U S Spanish Accord Seen as Strategic Yet Fragile Alliance
The article views the U S Spain agreement as a strategic but fragile deal granting U S base access in exchange for arms modernization aid to Spain. It discusses Bricker Amendment risks, Western defense gains against the Soviet threat, and Spain’s shift away from neutrality, amid broader ties with France and Tito.
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Soviet Union
Europe
Mediterranean
Spain
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Franco
France
Tito
Tafts Right Hand Man Joins White House Staff Gets Parking Ticket
Jack Martin, long time aide to Senator Taft, is named White House administrative assistant under Eisenhower. After taking the oath, he is celebrated by officials, then receives a parking ticket on East Executive Avenue.
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Taft
White House
Washington
Jack Martin
Robert A. Taft
Martin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Avenue
Athers
Secon East
Executive Avenue
Gray’s will bequeaths $14,000 to WWII South Pacific unit
Captain Bill Gray of Milton Massachusetts leaves a $14,000 estate to 140 veterans from the 247th Field Artillery Company who served under him in World War II. Each is to receive $120, with several addresses still missing as efforts to locate them continue.
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Milton
Mass
South Pacific
Gray
247Th Field Artillery Company
Captain Gray
End of Daylight Saving Time Brings Sleep Return
Sixty million Americans recovered an hour of sleep as daylight saving time ended on April 26. A New York mother tried a gradual shift for her baby's meals, moving ten minutes daily, but mistook the direction and will have to readjust. The era of God’s time returns, easing time-tampering troubles and local differences.
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New York
Tax cut promises vs Social Security hike dull the delight
The piece notes that while a promised income tax reduction may benefit many, the automatic Social Security increase from 1 to 2 percent will offset most gains. It cites a $3,000 yearly family with two dependents losing $1.40 despite $13.60 tax relief, underscoring the old adage that the poor bear the burden regardless of tax shifts.
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Eisenhower
Congress
General Cramer Faces Morale Clash in Europe Command
Veteran columnist Robert Ruark examines Major General Kenneth F. Cramer, a stern advocate of discipline and cost cutting, amid allegations of morale destruction and a sweeping court martial controversy involving Lt. Col. William Lane and other officers in the Munich District and Southern Area Command.
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Neralnneth Frank Cramer
Cramer
Kenneth Frank Cramer
Dr. Kinsey
Sionate
Southern Area Command
United States Army
Europe
General Cramer
Art Noyes
New York Daily News
William Lane
Brooklyn
N. Y
Heidelberg
Colonel Lane
High Seas
Else Ackerman
Miss Ackermann
Lane
Mason Young
Nurnburg
Good Birds and Temperance in Mulish Conference Footnote
A humorous column notes local barnyard fowls as Methodist lay members and jokes about a High Pointer asking a man if he is a preacher. It recalls a temperance resolution at the Methodist conference urging alcohol control and self restraint amid national debates on Prohibition. Doukhobors in Vancouver receive prison terms for nudism, with a quip about religious over-sensitivity and literal biblical verses.
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Conference Temperance Board
Eisenhower
Sons of Freedom
Methodist
McPherson
Kinsey
South Mountains Church
Mountaineer
Parsons
Eisenhower Economy Cuts Move Set for Nine Months
President Eisenhower orders broad federal spending cuts across agencies to nine months starting October. The White House labels the reduction as a top administrative secret to avoid a spending rush and political fallout.
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Nea
Eisenhower
Denver
Congress
White House
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