Eisenhower seeks 6 billion for defense and aid plan
The Eisenhower administration plans about 2.1 billion dollars more for defense and mutual security programs next fiscal year to counter Russia, with missiles antisubmarine gear and bases under consideration. Officials say the overall federal budget may hover near current levels while pursuing broader foreign aid.
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Eisenhower
Russia
Defense Department
White House
Ike Presiges
Sen
Hennings
D-Mo
Bridges
New Hampshire
Republican Polity Committee
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Strategic Air Command
State Dulles
Congress
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Official Weather Forecast for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Snow or rain ending this afternoon with a high in the mid 30s. Tonight becomes fair and colder with a low in the 20s. Thursday looks partly cloudy and cold.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
C.esceeseer
Bridgeport Youth Denies Attack Charge After Safe Breakin
Bridgeport police say Philip H. Mitchell, 29, an ex convict, denied an Oct. 19 assault on three elderly women at Flora Elm Home. He admitted being in the city visiting his brother. New York police later wound him during an attempted factory robbery. He is held without bail on assault and burglary charges.
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Bridgeport
Philip H. Mitchell
Flora Elm
Prospect Street
Dominic A. Conte
Mitchell
William
Rogues Gallery
New York
Ludwig Glowa
Maine
Asst. Dist
Charles McDonough
Conte
Capital Tree Set Up For Washington Christmas Pageant
A 60 foot northern Minnesota white spruce weighs 5000 pounds and was craned into place in Washington for the annual Christmas pageant. A scaffolding platform will be erected tomorrow morning and trimming work is to begin tomorrow afternoon.
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Washington
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Youth Nabbed After Break In At Transportation Offices
Police arrested Ronald Muse, 21, after a midnight break in at Republic Carloading & Distributing and Pacific Atlantic Transportation at 920 Union Avenue. Muse allegedly forced a cabinet safe and office door but yielded no loot. He was held on $10,000 bond on a breaking and entering charge after officers surrounded the buildings and a pistol shot was fired into the air.
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Republic Carloading & Distributing Company
Pacific Atlantic Transportation: Company
Union Avenue
Ronald Muse
John A. Lyddy
Muse
Lyddy
Republic
Lieut. Walsh
Pacific ,& Atlantic Transport Company
Joseph A. Walsh
Man Admits Killing His Farmer Father in Maine
Harrison C. Coombs confessed to the hammer slaying of his 79-year-old father Charles Coombs on Thanksgiving Day at a Maine farmhouse. Police said the 37-year-old unemployed son was arrested in Manchester and would be returned to Bangor on a murder warrant. a blood-stained hammer was found nearby.
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Dec
Winn
Lon
Maine
Harrison C. Coombs
Coombs
Bangor
Charles Coombs
Planner Resigns Fairfield Planning Post
Fairfield town planning director Robert S. Bryan resigns after seven years to join a Hamden consulting firm as chief planning consultant. Charles H. Parks says Bryan would work two days weekly on master plan revision under a per diem 50 dollar fee, opposed by the Board of Selectmen. The move leaves the department short of planners with James Lee vacancy unresolved.
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Robert S. Bryan
Fairfield
Hamden
Finance Board
Town Hall
Charles H. Parks
Town Plan and Zoning Commission
Bryan
Board of Selectmen
A Bryan
Parks
Goodkin-O’dey
Commission
James Lee
Stevenson declines Ike invitation to NATO Paris summit
Adlai Stevenson refused Eisenhower’s personal invitation to attend the Paris NATO conference citing lack of authority there as the main reason. He said he would be only a consultant unable to influence policy and that unless compelling developments occur he will not attend. Stevenson noted broad agreement with most administration NATO proposals but warned of serious differences on some points.
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Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Paris
Stevenson
State Department
NATO
Ooo 2
First American Moon Shot Delayed But Expected Tomorrow
Cape Canaveral reports a one hour delay to the Vanguard launch to place a small satellite into orbit. Techs addressed several rocket bugs. countdown remains a publicized step by step process with fuel, checks, and possible delays. If successful, the U S hopes to join the Soviet Sputniks in space and end Red monopoly in space.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Office of Naval Research
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Free World
Russia
Space
Cone
America
U.S
Defense Department
Washington
J. Paul Walsh
Man
Meany Rejects 1958 Wage Freeze to Fight Inflation
AFL-CIO President George Meany dismissed any acceptance of a wage freeze in 1958. He cited indicators of a downturn and rising need to raise wages to sustain purchasing power and production. He responded to a plan proposed by AFL CIO president Richard Gray of the Building and Construction Trades.
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Atlantic City
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Gray
Richard Gray
Aflcio Building and Construction
Rockville voters reelect mayor as GOP sweeps council
In Rockville Connecticut, Republican Herman G Olson wins a second term as mayor defeating Democrat Edwin Heck 1737 to 1279. GOP takes 9 of 12 council seats, Democrats hold three posts. Republicans also retain treasurer and sheriff and elect a new city clerk and two assessors.
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Herman G. Olson
Olson
Edwin Heck
Pitnen Taiygeawwe Onus
Frederick S. Berger
Honolulu
Weather Bureau
Berger
Florimond J. Bergeron
Putnam
Willimantle
Coast Guard Tracks Liner President Monroe Near Area
The coast guard said the cargo liner President Monroe was due in the area around 4 a.m. Wednesday EST. A Greek ship had been shhed.
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Honolulu
Greece
mid-Pacific
Margarita Chandris
Hawaiian ‘Islands
Coast Guard
Winnebago
Banna Guleatea Chaale
President Monroe
Inch of Snow Halts Traffic Across Bridgeport Area
Bridgeport faced its first real snow of the season with about an inch on the ground. State police warned of slippery Merritt Parkway driving conditions and minor accidents under investigation.
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Bridgeport
Westport
Merritt Parkway
U. S
Weather Bureau
Stratford
Six Die In Fire At Glass Plant
Martins Ferry Ohio fire at Porter Glass plant killed six workers and injured six others including owner A H Porter. Fire trapped several on the second floor of the 75 year old frame building. Missing victims were identified by names as the search continued.
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Ohio
Porter Glass Company
Francis Good
Bellaire
Mary Jane Byard
Goldie Gibbons
Yorksville
Rose McMahon
Hazel Stocia
Matthew McElroy
A. H. Porter
Martins Ferry Hospital
Porter
Wheeling
W. Va
Stores Close Early as Christmas Rush Looms
The notice states stores will close at 5 38 p m and notes that three weeks from now is Christmas signaling the final phase of shopping.
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