Budget policy changes urged by Byrd and Stans
Former Eisenhower budget director Maurice H. Stans told the US Chamber of Commerce that Kennedy administration policies may produce four consecutive deficits unless changed. Senator Byrd warned of a FY 1956 budget deficit totaling 4 to 5 billion, urging action to curb gold losses and international payments strain. Both urged businessmen to engage in politics and pressed for restraint on government spending and welfare costs.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
US Chamber of Commerce Today
Kennedy
Maurice H. Slang
Western Bancorporation
San Francisco
Sena Tor F. Byrd
D.va
Chamber
Byrd
Stans
U.S
Santa Claus
Byed
Elder Clement Denies Involvement in Estes Deals
Robert S. Clement says he did business with Texas financier Billie Sol Estes but denies that his son former Gov. Frank Clement was involved. A Chattanooga Times report cited two Estes enterprises in Sudan Texas and Blytheville Arkansas with limited financial outcomes and said that Clement’s associates also worked with Estes. Clement’s father, Estes and Brothers allegedly bought and remodeled houses in Blytheville in 1958, with the project ending in 1956.
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Nashville
Robert S. Clement
Texas
Billie Sel Estes
Frank Clement
The
Chattanooga Times
Estes
Will Wilson
Aml
Clement
Sudan
Tex
Blytheville
Ark
Russell Brothers
Bruce Perry
Coeburn
Beter
Estes and Brothers
X15 Rocket Plane Sets New Altitude Record
Veteran test pilot Joe Walker outlines aims for the X15 to reach space- edge of space flight may precede orbital missions. Engineers expect the craft could reach 100 miles, with reentry and landing posing main challenges as NASA and Air Force push winged spaceflight toward orbit. Walker notes 17 years of preparation and emphasizes safe reentry as the next key hurdle.
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Ralph Dighton
Edwards Air Force
Calif
Rampte
Walker
Joe Walker
Walkerlinder
XI5
Oo Pratien
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NASA
Miter
Re Zoning Ordinance On Tonight's Agenda
A rezoning proposal for a tract between Eastman Road and East Sevier Avenue near Ormond Drive seeks to change from residential to R-1A for a 64 580 square foot store area. The item appears on the Kingsport city board agenda with third readings and related street improvement bids and other routine business.
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Eastman Raa
Eastman Road
Sevier Avenue
Ormond Drive
Sears and Roebuck Com l
Donelson Street
Ant Pany
Reading
Kingsport
Stanney
Fort Robinson-Ridge- Fields
Wallington
UPI
Pierre
Salinger
Russia
Soviet Union
Sherwood Ye
New Yorktow
Dixon
East Sevier Avenue
West Germany
Amsterdam
Moscow
Ighor
East Center Street
Sullivan
Maple Streets
Geneva
Stalin
Kennedy
Nikita S
Fort Worth
Tex
Khrushches
Sam McGee
Soma
Alexei Adzhubei
Pestis
Khrushchev
Sonin
Insurance Policy Trial Opens in Chancery Court
A jury trial in Chancery Court before Judge Jack Raulston tackles the validity of an insurance policy linked to the shotgun death of Don Bragg, a Lyne Garden teen. Complainant Jack Taylor seeks policy protection after Bragg was killed May 7, 1961 near the Tennessee Virginia line. Fred Collins was wounded.
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Don Bragg
Lyne Garden
Chancery Court
Jack Raulston
Jack Taylor
Bragg
Tennessee-Virginia
Tine
Fred Collins
Tornadic Storms Kill Eight Across Several States
Tornadoes and fierce winds caused eight deaths and numerous injuries as storms swept from Missouri and Illinois through Indiana Michigan Mississippi and Tennessee. Damages included destroyed homes, downed utilities and collapsed roofs, with rainfall up to four inches and winds up to 105 mph reported.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Muingis
Indiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Kentucky
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Ohio
Knoxville
West
Memphis
Chicago Weather Bureau
Lufkin
St. Louis
Mines
Springfield
John Cavitt
Met
Chcrlané Grade Sebool
Mlk
Chanute Air Force Base
Pontiac
Ill
Chicago
Joliet
Logansport
Korva
South Bend
Kentland
Utility Districts Vie For Water Franchise
In Bloura ville a hearing considers granting South Kingsport Utilities District a water franchise for Summerville Road area in Colonial Heights Washington and Sullivan Counties. Respondents argue existing lines 3248 feet installed recent and health issues from contaminated wells. judge weighs modification of petition to allow service, not exclusive rights.
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Sullivant County
Wat Caief
Witty ‘Companies
Colonial Heights
Bloura
Ville
South Kingsport
Summerville Road
Con
Willy
Robert O'Neil
Gray-Fordtown-Coronial Heights
Washington
Sullivan Counties
Spetilion
Care
Dons
Carr
T. R. Bandy Jr
Consolidated Gray- Fordtown
Colonial
Neipsis
Kingsport Wins Bid For New Elementary School Project
Local firm Rentenbach and Wright Ti has been awarded the contract to build a new elementary school between Blountville and Bristol for 442230 dollars. The project will serve children in Blountville and Walnut Hill. Builder's Supply of Elizabethian submitted the base bid but Kingepart frm will perform for less after alternates. occupancy planned in fall. UN bonds worth 9900 dollars will be bought by Italy in its largest sale to date.
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Rentenbach and
Wright, Ti
Kingsport
Blountville
Bristol
Walnut Hill
Elizabethian
Law Base
Kingepart
Ellshawton Fem
Dope Hoard Seized Aboard British Cruiser Belfast
U.S customs and British authorities seized a multi million dollar narcotics haul aboard the British cruiser Belfast on the high seas. Investigators identified heroin quantities totaling 12 1 2 pounds and 26 pounds of possession with two Hong Kong suspects named Ah Lee Wong and Kan Ping Kwok. Diamonds and under inflated face value seized on Sugar canisters valued around seventy thousand dollars. Prosecution decisions lie with British authorities as no contraband landed in the United States. The ship's officers reported the case on arrival at Plymouth.
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San Francisco
ULS
Belfast
Frank Long
U.S
Ah Lee Wong
Ami Kan Ping Kwok
Hong Kong
United States
Caythforgan Giles
Customs and Mercuries
Randle Reid- Adam
Plymouth
England
Honolulu
Singapore
Asst Atty Gen Wilson Resigns Over Reapportionment Dispute
Tennessee Atty General George McCanless mourns the resignation of Asst. Atty. Gen. Wilson over disagreements on handling the reapportionment suit. Wilson, Chattanooga native and UT Law graduate, cites lack of state arrangements for litigation as his reason. A federal pretrial conference is set for May 7 after Supreme Court actions.
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Gen. Wilson
Nassville
UPI
George McCanless
Asse. Atty
Wilson
Tennessee
McCanless
State Attorney General's Office
U.S. Supreme Court
Chattanooga
College of Law
University of Tennessee
William E. Miller
Supreme Comet
May Day Demonstrations Show Communist Power Across World
Across Moscow Peiping Havana and Buenos Aires May Day events showcased Soviet arms parades labor rallies and political rhetoric. Malinovsky warned of Western aggression while Castro Castro supporters and Peronists boosted security drills and mass turnout. Chen Yi touted unity though Peiping displayed Stalin portraits amid Moscow’s Lenin tomb vigil.
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Inday Pa
Mayjtie
Moscow
Peiping
United States
U. S
Grotests
Stu
Nietkita Khrushchev
Lenin
Red Square
Malinovsky
Injured Deputy Faces Possible Blindness After Blast
Deputy Fred Keesee 40 suffers severe eye damage and possible loss of sight after a dynamite cap explosion during a truck stop search near Pennington Gap. Trooper Honaker and driver Oilie Haynes are linked to the incident. Haynes faces charges of DWI and illegal transport of explosives. A May 1 hearing is set in Lee County Court.
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Lee Coomly
Vax
Nick
Johnieson City
Fred Keesee
Pennington Gap
Keesee
G. L. Homaker
Alxiut
Oilie Haynes
Stara Creek
Honaker
Haynes
Deguly Keesee
Lee County
McKee Wilson Hospital
Johnee City
Reesee
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Phare
Souders
Joye Pitts
Watauga Street
Warrior Path State Park
George E. Greem
St. Ste. Francis
London
Milliane
BBC Television
Hart
U.N
United Nations
N.Y
Italy
Communist World
Fidel Castro
Havana
Buenos Airs
China
Chen Yi
New China News Agency
Maining
Tienanman Square
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