Dulles Foreign Policy Sparks Campaign Debate
Secret officiel Dulles faces pressure over Life magazine remarks on avoiding war by showing readiness to fight The controversy draws in Nixon Stevenson Stassen and Kefauver as Democratic and Republican leaders clash over U S foreign policy stance and potential campaign impact.
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Washington
Dulles
Life Magazine
Asia
Stassen
Eisenhower
Stevenson
U. S
China
Formosa
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
NBC
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
O Keefe pleads guilty in Brink's robbery case
Joseph J. O Keefe 47 pleads guilty in the armed robbery of 1 219 million at Brink s. He is held without bail and deferred sentence as he is expected to testify against nine others in the case. Arraignment lasted three minutes in Superior Court before Judge Daniel D O'Brien.
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Boston
Joseph J
Specs
O'Keefe
Superior Court
Daniel D. O'Brien
Grand
Francis E. Wilson
John Howland
Wilson
Howland
Atty
Garrett H. Byrne
Commonwealth
Joseph J. O'Keefe
John Casey
O’keefe
Likely to Fail Levee Threatens Northern California Towns
A Feather River flood endangers a hastily built Shanghai Bend levee near Yuba City. Army engineers warn the levee could fail as 700 civilians are evacuated from Olivehurst and Arboga after Bear River floods. Bolinas mudslides force evacuations as 40 homes are wrecked along the coast.
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Clarence Pittelkow
Forrest McVey
Yuba City
Calif
Feather River
San Francisco
California
Shanghai Bend
Olivehurst
Arboga
Bear River
Marysville
Feather
Sutter County
Beale Air Force Base
Eel
Smith Rivers
Redwood Creek
Bolinas
Japan Coast Guard Pursues Russian Mines Off Honshu
Four patrol boats scanned the Sea of Japan today in a hunt for floating Russian mines after ten were reported to have drifted ashore on northern Honshu in the past month. Three mines had exploded, one blowing out factory windows a half mile away.
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Tokyo
Japan Coast Guard
Sea of Japan
Honshu
What Would You Do With Extra 600 Million Dollars
The piece imagines a government with 600 million dollars extra and costs of debt and interest. It discusses budget allocations, security spending, and how a large surplus might impact taxation and public services, with a touch of satirical tone about a nation living beyond its means.
Eisenhower backs three TVA steam units in self financing plan
President Eisenhower proposed construction of three TVA steam generating units in a budget plan. The project seeks 279.175 million dollars with most funded by TVA revenues and bond issues backed by income. Two Johnsonville and one Sevier units would add 450,000 kilowatts. A 3.4 million dollar initial boost would accelerate the Sevier unit.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Eisenhower
Congress
John Sevier
Johnsonville
TVA Board of Directors
Secretary of the Treasury
Budget Bureau
TVA Board
Tennessee Valley
Wilson Dam
Eisenhower predicts new farm plan costs less than current year
President Eisenhower told Congress the administration’s farm program including a soil bank to cut production and dispose of surpluses would cost less than this year’s total agricultural outlays. The plan aims to retire over 40 million acres from production and shift funding to farm research and education while stabilizing prices and incomes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sormor
Bucgpower
Eisenhower Budget Push Seeks Two Balanced Budgets
President Eisenhower sent a budget plan to Congress aiming for a balanced year and next, with total outlays near 65.9 billion and revenues about 66.3 billion. He urged restraint on spending, warned against quick tax cuts, and proposed debt reduction, higher defense spending, soil bank reforms, and a 10-year highway program.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower P
Sam
Sea Bank
Soil Bank
Eisenhower seeks doubled foreign aid to NATO and Asia
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve 4.86 billion dollars in new foreign aid for the coming fiscal year, nearly double last year’s 2.7 billion. He called for 135 million for the US Information Service and a 89 million increase for the State Department, citing the need to equip agencies with staff and facilities.
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Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Middle
Far East
Congress
U.S. Information Service
Department of State
NATO
Europe
Korea
Pakistan
Taiwan
Formosa
Turkey
United States
Asia
Middle East
Truck Driver Strike Cuts New York Fuel Deliveries
About 8,000 Teamsters halted fuel deliveries across New York City after rejecting a 20 cent hourly raise. City officials arranged an emergency priority plan for gas, electricity, sewage, hospitals, schools, and military sites, while drivers average $19.23 daily and sought 25 cents more per hour.
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New York
New York City
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Natural Gas Regulation Debate Heats Up in Congress
In Washington the fight over exempting natural gas producers from direct federal regulation intensifies as supporters led by Lyndon B. Johnson and Knowland push for passage. Opponents including Monroney Douglas warn of a close, division prone floor battle with potential price effects on consumers. The House previously approved the measure 209 to 203.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Knowland
California
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
House
Potter
R-Mich
Fulbright
D-Ark
CBS
Hodges Named To Education Board Committee
Gov Luther Hodges of North Carolina is appointed to the executive committee of the Southern Regional Education Board. The committee wields full board powers and holds an annual summer meeting.
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Atlanta
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Southern Regional Education Board
Virginia Senator Lines Up Tuition Bill For Private Education
Virginia State Senator Garland Gray plans to introduce a bill to enable public funds for private schooling by paving the way for a constitutional convention to amend Section 141. The referendum last week approved the plan, and the measure may set a 40 delegate election, a Feb 29 or Mar 1 convention date, and governorial control of delegate elections. The interposition issue also gains attention as delegates push to challenge the Supreme Court on school segregation.
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Richmond
Garland Gray
Waverly
Virginia General Assembly
Gray
Stanley
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
John B. Boatwright
Buckingham
House
Harry C. Stuart
Russell County
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Virginia
Whitehead
Staly
Gime
Improved Highways Proposed by Eisenhower Plan
President Eisenhower urged Congress to fund a 40 000 mile highway network with a sound finance plan. He released a fiscal year budget that allocates no new highway money and suggested only three funding options including a bond issue and higher gas taxes.
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Eisenhower
Congress
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