Brucker Opposed To Reduction Of Army Strength
Secretary of the Army Brucker stated the Army needs at least 900000 men but cannot resist a planned 30000 cut. He testified to a Senate subcommittee about an unrequested 99 million dollars to maintain current strength. He noted prior appeals to raise manpower to 925000, while superiors fixed a limit at 870000.
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Brucker
Washington
Senate
Defense Department
House
Dennis Chavez
D.N.M
Army
Public Works Funds Approved by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee voted 1 074 041 500 dollars for fiscal year starting July 1 addressed by President Eisenhower. It funds 396 water resources construction programs run by Army Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation with 749 445 226 dollars. Additional projects include 245 739 200 to Army Engineers and 30 104 000 to the Bonneville Power Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Reclamation Bureau
Bonneville Power Administration
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Baby's Body Found In Burlap Bag Near Washington
Two fishermen found a newborn male body wrapped in a workshirt and plastic apron, weighed down with bricks, in a canal seven miles east of Washington. An autopsy was ordered to determine if the infant was alive when placed in the water as investigators seek the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, N.C
J. D. Harris
Grover Harrison
Washington
H. T Bright
Rt. 2
William Piver
Beaufort County
Slap Board Presentations Elevate Gospel Readings
R L Dieffenbacher explains how flannel boards and audience participation enhance lectures and chalk talks. Interactive questioning stimulates verbal response and later action, suggesting a method to deepen Scripture reading by answering God’s questions and applying His thoughts to daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
De Gaulle calls cabinet amid Algeria posts and Soustelle stir
Premier De Gaulle convenes his Cabinet in Paris to appoint two sub-Cabinet officers for Algeria and to set plans for constitutional referendum in France. Jacques Soustelle’s pending arrival inflames right wing critics as debates push on about Tunisia Morocco and Algerian governance.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Raoul Salan
Jacques Soustelle
Soustelle
National Assembly
Algiers
Pascal Arrighi
Arrighi
Harold Macmillan
United States
Tunisia
Morocco
George Gorse
Algeria
France
Cherif Sid Cara
Public Safety Committee
House Approves 665 Million for Emergency Unemployment Funds
The House approved 665.7 million dollars to finance the emergency unemployment compensation plan. Of this amount 640 million funds extend payments to insured unemployed workers after exhausting benefits, with totals varying up to 15 weeks by state programs.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Pennsylvania
New York
Rhode Island
Michigan
Massachusetts
Maryland
Minnesota
Indiana
First Nuclear Powered Airplane May Be Unmanned
Washington reports that the nation’s first nuclear powered aircraft could be unmanned and radio controlled. A six month to year flight may test safety while remote from people, with a landing for radiation and wear studies. GE’s brochure cites five years of development at Evandale Ohio and Idaho Falls and promising component tests.
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Washington
National Defense
General Electric Atomic Products Division
GE Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Department
Cincinnati
Evandale
Ohio
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Highway Commission Opens Meeting In Charlotte
The State Highway Commission began its monthly session with a public hearing on Piedmont road concerns from Raleigh to Hickory and moved to bids totaling 13,017,998.46 for 18 projects over 144 miles in 15 counties. The plan includes the 11 mile Charlotte by pass costing 4,721,878 and to join Interstate 85 from Petersburg Virginia to Montgomery Alabama.
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Cumberland County
McDowell County
Raleigh
Charlotte
Petersburg
Montgomery
Ala
Macmillan Urges U S Ties at Indiana Commencement
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan urged closer economic ties with the United States in a DePauw University address in Greencastle Indiana. He planned a Washington visit with Eisenhower and Dulles and praised De Gaulle while stressing free world openness and prosperity.
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Indianapolis
Harold Macmillan
United States
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Geisha the coffee-sniffing dog aids West German customs
A West German customs dog named Geisha, a 24-year-old trained spaniel, is lauded for intercepting coffee smugglers at the Dutch border. The government gazette notes her role in locating undeclared coffee in trains, ships, and hidden under coal and petrol cloths, reducing contraband as duties rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Gazette
Federal Republic
Geisha
Strike Threat Looms as UAW Holds Line at Chrysler Plant
The United Auto Workers checked a threatened walkout at Chrysler while peace talks resumed with GM Ford and Chrysler. About 500000 autoworkers are under expired contracts unrelated details include a 7c raise and 2c COLA for nonunion staff and a four point contract proposal. Milan Matich said members would stay on the job temporarily as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Center Line
UAW
Milan Matich
US Forces Train Off Turkish Coast
Off Dikili Turkey the 6th Fleet trains for rescuing Americans amid Middle East turmoil. Amphibious Marines supported by sailors and airmen rehearse beachhead and fire control near Dikili with Des Moines Salem and destroyers, plus carriers Saratoga Essex and Wasp providing gunfire and air cover.
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6Th Fleet
Dikili
Turkey
Middle East
Lebanon
Lesbos
Des Moines
Salem
Saratoga
Essex
Wasp
American Indicted In Japan Over Yale‑Linked Death
Tokyo prosecutors to indict Joseph P. Crowley of New Haven Conn for inflicting injuries that killed T A D Jones Jr. A Yale football alumnus and Jones’s brother in law Crowley faced charge alongside Kis singer in a case tied to an oil tanker purchase trip. Crowley and Jones had come to Tokyo May 5 with Kis singer.
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Tokyo
Kenjiro Furukawa
Joseph P. Crowley
New Haven
Conn
T. A. D. Jones
Jones
Crowley
Yale
T. A. D. Jones Sr
Eli
Frederick M. Kissinger
Maryland
Imperial Hotel
Kissinger
Furukawa
Graham crusade in San Francisco grows into phenomenal success
Evangelist Billy Graham’s seven week San Francisco revival at the Cow Palace and a final mass at Seals Stadium is drawing about 750000 total attendees with 25000 decisions. Despite strong attendance the Bay Cities Crusade trails New York in donations, though volunteers reduce costs. More details on page two.
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Leif Erickson
SAN Francisco
Billy Graham
Cow Palace Arena
Seals Stadium
Cow Palace
Graham
Ball Park
San Francisco Giants
North Carolina
W. Earley Smith
Cochairman
Smith
New York
Fort Point
Golden Gate Bridge
Grady Wilson
Cliff Barrows
Two Burke Men's Bodies Found After Neighbor Dispute
Morganton North Carolina police found the bodies of Robert Lee Epley and Ambers Lenoir Buff outside a neighbor's home after a Sunday quarrel with Ray Duckworth. Both men were shot and authorities pursued Duckworth as a suspect as bloodhounds failed to recover a trail. The regional investigation noted a prior knife incident during a drinking session and gunshots heard in the Duckworth area the night of the killings.
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Morganton
N.C
Burke County
Robert Lee Epley
Ambers Lenoir Buff
Ray A. Sigman
Ray Duckworth
T. S. Cline
Buff
Duckworth
Cline
Marvin Buff
A. L. Buff
Epley
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Heatbeater
Debbie Raiford
Knoxville
Tennessee
Miss
First Atom
Highway Commission
Macmillan
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
Free World
Berlin
Soviet Union
East Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Gernor
3Rd Armored Division
U. S
Zwickau
Bonn
Japan
San Francisco Bay Cities
Manhattan
Harry Smith
Bank of America
Bay Area
Pas Ss
Burke
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