WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1955 The World At o Glance Ike Drafts Tax 'Blast' WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 UP)— President Dwight D. Eisenhower today reportedly drafted a hot blast against the drive by House Democrats for a $2O-a-person income tax cut starting next Jan. 1. Administration officials and Republicans in Congress indicated the President, at his news conference tomorrow, would take a per sonal hand in the scrap. 6 Red Junks Claimed Sunk , TAIPEI, Formosa, Wednesday, Feb. 23 (JP) —Nationalist planes yesterday smashed at more than 200 Red armed junks and gunboats close to imperiled Nanchishan Island. Pilots claimed six were sunk and many damaged. A veil of official Reticence made it impossible to tell whether this was the same Communist flotilla that earlier, in the day bore down on Nanchishan and then reportedly turned away. Atomic Warhead Exploded LAS VEGAS, Nev., Feb. 22 (JP)— A small nuclear device—the probable prototype for an atomic missile warhead—exploded today with a force that jarred cities 135 miles away. The pre-dawn flash was seen miles away. The shot from a 300-foot tower on Yucca Flat was the second test of the 1955 series. Russians Claim Atom Lead LONDON, Feb. 22 (/P)—Soviet Russia came out today—the eve of Soviet army day—with a direct claim to an edge over the United States in the production of atomic and hydrogen weapons. British to Build 'Atom' Navy- LONDON, Feb. 22 UP) —Britain announced today she will build a navy of superlethal guided missile ships to meet the challenge of the H-bomb era. At the same time the fleet will get new still-secret aircraft capable of carrying the atom bomb. Matusow Threatened With Jail WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (JP) —Senate investigators served notice on turnabout Witness Harvey Matusow today that they will have him jailed for perjury if they possibly can. Matusow declared “I’ve purged my soul—fny conscience is clear.” He said he would fight any perjury charge unless the gov ernment prosecutes ex-Communists Elizabeth Bentley, Louis Budenz, Paul Crouch and Manning Johnson on the same charge. Manila Pact Opens Conference BANGKOK, Wednesday, Feb. 22 (/P) —Delegates of the eight Manila pact powers today open a conference called to consider mili tary and economic bulwarks against communism in Southeast Asia. IFC PanHel Ball SAUTER-FINEGAN ORCHESTRA $5.00 per couple Tickets at Student Union Desk April 1 (J3e&t o ; Presents The Great Rec Hall FRIDAY, APRIL 1 9:00-1:00 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Of Highway Program WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (£>)— President Dwight D. Eisenhower today urged Congress to approve a long-range road-building pro gram that would relieve the na tion’s highways of “deadly con gestion.” The President estimated that the federal government, states and localities need to build 101 bil lion dollars worth of roads in the next 10 years. He said he was “in clined to the view” that a 40,000- mile network of interstate roads, a part of the whole program, should be financed through a new federal borrowing agency. the Semi-Formal ear Lantern Staff to Meet The editorial staff of the Lan- Alpha Kappa Psi, commerce so tern, Liberal Arts publication, ciety, will hold a rushing smolrei will meet at 6:30 tonight in 104 at 7:15 tonight at Alpha Sigms Willard. Phi. Feb. 25 - Mar. 4, 11, 18 Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan Children of Darkness • • • The Jailer’s Wench DON'T MISS . . . PAGE tmre; Alpha Kappa Psi Smoker Center Stapre at the T.U.B.
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