Eisenhower Proposes $62.4 Billion Budget With Defense Emphasis
President Eisenhower sent Congress a $62.408 billion budget prioritizing defense and peacetime atomic air power while aiming for providence and rising employment. The plan remains unbalanced for the fifth straight year with a projected $2.408 billion deficit and next year's spending down about a billion.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Umeasy
Associated Press
Eisenhower Budget Emphasizes Defense and Nuclear Deterrence
President Eisenhower outlines a budget focused on national security and growth, urging tax reductions only with future savings. He stresses unwavering military strength, alliance cooperation, and the expansion of nuclear air power and radar coverage to deter aggression.
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Free World
Committee to Study Water Works Deal
Charleston City Council formed a steering committee of all department chairmen to study a 315 million water works transaction and recommend a purchase procedure. The council also approved two hour parking rules on Delaware and Mary streets, received a Pennsylvania Avenue residents’ plea to fence a junk yard, and learned the GOP mayoral candidate will be chosen by primary this year.
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Delaware Ave
Maine St
Virginia
Mary St
Bigley ‘Ave
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Pennsylvania Ave
Capitol Iron and Metal Works
Diane Hill
City Republican Committee
Eastern Board OKs Charleston Columbus Air Run Despite By-Pass
Civil Aeronautics Board rulings authorize a new alternate segment of Eastern Air Lines flights through Charlotte Columbus and Toledo to connect Charleston with Columbus and Detroit. Eastern had proposed direct service to Miami and Toledo with non stop Constellation flights, but the board favored the mid level stops. Earl Whetsell of Eastern noted Charleston could be added to the Miami Detroit run if economically feasible with Columbus or Toledo backing. Piedmont will serve Columbus Charleston with non stop flights and by stops at Parkersburg.
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Washington, D. C
Charleston
Columbus
Piedmont Aviation Inc
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Eastern
Detroit
Earl Whetsell
Toledo
Cleveland
Constellation
Miami
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Piedmont
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Parkers
Park Measure First Passed Rules Waived
The 52nd Legislature fast tracked a bill allowing revenue bond proposals for park and forest development amid swift Senate and House passage. Governor Marland endorsed the measure, with a follow up secret committee session and opposition calls for more time. The package targets Coca Boni State Park at 690 dollars and faces broader park funding debates in coming days.
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House
Marland
Joint Legislative Highway Research Committee
State Road Commission
Coca- Boni State Park
Joint Assembly
State parks revenue measure pledges combined funding
A proposed measure would allow revenues from all state parks and forests to be pooled as a single pledge to finance related needs. The text references continuation on Page 13-Ce.
Four Gift Warplanes Delivered in Costa Rica
Four U S fighter planes, F150 Mustangs from World War II, landed at El Coco airport and were handed to Costa Rica amid regional turmoil. President Jose Figueres greeted the American ferry pilots as the OAS discussed the rebel attack and Somoza’s Nicaragua faced a peace mission.
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Sanstind
Marland
Jose
el Coco
Jose Figueres
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State Road Commission
Liberia
Organization of American States Council
Washington
OAS
Nicaragua
Figueres
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
San Salvador
Brownell Seeks Higher Penalties for Sedition Crimes
Justice Department moves to double and triple penalties for sedition and related offenses. Atty. Gen. Brownell argues current law undercounts danger and urges Congress to raise fines to 20 000 and imprisonment up to years. He cites Smith Act limits and notes transferred letters to Nixon and Speaker Rayburn.
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Eden Urges Caution in Asia Amid Cold War Tensions
London based Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged Red China and other nations to act with caution in the Far East to reduce the risk of future fighting. He spoke in a broadcast noting Asia’s political position is particularly complex and dangerous. At UN, Lodge and Hammarskjold pressed for privacy as 11 American fliers were released amid tensions over Red China’s UN status. A Peiping radio broadcast linked the fliers’ release to China’s UN admission debate. Eden said if Indochina accords hold, they’ll aid a lasting settlement. Britain will push for negotiations with Russia and an East-West conference after Paris rearmament pacts. A final street scene shows a man feeding dimes into a peek show machine while children beg nearby.
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Chou Enlai
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Chou-Hammarskjold
Eden
Indochina
Britain
United States
Russia
Germany
Rebel Leader's Death Confirmed
The Costa Rican Embassy in Washington said Theodore Picado Jr., chief of rebel forces, has been killed in battle. Picado, 27, son of a former Costa Rican president, is a Glendale High School and West Point graduate. The embassy first cited reliable reports and later confirmed by prisoners held by government forces.
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INS
Theodore Picado Jr
Picado
Glendale
Calif
High School
West Point
Costa Rica Leader Calderon Guardia Takes Rebel Command
A broadcast states former Costa Rican President Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia now heads rebel troops in exile in Nicaragua. It also says Capt Teodoro Picado Jr remains chief of staff, countering rumors that Picado had been killed. The note appears in San Jose reports.
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Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Teodoro Ficado Jr
Calderon Guardia
San Jose
Picado
Indictments Grow As Bayard Ennis Probes SRC Funds Theft
The Gazette reports 7 more true bills, including C R Williams of South Charleston indicted for theft related to SRC funds. Williams, a pipefitter, is charged in a fatal shooting case involving his wife Phyllis Jane Fuller. Grand jury totals rise to 67 true bills for January term. recommendation calls for independent auditing and forestry camps for youthful offenders.
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South Charleston
Phyllis Jane Fuller
Clifford Eil
Kenna F Hames
Williams
Charleston
William J. Thompson
Woodrow Fuller
Man Falls From Dunbar South Charleston Bridge
Lawrence Wilbur Baker, 50, of Dunbar and an employee of Fletcher Enamel Co., apparently jumped from the Dunbar South Charleston Salisbury Bridge around 6:15 p.m. Eyewitness Vincent Paul saw a man at the railing, heard a splash, and observed a thrashing figure in the Kanawha River as rescue boats searched the area. Authorities identified Baker from cards in his coat. a hat was found on the bridge.
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John L. King
South Charleston
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Fletcher Ave
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Baker
Vincent Paul
Myers Ave
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Bridge
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