Ike defense budget cut outlined in congressional reviews
President Eisenhower faced substantial cuts in defense and information budgets as subcommittees proposed reductions to the 239.2 billion dollar request for the next fiscal year, while a smaller cut aimed at the U S Information Agency drew scrutiny. The plan aims to preserve air and missile programs amid debates, with Ike set to address the nation and rally GOP leaders regarding the overall 571.9 billion dollar package.
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Washington
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White House
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Mass
Senate
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Calif
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Senate Upheld Postal Fund Slash in Post Office Budget
Washington The Senate backed a three billion eight hundred thirty four million treasury post office appropriations bill by a 22 to 1 vote to sustain current services. Only Senator Douglas opposed, saying cuts were not deep enough as the bill heads back to the House for minor amendments.
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Senate
Post Office Department
Douglas
D-Il
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Treasury
No Indictment of Fugitive Couple in Kansas Escape
San Francisco AP reports grand jurors declined to indict Hernando Catton 49 and Martha Stechura 27 for kidnapping Anthony Trevelick Redwood City and robbing him of 2 dollars after their escape from a Kansas penitentiary to have a baby born outside. They will be returned to Kansas.
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Kansas
Hernando Catton
Martha Stechura
Anthony Trevelick
Redwood City
Cedar Rapids approves $10 raises for police and firemen
Cedar Rapids city council agreed to ten dollar monthly raises for 106 firemen and 96 police officers retroactive to January 4. Police move to a 44 hour week after July 1, firemen shift to a two shifts day off system under a new Iowa law. Beginning salaries rise to 345 dollars monthly for new fire and patrol personnel, 357 after one year, and 370 after two years, plus a five dollar uniform allowance. The plan costs about 24 thousand dollars annually and requires eight additional patrolmen to support the 44 hour week.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jim Meaghan
Stewart Shank
Don Gardner
Swade Halvorsen
E. A. Prochaska
Shank
Miller Charged as Communist Party Member in 1940s Trial
Government presented files from the House Un American Activities Committee showing Playwright Arthur Miller joined the Communist Party in 1943 Brooklyn and remained until 1947. Prosecutor William Hitz disclosed the records as Miller, husband of Marilyn Monroe, faced contempt charges for refusing to name attendees at a 1947 Communist sponsored writers' meeting.
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Ins
House
Arthur Miller
William Hitz
UN American Activities Committee
Miller
Marilyn Manrose
Hitz
Cormmmunist
Brooklyn
Communist Party
Hussein declines Baghdad invitation to meet Iraqi and Saudi kings
AMMAN Jordan AP King Hussein on Tuesday declined an invitation to meet with King Faisal of Iraq and King Saud of Saudi Arabia in Baghdad. A statement said present conditions do not enable him to make the visit.
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Jordan
Hussein
Faisal
Iraq
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Bagdad
Confidential Faces Big Liberace Libel Suit
Pianist Liberace filed a 25 million dollar libel suit against Confidential magazine in Los Angeles. The action alleges an article created the impression that he is immoral indecent and obscene.
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Confidential
Big Liberace
Los Angeles
INL
Liberace
Confidential Magazine
Dulles Sees Open Skies and Arctic Welfare Shift
Secretary Dulles proposed an open skies aerial inspection plan for Siberia and Alaska to ease disarmament talks. Dr. Philip Hauser warned Cedar Rapids will face major changes in health and welfare facilities through 1975 due to population growth and urban decentralization. He urged mutual inspection and emphasized planning through the Council of Social Planning to manage rapid urban change.
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Dha
Washington
Dulles
U.S
Russia
Siberia
Alaska
Philip Hauser
Europe
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Cial
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Rypstrom
Lloyd
Davis
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Reed
A. T. Pleune
How
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James F. Lewis
Arnie
Cnll
Council of Social Planning
Ben Franklin
Tragic End to Actress Dorothy Dale in Fire
HOLLYWOOD AP reports Dorothy Dale, once famed in silent films, died Monday when a gas heater ignited her cottage sofa. Real name Alicia Hyman, she lived alone after husband Br. Jacob Hyman’s 1942 death. Once a photo favorite, her face was scarred by makeup poisoning, ending her career. Her sister Gladys Valencia recalls a reclusive, veiled figure amid photos and mementos.
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Dorothy Dale
Fiery Death
Alicia Hyman
Erleh von Straheim
Gladys Valencia
Worth Hollywood
Hyman
Hymana
Valencia
Marty Houdini
Britain Ends Gasoline Rationing After Suez Crisis
Britain lifts gasoline rationing as Power Minister Lord Mills announces easing of the energy crisis. Rationing began December 17 after Suez blockade and pipeline sabotage cut Middle East oil deliveries, with motorists limited to 200 miles per month on coupons.
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Britain
Lord Mills
Syria
Middle East
Aerial Fertilizer Spraying Amid Long Northeast Iowa Rain
Six straight days of rain slow floods in the region as the Hirsh Brothers Spraying Company conducts the first reported aerial fertilizer operation in northeast Iowa. Eighty acres on the Milt Ponsar farm near Oclwein and sixty on the Mike Stewart farm near Oclwein slated for spraying amid persistent showers forecast to continue. Weather warnings of possible severe storms and tornadoes accompany rainfall totals rising in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Milt Ponsar
Oclwein
Mike Stewart
Ponsar
Hirsh Brothers Spraying Company
Aman
Stewart
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Wousau
Wis
CAA
Aim
Maquoketa
Honvidst
Thompson
Cedar Trupide
Antarctic Records Push 100 Below Zero At Base
Washington reports an Antarctic record of 100 degrees below zero on May 11 at Amundsen base, as IGY scientists warn of a drop to 120 below zero with winter. The prior extreme, 0 below, occurred in Verkhoyansk, Siberia, in February 1992.
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Washington
Amundgenseet
Antarctic
International Geophysical Year Research
Stallart
Verhoyansk
Siberia
Edythe Lowe Donates Clothes to Scout Drive in Ventura
Edythe Lowe made an unexpected contribution to a Boy Scouts clothing drive in Ventura. When the Scouts asked for clothes, her son misinterpreted their visit and turned over a bundle from the family wash.
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Ventura
Calif
Edythe Lowe
Lamerymar
Alcoholics Aided By Tranquilizers
CHICAGO AP Tranquilizing drugs hailed as a potent new tool in alcoholism management. Dr De Verney Pax medical inspector at the Georgian Clinic in Albania said tranquilizers help many alcoholics stop drinking immediately and dry out in about three days despite withdrawal symptoms.
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I de
Verney Pax
Albania
Sommittee Scans Kohler Dispute
Washington report says a preliminary inquiry has begun into the long running strike at Kohler Company of Kohler Wisconsin. The inquiry examines the violent and unsettled labor dispute and involves the innate racks committee.
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Washington
ATM
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Kohler Company
Kohler, Wis
Teamsters Boss Hoffa Indicted In Telephonic Tapping Case
Washington AP reports AFL CIO President Meany to meet Teamsters leaders while Detroit prosecutors indict James R Hoffa Bernard Spindel and Bernard Brennan on six counts alleging they conspired to install wire taps at Teamsters Headquarters The indictment alleges tapping officers agents and locals and sharing intercepted calls with unauthorized persons If convicted they face up to a year in prison and a $10100 fine
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James R. Hoffa
Teamsters ‘Union
Teamsters
Detroit
Hoffa
Bernard Spindel
Bernard Brennan
Teamsters Local 337
Iaffa
Brennan
Spindel
Maffa
Teamsters Midwest
Washington
Hyman Tt
Fisehbach
Miami
Union Advised To Oust Beck
Washington Teamsters public relations advisers reportedly urged Beck ouster. Allied Public Relations "submitted a report" to the union with recommendations for public relations strategy. A five-man Teamsters executive committee weighed the advice as Beck seeks re election before his term ends. Norman Gessert, Beck's sister in law’s husband, was subpoenaed in Washington prompting further Senate scrutiny.
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Teamster Unfdl
Dave Beck
Tony Smith
Allied Public Relations Agroviates
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Teamsters
Beck
Teamsters General Executive Board
Senate
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Gessert
Ellensburg
Wash
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