Eisenhower Outline Seeks to Limit Foreign Spending
Washington reports officials studied reducing the billion-dollar gap between American tourist spending abroad and foreign visitors spending in the United States. The plan targets the $500 tariff exemption for foreign purchases and would aim to curb foreign aid purchases and personnel dependents abroad as part of a broader effort to balance national income.
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Washington
Defense Department
International Cooperation Administration
Eisenhower
ICA
United States
NATO
U. S
Bone
Eisenhower Administration
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Fantatic Tonnage Expands U S Missile Firepower
The United States plans to deploy about 45 Polaris submarines with 16 missiles each, delivering a potential one megaton per missile. Air Force Skybolt missiles aim to extend range to roughly 1100 miles and be launched from B52 bombers, increasing mobile strike options and overall nuclear firepower.
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Washington
U. S
United States
Navy
Polaris
Hiroshima
Air Force
Douglas Aircraft Co
Aerojet General Corp
General Electric Co
Boeing Airplane Co
Northrop Corp
Last Rites For Clark Gable Held With Dignity
Clark Gable’s last rites were observed in Glendale with dignified reverence. A 300-strong crowd watched the Episcopal ceremony led by an Air Force chaplain as a who’s who of Gable era figures attended, including Mervyn Le Roy, Norma Shearer, Frank Capra, Spencer Tracy, Robert Taylor, James Stewart, Virginia Grey, Kay Gable, Carole Lombard, Marion Davies, Jack Oakie, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, John Huston, and others from MGM and Hollywood circles. The service concluded without a formal eulogy.
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Glendale
Calif
Clark Gable
Hollywood
Rudolph ‘Valentino
Tyrone Power
Forest Lawn
Gable
Mervyn le Roy
Los Angeles
Darryl Zanuck
Warner Bros
Zanuck
Norma Shearer
MGM
Frank Capra
Spencer Tracy
Robert Taylor
James Stewart
Virginia Grey
Kay Gable
Carole Lombard
Marion Davies
Cain
Mabel
Jack Oakie
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Miller
John Huston
van Johnson
Robert Stack
George Murphy
Adolph Menjon
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
George Sidney
Mike Romanoff
Dave Chasen
Mel Shavelson
Jack Rose
George Seaton
Robert Wagner
Johnson E. West
Defense Shakeup Likely in Pentagon Overhaul Talks
Palm Beach Florida had Kennedy and Sen. Stuart Symington discuss defense restructuring to cut costs and modernize the Pentagon for the nuclear space age. Symington said current setup is WWII based and not suitable for future tech advances. He heads a five member committee studying the defense structure and aims for unanimity on reform.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Pentagon
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Kennedy
Defense Department
Symington
Air Force
Defense
Senate
George Smathers
D-Fla
Kennedy Mansion
Oceanfront
Kennedy - Symington
Thomasville Man Killed On Highway
Jessie Vernon Currie 51 of Johnson Street was killed on Highway 190 north of Thomasville when struck while flagging down a car. Anthon Eric Peterson Jr. 38 of Winston-Salem, driving the other car, said Currie stepped into the northbound lane. Peterson braked and Currie died from a fractured skull at City Memorial Hospital. Autry Williams and Currie’s companion were in a separate vehicle. no charges will be pressed.
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Thomasville
Jessie Vernon Currie
Johnson Street
Highway 190
Here
F. Y. Plummer
Currie
Reedy Fork Creek Bridge
Anthon Eric Peterson Jr
Acadia Street
Winston - Salem
Peterson
Plummer
Autry Williams
Winston-Salem
Williams
James McBride
Dogwood Drive
McBride
City Memorial Hospital
Davidson County
M. E. Block
Lexington
Kennedy Keeps Cabinet Names Secret in Early Draft
President-Elect John F Kennedy secretively screens potential cabinet picks aiming for men of integrity and energy. Rumors place Luther Hodges as commerce secretary while Republicans and minorities may be represented in future appointments. names consider Sen J William Fulbright and Adlai Stevenson for state, with many others discussed for agriculture and labor posts.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Secretary of Commerce
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Hodges
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Kennedy
C. Douglas Dillon
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Defense
Henry M. Jackson
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Byron (Whizzer) White
Citizens-for-Kennedy
Frank Pace
Army
Dan Kimball
Navy
Roswell Gilpatrick
Air Force
Dillon
White
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Supreme Court
Ribicoff
Education Costs Not Realized
Santa Fe New Mexico AP report shows 80 percent of state school leaders say the public remains unaware of the cost of quality education and necessary sacrifices. They urge stronger federal aid for construction and salaries and support extending the National Defense Education Act beyond its 1960 expiry.
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Santa FE
N. M
Council of State School Officers
Associated Press
Immigration total rises in first half 1960 Britain
London AP reports West Indies immigrants to Britain reached 19 500 in the first six months of 1960 an increase of 14 000 over the same period in 1959 as government figures show.
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London
West Indies
Britain
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