The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 05, 1957, Image 3
FRIDAY. APRIL 5. 1957 Attempts Made !ter Suez Plan Lost To TON, April 4 (W)—The United States was re to be making last minute efforts to win some it's plan for operating the Suez Canal despite ,on of the main American proposals by the 1-rnment. WASHIN ported today revision of iiijtial reject Egyptian gov The Suez issue was one of the questions discussed in a Tax Ex mptionsi Made 1 to Law Sans-Si nature HARRISBUR , April 4 (iP) Gov. George M. Leader last night, permitted to be ome law without his signature Republican bill giving new sal:s tax exemptions to manufacturers, utilities and shipyards. .e effective au idnight. said he would The law be •? tomatically at .1 The governo have vetoed t can leaders in /- bill if Republi i• Legislature had opt a plan r.evis and administra- not agreed to a ing enforcernen 'tive provisions. Leader said t what he termed e new law gave "inexcusable pre ; tain favored ferences to Ci groups." "It makes unwarranted conces sions to a handlul of favored in terests and in this manner sets business against business," Lead er- said in a 600-word` statement. The new law precludes the pos sibility of the 3 per cent levy dropping to 2 per cent June 1., Its most important other provis ion eliminates the stamp plan for collection. The system, suspended by a court test, provides for issuing stamps to consumers as evidence the tax was paid. The stamps in turn would have been redeemed by the state at 2 per cent of face value. DON'T MISS . . . SEMI- 45-minute conference today be tween President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles. Changes Opposed Egyptian President Gamal Ab 7 del Nasser, according to informa tion from diplomatic officials here, turned down three major changes which. Dulles had asked in a note sent to Cairo last Sunday. Those changes were designed to protect the interests of user nations in the operation of the canal to the 'greatest extent which Dulles con sidered possible under the plan proposed by Egypt a week ago. The Egyptian rr i e p 1 y was re ceived here Tuesday night. Dulles had said at a news conference Tuesday morning that he expect ed to know within 24 to 48 hours whether there was any chance for serious negotiation with Egypt on the Suez issue. Response Discouraging The 48-hour period expired to day and the word from diplomats here was that the Egyptian re sponse really offered no solid basis for hope that serious nego tiation with Egypt on the Suez issue. Response Discouraging The 48-hour period expired to day and the word from diplomats' here was that the Egyptian re sponse really offered no solid basis for hope that serious nego tiations were possible. However, there were also sev eral signs that Dulles, who is per-i I sonally directing the exchanges' with the Egyptian government through Ambassador Raymond A. Hare in Cairo, has not yet given up all hope of getting some modi fication of the Egyptian position. The IFC-PANHEL BALL BUY YOUR TICKETS AT THE HUB DESK ,'z_ 2.. [ 6 l 1I 11 I THE DAILY APRIL 5 -- 9 -12 A.M. and 1 - 4:45 P.M. OLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Raging Storms 'Renew Threat To Midwest Wild spring storms touched off tornadoes in the Smith, whirled snow across the North and raised flood threats in the Midwest yes terday. The twisters hit in Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennes see. The snow belt reached from the Western Plains to the Atlantic in the northern states. Persisting rain swelled the Ohio River and its branches in western Pennsyltania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. During the day five storm, deaths were reported. Tornadoes killed two persons in the South— both in Mississippi—and injured 100 or more. 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News Conference Hamrnarskjold spoke in reply to, questions at his first news con ference since' returning a week, ago from a nine-day mission to Cairo_ He said he did not skip a single Middle Eastern question in his talks there. He declared him self ready to go to Jerusalem or Fresh Cakes for all occasions! APRIL 5 back to Cairo whenever that would be useful. The secretary general said he did not think it would be a good idea to call the Security Council in on the issue of how to operate the Suez Canal until possibilities of current Washington-C airo negotiations have been exhausted. Across With Iko In answer to a question on Pres ident Eisenhower's news confer ence statement that he expected Egypt would not bar the ships of any nation from the canal. Ham marskjold said: "I think it is a wise assumption." 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