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The Sidney herald., 1956-03-08
Tax On Sale Of
Residence Is
Explained

In 1850 and prior years, if {
taxpayers personal residence wa.
sold at a gain, it was taxable
even though he replaced the ole
residence with another one which
he purchased or constructed. This
often resulted in hardship, es-
pecially when the changes were
made because of a change in the
place OF employment or because
of an increase in the size of the
family. For taxable years ending
after December 81, 1850, a new
rule was provided in the law to
give relief in such cases. Since
that time. several changes have
been made in this rule. The rule
as contained in existing law, is
set forth below.
If, after December 81, 1853, you
sell at a gain your residence Tor
your principal residence if you
have more than n residence),
and within l year before or after
the sale you purchase and occupy
another residence, none of the
gain is taxable if the cost of the
new residence equals or exceeds
the adjusted sales price of the
old residence.
Under certain conditions, this
rule applies also to ase where
you exchange your residence for
another residence; or you con-
struct a replacement residence,
rather than buying one already
built; or the replacement
is a residence which has to be
reconstructed to permit you to
occupy it.
This nonrecognition of gain is
mandatory, and the law (section
1884 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1851 is based .on the
assumption that the
new property is substantially a
continuation of the old invest
ment, which is still unliQuidated
because the new residence takes
the place of the old one.
If, therefore, the adjusted sales
price of the old residence is more
than the cost of the new resi-
ience, the excess must be recog-
1ized in determining taxable gain.
Under the law, a loss from the
;ale or exchange of your personal
is not deductible.
If, instead of purchasing anoth-
n residence, you begin construc-
ion of a new residence, either
before the sale of your old resi-
ience or within l year after the
ale, and occupy 1t not later than
8 months after the sale, none
Ible if your cost of construction
# the gain upon the sale is tax
lctualy taking place and land &C.
ually acquired within the period
l year before the sale
The Sidney herald., 1956-03-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-08
Rankin Reported Choice
For Solicitor General

J. Lee Rankin. head Of the
Justice Departments Office Of
legal counsel, was reported today
to be President Eisenhower's
choice for Solicitor General of
the United States.
The 49-year-old Nebraskan
would succeed Simon E. Sobelofi.
who recently was confirmed by
the Senate as a judge Of the
United States Court Of Appeals
after a protracted controversy
rooted in the civil rights issue.
Like Judge Sobeloff. Mr.. Ran
kin has been active in the adj
ministration's legal battles for
school deSegregation. He pre-
sented the Government srgu-
ment in the basic case that led
to the Supreme Court ruling
against segregation.
1t is a possibility. therefore
that a recess appointment as
Solicitor General would be fol-
lowed by a Senate debate on mis-
qualifications.
Mr. Rankin is a friend OF At
torney General Brovnell who
summoned him to Washington
from private law practice in
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vitation to participate in the
London conference after it was
assured the meeting would not
harm the sovereignty and dig
nifty of Egypt" Indian sources in
New Delhi had said previously
that Mr.. Nehru's acceptance
would in no way commit him to
approve the international con-
troll Of the canal which the
Western Big Three hope the
conference will agree to sponsor.
India was the 18th nation to
agree to attend the meeting pro-
posed by Britain, France and the
United States. A British Foreign
Office spokesman said it would
be held no matter how many of
the "a nations invited refused to
come.
Greece Wants Aid
Greece, desiring Egypt's back
ing for the Greek fight to get
Cyprus away from the British.
replied to Britain's invitation
today with proposal that the
parley be postponed. The Greeks
also indicated they felt the con-
ference site should be changed.
But informed sources in
Athens said having made this
gesture to Egypt. the Greek gov
eminent probably would finally
send delegation to London.
There has been no reply yet
Continued on Page A-3, Col. 2
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Rescue workers with oxygen
equipment tried to reach the
men, but were forced back by
the flames which melted heavy
rubber boots they were wearing.
Men. women and children,
relatives of the trapped miners.
gathered at the pithead, some
screaming and weeping.
Black-helmeted police formed
"a Gordon in front Of the mine
gates to prevent the crowd from
getting closer.
A mine engineer said fire broke
out in the Amercoeur coal mines
when a coal car left the rails
and cut through an electric
cable. causing short circuit.
Mining engineers we're ham,
pered in their effort to fight the
flames because extensive use of
water risked flooding passages
in which the trapped men may
have taken refuge.
The Belgian radio said in a
special broadcast the situation
could become the worst coal
mine catastrophe of Belgium
history
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forts in that direction. The re-
porter asked him what changes
he would like in the party.
Mr.. Eisenhower said that was
such a vast subject that it would
take all of the press conference
time if he went into it. Then
he advised the newsmen to wait
for the platform to be adopted
by the Republican Convention
opening in San Francisco Au-
gust 20.
He is certain, the President
said, that the G.. o. P. platform
will contain pledges regarding
some of the principles and poll
cies that he favors as represent
ing some reorientation, looking
toward rebuilding the party with
strength and vigor.
DOdges Third Party Point
His mention of Chester Bowles
came in his response to a ques-
ton about whether he had
thought seriously about trying
to form a third party at one
time during his administration
A recent quote by Robert j.
Donovan of the New York Her.
ald-Tribune reported that the
President at one period became
so discouraged in trying to win
some Republicans in Congress
o"er to support his ideas that he
thought about. but discarded
Continued on Page AS, Col. !
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Hopes Waning for 270
Trapped in Blazing Mine

MARCINELLE. Belgium, Aug
8 (Pl.-Flames in a coal mine
which ate through elevator
cables and cut of escape routes
trapped about 270 miners 2,485
feet below today.
1T will be a miracle if any,
one comes back" said a mine Of
fetal.
Seven men, however, had sue
ceeded in reaching the surface
Earlier 25 escaped by elevator
But the flames melted the cables
which were working lifts in two
shafts and the cages crashed to
the bottom, cutting of further
escape by that route.
Three more survivors and
the bodies of three dead were
brought to the surface later.
Rescue workers preached a
concrete wall in a tunnel that
was believed to lead to the area
where at least some of the men
were trapped.
Flames and choking fumes
barred at least some of the maze
of galleries by which the miners
might have escaped.
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U. S. Employment
Sets New Record
BY the Associated Press

The number Of American job
holders climbed again in July to
a total Of $685. ,000-setting a
new employment record for the
second straight month.
The Commerce and Labor De-
partments reported today the
total of employed was about
$4,000 higher than in June and
about IL million above July OF
last year.
AT the same time. the report
showed the number without Jobs
was virtually without change
from June at 2.833,000. This
total represents about 4 per cent
OF the civilian labor force of Y
million, which includes those in
the armed forces.
The steel strike in July was
credited with causing only a
slight increase in joblessness due
70 layoffs in related or allied
industries The number OF
strikers is not included IN the
total Of unemployed unless they
seek other WORK.
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delegates--who seem determined
to act as a unite throw their
support to Senator Lyndon john
son Of Texas or to Gov. Thinner
men Of South Carolina instead
of voting for Mr.. Stevenson, as
they have been expected to do.
If this split does not material
ize, and most of the SoutherneSs
persist in their support of Mr..
Stevenson, then the Hartman
forces are planning to carry the
civil rights issue to the floor of
the convention. This they will do
If the civil rights plank does not.
in so many words. approve the
desegregation decision Of the SUI
preme Court, and call on the
Federal Government TO put 1t
into effect BY legislation and ex-
ecutiye action.
They can do this BY bringing
before the convention a minority
Continued on Page "A. Col. l
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ABOUT winch ne has no doubt
now.
He renewed appeals for pa
tience in the school integration
problem. He described the re-
cent increase in steel prices as
raising danger sign but no
serious threat of imitation.
But with converting of the
Democratic and Republican con-
ventions fast approaching, most
.of the Presidents press confer
.ence discussion aside from inter-
national problems dealt with
politics.
EXpOunds Philosophy
He told a reporter who wanted
to know why he chose to run as
"a Republican instead of a Demo-
Graf in 1852 that one of the rea-
sons was his conviction that a
change in party responsibility
was necessary to get the clean
ing up needed after 20 years of
Democratic power.
EXpounding some of his DO
litical philosophy in answer to
another question, Mr.. Eisen-
hover referred to a recent book
by Chester Bowles. former Am
baSSador to India and one time
Governor of Connecticut. Re-
minded that Mr.. Bowles is a
Democrat. he laughed and re-
marked that he never had said
that party could not produce
some good ideas.
Mr.. Eisenhower firmly ruled
out any further discussion of his
attitude regarding Vice President
Nixon and Harold Stassen's
efforts to dump Mr.. Nixon as the
1856 vice presidential candidate.
saying he thought he had made
himself perfectly clear on that
subject last week.
Mr.. Eisenhower emphasized a
week ago that he was satisfied
with Mr., Nixon as a running
mate. but that Mr.. Stassen and
others had a perfect right to pro-
mote other candidates and he did
not want to foreclose the right
Of Republican convention dele
gates to choose.
Quizzed on Party Ideas
Another statement by the
President at last weeks news
conference set off his main po-
litical discussion today.
A reporter reminded him that
he had said then. in effect. that
one Of the big factors in his
decision TO run for a second term
is that he believes the Republic
can Party needs rebuilding badly
and wanted TO continue his ef-
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a major split in the Democratic
Party.
Their objective is to prevent a
Stevenson nomination on an
early ballot. believing that If the
former Illinois Governor fails to
go across early in the convention
balloting, he will never be nomi-
mated and that Gov Hartman
will be the beneficiary.
They have two strings to their
bow.
Mr.. Stevenson, in a television
appearance last night, stated:
Il have had a very strong feeling
the platform should express un-
equivocal approval OF the (Su-
premel Courts decision tdeseg-
regating the public schools al
though II seems odd that YOU
should have TO express your APP
proval Of the Constitution and
its institutions.
In the opinion Of the Harri-
man managers. this statement
may well cause the Southern
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AIeeriuns Ambush
French, Kill Nine

ALGIERS, Aug. 8 (P).-Al-
gerian nationalist rebels shot up
a truckload of French soldiers
in an ambush. killing nine of
them. French sources reported
today.
The attack took place yester-
day near Camp-des- Chenes, Is
miles southwest of Algiers.
The rebels also wounded four
of the troops. Only five in the
military truck escaped without
injury.
A few minutes earlier. at the
same spot, a French ambulance
had been swept by rebel fire but
escaped.
Rebel casualties were not re-
ported.
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DC PCdIG1ully oCbllCu dIlu IIldJ
this issue is wholly separate from
the Israeli dispute. Any at
tempt TO inject the Arab-Israeli
dispute into the Suez Canal dis
pute would not be helpful to a
settlement"
India to Attend Farley
Earlier today India agreed to
attend the international Suez
Canal conference. but Egypt re-
portedly informed India she
would not take part in the parley
Indian Prime Minister Nehru
announced his governments de-
cision to the Indian Parliament
in New Delhi, Authoritative
sources in the Indian capital
said Egypt had already advised
India she would not send a dele
CATION to London.
Mr.. Nehru himself told Parlia-
ment the Indian government
recognized Egypt could not ano
would not participate in a con-
ference on the Suez Canal tc
which she is merely invited" ano
about which she had not beer
consulted.
Mr.. Nehrus announcement
increased expectations that
Egyptian President Canal ABIDE
Nasser would try to put the dis
pute over his naturalization OF
the strategic waterway before
the U. N. Security Council.
Britain meanwhile marshaleo
an air and sea armada to move
more troops to the Mediterra-
mean. The British also went dog
gedly ahead with their plans tt
hold the Suez conference -
scheduled to open in London
August l6-even if Egypt didnt
participate.
United States Criticized
Mr.. Nehru appealed to Britain
and France to halt their "war,
like" preparations" which HI
said had disturbed all of Asia
He also criticized the UniteC
States. saying the way" il
which Washington withdrew it!
offer to help finance the pro.
posed Aswan high dam on the
Nile had "precipitated" Mr.
Nasser's decision to nationalizt
the canal.
Mr.. Nehru said his govern
ment had accepted Britain's in.
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Hartman Seeks Deadlock
Over Civil Rights Issue
BY GOULD LINCOLN

STAR CONVENTION BUREAU, CHICAGO, Aug 8-Gov.
Avere Hartman of New York his supporters are planning
10 use the civil rights issue TO drive wedge between the
southern delegates TO the Democratic National Convention
and Adla Stevenson and deadlock the convention over
presidential nomination
Apparently they willing do this even if it means
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-08
U. N. Official Resions

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.
Aug 8 Paul v Johansen OF
Denmark, director of the U. n
Information Center in Washing
ton. has resigned effective Aug
10, the Y. n announced yes.
tefday Johsnsen plans 10 re-
sumo his Journalistic career in
Denmark.
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Gov.HaI|
Loses in Kansas
Cobo Easy Winner
In Michigan Vote
BY the Associated Press

Republican voters in Kansas
yesterday rejected Gov. Fred
Halls bid for denomination while
Michigan Republicans over
whelmingly picked Mayor Alfred
E. Cobo of Detroit as their can
didate for Governor.
In Missouri-the third State
to hold party primaries yester-
day-Lawyers Herbert Douglas
of Neosho and Albert E. Schoen-
beck of st. Louis were battling
head-to- head for the Republican
nomination for the United
States Senate. 1t appeared alb
sentee ballots might decide the
issue.
Gov. Halls defeat by State
Representative Warren w. Shaw
marked only the second time in
half a century that a Republic
can Governor of Kansas had
been denied a chance for a Sec
ond term.
Bitter Campaign
The campaign that led up to
the primary was rated one of the
bitterest in Kansas history. One
major issue was Gov. Halls veto
of a "right-to-work" bill that
would have made it unlawful to
deny anybody a job for member
ship or nonmembership in a
labor union, Leaders of organized
labor in the State backed Gov
Hall against Mr.. Shaw, who
favored the bill.
Returns from 2,7l4 of 1851
precincts gave Mr.. Shaw 1876 ,084
and Mr.. Hall 107,527.
On the Democratic side Harry
Woodring and George Docking
were little over 1000 votes apart
See PRIMARIES, Page "A
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Colombia Blast
Deaths Nearing
1000 Mark
Dynamite Explosion
Ruins Still Yielding
Additional Victims

CALI. Colombia, Aug. 8 (P.-
The death count climbed grimly
toward 1000 today from an ex-
plosion of seven dynamite-laden
trucks that ripped through the
heart of this fourth city of
Colombia.
Latest unofficial estimates put
the total dead at about 700. But
many others among the hun
dreds of injured were not ex-
pected to live. and rescue work.
.ers digging through the shat
tered blast area continued to un-
cover additional victims.
officials said employees of
United States firms probably
were among the injured.
President Gustavo Rojas Phil
la blamed political sabotage for
the explosion early yesterday
which virtually leveled an eight
block area and was felt for 20
miles.
Parked in City
The seven trucks had parked
for the night Monday in a densely
populated area of slums, ware
houses, hotels, stores and fac
tories in the center of this city Of
about 285,000 persons. They were
part OF a 10-vehicle convoy which
had left the port of Buenaven-
tura Monday with explosives to
be delivered to the Public Works
Ministry in Bogota. The drivers
OF the seven vehicles decided to
spend the night here. sleeping in
the cabs of the trucks.
The spot where the trucks
were parked was scooped into a
large crater by the force of the
explosion. Buildings as far as IL
blocks from the blast center were
damaged extensively.
Large-scale relief operations
were in full swing. Doctors
nurses, medical supplies and food
streamed in from Bogota and
other cities. The American Red
Cross in Panama dispatched 3
tons of medical supplies. includ-
ing blood plasma, by United
States Air Force transport.
Emergency hospital stations
were set up to care for the over
flow of injured from the city's
regular hospitals and clinics.
Ruins COmbed
Bulldozers and other earth
moving machinery worked
around the clock, moving huge
piles of debris from the explo-
son area in a search for addi-
tional bodies. Grief stricken citi-
zens from all walks of life
combed the wrcekage and debris
for the injured and the dead.
Burial of the victims. ham
pered by an acute shortage of
collins, was an urgent task in
this tropical climate. Military
authorities announced plans to
bury unidentified dead in a COM
mon grave. Relatives and friends
of persons living or working in
the blast area were urged to
help in Identification without
delay.
Dump carts piled high with
mutilated and burned bodies
formed a grisly parade through
the city.
Bodies were placed in ceme-
teries, pubic buildings and other
sites awaiting Identification and
burial.
One reporter said he person.
ally counted 800 dead in one
hospital building.
Panic Quelled
The explosion touched off gen.
eral panic among frightened
residents, but troops and police
were quickly on the scene seek
ing to restore order and prevent
looting.
The government decreed a
three-day period of mourning
Movies and sports events we're
Cancelled. Donations poured in
from over the country and from
abroad to aid the injured and
homeless.
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Eisenhower Opposes
Force on Suez
MiIitoryMove
Is Not Ruled
Out,However
BY EARL H. VOSS

President Eisenhower today
sharply rebuffed advocates of
military force to punish Egypt
for her seizure of the Suez Canal.
He did not rule out the use Of
force, and specifically refused to
criticize Great Britain and France
for taking military precautions.
But he emphasized at his press
conference that he could not
conceive of military force being
"a good solution" of the Suez
crisis Damage and destruction
is no settlement" when you are
trying to be constructive. the
President commented reproach-
fully.
He said the administration has
hopes the matter can be settled
peacably.
Sober Second Thoughts
The two contending sides are
mot yet" so deeply committed
that military measures are in
evitable, in the Presidents opin-
ion. On the contrary, he has
good reason to hope that good
sense will prevail. he said.
"a little sober second think
ing" probably is going on in "a
good many quarters, Mr.. Essen
hover commented, apparently
referring to British and French
governments activities to tenn
per clamors for reprisals in their
Parliaments.
Informed by British reporter
that his remarks might be in-
terpreted as opposition to the
use Of force under any circum-
stances, Mr. Eisenhower said he
had carefully avoided saying
that.
Every important question in
the world should be settled by
negotiation, he said. But while
the United States is trying to
substitute the conference table
! for the battlefield, he empha-
sized that Il don't mean to say
that anyone has to surrender
rights"
j Plea for Moderation
The Presidents plea for mod
Grafton followed two days of
conferences at the State De-
lpartment between Secretary Of
State Dulles and ambassadors Of
the worlds leading maritime
powers. Mr.. Dulles was reported
to have indicated to 20 Latin
American Ambassadors yesterday
that Great Britain and France
might consider the Egyptian
Seizure of the canal last July rs
to have been aggression against
them, as signatories of the Con-
vention of 1888 and justification
for using military force.
This convention. signed by
Britain, France. Greece. Ger
many, Austria-H Hungary Italy,
Russia, Spain. Turkey and the
Netherlands. provides in its first
article that:
THE Suez Canal shall always
be free and open in time of war
as in time Of peace. to every
vessel of commerce or war. with
out distinction of flag. Conse-
quently the high contracting
parties agree not in any way to
interfere with the free use of
the canal in time of war as 10
time of peace"
Favors Conference
Secretary Dulles was said to
have speculated that Britain and
France could interpret the
Egyptian use of troops in the
canal zone as aggression and a
pretext for they themselves to
use force TO assure international
control of the canal.
The President. in his news
conference todayA expressed a
preference for the 24-nation
conference, set for London on
See FORCE, Page "A
PddEas1 DnA:
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Rudford Returning

HONOLULU, Aug. 8 P.-Ad-
miral Arthur w. Radford, chair
man Of the joint chiefs OF staff,
left for Los Angeles last night
after a stopover from his tour
Of the Far East.
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PLANNED RETIRING
SOFTENS THE BLOW

THE GOLDEN YsARS-A Louisiono
woman foeed refinement under severe
hondieops, but overcome them through
planning for the future. She opened
O shop-ond tells about It through
Writer Thomos Collins on The Stars
Feature Pose, ABS.
NORWEGIAN scoUT-The com.
missioner Of Girl Guides in horvoy
finds Girl Scout camping here quite
different from such outings in her
motive land Amelia Young reports on
the views Of visitor Asto Sofos on
pose 81.
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Cool Heat Wave

HONOLULU, Aug. 8 tPl.-The
mercury hit 80 degrees here
yesterday-one degree below the
record. The high climaxed a
local heat wave in which temper
atures have ranged in the mid
80s.
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President Sees Platform
To Strengthen 6. p.
Will Undergo New Medical Examination
Before Elections, News Conference Told
BY GARRETT d. HORNER

President Eisenhower predicted today that the 1856
Republican platform will reflect changes party thinking
that should help inject strength and vgor into the G. o
The President also told conference that he will
have another medical examination November
elections to test again his physical fitness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-08

Lincoln. 70 be an Assistant A.
torney General in 1858 His
home IS a. 500 Juniper lane.
Falls Church.