Ike Ready To Sign Excise Tax Cut Bill
President Eisenhower said he will sign the 999 million dollar excise tax cut bill and believes it will stimulate business. He noted the cuts will be effective Thursday and will deepen the next year’s budget deficit. The legislation passed Congress 395-1 in the House and 72-8 in the Senate, cutting excise taxes on items from refrigerators to phone bills and promising savings for most spending Americans. He acknowledged revenue losses will be larger than his recommendation but emphasized the measure should boost business and that the administration will implement the largest dollar tax reduction ever at 7.1 billion dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Hydrogen bomb able to destroy any city says AEC chief
Chairman Lewis Strauss at Eisenhower briefing said a hydrogen bomb large enough to wipe out any city can now be built. He cited March 26 tests as successful and noted increased military potential while denying that the blast went out of control.
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U.S
Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Eisenhower
Far Pacific
AEC
Pacific
New York
French Troops Hold Off Major Rebel Assault at Dien Bien Phu
French defenders at Dien Bien Phu repelled a massive Viet Minh assault with heavy casualties and dramatic fighting. After 24 hours of brutal combat, French positions largely remained, with several enemy breaches and continued bombardment as night fell.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
U.P
Dien Bien Phu
Indo- China
Dolan Testifies Over Greenlease Ransom Money Case
In Kansas City on March 31 Dolan, the sole defense witness, stuck to his account of delivering two suitcases of the 600000 Greenlease ransom to the Newstead Avenue station and returning for a third suitcase with Hall's clothing. Six government witnesses testified they did not see the suitcases that night.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Elmer Dolan
Greenlease
Doiz
Carl Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Dolan
Louis Shoulders
Hall
Newstead Avenue
FBI
A W Dudley Dies in California Former Terre Haute Captain
Alvin W Dudley 83 former Terre Haute furnace businessman died at Veterans Administration Hospital Oakland California He was a span ish American War veteran he left Terre Haute last summer to live with his daughter Mrs Helen Anderson in California Surviving two grandchildren Lawrence Anderson and Mrs Aubrey Millikin and five great grandchildren The body will be brought to Callahan Funeral home here
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Alvin W. Dudley
Terre Haute
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Dudley
Fourteenth Street
Wabash Avenue
Helen Anderson
California
Anderson
Wrong Station Radio Theft Showcase Sparks Claim
About 300 people crowded Northwestern police station to identify a cache of stolen goods on display. A visitor pointed at a radio and claimed ownership declaring, Thats my radio. Id know it anywhere, but police did not list the radio among identified items.
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Baltimore
Northwestern
International pressure on halt bomb tests heats up in Britain Italy
Laborite and left wing pressure grew in Britain and Italy for a halt or international control of American H-bomb experiments. Japan voiced concern over fishing industry and new dangers to 23 sailors burned by atomic ash from the March 1 blast. Churchill's government met to address socialist opposition and Washington's limited information on tests amid protests over a second thermonuclear detonation in the Pacific. Communist and left wing senators in Rome urged Premier Scelba to persuade the U.S. to call off further tests.
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United Press
Britain
Italy
Japan
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Washington
U.S
Marshall Islands
Pacific
Rome
Mario Scelba
United States
Grand Jury Meets April 6 to Probe Fatal Shooting
The Vigo county grand jury is summoned to meet on Tuesday April 6 to resume the investigation into the fatal shooting of Floyd Sharp aged 33 of 1328 College avenue by Neal De Bow aged 40 of 1423 South Thirteenth and a half street at a barbecue stand on South Thirteenth. The panel held a session a week earlier, but confusion in the evidence prompted Prosecutor John Jett and jurors to seek a further inquiry with police cooperation.
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Vigo County
Grand Jury
Floyd Sharp
College Avenue
Neal de Bow
South Thirteenth
South Thirteenth Street
John Jett
Jett
Red alert issued as unidentified aircraft near DMZ
Seoul reports a red alert for ten minutes when a single unidentified aircraft was spotted on radar near the demilitarized zone. An Air Force announcement notes the aircraft was in the area briefly and remains uncorroborated.
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Seoul
Air Force
Demilitarized Zone
Polio Vaccine Gets Wide Rollout Across 44 States
AP report details the spring polio vaccination drive under Salk vaccines. Each child receives three shots containing 10 billion dead polio viruses to stimulate antibody production. Scientists aim to provide immunity before summer exposure, with figures suggesting a substantial reduction in potential polio cases among children.
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Associated Press
Science Reporter
New York
Bank robber Hoopingarner held up West Terre Haute bank
Carl D. Hoopingarner thirty held up the State Bank of West Terre Haute and wounded a federal bank examiner. He was remanded to federal custody after waiving a hearing on robbery and shooting charges. If convicted he faces up to twenty five years in prison.
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Carl D. Hoopingarner
West Terre Haute
U. S
Clyde R. Randel
Hoppingarner
William Grady
James Campbell
Collins
Marion County
Hoopingarner
Washington, Pa
Providence
R. I
Youth Burglary Suspect Arrested After Casing Home
Ernest Eugene Hughes 16, of 720 Gilbert Ave, held on 2000 bond as trial opens April 13 for burglary charges. Captured in a vacant house at 1214 Poplar St while casing nearby homes. Hughes reportedly confessed to 35 to 40 burglaries, with prior incidents on South Eighteenth Street and in the 400 block, totaling hundreds of dollars. He was taken by Lieut. Elbrecht and Officers Toney and Gray, examined by Capt. Street, and handed to probation authorities. Chief Detectives Reach notes he used a lookout method in unoccupied houses.
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Poplar Street
Ernest Eugene Hughes
Gilbert Avenue
Hughes
Herman Elbrecht
Toney and
Gray
Frank Street
John Reach
South Eighteenth Street
Where to Register for May Primary Election
Voters not registered may register Thursday April 1 at New Goshen High School Fayette township Rankin School Nineteenth street and Lee avenue Maple Avenue School Thirty second street and Maple avenue Maryland School Maryland Subdivision Fontanet High School Fontanet Pearl King garage Burnett Otter Creek High School North Terre Haute Riley High School Riley Dresser School Dresser West Terre Haute Fire Station
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New Goshen
Fayette Township
Rankin
Nineteenth Street
Lee Avenue
Maple Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Maryland School
Maryland
Fontanet High School
Fontanet
Pearl King Garage
Bur
Otter Creek
North Terre Haute
Riley
Dresser School
Dresser
West Terre Haute
Fire Follows Explosion At N Y Suburban School
A Buffalo suburb Cheektowaga fire killed 11 children and staff as an elementary school annex burned after an explosion before lunch. Nineteen others injured, many youths, with fire officials probing the cause and possible furnace or boiler origin.
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N. Y
Cheektowaga
Buffalo
Cleveland Hill Elementary School
Three Involved In Two Car Crash Injuries Reported
Twin sisters Evelyn and Edna Kent both 25 and Shelburn resident Cris Kent 61 were taken to St. Anthony Hospital after a two car crash at Third and Poplar. Emily Holly 51 treated for hip chest and head injuries at Physicians and Surgeons Clinic. Charles Holly 56 was arrested for driving without a license. Investigating officers cited Kent traveling north on Third and Holly turning left into Poplar.
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Third
Poplar
St. Anthony Hospital
Evelyn
Edna Kent
Shelburn
Cris Kent
Emily Holly
Physicians’ and Surgeons
Sixth
Poplar Streets
Charles Holly
William Kuykendall
Catlin
S. Beasley
Kent
Third Street
Holly
Poplar Street
March Weather Ends Month With Cold Snap Across Nation
The Associated Press reports a harsh end to March as a cold air mass settles from the northern Rockies to New England. Snow and sleet blanket many regions while temperatures plunge below zero in several northern states, with readings like four below in Houston Maine and International Falls Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
New England
Virginia
Texas
Rockies
Houston
Maine
International Falls
Minn
Big 3 Agree on Red Trade
The United States Britain and France reach a compromise to ease restrictions on selling peaceful strategic goods to the Soviet bloc while tightening controls on items with war potential. The three powers rule out changes in trade with Red China and North Korea. Stassen says there is no objection to trade in peaceful goods with Russia.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Europe
U. S
Harold E. Stassen
Russia
Red China
North Korea
Washington
Stassen
Warren to retire as Comptroller General of GAO
Lindsay C. Warren, comptroller general of the United States, will retire effective April 30 after 15 years in office. He cites disability and will receive a full $17,500 lifetime salary. GAO under his watch recovered an estimated $915 million in improper payments for taxpayers. Rep. W Sterling Cole has been named potential successor by some colleagues.
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Washington
Lindsay C. Warren
United States
Congress
Eisenhower
General Accounting Office
GAO
W. Sterling Cole
Miss Hanson to Receive Kenosha Grocery Store From Owner
In Kenosha Wisconsin on March 31 Miss Lorraine Hanson will be rewarded for 21 years of honest work as owner Mrs Max Silberberg retires and hands the store to Hanson with no strings attached.
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Kenosha, Wis
Lorraine Hanson
Max Silverberg
Death Looms From Two Sides Toward Baby Bitten By Dog
Brooklyn parents search for a rust colored dog that bit 22 month old Pia Schipani as doctors warn anti rabies injections could kill her due to a congenital heart condition and possible bacterial infection from the bite. A gray haired woman fled with the dog after the incident and remains missing. The child may not be out of danger until June as incubation and illness risks unfold.
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New York
Pia Schipani
Alphonse Schipani
Brooklyn
Pia
Dolores Deck
Mrs. Deck
Douglas Urges Move To Stop Reds In E Asia
Senator Douglas calls for united American action to resist Communist expansion in Southeast Asia. He urges enlisting Pacific free nations and coordinating with Dulles and Eisenhower, signaling possible military mobilization if needed. Dulles cites a potential allied front at Geneva talks, while Britain and France weigh responses. India’s Mehtha cautions that united action may not mean immediate military action.
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U.S
John Foster Dulles
Overseas Press Club
New York
United Action
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
J. Clifford Stark
Karl Gruber
Douglas
Asia
Washington
Sen
D.-Ill
United States
Pacific Free Nations
Indo- China
Eisenhower
Dulles
Senate
Republican Party
Congress
Free World
Geneva
State Department
Sen. Douglas
Australia
New Zealand
Indonesia
Japan
Philippines
Far East
India
G. L. Mehta
Burglar Confesses Crown Jewel Theft in Germany
Stuttgart police say an ex convict known as the Castle Burglar confessed to stealing the German crown jewels from the Hohenzollern castle museum at Hechingen last July. The loot reportedly included a golden dinnerware set once gifted by Britain’s Queen Victoria to Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Britain
Victoria
Hohenzollern
Hechingen
East German police seek asylum in West Berlin
Thirteen members of the East German people's police asked political asylum in West Berlin on Tuesday, the first day of a Communist party congress in the Soviet sector of the city.
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Berlin
East German People’s Police
West Berlin
Communist Party
Weather brief: cloudy sky and river stage data
A morning to early afternoon weather note reports mostly cloudy conditions. Times show 6 am 24 and 9 am 3S, 2 pm 3S, with sunrise 3:35 and sunset 6:13. River stage at 3.8 ft and falling. humidity 35 percent at nine and 43 percent at two.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday’s high reached 41 and the low 26 with no precipitation. The report notes clear conditions across the area with no rainfall recorded.
Weather forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana area
Partly cloudy in Terre Haute and vicinity with little temperature change through tonight and Thursday. Lows around 26 tonight with highs near 40 Thursday. Indiana outlook mostly cloudy with some rain or snow likely in the extreme south and southeast, a small temperature change, and lows around 20 to 30 with highs near 49 Thursday.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Temperature Street Thermometer Reading Note
A historical snippet records a morning reading of 28 degrees and an afternoon reading of 43 degrees on the Temperature Street thermometer.
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