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ALBANY, Jan. 17 -- Republican bills to continue the 10 per cent forgiveness in state income taxes and the 25 per cent abatement in unincorporated business taxes were submitted to the Legislature tonight.
Govt combats anti-tax campaign by shopkeepers led by P Poujade; shows shopkeepers returns over past 6 yrs generally fraudulent; Poujade calls mass meeting, Paris
Annual dinner
Pres Eisenhower asks $2 billion, fiscal '56
UN advisory com meets, NYC; selects Geneva for scientists conf site; Sec Gen Hammarskjold on conf aims; he will preside over all com sessions; Skobeltsyn, Rabi, Dr Dunworth (GB) illus
1955Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer[†]
Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
1955Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (born 1912)[†]
Saadat Hasan Manto was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author who was active in British India and later, after the 1947 partition of India, in Pakistan.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]