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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1955
Page
9
Erickson, once a major gambling figure, settles federal tax debts for 2 258 350 dollars and gains release from a four year old lien filed in January 1951. State taxes were cleared last year totaling 722 993 dollars. Officials declined to discuss terms.
The Post Office Department stopped delivery of the Soviet papers Pravda and Izvestia to most U S subscribers. Acting on a Justice Department opinion postal officials confiscated and destroyed copies as part of a program to choke off Communist propaganda. The department says it may refuse publications with unauthorized foreign political propaganda.
U S Secretary of State Dulles arrives from Manila for a decisive cards on the table discussion with Nationalist China's President Chiang Kai-shek. They will debate the future of Quemoy and Matsu and the potential U S stance amid nationalist promises of combat. The talks come amid broader Cold War tensions.
Senate Finance Committee voted 9 6 to remove the $20 billion income tax cut from a bill extending corporation tax and certain excises for another year. Six Democrats plan a minority report, while Byrd and George hint at possible compromises if impasse develops. President Eisenhower opposes tax cuts now due to budget deficits.
The notice lists Alfred Freudemann 64 portrait artist and Paramount director in Westport Connecticut Wilbur Morse Jr 52 newspaperman and former Washington correspondent in Camden New Jersey Alf red Carl Hotts 63 garden authority editor and lecturer once with Better Homes and Gardens in La Jolla California Captain R T Shepherd 56 British aviator and Rolls Royce chief test pilot in Nutall England John Ross Clare 61 business associate of Gov Folsom and insurer president in Elba Alabama Reverend Dr Elmer E Helms 91 first pastor of Los Angeles First Methodist Church in Los Angeles General Alberto Pariani 78 leading Italian military figure in World Wars at Malcesine del Garda Italy
Gertrude Dorman of Memphis 36 was charged with setting her hotel bed on fire by smoking her alibi failed and she admitted the bed was on fire when she got in. She received a $51 fine.
Walter Longwell, a local lumber dealer, defeated incumbent Mayor Harold C. Lee by 406 votes. Longwell won 849 votes to Lee’s 443 in Bath in a normally Republican community.
Sun Valley publicity rep clarifies a mishap with artificial snow during a Nevada truck bogging incident. A film crew used the snow to fuel a wind machine for actors on the Idaho slopes but the 20 inch depth melted quickly, spoiling the scene and the resort mood.
A Chicago boy, Robert Noreen, who offered to help the Army by sweeping floors and washing dishes, will spend a half day with the Fifth Army tomorrow. He will tour Army headquarters, view a parade with Gen. Hobart R. Gay, and attend the Midwest premiere of The Long Gray Line filmed at West Point.
Miss Maud Alice Palmer who died August 10 1951 left a 160000 dollar trust to provide four year scholarships at Cornell University for equal numbers of girls and boys from Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh teacher who taught 41 years built a 500 dollar annual pension and a sizable estate through careful investments and dodged the 1929 crash.
Washington reports top administration officials prepare for Senate Finance Committee hearings on the House passed reciprocal trade bill. Treasury Secretary Humphrey Commerce Secretary Weeks and Agriculture Undersecretary Butz are slated to testify, with Secretary Dulles expected to join later. A veteran senator, requesting anonymity, warned of strong opposition as lawmakers weigh extending the program three years and authorizing tariff cuts up to 15 percent.
A sharp quake rattled the Paso Robles region near Paso Robles about 200 miles south of San Francisco just before 8 this morning. It began with a rolling motion and ended with a jarring shudder. The transmitting tower of radio station L swung and its lightning arrester system grounded, causing the station to go off the air for several minutes.
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