One-Cent Increase Approved on Gasoline Tax
The House Ways & Means Committee approved a temporary penny-a-gallon gasoline tax rise to fund highway construction. The 16 to 9 vote backs boosting the federal levy from 3 to 4 cents for 22 months starting Sept 1, with funds diverted after to the highway trust. President Eisenhower had pressed for a 14 cent hike, while Treasury officials signaled potential compromise.
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Robert B. Anderson
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Students Ignore Three Negro Girls In Integrated Little Rock School
In Little Rock Arkansas the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP notes three Negro girls returned to Hall High School for their second day of integrated classes as about 700 white students largely ignored them. Police used high pressure hoses and night sticks to break up a disruptive crowd at Central High School where 24 people were arrested. all were released on bond. The three girls Effie Jones Elsie Robinson and Estella Thompson exited a Hall Hall four minutes before the start of the day.
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Farmer Says State Promise Not Kept at Columbus
Pearson L. Linn of Bucyrus accuses the state of breaking its pledge to pay a fair share for a 476 Suffolk sheep flock ordered destroyed. Linn cites a Terhune appraised value of $108,845, and says the sheep were killed after a diseased ram was sold in 157.
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Scrapie Found On Linn Farm Triggers Appraisal Clash
The Linn and partner Kenneth Paytor report scrapie on Linn's Freedom Acres sheep, challenging appraisers named by Terhune as breeders Ellis Scheffer and Sevbail. Federal and state agencies discuss compensation while tensions rise over open school desegregation protests in Little Rock.
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Seven County Flood Control Study Contract Approved
County commissioners from seven northeastern Ohio counties signed a 369,500 contract with Stan Isley Engineering Co. for a flood control study of Cuyahoga Chagan and Rocky rivers. The project aims to form a regional unit to coordinate watershed efforts and prevent repeated flood damage while officials seek broader cooperation across the state.
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Spotlight Thief Returns Item Despite Note
Kalamazoo Michigan residents report a stolen spotlight from a farm truck. A note with the return claim says the spotlight did not fit and thanks for cooperation. Engineers and planners will study flood control reservoirs for flood, water supply, recreation and conservation. New homes and factories would be kept above the disaster line. A German vessel collided with a Soviet destroyer shadowing NATO maneuvers, a report from Denmark notes.
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Hoffa Plans Closed Session With 100 Attorneys
Teamsters President James R Hoffa will open a private three day meeting at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia with more than 100 union lawyers to discuss strategies against pending labor reform legislation. Key figures Edward Bonnett Williams Raymond Bergan and Sidney Zagri will attend as reporters are barred. The conference aims to address setbacks from court monitors and awaits a House vote on reforms.
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Steel Pact Outlook Dark As Strike Drags On
NEW YORK UPID The nationwide steel shutdown entered its 30th day with no clear path to settlement. Chief Federal Mediator Finnegan warned the strike will be settled eventually as talks resume with union and industry leaders. President Eisenhower weighed government involvement to win 500000 striking workers back before Khrushchev's visit. USW President McDonald told Youngstown mass meeting that industry leaders intend to starve workers to force negotiating posture while he stays out of talks. A GOP senator floated presidential appointment of a fact finding board, countered by Javits who opposes direct intervention before fact finding. Eisenhower reiterated government stay out until national emergency, while suggestive talk about settlement before Khrushchev arrives.
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Joseph F. Finnegan
Eisenhower
Nikita S. Khrushchev
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Youngstown
Ohio
USW
David J. McDonald
David McDonald
McDonald
Jacob K. Javis
R-N.y
Gettysburg
Khrushchev
Herter Urges Quick Action To Curb Caribbean Invasions
President Herter called for rapid measures to deter Caribbean invasions amid a chaotic regional scene. Reports from Santiago and Kiel reflected heightened naval activity and international concern as dialogue on hemispheric security intensified ahead of a planned six nation conference.
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Fugitive from Ohio Penitentiary Captured in Pittsburgh
Thomas O. Brown of Sidney Ohio, a fugitive from the Ohio Penitentiary since July 10, was arrested in Brentwood after a store employee reported cashing a $250 check with the fictitious signature Dr J Thomas Brumbaugh. Brown was serving a two to six year sentence for passing bad checks in Dayton and Sidney and was also wanted in Pittsburgh and Waynesburg Pennsylvania.
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Probers Name More Legislators in Hotel Bill Inquiry
Franklin County grand jury met in a third special session probing lobbyist paid hotel bills for lawmakers in the General Assembly. Names of additional legislators were to be presented. at least four Republicans are on the list and Democratic records have been subpoenaed. The probe follows a $409 Deshler Hilton bill alleged to be transferred to lobbyist Robert Scott Cambridge, with Calabrese saying the transfer occurred without his knowledge.
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General Assembly
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Anthony Calabrese
Cleveland
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Calabrese
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Castro Directs Front Line Fight Against Rebels in Cuba
Premier Fidel Castro personally leads operations against a new rebellion in central Cuba, with Raul Castro and military leaders moving toward Cienfuegos and Las Villas Province as authorities shut down lines of communication. Government officials remain silent amid arrests of conspirators and mounting tension across Havana.
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Market Tone Turns Disheartened Amid Lacking Phone Leads
Brokers report a dampened market as the inability to generate a phone on the opposite side casts a discouraging note over overall activity. The remark reflects cautious sentiment and subdued trading pace.
Fire damages Continental Bank basement storage room
Fire in Cleveland caused by an undetermined engine unknown source damaged a basement storage room at the Continental Bank, with estimated losses around 18000 dollars reported Wednesday night. Firefighters battled the blaze as investigators reviewed the scene for causes.
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Juvenile Court Cases In Ohio Show Decline
Ohio juvenile court activity fell in early 1940s figures, with delinquency cases for the first six months down 13 percent from the prior year. Commitments to four state institutions declined 16 percent, though report lags may skew results, says Grover Chamberlain of the Mental Hygiene and Correction Department.
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Columbus
UPD
Ohio
Mental Hygiene and Correction Department
Grover Chamberlain
Where To Turn Officer Car Wrecked and Yell Loudest
A fragmented Hollywood wire reports minor injuries after a patrol car wreck during a call as a guardrail pierced the vehicle. The piece notes The Lone Ranger cry Hi Ho Silver and mentions deaths of local businessman George Canales and attorney Charles F Adams. Steelworkers back McDonald policy and plan strike fund distribution on related legislation.
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Well Worth Knowing About Paper Readers
The ad explains readers gauge interest via Classified Ads and offers contact numbers FA 3-3821 for Chronicle-Telegram and CE 3-6273 for Lorain. It notes the value of ads in driving results and mentions a quilting project in Tay home.
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