Budget message highlights from Eisenhower 1961 plan
Highlights from President Eisenhower's fiscal 1961 budget call for a surplus of 4.2 billion, increased nonmilitary space spending, tax hikes on highway and aviation fuels, higher postal rates, and strict federal expense controls. The plan aims to fund defense and space programs while reducing debt and extending tax revenues in coming years. Civil rights recommendations seek expanded voting protections and congressional consideration.
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America
Congress
Eisenhower
General Fund
Highway Trust Fund
Treasury
14 National Banks Attack Tax Increase
A suit filed in Dauphin County Court seeks to block the eight mill levy on bank shares, arguing it discriminates against investors and would threaten more than 7 million dollars in state revenue. The suit targets Revenue Secretary Charles M. Daugherty and cites a federal prohibition on such discrimination.
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Harrisburg
Dau Phin
Charles M. Daugherty
Pa Police School Head To Retire
Maj. Charles C. Keller, superintendent of the state police training school at Hershey, will retire next month after 38 years of service. He has led the training school since January 17, 1957 and previously commanded Squadron 2 headquartered in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Charles C. Keller
Hershey
Keller
Eisenhower Budgets Propose Tax Cuts and Spending Shifts
President Eisenhower unveils a fiscal 1961 blueprint with a potential tax cut if prosperity holds, proposing defense up 50 million and space exploration rising to 600 million while trimming aircraft purchases and non military programs. The plan forecasts a large surplus and includes hikes in postal and gas taxes, aviation and jet fuel levies, and higher debt limits, with mixed reactions from lawmakers.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Eischhower
Maurice Stans
the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Treasury
Anderson
Clarence Cannon
DMO
House Appropriations Committee
Jall
John Taber
Noah Mason
R-Id
Roman L. Hruska
Neb
E. J. Bartlett
Alaska
Sen
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Department
Army Engineers and Burea of Reclamation
Er Senhower
Veterans Services
Eisenhower set to visit Soviet Union for 10 days in June
President Eisenhower will travel behind the Iron Curtain for ten days starting June 10 in a world peace mission. He will begin in Moscow and may visit several Soviet cities, with no final list yet. Khrushchev invited Eisenhower's grandchildren to stay, and diplomatic observers note limited progress in Berlin talks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
White House
U.S
Albany
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Moscow
Khrushchev
Gettys
Land Lakers Plane Lands In Cornfield After St. Louis Trip
The Land Lakers DC3 landed in a cornfield near Carralls after a game loss to the Hawks. Local authorities arrived within 15 minutes, organizing a 10 to 15 car motorcade to escort the party to a motor inn. Ten Lakers were aboard with Rudy Larusso absent due to illness. Coach Pollard traveled with his young son. Ryan, his wife, and two children also were present.
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Ryan
Carroll County
al Thorup
Carralls
Motor Inn
Mike
Mary
Lakers
Rudy Larusso
Minneapolis
Jim Pollard
Ben Bosenkamp
Ryans
Gopher Aviation Co
Rochester
Art Hoffman
Gopher
Altman
St. Louis
Hawks
Love Triangle Suspected in Prof Slaying at LSU
Baton Rouge AP reports that prosecutors raise a possible love triangle as motive in the slaying of Dr. Margaret McMillan, a 39 year old LSU New Orleans biology professor. Dr. George H. Mickey, 49, suspended dean, is charged. defense says no affair existed. A station manager recalls McMillan with a man buying gas hours before her death.
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Baton Rouge
Margaret McMillan
St. Clair Farrot
Favrot
George H. Mickey
Louisiana State University Graduate School
Mickey
McMillan
LSU
New Orleans
Robert Klein-peter
James S. Versen
Versen
France’s 1st atomic blast expected in Sahara tests
Paris reports France is poised to explode its first atomic device in the central Sahara near Reggane Algeria, a test that would place France in the nuclear club with the United States, Soviet Union and Britain. Airliners are warned to avoid zones, with regulations to remain in force for months while international concern over radioactivity and potential global responses grows.
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Paris
France
Sahara
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
French Defense Ministry
Algeria
Mediterranean
Atlantic
French Sahara
U.N. Assembly
Ghana
Tunisia
Geneva
Obituaries from Indiana area amidst multiple deaths
A long list of obituaries and death notices from Indiana County covers George Plafko, Stephen Condor, Walter Shaner, John Tyger, Chauncey McAdoo, Lucinda Kaye Ewing, Dinah Robinson Whitacre, William Thomas, Nola Blanche Pounds, Thomas Empfield, Anna Mayhood Smith, Andrew Hospodar Sr, and others. Details include birth and death dates, family survivors, funeral arrangements, and places such as Bence Funeral Home Clymer Robinson Lytle Indiana and local churches. The notices note church affiliations, veterans status, and interment sites, with services planned across January 19 to 21.
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Stephen Condor
Johnstown
Europe
Stephen
Mary Condor
Iselin
Holy Cross Catholic Church
U.M.W
McIntyre
John
Michael
Stanley
Paul
Anna Slobodzian
Mildred Yasika
R. D
Julia Herman
Spain
Joseph
Maryland
Julius
Latrobe
Holy Cross Church
Francis Pirulli
Pentrack Funeral Home
Chauncey R. McAdoo
Margaret Glenn
Clymer
John and
Mary Fulmer McAdoo
West Lebanon
Indiana
Green Township
Indiana County
North East
McAdoo
North East Presbyterian Church
Zella Leasure
Margaret Glennot Clymer
Francis
Merejdith) Holt
Hilda Falger
Punxsutawney
Robert
Erie
Tucson
Arizona
Arthur
Raymond
Arab
Alabama
Jettie McAdoo
Robinson-Lytle's
James W. Cummings
Greenwood Cemetery
Dinah Robinson Whitacre
Clymer and Heilwood
Miami
Florida
James Whitacre
Hannah) Judy
Sara Whitacre
Robinson-Lytle’s
J. W. Cummings III
Harmony Cemetery
Penn Run
William Thomas
Shelada
Plumcreek Township
Jackson
Rebekah Jewart Stewart
Thomas
Carrie Nelson Thomas
Mary Edna’ Walker
Sheloda R. D. Li
Marjorie Spang
Captiva
Fla
Elderton Presbyterian Church
Elderton
Harvey
Kittanning
Mellon
James
Shelocta R. D
Margaret Timblin
Maude Miller
Creekside R.D
Emma Kepple
William S. Merwing
Clark Funeral Home
Gastown Cemetery
Nola Blanche Pounds
Cherry Hill Township
Clymer RD
Montgomery Township
Cherry Tree RD
Sloan
Sylvia Muman Cochran
Grant Township
Albert Blair Pounds
Clarence
Rossiter RD
Delbert
Carl Pounds
Rake High Funeral Home
Hillsdale
Clayton Straw
East Mahoning Cemetery
Thomas J. Empfield
West High Street
Ebensburg
Memorial Hospital
Belsanoy
Thomas S
Mary
Mee" Donald) Empfield
Cora M
Pattson
Lawrence
Clayton
Gertrude
Zenus Learn
Eric
Dorothy
Walter
Waite
Wattsburg
Katherine
Fred Evans
Grace
William Holland
Harrisburg
Almeta
Carl Teeter
John Davie
Alvie Bowen
Methodist Church
Belsano
UMWA
Belsano Methodist Church
Charles Wright
Burial Jin Church
Kew Funeral Home
Anna Mayhood Smith
S. Stewart Street
Blairsville
Armstrong County
Thomas and
Hannah Schrecongost
Regular Baptist Church of
Loren C. Smith
Earl of
New Kensington
F. Cecil
Parkville
Blairseville
Irma) Rennie
Uniontown
Floyd K. Mayhood
New Ey Kensington
Chrise~ Ly (Ethel) Reinert
Shoemaker Funeral Home
Addison E
Andrew Hospodar
Sagamore
Slovakia
George
Elizabeth Silko ]Hospodar
St. Mary's
UMW
Hospodar
Rose Hospodar
Andrew, Jr
New’ Kensington
Elizabeth Stary
Elizabeth
Mary Hospodar
Newark
N.J
Rose Kuhar
Verona
Helen Bonartigo
Plumville
Theodore Mankovich
St Mary's Cemetery
State agency orders smaller car purchases
Harrisburg AP reports secretary of property and supplies Saysia issued an executive board order banning purchase of expensive cars for state use. Gov Lawrence approved the plan to use smaller cars for all. The order, issued last week and leaked Saturday, limits cabinet member car types and expenses amid little enthusiasm from officials.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Property and Supplies
Andrew M. Bradley
Bradley
Per Capita Budget Spend Rising With Population Growth
The article notes a 1960 budget of 78.4 billion dollars for about 179.3 million Americans, or 437.26 per person, rising to roughly 79.8 billion and about 437.74 per person with a population increase of nearly three million by next January 1.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Strange Things In Jones Home
BALTIMORE AP reports unusual disturbances at the Jones home on Meridene Drive. Flower pots jump, wall pictures crash, pottery explodes, and plants move, ongoing for four days. Edgar and Mrs. Jones describe fear and confusion as miniature pitchers exploded on a dining shelf.
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Baltimore
Jones
Meridene Drive
Edgar G. Jones
Lava Flows From Kilauea Diverted Near Warm Springs
Fiery lava from Kilauea continued to reach the sea as bulldozer crews built a 20 foot dike to steer molten rock away from Warm Spring resort. A new lava fountain blasted 1700 feet from the main flow while fumes and pumice forces allowed guided tours to resume near Kapoho three miles from Warm Springs.
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Kilauea
Kapoho
Warm Springs
Hawaii Island
James
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