Administration Eyes Debt Cut Plan and Higher Ceiling
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration plans to reduce the national debt with a temporary debt limit set at 278 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year. Treasury Secretary Humphrey says careful management can keep within the new ceiling while tax collections are slim early in the year. He champions debt reduction over tax cuts and forecasts the annual outlay near 273 billion dollars, with discussions ongoing in Congress.
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Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
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Lee
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Wheeling Steel Extends Offer Similar to Big Three
Paul Rosen of NSW District 23 notes 12 000 members in the area, most of them Wheeling Steel workers, as he cites a Brown statement about a recent conversation in New York.
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Paul Rosen
Nsw
Wheeling Steel
Brown
New York
Dems Eye Third Day Nomination in Chicago Convention
National Chairman Paul M. Butler outlined a schedule toward selecting a Democratic presidential nominee in Chicago. Senator Estes Kefauver disputed William Stevenson’s claim of over 500 first ballot votes, saying his group could win 200. Butler said the National Committee will meet Saturday to set dates and avoid a split at the convention.
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Paul M. Butler
Chicago
Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
District of Columbia
Kefawer
Butler
Pelle
Dulles Warns On Foreign Aid Cut In Senate Hearing
Secretary of State Dulles urged support for Eisenhower's 4.9 billion foreign aid request before the Senate Appropriations Committee. He argued the Soviet new look raises rather than reduces need, noting encouraging signs in the bloc but urging adherence to established policies. The legislation contemplates a separate authorization bill and aid to Marshal Tito's government remains under discussion.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Senate Appropriations Committee
Soviet Bloc
Senate
Leckie Brothers Win Probation and Robbery Sentences
Two Weston men, Murray Dean Sayre and Kennard Leon Statler, were each sentenced to 10 years for the Harrison County Bank robbery at Lost Creek last September. Bluefield brothers Fred D. and William H. Leckie received three years probation for income tax evasion with back taxes and fines totaling over ten thousand dollars.
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Weston
Harrison County
Lost Creek
Murray Dean Sayre
Kennard Leon Statler
Mill Point
Whitehair
Bluefield
Fred D
William H. Leckie
Fred Leckie
Leckie
Saar
Chief Quits Bureau Amid Whisky Drinking Probe
The Farmers Home Administration chief resigned citing hypertension as Congress investigates charges of heavy whisky drinking and girl kissing within the agency. James C. Hagerty and McLeaish described the departure as voluntary. Eisenhower not directly involved.
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Farmers Home Administration
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McLeaish
Volun
Senate
Eisenhower
Thryn
Ceous Bozeman
Pat Ward Tied to Income Tax Fraud Case and Jelke
Pat Ward a former New York call girl is alleged to have diverted 1200 dollars from dates in WS52 to Charles Jelke. Ward claims she reported adjusted gross income to Jelke who is a socially prominent heir linked to a fortune. Jelke had earlier been convicted on a prostitution charge in April 1955 and sentenced to two to three years in prison.
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Jelke
Defense Mobilization declines rubber stock reduction
The Office of Defense Mobilization announced it will not cut the natural rubber stockpile or authorize government sales. The move aims to quell speculation about stock levels amid synthetic rubber availability, noting the stockpile has rested in place for years and exchanges have merely rotated aging stock for newer material.
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Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Detroit Driver Faces Contradictory Lights Trial
Henry A. Davis Jr., 67, on a drunk driving charge testified that he stopped at a red light and proceeded when it turned green, but a police witness stated there had never been a traffic light at the intersection. Davis received a 16 day jail term.
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Detroit
Henry A. Davis Jr
John Watts
Davis
Hagerstown Teens Fined for Hoax Bank Robbery
Three Maryland teens from Hagerstown were fined 500 dollars each and given 60 day suspended jail terms after a spontaneous fake bank holdup at First Federal Savings and Loans. The incident occurred April 7 after a baseball tournament in Cumberland when the youths stopped in town.
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Hagerstown
A Cc. Byrd
Daniel G. Hummel
William A. Blomgren
Federal Savings and Loans Assa
Cumberland
D. K. McLaughlin
Maryland Board of Probation and Parole
Neva Shannon
Ernest Smith
Bolivia Woman Vote For First Time In National Election
In La Paz on June 19 Bolivia held national elections allowing women and illiterates to vote for the first time. An indigenous woman in a derby hat brought a baby in a cradle to the booth, receiving loud shouts from voters while claiming two people in a booth violated ballot secrecy. Officials ruled the baby did not peek.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Consolidated Bus Co Request Studied for Discontinuing Route
Charleston June 19 The Public Service Commission studied Consolidated Bus Lines Inc request to discontinue through service between Logan and Kermit Mingo County The current one daily round trip via Naugatuck Lenore Belo and Holden will be replaced by local Logan Kermit service due to lack of customers No protesters appeared at the hearing
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Public Service Commission
Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
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Kermit
Mingo County
Naugatuck
Lenore
Belo
Holden
Consolidated
Eisenhower to form youth fitness council and advisory panel
President Eisenhower announced plans to create a council on youth fitness and an advisory panel of prominent citizens to boost physical and recreational activity among young people. He stressed the effort would coordinate federal, state, and local actions without becoming a large federal program.
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Annapolis
Eisenhower
Nixon
Seton O2vernment
Oris
Eisenhower’s Hospital Stay Extended Says White House Doctor
President Eisenhower will remain in hospital longer than first forecast officials said Maj Gen Howard Snyder noted discharge unlikely before the middle of next week The 5 PM bulletin reported a restful afternoon and a nap followed by a visit from his 8 year old grandson David Eisenhower Snyder spoke at Walter Reed Hospital about the Stay while noting the president may relocate to Gettysburg Pa once discharged for future recuperation
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Marvin L.arrowsmith
Washington
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
James C. Hagerty
White House
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Snyder
Tommy’s
Walter Reed Hospital
Gettysburg
San
le Maes
Association
Henry Burroughs
Associated Press
Steel negotiators hold first night session with seven firms
United Steelworkers negotiate with seven steel firms in parallel talks in New York and begin a night session as the union moves toward a five year no strike contract. The union authorized a strike if settlements fail before June 30, affecting about 650,000 workers.
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New York
United Steelworkers
U S ICBM Schedule Scrutiny Raises Security Questions
A May 17 Senate Armed Services subcommittee session heard Air Force General Putt estimate Russia could overtake the United States in air power within a decade. He noted budget allocations for ICBM research and defense programs while protesting research cuts.
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Armed Services Subcommittee
U.S
Putt
Russia
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