Knowland pressures to lock budget cuts in at Washington
U S Senator Knowland says Eisenhower cooperates to end back door funding. He expects about two billion dollars to be cut from a 71.8 billion budget and warns supplemental requests must not erase these economies. He notes cabinet discussions and Senate will resist restoring slashed funds while keeping tax relief for small firms separate.
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Washington
Knowland
R + Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
House
Veterans Administration Funds
Plane search begins for overdue Magsaysay flight
President Ramon Magsaysay's private Mt Pinatubo plane is overdue on a Cebu City to Manila flight. Authorities say takeoff occurred at 1 15 a m with last radio contact at Cebu and the trip usually lasts about an hour and a half. The missing duration is near ten hours.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Cebu City
Magsaysay
Cebu
Mt. Pinatubo
Philippine Air Force
Euratom and six nations clash over European union plan
The Soviet Union condemned plans by six Western European states to form Euratom and a common market. It urged a joint conference on economic and atomic cooperation and proposed an all European system for hydroelectric, fuel energy, trade, and mutual aid, plus an all European atomic institute. The move comes as West European leaders push toward a United States of Europe, while NATO powers loom in the background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Economic Union
Europe
West Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States of Europe
Russia
Euratom
West
NATO
United States
Leprechaun Leaves Green Stripe in Gary Street
A broad bright green stripe ran down Broadway in Gary's business district startling drivers. Police said they could not identify who painted it. A typed note left at the Gary Post-Tribune said the act was a reminder to wear green for Holy Paddy's Day, signed Seumas Beg, chief leprechaun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Broadway
John Foley
Gary Post-Tribune
Paddy
Seumas Beg
Leprechaun
Gateway Park
Family Of 4 Wiped Out In Car Train Crash
A Mackinaw Illinois family of four was killed when their car collided with a New York Central passenger train at a gravel road crossing near State Highway 9. Victims: Don Hoffman 35 Donna 36 Linda 10 and John 6. The car was dragged about a third of a mile. Hoffman's body was thrown clear while the mother and children were found inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackinaw, Ill
New York Central
Mackinaw
Illinois
Don Hoffman
Donna
Linda
John
Hoffman
Local Weather La Crosse: Increasing Clouds Likely
For La Crosse and vicinity, weather reports show increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions on Sunday with a high around 45 degrees.
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la Crosse
Explosives Wired To Horn Of Woman's Car
Four tins of high explosive were found wired to the horn of Mrs. Claire Portnoy’s car at a service station. The cans were bound with yellow wire and marked for front line demolition only. Police said a single beep could have caused a sky high explosion. The Portnoys denied knowledge of any motive or enemies.
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Herbert Portnoy
Boston
Mass
Portnoys
Unifax
Claire Portnoy
Sidney Greenberg
Francis F. Bailey
Contests Set in 10 Towns and Villages for County Board Seats
Caucuses held March 2 to 9 produced contesting County Board supervisor posts in ten of sixteen towns and villages. Incumbents in Hamilton Burns Washington Onalaska and Rockland Holmen were unopposed, with several towns naming multiple candidates for chair clerk treasurer assessor and justice of the peace. The Bangor Bangor village Barre Burns Campbell Farmington and other caucuses drew 25 to 96 attendees and set upcoming annual town meetings in March and April.
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la Crosse
Onalaska
Hamilton
Burns
Washington
Rockland
Holmen
Town of
Bangor
Levi Cavadini
R. W. Hansen
L. Heinze
Harold Manke
Spencer Nelson
Clarence Johnson
A. R. Richele
Joseph L. Hesselberg
Fred H. Zabel
Percy Halleck
E. Plenge
Paul Sandman
Justice of the Peace
Ervin Hansen
L. F. Schroeder
Elmer Hatz
Maynard Stratman
Paul W. Wagner
Milton Jones
Barre
Adolph Stelloh
Norbert Nuttleman
Bernie Nehls
Hayward Rhodes
William Hammes
Ed Schmeckoeper
Louis Hemker
Fredrick Nuttleman
Anna Rhodes
Otto Miller
Milton Schwier
Jerome Hammes
Lavern Rodenberg
Edward Sc
Campbell
Henry Rebhan
Jim Beranek
Harry N. Schwalbe
David Zlaticky
Ervin L. Mittlebach
George J. Kastner
Marge Staats
Fred
Chicken
Jerold Hopkens
al DiTriazza
Joseph Hansen
Ed Rode
Carl L. Kreuger
George Berg
Lynn Pfaff
Clayton Gartner
Herman Harder
Edward
Indonesia seeks balance as Suwirjo leads 17th cabinet effort
Newsmap places Java as the sole major Indonesian island under firm central government control. President Sukarno reports failed attempts to include Communists in a new cabinet while reconciling Nationalist Moslem and Christian parties. Suwirjo, head of the Nationalists, aims to build Indonesia's 17th cabinet in 11 years amid regional dissatisfaction.
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Java
Indonesia
Sukarno
Suwirjo
Unifax
La Crosse to Hold Meeting on Traffic Safety Group
Representatives of local civic clubs and city officials will discuss forming a La Crosse Citizens Traffic Safety Organization at an April 1 meeting. R. C. Salisbury will speak, with Mayor Knutson and police officials also attending, as clubs decide on backing a city safety group.
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la Crosse
Council of Clubs
Council
Citizens’ Organization
Committee For Traffic Safety
South Side Businessmen's Assn
R. C. Salisbury
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department
C. B. Wiemann
Wiemann
Salisbury
Milo Knutson
George Long
Edward Tabbert
la Crosse County
Erwin W. Voss
President's Committee For
Atlantic City
Miami Beach
Chicago
San Francisco
Shawano Repeats as State Champ in Wisconsin Basketball
Shawano defends title by defeating Madison West 66 61 to become the first defending champion to retain the Wisconsin state high school basketball crown in 21 years.
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Madison
Shawano
Madison West
Britain Faces Worst Strike In 31 Years
Britain braces for a broad industrial stoppage as 200000 shipyard workers walk out in a 1926 scale dispute. Unions demand a 10 percent pay rise and threaten wider action across manufacturing affecting up to three million men. Leaders of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions call for a parallel engineering walkout next Saturday.
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London
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
CSEU
New Conflict Feared In Gaza With Egyptian Move
Egyptian military police took over patrol duties in the Gaza Strip under Maj. Gen. Mohammed Hassan Abdel Latif amid warnings from Israel of possible renewed conflict. An Israeli spokesman said Meir would press the U.S. for action as Israeli forces withdrew and U.N. assurances on shipping and order were debated.
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Gaza
Gaza Strip
Israel
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
United States
U.N
Mohammed Hassan Abdel Latif
Latif
New York
Gulf of Aqaba
Eilat
U.S
Gulf
Reeporters
U.S.A
Meir
Dulles
UNEF
Mideast
122000 March in Parade Yankees Celebrate St Patrick's Day
In New York City a St Patrick's Day parade drew 122000 Irish descendants on Fifth Avenue with 850000 more Irish New Yorkers watching bands baton twirlers and military units. Rob ert Briscoe lord mayor of Dublin attended as guest of honor. The 69th Infantry National Guard and dogs Patrick O'Brien and Carmichael McGillicuddy marched. The St Lawrence Band from Minneapolis and St Vincent's Band from Akron drew strong cheers.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
St. Pat
Sons of Erin
James A. Farley
Robert Briscoe
Dublin
165Th Infantry National Guard
Patrick O'Brien
Carmichael McGillicuddy
St. Lawrence
Minneapolis
44Th
96Th
St. Vincent's Band
Akron
Ohio
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