Byrd proposes new income tax cut formula in Virginia budget plan
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr introduces a bill for automatic income tax cuts in Virginia. The proposal would grant at least a five percent reduction next December if General Fund revenues exceed 105 million dollars, with cuts tied to revenue performance for the following year. Governor Battle supports the measure as flexible and capable of funding state government.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Battle
Assembly
General Assembly
Congress
Truman
George
D-Ga
O'Conor
Dmd
Taber
Byrd Proposes Permanent Automatic Tax Cuts for Virginia
Senator Harry F Byrd Jr issues a statement promoting a new formula to permanently extend automatic income tax reductions. He argues surplus revenues should return to taxpayers if expenditures are covered and cites $11 million in past tax relief while government funds fund school and mental health boosts. He criticizes opponents and urges passage of legislation to lock in the policy despite economic changes.
Clarke Jury Finds Man With Wildcat Guilty as Charged
In Berryville Circuit Court Judge Elliott Marshall presided. Robert Baker was found guilty of possessing a wildcat and fined $10. Clarence Lichliter was ordered to Western State Hospital for observation. Winter Tumblin’s appeal was dismissed. Charles W. Riley won a judgment of $2,085.01 against L Owens and John Kelley for trailer damage to his Polk County store and filling station.
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Elliott Marshall
Circuit Court
Berryville
the Commonwealth
Robert Baker
James P. Reardon, Jr
Foreman
Emma W. Bowerman
Wieda
Earl J. Fuller
David R. Donovan
Baker
Clarence Lichliter
Alice Lichliter
Western State Hospital
Lichister
Winter Tumblin
Ed Golightly
Trial Justice Court
Charles W. Riley
L. Owens
John Kelley
Polk County
Fla
Owens
Kelley
Riley
Father Says Son Didn't Die for One Man
CASTILE New York Frank E Spring says his soldier son did not die for any single man. He accepted a posthumous Purple Heart and Presidential Citation for Lt Merrill T. Spring, an Army Air Force Bombardier killed in World War II in Germany, and said he would not return the medal despite disagreement with the President's policies.
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Castile
N.Y
Frank E Spring
Truman
Army Air Force
Germany
Spring
Merrill T. Spring
America
Pella
Winchester
E. W. Armstrong Company
E. Piccadilly St
Virginia
Acheson Seeks Senate Ratification of Far Eastern Pacts
Secretary of State Acheson urged Senate approval of the Japanese peace treaty and three security pacts with the Philippines Australia New Zealand and Japan calling them the basis for a new system of regional security in the Pacific He noted the 100th anniversary of Commodore Perry and said Japan has moved to share responsibility in international cooperation and peace.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate
Pacific
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Commodore Perry
Truman
State Revenue Bureau Receives Deluge of Claims
The Internal Revenue in Virginia reports more than 12 000 residents owe refunds have led to a surge in claims. Stuart Crenshaw says updated addresses are essential since checks cannot be forwarded and taxpayers must report address changes to clear their files.
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Richmond
Crenshaw
Mothers March on Polio Set for January 31 in Berryville
Clarke County organizes the Mothers March on Polio as part of the 1952 March of Dimes. Residents will burn porch lights 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. to signal volunteers collecting for infantile paralysis relief led by Mrs. Charles J. Enders Jr and Clarke County Junior Woman's Club.
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Berryville
Harold G. Potts
Clarke County
Clarke County Junior Woman's Club
Potts
Ery
Charles J. Enders, Jr
Clarke County Junior Womans Club
Enders
Junior Woman's Club
Jack Embers
Wiliam Bowerman
Eugene Dunn
Audrey Jones
Earl Painter
Ann Cooley
Percy White
Barbara Lee Jones
Thomas Iden
Clifton Turner
Norma Drury
Vivian Ritenour
Pam Murphy
E. Dooley
Leona Kane
Paul Masser
Helen Rowe
Georgianna Glascock
William Boyce
Beeryville
U S Consul to Probe Slaying of American Nun in Egypt
U S consul from Cairo arrived in Ismailia for on the spot inquiry into the slaying of Sister Anthony 52 of Peekskill N Y the first American casualty in Suez fighting A British court of inquiry to determine who killed the nun was announced Egypt and Britain blame shifting with both sides reporting gunfire near the convent and 12 bullet marks observed on the wall despite a British claim of no marks
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Tom Stone
Ismailia
Egypt
U. S
Cairo
Suez
Sister Anthony
Brigitte Ann Timbers
Samuel Timbers
Peekskill
N.Y
Mercury Skids To 60 Below Zero In Fairbanks
In Fairbanks Alaska the temperature sank to 60 degrees below zero stranding 20 000 residents and halting flights due to dense ice fog. Interior readings reached 70 below and colder at Snag near the Alaska Canada border. Taxi drivers kept engines running 24 hours to reach workplaces while delivery men rushed routes to prevent groceries from freezing.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Snag
Alaska- Canada
Sheriff Reports 379 Arrests in 1951 for Frederick County
Sheriff Robert L. DeHaven and deputies J. Henry Renner and John W Hoover logged 66 693 miles and 379 arrests in 1951. They served 1 531 civil processes and 922 summons, with 536 investigations. Jail records show 734 commitments that year and 24 prisoners per day on average plus 17 538 meals served.
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Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
J. Henry Renner
John W Hoover
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
DeHaven
Renner
Hoover
D. Harding Whitacre
Virginia B. DeHaven
Five on Bomber Survive Crash on Olympic Peak
PORT ANGELES AP Five crewmen of a BI-7 mercy plane survived a crash on Tyler Peak on the Olympic Peninsula after plunging 1 300 feet down a snow slope. Three others are missing, presumed thrown from the craft. A four man search team sought them as planes scouted wreckage amid a blinding snowstorm. Survivors were pilot Capt Casimire Hybki and crew chief Set Carl E Seargall.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Olympic Peninsula
Tyler Peak
Casimire Hyybki
Tacoma
Carl E. Seargall
Tillieurm
Hybki
Stanley Lankiequiez, Jr
Alan 8S Ball
John A. DeRath
Stavanger
Norway
Sandspit
B.C
County School Board To Receive New Bus
The Frederick County School Board will receive a new bus to replace an old one serving the Middletown area. Supt R E Aylor announced the new bus will bring total operating in Frederick County to 30. He also noted Gore cafeteria opened today with Agnes Hoak in charge and Lena Pugh assisting.
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Frederick County
Middletown
R. E. Aylor
Ayler
Gore
Agnes Hoak
Lena Pugh
Byrd Cited by VPA for Articles on Western Europe
Harry F. Byrd Jr. editor of the Winchester Evening Star received a Virginia Press Association award for a series on Western Europe political and economic conditions. The honor was given at the annual banquet at the John Marshall Hotel. Byrd’s pieces appeared in the Winchester Evening Star Harrisonburg Daily News Record and 18 Gannett Newspapers across New York Connecticut Illinois and New Jersey.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester Evening Star
Virginia Press Association
Europe
Byrd
John Marshall Hotel
Harrisonburg
Daily News-Record
Gannett
New York
Connecticut
Ilinois
New Jersey
RUGS REPAIRED CORRIGAN RUG CO ADVERTISMENT
An old classified fragment advertises rug repair by Corrigan Rug Co and mentions aluminum storm and screen combinations. It urges immediate installation and provides a Winchester contact number. The snippet also references Armstrong Company in Winchester Virginia.
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Corrigan Rug CO
Winchester
W. Armstrong Company
Piccadilly St
Danger in Goodness Week of Prayer Subject Tonight
Rev Albert P Shirkey of Mt Vernon Place Methodist delivers the first in a series of Week of Prayer messages sponsored by Winchester Ministerial Association at 7 45 each evening in First Baptist Church The preacher urges persistent prayer saying all prayers are answered and compares God answering to a loving father responding to a child's request
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Albert P. Shirkey
Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church
Washington
Winchester Ministerial Association
Shirkey
C Irvine Cather
Dr Shirkey
Jesus
UN Command Hints Jets May Have Struck Red Convoy
The UN Command stated Allied jets may have attacked a Communist truce convoy on the Karson Pyongyang highway Friday though unintentional. Allies accused the Reds of violating the armistice with northbound and southbound convoys daily while armistice subcommittees reported no progress.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
Karsom-Pyonyang Hihway
County Building Permits Show Strong Totals for 1951
County records show 218 building permits totaling 61 170 750 issued across five Frederick County districts in 1951. City and county permits reached 2 402 700, with Shawnee leading at 574 500 from 76 permits and Stonewall close behind at 509 650 from 80 permits. Muay led peak activity in December with 29 permits valued at 227 900, while Back Creek recorded the fewest with 10 permits totaling 13 200.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Shawnee
Stonewall
Opequon
Gainesboro
Back Creek
Stevenue
Earl Bailey
Coun
Clay Carr Hurt in Fall at Boyce Publishing Company
Carr, owner of the Carr Publicing Company of Boyce, is hospitalized in Winchester Memorial Hospital with a back injury after slipping and falling at his publishing company on Saturday. He expects several weeks of treatment.
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Clay . Carr
Carr Publicing Company
Boyce
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Carr
Heavy Burden Is Price of Peace Says President
President Truman outlined an 85.444 billion dollar budget described as the price of peace. The plan would fund a total federal program for the coming year with far reaching military and domestic spending and faces early scrutiny from lawmakers seeking cuts. The budget projects a major expansion of Armed Forces spending and details across defense and related programs.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Russel
D-Ga
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Winchester Bicentennial speaker to lead festival policy meeting
Dr. William P. McGuire chair man of the Winchester Virginia Bicentennial Commission will deliver the key note at tonight's policy forming meeting for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. He attends as an official representative of the Bicentennial Commission with festival leaders outlining cooperative roles in the bicentennial program.
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William P. McGuire
Winchester
Virginia
Grand Fracture
Apelle
C. F. Schenck
H. Delmer Robinson
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VPA
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Brooklyn
Leonard Ponder
Murfreesboro
Arkansas
New York City
UN Command
Clay Carr
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