House Ways and Means Sees No Big Change in Tax Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee met in session to advance a proposed 7.1 billion tax increase with expectations of few fundamental changes. Debate looms on excess profits tax and a 3 1/3 percent energy tax for public utilities while revenue projections scale up to 12 percent income tax and corporate tax boosts. Western lawmakers push for a five day work week to shorten summer recess and accelerate legislation as both chambers tally low bill enactments after months in session.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Richard M. Simpson
R-Pa
REA
Congress
Senate
Delinquent Dues May Cost Chiang U.N. Vote
United Nations reports show Nationalist China has paid no dues for 1950 or 1951 and owes over half of its 1949 assessment. If unpaid by January 1, 1952, China could lose its General Assembly vote, a move Russia has opposed. Chiang Kai-shek government faces mounting financial delinquency at the U.N. in New York.
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United Nations
N. Y
China
General Assembly
Russia
U.N
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
U.S
Soviet Union
League of Nations
United States
Britain
France
School Board Deadlock and U.N. Dues Spotlight Tampa Proceedings
A two two split on the Terre Haute school board prompts Monday talks over replacing Howard Batman Bryce McLaughlin and James Swalls while attorney Louis Nattkemper warns Watson may lose the superintendent post without a signed contract. Separate U.N. notes show unpaid 1951 assessments totaling over 42 million, with major powers like the United States Britain France and Russia owing varying sums and awaiting payments.
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Howard Batman
Bryce McLaughlin
James Swalls
Louis Nattkemper
Wayne P. Watson
Terre Haute
Tribune
Watson
Nattkemper
Plan to Flee Prison Foiled by Tunnel Discovery
Four convicts in the Michigan City prison are in solitary confinement after guards uncovered a tunnel starting under the hospital for the criminally insane. The tunnel measured about two feet in diameter, ran eight feet deep and ten feet sideways toward the south wall, with about 90 feet still to reach the exterior. The warden declined to name suspects and said an investigation is under way.
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Michigan City
Ind
Alfred Dowd
Hospital For
Criminal Insane
Dowd
Weather observed with river stage update
Reading shows 6am temperature 55 and noon reading with 73 at 2pm. Sunrise on May 24 and sunset at 8 14. River stage listed as 4.7 feet and falling indicating easing conditions.
Varied Regional Forecasts Show Mild Temps Across Indiana and Illinois
Local conditions indicate yesterday's high of 74 and last night's low of 54 with no precipitation. Terre Haute area sees partly cloudy skies with occasional showers tonight and tomorrow, slightly warmer tonight and Thursday. Indiana overall: partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered showers southwest. Illinois also partly cloudy with a few showers in the south and west central areas. Temperatures: low 48-56 north, 54-58 south in Indiana. highs around 75-80 Thursday. Street thermometer readings show 56 at 9 am and 7 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Two Spencer Men Die In Wreck In Indiana
Spencer Indiana June 6 two men were killed and two other people injured in a head on collision on Indiana 67 a mile north of Spencer. The dead were Howard Smith 44 and Frank Stout 61 both of Spencer. Norman Waldron 50 and Mary Sheperd 35 also of Spencer were hospitalized at Bloomington but not believed seriously injured. The truck driver James Hasler Marco was not injured.
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Spencer
Ind
U.P
Here
Howard Smith
Frank Stout
Norman Waldron
Mary Sheperd
Bloomington
James Hasler
Marco
Diminished Return Chance for Papagos as Greece Army Chief
Athens Greece June 6 Field Marshal Alexander Papagos chances to resume command of Greece's armed forces faded last night Americans favor his return but King Paul opposes Premier Sophocles Venizelos earlier said there was a 50-50 chance Papagos would resume his command.
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Athens
Greece
Alexander Papagos
Paul
Sophocles Venizelos
Papagos
Hungary Exiles Yugoslav Official After Diplomatic Clash
Hungary orders Yugoslav charge d'affaires Tinko Denovski to leave within 24 hours following a diplomatic clash sparked by a Belgrade street brawl in March. Hungarian claims Yugoslav secret police injured Hungarian envoy Istvan Harabec in Yugoslavia.
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Budapest
Hungary
Tinko Denovski
Belgrade
Istvan Harabec
Yugoslavia
Betty Thompson Graduates Amid Cancer Grief and Hope
At Russell High School 185 seniors graduate as Betty Thompson, an 18 year old cancer patient, watches from a sofa on stage. The ceremony honors classmates with awards and a pledge of unity, while Betty faces an uncertain future and possible marriage to Sailor Tom Amburn.
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Atlanta
Betty Thompson
Betty
Tom Amburn
Russell High School
Martha Ann
Army May Bolster Strength With More Guard Divisions
Army plans to add two or three National Guard divisions within a year and may form new regular army divisions and regimental combat teams. Gen. J Lawton Collins cited a 1,552,000 man goal by month’s end, with potential rise toward 1,600,000 as volunteers and draftees fill existing divisions and new units.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
J. Lawton Collins
National Guard
Collins
Naional Guard
Europe
Oil Seizure Plan Slowed in Iran
Tehran reports slow progress on seizing Anglo Iranian Oil Company properties as newspapers criticize Premier Mossadegh for delaying enforcement of the nationalization law. British representatives were due for oil talks with Iranian officials, but government actions lag.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Marshall Denies Korean Peace Rumors
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall told reporters that rumors of a Korean peace are strictly rumors. He initially declined comment on a potential early end to the Korean War, then affirmed that all rumors are untrue as he arrived for a commencement address at Washington University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Washington University
Ex Husband Held For Knife Attack On Former Wife
Mrs Helen Ripple 58 was stabbed across the throat with a pocket knife in an alleged unprovoked attack Tuesday evening. Her former husband Marion Ripple 60 was arrested after being found in an alley near Eleventh and Poplar streets. A motorist was also arrested as his car collided with a police squad en route to the scene. Mrs Ripple was treated at St Anthony s Hospital where 16 stitches were required. Police Lieut Ermil Stevens and Officers Whitehouse and O Connor made the arrest.
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Helen Ripple
North Eleventh Street
Marion F. Ripple
Eleventh and Poplar
Ermil Stevens
Whitehouse
O’connor
Belt and Loudermilk
Howard W. Matlock
Fairbanks
Plea for Life of Son's Killer in Medina
The parents of Harold Mast, 23, urge Gov. Lausche to spare Jerry Killinger 18, sentenced to die by electric chair June 15 for Mast’s murder. Killinger testified he killed Mast for his friend Max Amerman, who loved Mast’s war bride Randi Amerman, 24, who is also convicted and slated for death August 15.
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Medina
Ohio
Lyle Mast
Frank J. Lausche
Jerry Killinger
Harold Mast
Killinger
Mast
Max Amerman
Randi
Amerman
Youth says he was beaten and robbed
William Green a 21 year old from Brazil told Clay County deputies he was awakened by two men beating him as he slept in his parked car near Rose Polytechnic. They drove him south of Glenn on State Road 42 and robbed him of 35 dollars in cash and his watch before releasing him. The alleged robbers were said to be in Vigo County.
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William Green
Brazil
Clay County
Joseph Crock
Larry Thomas
Green
Rose Polytechnic
Glenn
Clay City
Vigo County
Robby
Eisenhower honors D-Day heroes at Normandy beaches
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower visited Omaha Beach and Ste. Mere Eglise on the D-Day site, warning the free world to rally if France’s soil is threatened. He laid wreaths at the St Laurent Cemetery and Milestone Zero, recalling the 1944 invasion and Ridgway’s wartime actions.
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Omaha Beach
Normandy
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Eisenhower
Ste. Mere Eglise
Europe
St. Laurent
Theegi
Cherbourg
Paris
North Atlantic
St. Mere Eglise
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
United Nations Forces
Korea
Cemetery digging added to controlled prices in Bloomington
Bloomington Mayor Thomas L. Lemon learned that grave digging is now a controlled price after city raised Rose Hill Cemetery fees from 15 to 25 dollars. Indiana cemetery officials secretary C C Zwissler said federal regulation has pegged digging fees since January 2.
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Bloomington
Ind
Thomas L. Lemon
Rose Hill
Cc. C. Zwissler
Indiana Association of Cemetery Officials
Lemon
Nine Die as C 97 Crashes on Takeoff at Kelly Air Force Base
A four engine C 97 of the Military Air Transport Service crashed on takeoff from Kelly AFB San Antonio killing all nine aboard. Six bodies recovered. three crewmen survived not expected. Fire gutted Grey Eagle Cafe and a nearby filling station after the plane clipped power lines and a utility pole. One woman reportedly burned.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.P
Kelly Air Force Base
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Kelly
Grey Eagle
Somerset Road
Kelly Reservation
Supreme Court Weighs New Stay For Nazi War Criminals
The Supreme Court agreed to consider a last minute stay of execution for seven Nazi war criminals as they faced hangings at Landsberg Prison Germany. Officials indicated the government would proceed if the court did not grant a stay and the State Department stood by its orders.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Fred M. Vinson
Landsberg
Germany
State Department
John J. McCloy
U.S
Chinese Reds Supplying Burma Rebels Charged by Taipei
Formosa reports the nationalist defense ministry reiterates charges that Chinese Reds are arming Burmese rebels. It says two truck loads of arms were sent from Yunnan province via the Burma road recently.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Burma
Yunnan
China
Terre Haute Teachers College to Graduate Large Class Sunday
Indiana State Teachers College will hold an outdoor commencement on the campus lawn Sunday afternoon June 10. The program lists graduates receiving Master of Arts, Master of Science, and other certificates with names including Samuel Nisbet Harold Boyll Ernest Deagan Wayne Garmony William Beth Harriett Spangler and many others.
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Indiana State Teachers College
Fanem Tarra Haute
Sluvenils Llumi
Samuel Nisbet
Harold E. Boyll
Ernest A. Deagan
Wayne Garmony
William Q. McBeth
Harriett Spangler
Joseph H. Taylor
Mabel O’neill
Gladys Ione Rollings
Willard Kehrt
Gladys Kuhn
Donald Noakes
Ruth Thompson
Louise Bayles
James Brown
Wilbur Kern
Marilyn Stanger
M. S
Leslie Bain
Evelyn Boswell
Helen Boyll
Searle
Bridwell
Charles Campbell
Edward Cottrell
Lee Cox
Cletis Dunham
Lewis Eckerman
Mae Frazier
Dorothy Gummere
William R. Hunter
Robert Jamison
Theodore Kallas
Nelda Kern
Allied drives threaten Red stronghold in Korea advances
Allied infantry push through shelling toward Chorwon and Kumhwa as U N forces gain on a 35 mile front. The 8th Army reports 2 000 to 3 000 yards of progress with Reds retreating in orderly fashion from the triangular iron triangle base.
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Tokyo
U.P
Korea
United Nations
Chorwon
Kumhwa
U.N
Red Army
8Th Army
Iron Triangle
Chipo
Kwangdok
Police Probe Cuts Throat Incident In City
Harry Lewis 26, Brazil, was treated at St Anthony's Hospital for a slashed throat in a Wednesday morning incident. Officers say Marie Morris 1220 South Fifteenth street reported Willie James as the assailant at 1209 South Thirteenth Street. James is at large. motive not established.
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Harry Lewis
Brazil
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Ford
R. Tryon
Marie Morris
South Fifteenth Street
Lewis
Willie James
James
Miss Morris
South Thirteenth
U S Missionaries On Trial In Red China
Moscow dispatches report two American Catholic missionaries a bishop Ho Shi-tzi and his assistant Suey Lai-dai are on trial before Communist China in Uchan with word of severe punishment threatened.
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Moscow
Moscow Press Today
Peiping
China
Uchan
Ho Shi-tzi
Suey Lai-dai
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Hoyt
West Point
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Chiang U.N
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Jay Short
Harry Briggs
Robert Liggett
John Bloxsome
Mary Hollis
Briggs
Liggett
U. S. Weather Bureau
Bem Price
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Raymond Klug
Walter Lalor
Roy Laybold
J. Oliver May
Mary McGuirk
Virginia Mitchell
Roy Newman
William Noltner
Louie Patterson
Jeanetta Phelps
Iva May Price
Jack Rick
Ansel Schmalhausen
Earl Shagley
Eugenia Shepherd
Bertha Shields
Joe Short
Cletis Shouse
Mary R. Siebenmorgan
Esther Smith
Lauren Stolp
John J. Valle
E. Lucile Whitecotton
William Brentlinger
Mary Chales
James Ciminera
Thomas Jordan
Ruth Morgan
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Earnest Hoberecht
Red China
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