid questions he is retreating from tariff cuts. He asked for a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act, not a three year plan, and Democrats urged no surrender. The House Ways and Means Committee backed the one year extension unanimously and action may follow in the Senate next week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Hagen Cleared in Fresno Dismissal of Drunk Charge
Fresno June 10 Congressman Harlan Hagen of California returned to Washington after Fresno Municipal Court dismissed the drunk charge on congressional immunity. A related drunk driving count stands against Hagen's executive secretary George C. Baker. Hagen thanked voters for his primary victory and called the dismissal a vindication of his protest.
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Fresno
Calif
Harlan Hagen
Hagen
Baker
Kern County
French Quit Delta Outpost Near Hanoi
The French high command announced the abandonment of Haiven, a village outpost in the Hungyen sector 30 miles southeast of Hanoi. A garrison of about 160 men retreated after repelling two Vietminh attacks, as Paris seeks to lure isolated units and reinforce defenses ahead of possible offensives by rebel divisions in the Red River delta.
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Red River Delta
Haiven
Hungyen
Hanoi
Red River
Eisenhower says Indochina aid possible but no war action
President Eisenhower told a news conference that the French Union forces in Indochina are in possibly better defensive shape but should not expect American war involvement. He urged maintaining mobile reserves and continuing global anti communist effort with economic, intellectual and spiritual means.
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Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
United States
Red River Delta
Roosevelt Case Halts Amid Domestic Dispute Settlement Hopes
Pasadena Calif June 10 The domestic dispute between James Roosevelt and his wife Romelle is paused raising the possibility of an amicable settlement An answer and a deposition were due but were put off calendar Mrs Roosevelt sued for separate maintenance January 29 seeking 4500 monthly in temporary support Roosevelt counter sued for divorce The court granted 1625 monthly Demurrers answers to demurrers and settlement offers have complicated the case
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Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Romelle
Roosevelt
Adams Named Threat Maker In Testimony
Senator McCarthy testified that Army counselor John G. Adams tried to blackmail him to drop the inquiry, threatening exposure about Roy Cohn if a report was not dropped. He said Adams offered information on the Navy and pressed to limit investigations of the Army and subcommittee members.
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Army
John G. Adams
Army Loyalty Board
Adams
Washington
Roy M. Cohn
McCarthy Subcommittee
Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Schine
Carr
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Hundh
Stevens
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
Subcommittee
Staf
Secretary of the Army
Jenkins
Senet Ck Adams
Questoning Army Loyalty Board
Army War Colleges
Staite Convention Opens As Spanish War Veterans Meet
Illinois department of the United Spanish War Veterans opened its annual meeting with 51 members answering the call, far short of the expected 300. State commander Jesse B. De Lanter, 82, of Cairo, noted most members exceed 70 and estimated 2,200 members remain, losing about 10 percent yearly.
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Illinois Department, United Spanish War Veterans
Jesse B. de Lanter
Cairo
Islanders Urge UN to Halt Atomic Tests in Marshall Islands
Dwight Heine mails a protest from the Marshall Islands to the United Nations urging an immediate stop to all lethal weapon tests in the area. Heine and other representatives describe displacement, contamination fears, and the need for compensation for Bikini and Eniwetok residents under U.S. trusteeship.
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Coral Islands
United Nations
Marshall Islands
U. S
United States
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Eniwetok
Rongelap Atoll
Rongelap
Utirik
Heine
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Rongelep
Welch Weeps As McCarthy Inquiry Tightens Grip
Joseph N Welch 64, Army special counsel, breaks down outside the hearing after denouncing Senator McCarthy. The Boston lawyer had pressed Roy Cohn before McCarthy interrupted, while Fisher faced scrutiny over Guild ties. Welch notes Fisher left the case to avoid dragging the matter into the hearings.
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Joseph N. Welch
Special Counse F
Army
Army-McCarthy
Boston
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Frederick G. Fisher
Welch
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Indicted Labor Leaders Seek Change of Venue
O B Soucie of Terre Haute Indiana and Orville Rhodes of Danville Illinois labor leaders indicted on labor racketeering charges filed motions Wednesday for a change of venue They also asked that evidence presented to the East St Louis federal grand jury be disclosed and that the venue be moved to Danville citing extensive East St Louis publicity hindering a fair trial
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O. B. Soucie
Terre Haute
Ind
Orville Rhodes
Danville
Ill
International Union of Operating Engineers
Federal Grand Jury
Sweden bans arms exports to Guatemala
Stockholm reports Sweden has banned arms exports to Guatemala amid rising tensions with the Communist influenced government. No further details were provided.
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Sweden
Guatemala
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