Rayburn backs Ike on no tax cuts this year
Speaker Sam Rayburn and Rep. Wilbur Mills align with President Eisenhower against substantial tax reductions this year. They favor extending current corporate and excise rates to prevent a three billion dollar revenue drop while lawmakers debate auto tax relief and broader tax policy amid recession concerns.
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Rayburn
Ike
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Eisenhower
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means
Mills
Congress
Senate
William K. Knowland
California
GOP
Wekly Mt Eshower
Anderson
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Treasury
Paul Douglas
D-Nl
Soviet to Pull Out Units from Romania and Hungary
Moscow reports the Soviet Union will withdraw troops from Romania and cut its Hungary garrison by a division this year. The Warsaw Pact nations announce large force reductions totaling 119000, with Romania and Bulgaria among the biggest cuts, while urging a 25 year non aggression pact with NATO. The United States rejects such proposals citing the UN Charter.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Romania
Hungary
Soviet Bloc
NATO
Khrushchev
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
West Germany
Balkan
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Albania
Warsaw
U.N
Walkers Leave Area On Peace Hike Toward Purcellville
A five person Winchester to Washington walk for peace proceeds from Bluemont toward Purcellville with plans to join demonstrations before the White House against nuclear tests. The group passes out literature with mixed reactions as they head toward Leesburg and eventually Washington, with nightly stays in Bluemont and Purcellville and a visit to Goose Creek Meeting House.
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Berryville
Winchester
Washington
Bluemont
Purcellville
Shenandoah River
Here
White House
Goose Creek
Lincoln
Leesburg
Dean Wickes
Willa Wilson
Havano Childs
Tax Assessments Expected to Meet Yearly Projections
Richmond AP State Tax Commissioner C H Morrissett expects personal income tax assessments for the current year to reach budget goals as totals for Mary and June rise. Through April the assessments were about a half million dollars under the prior year, but Virginians’ 1957 taxable income appears higher than 1956. Last year’s assessment was 59 million dollars. with delinquent collections and penalties, the fiscal year end projections total about 63 million dollars from individual income tax sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
C. H. Morrissett
Morrissett
Markets at a Glance New York AP Stocks Mixed, Cotton Lower
Markets at a glance report from New York shows mixed stocks with uneven bond activity and declines in cotton, wheat, corn and liquidation pressures in cereals. Hog prices hold steady to 50 cents lower with top at 23.75, cattle slaughter steers steady to 25 cents lower, top 32.59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senate unit pushes aid for Soviet satellites in Europe
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged a $3.71 billion foreign aid plan including unprecedented authority for Eisenhower to aid Yugoslavia Poland East Germany and other satellites. It warns of risks but says relief could loosen communist bonds and bolster world peace. Republican leader Knowland opposes mutual aid to Communist nations.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Senate
William F. Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
Poland
East Germany
United States
Sit
Knowland
House
Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Seven Missionary Servants Ordained to Priesthood
On Pentecost Sunday seven Missionary Servants from the local Seminary were ordained to the Catholic priesthood by Most Rev. Joseph H. Hodges in Sacred Heart Church. The ordinands are Rev. Peter Holden Rev. Fernando Rodriguez Rev. Vernon Donenmann Rev. Arthur Swift Rev. Carol Donovan Rev. Matthias Haiss and Rev. Warren Reich. The ceremony included a large turnout of friends and relatives from across the United States and Puerto Rico with a staff of priests assisting and notable clergy officiating. The rite emphasized the Churchs careful selection of ministers and the responsibilities of new priests.
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Joseph H. Hodges
Diocese of
Richmond
Hodges
Peter Holden
Long Island City
N.Y
Fernando Rodriguez
Coamo
Puerto Rico
Vernon Donenmann
Hydes, Md
Arthur Swift
New York City
Carol Donovan
Bayonne
N. J
Matthias Haiss
Bronx
N. Y
Warren Reich
Trussville
Ala
Sacred Heart Church
United States
Thomas O'Keeffe
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity
Justin D. McClunn
J.C.D
Stephen Quinn
Holy Trinity Mission Seminary
Stephenson
William McVeagh
T.S
Ignatius Fonash
T.D
Cardinal Stritch Dies in Rome Aids to Chicago burial plan
The 70-year-old Archbishop of Chicago Samuel Cardinal Stritch died in Rome after a blood clot and stroke. His body will be flown home to Chicago for burial after a funeral Mass at St Ignatius Church. Pope Pius II approved the funeral and burial plans. In Rome Alojzije Stepinac is reported in critical condition.
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Rome
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Pontifical College
Chicago
Sanatrix Clinic
Pius II
St. Ignatius Church
Martin John ‘Connor
Scranton
Vaticans Congregation For Propagation of the Faith
Vatican Curia
Italy
Vatican
Morris Stritch
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Emmett Stritch
Pope Pius
Stritch
College of Cardinals
Yugoslavia
Alojzije Cardinal
Stepinac
No Traffic Deaths Reported In Virginia In 24 Hours
AP reports no traffic deaths in the past 24 hours in Virginia. Yearly toll stands at 281, down from 292 at this time last year.
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Richmond
Virginia
Premier Pflimlin seeks confidence vote amid Gaullist bid
Paris Premier Pierre Pflimlin will present a government motion to the National Assembly asking for a confidence vote. If approved he stays. if defeated he resigns and Gen. Charles de Gaulle may be invited to form a new government. De Gaulle aims to be invested by the Assembly, facing opposition from Communists, Socialists, and portions of the MRP as Algeria tensions cloud France's politics.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Pflimlin
Rene Coty
de Gaulle
Coty
Popular Republicans
MRP
Warship Returns Bodies of Unknown Fighting Men
A gray warship carries three unknown dead from Korea and World War II toward home. Two World War II Unknowns will lie in state at the Capitol before burial at Arlington on Memorial Day. A third Unknown from World War II Pacific theaters was buried at sea after a selection by Medal of Honor recipient William Charette.
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Washington
Potomac River
Arlington National Cemetery
Korea
Virginia Capes
Capitol
Arlington
Europe
Blandy
Boston
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Canberra
William Charette
Charette
Dulles Affirms U S Policy On France Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles after a White House meeting with President Eisenhower reaffirmed the United States policy of no interference in France. He said the crisis there is a French problem and Washington will monitor closely but not intervene.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
U.S
Christian B. Herter
White House
France
Charles de Gaulle
U S Atom Subs Set Endurance Records
Adm. Arleigh Burke announces new endurance records for the Skate and Seawolf submarines after 31 days 5 hours and 30 days submerged. The tests confirm extended undersea operations with 160 sailors aboard, marking a milestone in submarine capability.
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U.S. Atom
Groton
Conn
Skate
Seawolf
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Burke
Thames River
Tavenner Endorsed For Federal Bench By Local Attorneys
Winchester and Frederick County lawyers endorsed Frank S. Tavenner Jr for the Western District of Virginia judgeship to be vacated by Judge John Paul August 1. Tavenner, former Tokyo war crimes prosecutor and longtime public servant, has been head of the House Un-American Activities Committee counsel and U S attorney for the district.
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Woodstock
Frank
Tavenner Jr
Tokyo
Virginia
Tavenner
Winchester
Frederick County
John Paul
House UN - American Activities Committee
U.S
Western District of
Army
Wial
Winchester - Frederick County
Winchester - Frederick County Bar Assa. Frank S. Tavenner Jr
Winchester Erick County Bar Assahere
Oldest Refrigerator Wanted at Miller and Anderson Ad
An advertisement seeks the oldest refrigerator freezer combination for purchase. Entry details list Miller and Anderson at 19 East Boscawen Street and reference a May 27 date with page markers.
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D. C
Diocese of Richmond
Center
Alter
Rhodes Drug CO
Rhodes Jewelry CO
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Ins. Corp
Everybody's Bank
Russia
Larry Conner
Halifax County
Meadsville
Halifax
Cardinal
General Dynamic Corp
Electric Boat
New London
Federal
Hamburg
Howard Johnson
George Washington
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