Secret Gaither report warns of costly defense race
Washington Post reports a top secret Gaither committee study for the Office of Defense Mobilization and NSC portrays the United States as a potential second-class power facing an imminent Soviet threat. It urges a rising military budget through 1970 and beyond, urgent Pentagon reforms, expanded civilian shelter spending, and heightened preparations to deter mid East Asia conflicts, while noting President Eisenhower has begun rethinking tax policies to fund such measures.
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America
Soviet Union
Post
Pentagon
Limi
Disenhower
National Security Council
Gaither
NSC
Soviet 1938 science funds total 4.5 billion rubles
Finance Minister Arseny Zverev told the Supreme Soviet that the USSR will spend 18.2 billion rubles in 1938 on scientific research, about 4.55 billion dollars at four rubles per dollar. He noted 1958 defense appropriations at 96.3 billion rubles, with other military spending hidden in other budgets.
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Moscow
Min-ister
Arseny Zverev
Us.s.r
Gyerev
Supreme ‘Soviet
Zverev
Ministry of Defense
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Millionaire Eaton to Wed Socialite Anne Kinder
Cyrus Eaton, steel and railroads magnate, will marry Anne Kinder of Cleveland after years of friendship. The ceremony follows Kinder, widow of Brooks Jones, who was polio victim in 1946 and later bridged to Eaton’s circle, with both families connected to prominent firms and social pages.
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Anp P-Industri
Kinder and Eaton Famition
Georgia
Alist
Cyrus Eaton
Ajlies
Cleve
Anne Kinder
Anneshere
Tyes Mee
Saitqel Bohr
Cleveland Calle
Eaton
Pugwash
Nova Scotia
Jones
Walter T. Kinder
Vassar
Brooks M
United States
Canada
Mergan
House
Alice
Building Permits Report Confused OCR Entry
Fragmentary permit notice lists multiple projects and sums including a 1,363,280 figure and various names such as Neel A. Guertin and Deborah. The garbled text mentions alterations to a Navy Family Chapel in 2015, swimming pool work, and additions at 2240 Wab ster, with several contractors and engineers named amid fragmented company titles.
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Navy Family Chapel
Hin
Neel A. Guertin
Power &Dariel
Alvin
McGlhos
Deborah
Antony Bros
Ronteactor
Mackintosh
Atadiintoah
Hawing
Anaheim
Gerald E
Jubreed
Davia & Ferguson
Kiyoshi Harada
Hirst Construction
A . Alteration
W. W. Day
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Washington GP
Washington Post
The
Office of Defense “Mobilization
H. Rowan Gaither Jr
Ford Foundation
White House
Gaithers Board
William C. Foster
Depen
Paul E. Nitze
State Department
James Phinney Baxter Tii
Williams College
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
Robert Chapman Sprague
Sprague Electric Co
North Adams
Mass
Middle, East
Asia
Long Beach
Pine Avenue
Wilmington
Torrance
Millionaire
Orange Blossoms
Hevise
Liebelle
Mercury
KODAK
Atlantic Ave
Coes
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Las Vegas
Netun
Jong Beat
Surbank
Garfield
Bandeaulette
Buffums
Qute
Fouthern Califo Ae
Rnia's
Long. Beach
Santa Anc
Dria Dey
Laguna
Dacron
Pullums
Cal-Dak
Heale
Trey
Nassau
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