Excise Tax Cut Bill Faces Swift House Vote
Washington lawmakers forecast rapid House approval for a Reed bill to cut excise taxes by about one billion dollars affecting movies admissions phone bills travel and goods. The measure faces Senate opposition over expanding income tax exemptions as a trade off.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
George
D-Ga
Halleck
Indiana
Helming
Reed
Channel 11 Television Application Reinstated
The Communications Commission reinstated Broadcast House Inc. application for a channel 11 TV station in East St. Louis Illinois after previously denying it due to a permit for a channel 36 station in the same area. Other applicants include St. Louis Telecast Inc. St. Louis Busement Co. Columbia Broadcasting System Inc. and 220 Television Inc. The reinstatement takes effect when the court vacates the stay order issued with its decision.
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Broadcast House, Inc
East St. Louis
Commission
Broadcast House
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
St. Louis Telecast, Inc
St. Louis Busement Co
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc
220 Television, Inc
Cold and fair weather across Southern Illinois
Fair and cold conditions prevail in Southern Illinois. Tonight will be chilly, with a low around 22. Friday brings increasing cloudiness and a touch warmer with a high near 38 and a low around 25 tomorrow night. Temperatures yesterday reached 37 with today’s noon reading, sunrise at 6 27, sunset at 5 55. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake show water levels 8 inches below spillway today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Jury clears 3 AFL leaders in racketeering case
In St Louis on March 4 AP reports a federal grand jury superseding indictment exonerated Peter Higgins Sr. and John L. Lawler and George E. Seaton from the original racketeering charges. The same panel re indicted five other AFL officials for extorting $28,000 from a construction firm tied to a crude oil pipeline near Moberly Missouri.
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St. Louis
AFL
Peter P. Higgins Sr
John L. Lawler
George E. Seaton
Moberly
Brean Greer Plea Expected Today
Brean Greer of Du Quoin a 55 year old former slot machine operator is due to present a plea for sentence reduction in Springfield. He was sentenced Jan 5 by Federal Judge Charles G Brigg le to three years in prison and a $10000 fine for evading 62500 in 1946 income taxes. Government lawyers dropped 1945 and 1947 charges but seek 250000 in criminal and civil taxes for the three years. About 30 people signed letters urging a lighter sentence with 13 statements included in the petition.
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Brean Greer
du Quoin
Springfield
Greer
Charles G. Briggle
Internal Revenue Bureau
March 22 Deadline Set for 1954 Auto Licenses
Springfield AP reports Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier fixed March 22 as the deadline to obtain 1954 automobile license plates.
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Springfield
Charles F. Carpentier
Berle crowns offender in New York restaurant melee
Milton Berle, at Lindy's with Red Skelton and others, ended a dispute by smashing a drunken bigot over the head with a waiter's water tray after the man hurled a racial slur and persisted despite autographs. The unidentified man left uninjured. no police complaints were filed.
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New York
Milton Berle
Berle
Red Skelton
Lindy’s
Jack Carter
Carter
Jurors Cross City Union Picket Line After Court Order
Union members summoned for jury duty faced a picket line of striking city employees at the Municipal Courts Building. Circuit Judge Robert J. Kirkwood warned fines for crossing, but indicated fines could be remitted if unions were informed. Prospective jurors crossed the line under court order.
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St. Louis
Municipal Courts
Robert J. Kirkwood
Rock Falls Man Convicted In Bank Thefts
James Kaehler, 22, of Rock Falls, was found guilty by a federal jury on one count of simple bank robbery for the Farmers State Bank of Sheffield case dated October 23, 1952. He was acquitted on two armed robbery counts and faces up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. a new trial motion will be heard Monday before Judge J. Leroy Adair.
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James Kaehler
Rock Falls
Kaehler
Kaehlers
J. Leroy Adair
Farmers State Bank of
Sheffield
Jonesboro
Ark
Farmers Income Dips as Nonfarm Rises in 1953
The Agriculture Department reports that the farm population averaged 882 per person last year, down from 1898 for nonfarm peers. Farm income fell about 8.8 percent overall with a 3 percent per capita drop, while nonfarm average rose to a record 1898. Farmers’ cash receipts were about 31 billion dollars, 4 percent below 1952, with total marketings up 4 percent despite prices about 8 percent lower.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Storm Moves Into Canada
A midwest blizzard battered parts of Ohio and New York then edges into Canada. Cleveland deaths rose to 16 over five days as three more people perished. Snow totals neared 16 inches in Cleveland with school closures and hazardous driving. In western New York Lake Erie flooding roads, power lines, and homes were affected as winds raged and Syracuse reported broken windows. An icy air mass extended south to Atlanta with frost.
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Ohio
New York
Lake Erie
Syracuse
Mid-Continent
Atlanta
Ike McCarthy Rift Seen Minor By GOP Chief Hall
Senate hearing on Army Communist allegations featured Pfc. Marvin S. Belsky refusing to answer if he believes he is involved. McCarthy pressed contempt action, McClellan questioned invoking Fifth Amendment, hearing recessed with decision pending.
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GOP
Hall
Sens McCarthy
R-Wis
Pfc
Marvin S. Belsky
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Belsky
United States
Eisenhower
Murphy General Hospital
Waltham
Mass
Subcommittee
Doctor May Resigns From Security Hospital Post in Chester
Dr. E Ralph May acting superintendent at the Security Hospital for Criminally Insane Chester resigns. Dr Otto Bettage says resignation received with no replacement plans announced. May, a physician since 1932, could retire after 20 years state service. he faces past political scrutiny in the 44th District.
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T the Security Hospital
Chester
Department of Public Welfare
Otto Bettage
Nay
Springfield
Bettage
Chicago
May
Kettay
Louis Emmerson
Bert Rednour
Adlai Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson Appointee As Acting Superintendent. Dr. May
Representa
Hearing Aid Hidden In A Spaniel’s Ear Restores Doorbell Response
In Chicago on March 4 AP reports Silkie Summers Winter a 12 year old spaniel regained hearing through a miniature hearing aid secretly placed under a floppy left ear. Owners Mr and Mrs Winter observed improved responsiveness after the device was installed at an animal hospital and by a hearing aid company manager.
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Chicago
Silkie Summers Winter
Leland Winter
Silkie
Bonn Plans Vote on Army Step to Rearm Germany
Bonn moves to push constitutional changes to permit West German rearma ment as part of a six nation European army. Chancellor Adenauer will urge the Bundesrat committee to back amendments approved Feb 26 by the Bundestag 334 to 144. Final ratification of the army treaty still required. compulsory service would apply to all men over 18.
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Konrad Adenauer
Foreign Affairs Committee
Bundesrat
Bundestag
West Germany
Capitol Employee Notes Wife's Interest in Shooting in House
Washington dispatch reports a Capitol employee told a friend he could not understand his wife’s sudden interest in the shooting in the House that day. He noted she had never shown political interest before.
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Washington
Mar
Capitol
Family Differences Said to Divide GOP Not A Unity Issue
Republican leaders sought to bridge gaps between President Eisenhower and Senator McCarthy amid public spats over investigative methods. Leonard Hall urged party unity while McCarthy defended his approach, stating he has no fight with Eisenhower. Eisenhower criticized disregard for fair play as tensions persisted.
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Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Hall
New York
National Republican Club
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Defense Wilson
Saltonstall
Rmass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Sen. Ferguson
Michigan
GOP
Ferguson
Ralph W. Zwicker
Irving Aoeveress
Zwicker
Army
Stevens
White House
Executive Branch
Deduction Rules Mention Hobby Expenses Not Deductible
The report notes that expenses for a hobby are not deductible. The Bureau clarified this stance in relation to a case involving a pet skunk on a man's shoulder. Mrs. Carolyn Adubato of Not-.
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Bureau
Carolyn Adubato
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