Republicans Win Clash On Tax Cuts
In Washington the House Ways and Means Committee blocked Democratic efforts for large personal income and excise tax cuts. Representative Cooper urged reconsideration of raising personal exemptions from 600 to 700 dollars, arguing for broader relief. Democrats warned they will press the issue on the House floor amid Republican restiveness and an expected Eisenhower broadcast.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Rep
Cooper
Tennessee
GOP
Coffee prices behind the iron curtain rise far above U S costs
The article compares official coffee prices abroad with U S costs, listing Russia at 4.78 dollars per pound and Hungary at 13.54, Bulgaria 21.39, and Poland 45.45, noting that black market sales are common when state stores run dry. It adds that workers’ low wages make coffee a luxury, accessible mainly to the Communist elite, and ends with a science nugget about light travel.
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New York
Russia
Romania
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Poland
Legislator seeks end to cigarette tax break for GI posts
Rep. Gilbert M. Spring of Apple Springs says he will ask the Legislature to abolish the cigarette tax exemption at Texas military posts. He notes the federal tax is collected at Army posts and argues veterans should not receive special treatment. Spring cites abuse of post exchange cigarette privileges costing state tax money.
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Austin
Gilbert M. Spring
Apple Springs
Trinity County
Texas
United States
Spring
Humphrey presses for farm price direction
Senator Hubert Humphrey demanded the Eisenhower administration answer whether farm prices are rising or falling. He accused Republicans of double talk on farm policy and warned of a 286 million loss in Minnesota crop values from acre reductions and lower support prices. He argued the aim is parity while avoiding price swings.
True or Not Story Worth Price of Car
A Cranston motorist recounts a comic crash on the Merritt Parkway when a woman push started his car too fast. He waited for her to reach 30 to 35 miles per hour and turned to find her speeding toward him. The collision caused 300 dollars in damage to his vehicle.
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Merritt Parkway
New York
Nothing Stays These Couriers in Historic Mail Tale
Denver veteran Frank Schmacher recalls the cleverest mail challenge of his 50 years on the job a letter addressed to Wood John Mass that somehow reached John Underwood in Andover Massachusetts amid nostalgic reminiscence of transit quirks and a note on the Centigrade scale defining water’s freezing and boiling points.
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Denver
Frank Schmacher
Wood
John
Mass
Schmacher
John Underwood
Andover
Massachusetts
Tire Prices at Dixon Service Station
Tires described include 6.00x16 at 11.95 and an old tire recap with tax included 6.70x15 priced at 13.95 tax included. Station offers these values as a service station listing for customers seeking recapping options.
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Dixon Service Station
Denison Man Named State Securities Commissioner
Omar Briggs of Denison, former state representative, was named state securities commissioner by State Secretary Howard Carney. He will oversee the blue sky law regulating Texas stock sales, succeeding the late Harry Hilgers. Briggs, an attorney, once represented Grayson County in the 1951 House and later served as sergeant-at-arms before the session adjourned.
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State OF
Texas
Rosa Lee Smith
A. D
15Th District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Cleveland Smith, Jr
S. V. Earnest
Clerk District Court
Whitewright Sun
State OF Texas
Elsie J. Adkins
Co. C. Groves
House of Representatives
King Sized Cigarettes Cut Connecticut Taxes
Hartford CT The rising use of king sized cigarettes reduces cigarette tax revenue. Tax Commissioner William F Connell predicts about a $100000 drop in current year receipts as smokers buy king sized packs with more tobacco for their tax money.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
William F. Connelly
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