Eisenhower Seeks Big Air Force Boost in Defense Plan
President Eisenhower announced that 80 cents of every defense dollar would go to air power and that the program would be the heaviest annual outlay. He defended a steady growth in air defense and outlined a long term plan to maintain security amid Soviet threats.
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U. S
Air Force
The
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Truman
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Senate
Sattonstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Short
House
Armed Services Committee
U.S
United States
Eisen
Col
City Council Debate: Should Parking Spaces Be Rented to Cab Firms
In a city council discussion last night the panel weighed whether downtown parking lots should be leased to cab companies. Several members argued for charging compensation and ensuring access, while others urged extending space rental to other businesses and avoiding street crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Ashby
Weill
Dackie Morris
Floyd Pyle
Riley Hunter
Jn Barker
Four Soldiers Survive Local Bridge Crash Near Hopkinsville
A 1949 Buick sedan carrying Corporal William Patterson and four soldiers left the Old Clarksville Pike, went under the Little River bridge, and flipped upside down. Patterson suffered a head injury and was hospitalized at Fort Campbell. the others were treated but released. Investigators say the car flew 30 to 40 feet, narrowly missing the bridge abutment, before totaling the vehicle. Continued on Page 16, Col. 7.
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Little River Bridge
Hopkinsville
Clarksville Pike
William Patterson
Fort Campbell
Post Hospital
Patterson
Army Hospital
East End Grill Closed Indefinitely Over Sanitation Violations
Hearn authorities ordered East End Grill at 421 East Second Street closed indefinitely after numerous sanitation and equipment violations. Operator Jessie Hanley must pass a re inspection before reopening, said Sanitarian Robert Mundy. No other county restaurant has faced a closure this year.
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Hearn
East End Grill
East Second Street
Jessie Hanley
Robert Mundy
Mundy
City approves annexation plans and council actions in Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville City Council gave initial approval to annex 60 acres east of Cox Mill Road and a 250 foot by 1 390 5 foot strip along Cox Mill Road with plans to extend annexation along Little River. The council promoted Russell Greenwell to police chief and approved higher truck weights to aid Hayes Freight Line, adding 10 jobs. The body also formed six wards for November elections, set mayor and council salaries, denied city parking rents to cab firms, and addressed tax and welfare board funding. Appointments included Dale O Day as patrolman and James F Bell as tax assessor. The meeting also approved street oil purchases and rented a compressor for the city engineer.
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Hopkinsville
Cox Mill Road
Little River
Country Club
Russell Greenwell
Greenwell
James Ed Greenfield
Hayes
Tennessee State Line
A. S. Koon
Leslie Riggins
Christian County Welfare Board
James F. Bell
Dale O'Day
Overseas witness Neuschafer seen as possible trial factor
Fort Campbell private first class Glenn R. Neuschafer, a key witness in indictments against 12 defendants, has been in Germany and may travel via France and England to Hopkinsville for potential trial timing. The army and sheriff plan to align his return with grand jury needs and possible late next week court action.
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Glenn R. Neuschafer
Fort Campbell
Christian Circuit Court
Sheriff's Office
Pic. Neuschafer
Neuschafer
Decegeder Grand Jury
Germany
Army
Civlian
Hopkinsville
France
England
United States
Neushafer
Lawrence Grauman
Europe
Allies Get Second MIG With Pilot Crash Landing
Danish police report a Polish pilot crash landed a Soviet built MIG at Bornholm May 20. Eyewitnesses say the craft resembled Lt. Franciszek Jarecki s plane, now in the United States as he seeks U S citizenship to join the Air Force.
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Aocade
Bornholm
Denmark
Baltic Island
Franciszek Jarecki
Jarecki
United States
U.S. Air Force
Poland
Slupsk
Graduation Plans For 58 Hopkinsville Seniors
Hopkinsville High School prepares to award diplomas to 58 seniors next Friday May 29 in a 7 30 p m outdoor ceremony at the stadium with a rain plan for 8 p m in the school auditorium Graduation week opens with a Sunday 8 p m commencement service at First Methodist Church featuring Rev Paul Kapperman and Rev Dan Stone along with glee club music The 1938 class holds the all time high 126 graduates with January and June ceremonies noted and the list of graduates includes William C Adams Barbara J Baldwin Freda Betts and many others continuing on Page 16 Col 6.
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Hopkinsville High School
Charles J. Petrie
First Methodist Church
Paul Kapperman
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Dan Stone
First Baptist Church
Glee Club
H.H.S
W. Earl Craft
Joe B. Cravens
J. Robert Crawley
Robert Crenshaw
F. Carol Crouch
Marjorie Cunningham
Donald R. Davis
Mary J. DeBow
Betty J. Doss
W. Graham Duncan
Edward B. East
Ann P. Fish
Bobby H. Freeman
Wallace H. Henderson
Barbara A. Higains
Patricia A. Humphrey
M. Louise Humphries
Gladys M. Jones
James C. King
Uze Knezinskis
William P. Love
Mary Ann Mabry
Charles R. Maddux
Peggy A. Martin
Joseph Mason
Charles Mattison Jr
Mary Nell McCain
Bar
Fort Campbell soldiers to attend free Kitty League games here
Maj Gen Wayne C Smith post commander told local merchants that a special bus will bring soldiers to Hopkinsville for free Kitty League baseball at Kentucky Park. The fort commander approved Hopkinsville Service Center as a recreation hub, with committees named to promote agricultural interests and to spur a four lane highway from Hopkinsville to Fort Campbell.
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Fort Nase
Kentucky Park
Wayne C. Smith
Fort Com der
Hopkinsville
Fort Campbell
Churchill Accuses Socialists of Causing Misconduct
Prime Minister Churchill, in the House of Commons, charges Socialists with making mischief between Britain and the United States. He hopes President Eisenhower will visit London, notes no need for urgent invitation. Socialist speakers deny the accusation amid debate over atomic bomb use in Korea and Britain’s stance.
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London
Churchill
House of Commmons
Britain
United States
Eisenhower
White House
Arthur Henderson
Labor
Nathan F. Twining
U.S. Air Force
Korea
Henderson
U. S
U.S
Polley elected head of 40 And 8 organization
Carl M. Polley 2623 South Main Street was elected head of the 40 and 8 organization at a Forty One Inn meeting last night, succeeding William G. Du Puy. Polley has held multiple roles in the American Legion and Kentucky groups. Others elected included James Gilliam and Charles Brandon with several posts named for various duties. Plans for a nurse training program were noted as ongoing.
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Carl M. Polley
South Main Street
American Legion
Forty- One Inn
William G. du Puy
Fort Campbell
Polley
Madisonville
Hopkins County
Voitare
Kentucky
James Gilliam
Charles Brandon
Downer Buckley
Commissaire Intendant
Henry Gillette
Aumonier
Ike Garrett
Elliott Miles
William Evans
Garde de la Porte
Hulin Gower
Robert B. Sapinsley
John Garner
Preston Sargeant
Lampiste
H. Howard
Avocat
John Carneal
Commis Voyageur
National
Early Morning Dice Game Claims East Ninth Street Spot
An alleged craps game at a East Ninth Street tax stand was interrupted at 4 15 am by city patrols Alvis Pollard and Dorris Francis. Three men Fred Uarkes 3 Route 2 Dennis Hale 29 Route 4 and Albert DeBow 27 North O Neal Avenue were cited into police court for gaming. The officers said they watched the game from the door for several minutes before taking action.
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East Ninth Street
President Eisenhower seeks tax relief and reform plan
President Eisenhower said the Truman Administration left a crit ically unsound financial state and proposed extending the excess profits tax for corporations. He urged keeping current individual income tax rates through year end and outlined a six point program including a future tax revision and possible excise tax changes. He also recommended a personal income tax cut of about 10 percent for lower and middle incomes starting next January.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
America
Russia
Armyworms Threaten Crops Across Christian County
Armyworms infest fields in Christian County and western Kentucky, attacking small grain, clover, pastures, and young tobacco. County Agent Aubrey Warren urges immediate field checks and treatment. Pesticides toxaphene chlor dane aldrin and dieldrin can control, with harvest delayed after application.
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Christian County
Kentucky
Aubrey Warren
South Christian
Warren
Four Planes Bomb Allied Area Behind Lines
Four unidentified planes dropped bombs and strafed a bridge behind Allied lines on the Western Front. The Eighth Army reports nine casualties with no clear breakdown of deaths or injuries and notes an investigation is underway.
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Seoul
Eighth Army
Arson Case Dismissed In Hopkinsville Court
A county court dismissed the arson charge against Lucille Campbell for lack of proof. Judge Higgin cited four Commonwealth witnesses whose testimony showed only a healthy suspicion. The fire on April 12 destroyed Betty White Brady’s four room log home in the Lake Morris area. The adopted daughter faced questioning but no additional evidence was produced.
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Lucille Campbell
Campbell Street
James E. Higgins
Commonwealth
Betty White Brady
Lake Mor‘ris
Madisonville Road
Professor Gee
L. W. Gee
Hopkinsville
Robert White
Atomic warfare school opened near Oberammergau
NATO officers from the United States and allied nations attend a four day to several months long program run by the American Army Navy and Air Force instructors. The high security site overlooks Oberammergau and is guarded by 24 hour patrols within a fenced compound.
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Berammergau
Germany
Sam
NATO
Bavarian Alps
Oberammergan
Matthew B Ridgway
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Republicans Weigh Ike Proposals In Private Session
In Washington May 20 a Republican closed meeting debated Eisenhower's tax plan. Leaders sought support to extend the excess profits tax beyond June 30 and to block or delay tax cuts, while President Eisenhower pressed for a six month extension and broader relief measures amid deficit and security concerns.
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Waablugion
House
Hower
GOP
Eisenhower
Sion
Martin
R-Mass
Ways and Means Committee
Halleck
R-Ind
Eisen
Congress
Theatre Closes After Owner's Mother Dies
George Edwards owner of the Hopkinsville Cave-In Theatre announced the show will be closed tonight due to the death of his mother Mrs Ethel Edwards at Benton. She died at her home at 11 o clock last night from a heart attack after illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but services are expected tomorrow in Benton.
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George Edwards
Hopkinsville Cave-In
Wis
Ethel Edwards
Benton
Edwards
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Chef de Gare
Ike
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