Eisenhower asks Congress to restore foreign aid funds
President Eisenhower urged Congress to restore cuts to foreign aid. He warned reductions by the House Appropriations subcommittee threaten U.S. security and the defense of the free world. He cited a 400 million dollar cut to military aid and a 75 million dollar cut to defense support.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Free World
House Appropriations Committee
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
America
NATO
Far East
Korea
Turkey
House of Representatives
Methodists From Page One-A Propose Rotating Conference Sites
Bishop Nolan B Harmon of Charlotte urged the conference to annually rotate the site among larger cities. He argued a church offers a better atmosphere than the current big lakeside auditorium. The conference has met here since 1957 and confirmed two deaconesses Miss Louise Robinson of Statesville and Miss Hazell Correll who will teach religious education at Pfeiffer College.
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Nolan B. Harmon
Charlotte
Lakeside
Louise Robinson
Statesville
Hazell Correll
Pfeiffer College
Play Worries Host City During Royal Visit
Pittsburgh faces a delicate issue as the King and Queen of Thailand visit the United States. The U.S. State Department asks locals to avoid references to The King and I theater film or book to prevent offense amid the royal visit.
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Pittsburgh
Thailand
United States
Anna
Siam
Bhumibol
Sirikit
U.S. State Department
New Contract Offered To Striking Convair Machinists
Convair proposed a new contract to striking machinists as IAM talks continued in San Diego amid a week long walkout. Union officials and company executives weighed the offer while related labor disputes at Lockheed simmered, with ballots and anticipated walkouts shaping a tense industrial labor landscape.
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San Diego
Calif
Convair
R. H. Biron
General Dynamics
International Assn. of
IAM
Burbank
Here
Lockheed
Sunnyvale
SAM
Engineers & Architects Assn
EAA
R. C. Sebold
Convair Engineering
General Dynamics Corp
Polaris
Santa Cruz
van Nuys
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Misuse Allegation Trails Westward Fund Trip by Rep Ayres
A Knight story accuses Rep. William Ayres of $12 daily expenses for a 1957 West Coast labor probe prior to wage hearings. It cites roving travel to Denver Salt Lake City San Francisco Los Angeles and Las Vegas and notes $180 in per diem with partial reimbursement. Ayres defends the trips as taxpayer benefits and calls for an accounting overhaul.
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Washington
William Ayres
Ohio
West
Knight
Robert E. Hoyt
Ayres
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
House
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Rep
Joe Holt
R-Calif
Roosevelt
Holt
Wilbur Clark
Desert Inn
Clark
Barberton
Castro Threatens Oil Firms Over Soviet-Cuba Oil Deal
In Havana Prime Minister Fidel Castro ordered three refineries to process Soviet crude or face confiscation. Esso Standard Texaco Inc and Shell Oil faced pressure as Cuba seeks oil for its revolution with sugar. Analysts doubt a rapid seizure given tanker limits and global commitments.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Shell Oil Co
U.S. State Department
Cuba
United States
London
Castro
Black Sea
Russia
Venezuela
Texaco
Santiago de Cuba
Esso Standard and Shell
Santiago
Mar Frnesto Guevara
Cuban National Bank
pro-Castro Federation of Petroleum Workers
Weather Outlook Shifts Cooler Across Great Lakes AVL
A weather forecast tracks a cool air mass sweeping east from the Atlantic states through the southern plains to the southern plateau. Temperatures are expected to fall as the cool front spreads into the Great Lakes region and AVL area.
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Atlantic
Plains
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Nixon invites preconvention debate while urging GOP unity
Vice President Richard M. Nixon called for a preconvention debate among Republicans on national issues but urged the party to close ranks for the November campaign. He praised frank discussions as part of building a platform and stressed that unity is essential to winning.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Republican National Committee
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
George L. Hinman
New York National
Hinman
National Committee
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Legion
I. T. Mann
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
John H. King
Actoe
Ray Wheatly
Clarence Ryan
Marvin Burton
James Waddell
W. A. Robertson
State Department of the American Legion
Dal Bayles
Ike
Methodists
Host City
Vandenberg
Cape Canaveral
Fla
New Fund
Central Park
Smart Sun Avenue
Taly Carlinwtal
ST. Moritz On-The- Park
Central Park South
Charles G. Taylor
American Assembly
Columbia University
Ncir
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Suez Canal
U.S. Weather Bureau
Upper
Umlo Valley
Tore
N. Main
Briggs
Thomasville, N. C
Cadillac
AUTE
Highland Motors, Inc
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
Guardian
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