Postal Fund Fight Brews Over Capitol Hill
Postmaster General Summerfield pressed Congress for 70 to 90 million dollars in added fiscal 1958 funds to avert service cuts starting July 1. He urged restoring 58 million plus extra to cover a rising postal volume, while rates increases would not replace the need for larger appropriations as Senate and House bills move through subcommittee actions.
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Capitol Hill
Summerfield
Congress
President
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Embracing Change in Travel and Life Schedules
The piece urges flexible planning for trains planes and buses noting schedules shift without notice. It compares travel changes to life variabilities and emphasizes preparedness for emergencies and the unexpected. It calls for tentative earthly plans and steadfast long range plans aligned with God’s will.
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Earth
Macmillan Says No Gaps In Defenses
At a Bonn news conference during a two day visit Harold Macmillan stated there are no gaps in Western defenses due to planned troop reductions. He would not confirm Adenauer agreed to British shift to atomic armed forces with fewer troops but said Adenauer accepted his views with understanding and signed a joint communique stating full agreement on main policy aims.
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Macmillan
Bonn
Adenauer
Seven Die In Pileup Of Cars
In Pomeroy Ohio seven people were killed and two seriously injured in a southeastern Ohio crash on Ohio 7 near Middleport. A station wagon carrying the McCoy and Halley families collided head on with a passing car driven by John Charter Smith and another vehicle driven by Hubert Boyd Fulton.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
State of Patrol
Middleport
Meigs General Hospital
Marshall McCoy Sr
Nancy McCoy
Charles McCoy
George Ray McCoy Jr
Cheshire
George William Halley
Rt. 2
Halley
Elizabeth
John Charter Smith
Rt. 1
Meigs Hospital
Ruby McCoy
Marshall McCoy
Ruth Ann Halley
Highway Patrol
Halleys
McCoys
George Halley
Smith
Hubert Boyd Fulton
Fulton
Forest Fire Out Of Control Near Plymouth Mass
A forest fire near historic Plymouth Massachusetts rages out of control as officials inspect the Myles Standish state forest. Major fires in northern Ontario ease after rainfall while Sudbury losses include 20 houses and 88 homeless.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Mass
Francis W. Sargent
State Commissioner of Natural Resources
Gov
Foster Furculo
Massachusetts
National Guard
Myles Standish State Forest
Ontario
Sudbury
West Texas Flooding Strands Roads and Forcibly Evacuates Residents
A cloudburst flooded Pecan Creek and the South Concho River area, washing out communications between Snyder and Big Spring and prompting rescues. Helicopters from Goodfellow Air Force Base aided as 125 families evacuated near Angleton and West Columbia.
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Pecan Creek
Snyder
Big Spring
F. Wiggins
Christoval
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Anee
Beck Jr Described as Overgrown Spoiled Boy by Lawyer
Senate Rackets Committee evidence shows Anheuser-Busch memos calling Dave Beck Jr. an overgrown spoiled boy as he, a Budweiser distributor, gained beer and whisky distribution rights via his father Teamsters President Dave Beck. The panel ties the elder Beck to misuse of funds and influence, with telegrams detailing joint ventures and stock in firms and ongoing family disputes. The article notes continued coverage on page two.
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Washington
Senate
Anheuser-Busch Co
Dave Beck Jr
Oves
Young Beck
Dwight D. Ingamells
Anheuser-Busch of
St. Louis
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Beck
Dave Jr
Beer and Whisky Brewing Company
Ingamells
Anheuser-Busch
Jay R. Rideout
Seattle
Earl H. Memory
Whisky Distri Enterprises
Beck Sr
Beck Jr
Irving J
Levine
U S Tanker Plane Ditches in Atlantic Near Azores
The U S Air Force KC97 aerial tanker with seven airmen aboard ditched about 300 miles west of the Azores. Three US Navy ships raced to the scene as weather deteriorated and ships in the convoy area were alerted. The pilot reportedly held the plane steady to choose a ditching spot and may have ensured liferafts were deployed.
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London
British Air Ministry
Atlantic Ocean
Azores
Air Ministry
Rojas Wins Fourth Year Amid Turmoil in Colombia
President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla secures a four year term after a 76 to 1 vote by a Constituent Assembly in Bogota. Protests, strikes, and deadly unrest across Cali and Bogota persist as police deploy tear gas and troops guard the capital.
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Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Constituent Assembly
Rojas
Fromm
Cali
Here
Tito To Get Jet Planes
Washington reports the United States nears a decision to resume military aid to Yugoslavia including jet planes. The embargo may end pending President Eisenhower's approval amid Senate opposition and congressional pressure.
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Tito
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
Calif
House Education Committee Approves School Aid Bill
The committee approved a pruned 1 billion dollar five year federal aid plan for school construction with a 20-9 vote. It funds 300 million annually in grants, matched by states, and includes 750 million for school construction bonds and 150 million for state financing agencies to secure obligations.
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Washington
House Education Committee
Congress
Rep
Kelley
D-Pa
Ezio Pinza Dies After Stroke in Stamford Conn
Ezio Pinza 64 retired musical star and former Metropolitan Opera bass died at his Stamford home after a stroke suffered April 30. He passed quietly in his sleep with wife and children at his bedside. Pinza had two previous heart attacks and a lengthy career spanning opera and Broadway. Born in Rome May 18 1892 he rose from modest training to global fame before transitioning to popular music.
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Stamford
Conn
Ezio Pinza
Metropolitan Opera
Pinza
David H.fogel
Veroia
Italy
Greenwich
Leah
Clelia
Gloria
Peter
Ezio
Rome
Ravenna
Fortunato
Eisenhower trims foreign aid request to 3.8 billion
President Eisenhower and congressional leaders announce a revised foreign aid request of 3.8 billion dollars for the coming year. Military assistance totals 2.8 billion and economic aid 1.08 billion with long term low interest loans emphasized.
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Washington
Shower
Eisenhower
Ite House
Congress
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Charlotte Gasoline Price War Ends After Cheaper Sprint
Charlotte ends a three weeks price war as motorists face 30 to 36.2 cents a gallon after retailers raised wholesale costs restoring prewar levels. A station operator cited distributors hiking wholesale rates as the cause.
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Charlotte
Murder Defense Opened in Ambush Killing Case
In Dobson North Carolina the defense began for Irene Holder Luster Mamie Luster and Amos Maynard charged with first degree murder of tenant farmer John Allen Branch on February 7 195? The prosecution called 16 year old Monroe Willard who testified that the group discussed robbery before the shooting and Willard fired the gun after Branch appeared at the doorway.
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Johnny Liss Luster
Branch
Kentucky
Willard
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