Kennedy Seeks Space and Defense Boost in New Economic Plan
President Kennedy plans to ask Congress for about 1 billion dollars for space and defense, plus modest unemployment relief. The plan favors rapid lunar and defense efforts over broad public works, aiming to create jobs while keeping the next year's deficit under Eisenhower levels. It includes unemployment benefit standards, training-relocation aid, and a Youth Conservation Corps for low-wage park and forestry work.
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Norman Walker Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Youth Conservation Corps
LeMay May Push for B70 as Air Force Chief
Gen Curtis E. LeMay, set to become Air Force chief of staff July 1, favors the B70 2,000 mph bomber and a mixed bomber missile deterrent. A Kennedy administration review remains undecided, with LeMay seen as capable of influencing top-level support while White’s successor lacks radical changes.
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LeMay
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Fred S. Hoffman
Associated Press
Washington
Kennedy
Thomas D. White
White
Dwight D. Eisenhower
JFK Builds Private Golf Course for Birthday Gift
President Kennedy is reportedly receiving an abbreviated private golf course at Glen Ora estate in Middleburg Virginia. Workmen carve three to four holes on the 400 acre property as Mrs Kennedy funds greens and fairways. The gift includes a tractor drawn mower and features a sign naming it Glen Ora Country Club. Kennedy, turning 44 on May 29, has begun trying the layout with Eisenhower style interest in golf.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
Middleburg
Virginia Hunt
Glen Ora
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Athens College to Award Honors to 7 Graduating Seniors
Seven of 91 Athens College seniors will graduate with honors this spring. Magna cum laude recipient is Barbara Ferguson Caughran of Athens. Cum laude awardees include Eloise Ryan Bass and Ernest Franklin Stroh of Decatur, Barbara Gray Harper of Athens, Tommye Lou Whitt of Boaz, Mauveline S. Yarbrough of Toney, and Ruth Davis Glasscock of Hartselle.
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Barbara Ferguson Caughran
Athens
Eloise Ryan Bass
Ernest Franklin Stroh
Decatur
Barbara Gray Harper
Tommye Lou Whitt
Boaz
Mauveline S. Yarbrough
Toney
Ruth Davis Glasscock
Hartselle
Athens College
Alabama
Tell Me Why Britannica Winners and Barter Lesson
A newspaper column presents a Britannica prize for readers who submit questions or drawings. It includes a barter history of money from barter to coined coins and notes prize winners Patricia Brunton and Dianne Olson with ages and addresses.
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Patricia Brunton
West Caldwell
New Jersey
Asia Minor
Mediterranean Sea
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