U S Slashes Tax Benefits For Industry
Washington reports the government will end rapid write-off tax benefits tonight affecting railroads airlines and electric utilities. ODM will no longer approve five year write offs for most new equipment, shrinking the defense production aid and trimming eligible industries from 73 to a core list.
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Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
ODM
Eisenhower Upset by Khrushchev Over Geneva Ties
President Eisenhower faces intensified Soviet criticism after Khrushchev accused him of violating the spirit of Geneva and meddling in Eastern Europe. White House aides say peaceful liberation of satellite nations remains a top U S policy goal, with the State of the Union message nearing completion.
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Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Geneva
Europe
Russia
United State
White House
Congress
Honorable mention entries from 1935 truth judging show
A collection of humorous falsehoods from 1935 with three honorable mention awards. Entries include Vernon Charnetski of Saskatchewan, Conrad A. Johnson of Portland, and Mrs. C. N. Pennington of California recounting tall tales from their regions and lives.
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Vernon Charnetski
Saskatchewan
Conrad A. Johnson
Couch St
Portland
Ore
Kentucky
Johnson
Texas
California
C. N. Pennington
Box 403
Sharp Park
Calif
Blaze Destroys Grey Nuns Mother House in Nicolet
A seven hour fire in Nicolet Quebec destroyed the five story Mother House of the Grey Nuns. Police estimate damage at $800,000 and say the blaze started in the basement under an elevator. Chief Edouard Beaulac expects arrests for questioning in connection with the fire.
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Nicolet
Que
Grey Nuns
St. Lawrence River
Edouard Beaulac
Man Held On Assault Robbery In Aunt Beating
Philip F. Ryan 25 of Mechanicville was jailed on assault and robbery charges after he admitted beating his 69-year-old aunt Irene Costello in a flat above her grocery and stealing $232. Troopers recovered $225. Costello in fair condition at Leonard Hospital Troy with a broken shoulder ribs possible skull fracture and multiple bruises.
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Waterforc Em
Philip F. Ryan
Mechanicville
Irene Costello
Train Fun Costs Two Fingers For Boys In France
In Bordeaux two youths Bernard Lordoch aged 31 and Jacques De rive aged 14 from Lormont decided to lie between tracks as a Paris Express passed. Jacques withdrew a hand too late and lost two fingers.
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Bordeaux
France
Bernard Lordoch
Jacques Derive
Lormont
Paris Express
Jacques
California Flood Relief Gets Initial Eisenhower Funding
President Eisenhower released an initial $1,000,000 from the disaster fund for California flood relief. Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson recommended the amount as a starter toward supplementing local and state relief operations.
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Key West
Ins
Eisenhower
California
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Khrushchev Attacks U S in Diplomatic Clash
Khrushchev accused Eisenhower of crude interference in Soviet affairs and Krushchev blamed the president for meddling. Eisenhower replied the U S will pursue peaceful liberation behind the Iron Curtain until success. Senator Sparkman said Moscow bounces between hot and cold and warned summit prospects hinge on sincerity.
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Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Krushchevy
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
U. S
Key West
James C. Hagerty
John Sparkman
f.Ala
Senate Foreign Relations
Sparkman
Dulles Joins Only In Hope for Peace
Secretary of State Dulles said he could join Soviet Premier Bulganin in hoping for peace in the new year. He declined comment on Bulganin's note about atomic war Possibility but said he could agree with the wish for peace. Dulles heads to New York for a weekend and an off the record UN affairs talk.
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Washington
Dulles
Bulganin
New York
United Nations
Churchill accuses Soviet leaders of Middle East arms race
Sir Winston Churchill, speaking as Primrose League head, condemns Soviet plans to provoke an arms race in the Middle East. He warns the creed of communism oppresses individuals and foreign domination will never rival Western freedom. He delivers a New Year message urging resolve in 1956.
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London
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
Middle East
Primrose League
Churchill
Ex-Mayors Ricks saga unfolds around Ontario murder case
Police questioned ex mayor’s associate and charged Mrs. Ricks with murder after Knapp’s body lay in a Westport cabin. Autopsy found a bullet wound. details of the 4:30 a.m. events remain undisclosed. Ricks and family ties link through Kingston, Syracuse and Brewerton connections.
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Ricks
Adair
Monk
Newboro
Byrnes
Knapp
W. D. Hay
Kingston
Rideau Lakes
Ontario
Harald Bresee
Brewerton Rd
Brewerton
Legless Vet Faces Loyalty Case Ahead of VA Decision
James Kutcher, a legless World War II veteran from Newark New Jersey, faces a VA loyalty case that could suspend his $329 monthly disability payment. A three member committee heard long arguments with attorney Joseph Rauh accusing the VA of star chamber practices and denying due process.
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Patricia Wiggins Washington
Veterans Administration Committee
James Kutcher
Newark
Kutcher
Socialist Workers Party
Peyton ST. Moss
Joseph Rauh
Moss
Rauh
Star Chamber
Newark Veterans Administration Office
Lester
United States
North Korea
Red China
Farm Units Urge New Legislation in New York State
The New York State Conference Board of Farm Organizations presented its 1956 legislative program to Gov. Harriman. Comprising eight major agricultural groups the board urged a right to work law banning union shops and a federal state milk market covering metropolitan New York and northern New Jersey.
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Albany. U
New York
Deportation Order Cited For Chinese
The Immigration Service seeks Liu Yung-ming a Chinese former University of Missouri student held as a schizophrenic in Farmington Missouri mental hospital. A 1951 deportation order stands but Britain will not permit passage via Hong Kong, hindering removal. Liu, 36, is allowed hospital grounds access and his father has praised care.
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Wasitington
Immigration Service
Missouri
Hongang
Liu Yung-ming
United States
Liu
University of Missouri
Farmington
Hector
Quints Reunite Amid Family Tension Over Father Health
The Dionne quints and family say harmony has returned after a reconciliation. A family friend notes concern over father’s health and attempts by outsiders to influence the sisters. Each girl holds about 250000 in trust funds, and protection remains strong as they return to Montreal.
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Montreal
Dionne
Snow and Poor Roads Across Cayuga County and Upstate New York
Snow totals vary with Auburn reporting 21 inches while northern Cayuga County is hit harder. Fifteen plows operate in Cayuga County as Alder Creek and Rome see lighter accumulations. Thruway travel requires caution with blowing snow and reduced speeds as state troopers warn of miserable visibility. Public Works in Syracuse limits crews to emergencies as winds gust up to 30 mph. Cold conditions persist with ongoing snow flurries expected tonight and tomorrow.
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Pulaski
Auburn
Cayuga County
Alder Creek
Boonville
Rome
New York State Thruway
Thruway
Syracuse
Troop D
Oneida
Onondaga County
Fee
Charles FL. Stanton
U.os
Byrd Chooses Kainan Bay as Base Camp for Deepfreeze
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd selects Kainan Bay 30 miles east of Little America as the base for Operation Deepfreeze for three years. Trail parties mark the site 6 to 7 miles inland while Sea bees build a Bailey bridge over a 30 foot crevasse to start cargo hauling. 7,000 tons of supplies will be unloaded from Ar web and Greenville Victory as USS Glacier carves a 3090 yard square area in the bay ice worth about 36000 dollars in the New York market.
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Kainan Bay
Antarctic
Little America
Richard E. Byrd
Little America No.5
Nainan
Kainan
Bay of Whales
Americas
South Pole
McMurdo Sound
Iwainan Bay
Arweb
Greenville Victory
Bay
USS Glacier
Steve Wilson
Westport
Conn
New York
Oklahoma man seeks divorce decree reversal after 1918 ruling
A man claims a 1918 court minute records a final decree granting him a divorce from his wife, though both had remarried. He asks District Judge Fred Daugherty to clarify the case and acknowledge the separation delay.
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Oklahoma
American liquor salesman sees Moscow trip to boost vodka sales
In Weisbaden Germany American salesman William Crawford 40 plans a trip to Moscow next month to sell American vodka to Russians. He argues American vodka made from grain is friendlier than potato based Russian vodka and hopes the visit will spur good spirits and publicity for his firm.
Weekend Talks At Westinghouse End Without Progress
Negotiators from Westinghouse Electric Corp and the International Union of Electric Workers met for a weekend session in Pittsburg to resume talks after a month long pause. Company says no progress was made toward settling the four day old strike affecting 44,000 workers as USEL calls for further action.
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Pittsburgits Ih
Westinghouse Electric Corp
A.I.L C
International Union of Electric Workers
LUE
Westinghouse
United Electrical Workers (Incependent
USEL
Dredging Starts on Welland Canal at Port Weller
Dredging of the Welland Ship Canal began at Port Weller five miles north of St. Catharines in Ontario. The project aims to deepen the canal from 25 to 27 feet to match the Seaway depth and remove about 126 000 yards of earth from a 1 1/2 mile stretch between Locks 1 and 2 with completion expected by March.
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SP. Catharines, Ont. P
Welland Ship Canal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Port Weller
Quintine
Evie
Paul Butler Declines Senate Bid in Indiana
South Bend Indiana national Democratic chairman Paul Butler says he will not seek a Senate seat but may run for governor. He told Indiana party leaders he would not be interested in the Senate under any circumstances and will decide on a gubernatorial bid before the state convention next June.
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South Bend
Ind
Democratic
Paul Buttey
Senate
Indiana
Butter
Butler
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