Ike Says U S Deficit Smaller Than Expected
President Eisenhower announced the government ended the 1954 fiscal year with a deficit of 3.029 billion dollars, about a quarter of a billion less than his January forecast and 6.895 billion below Truman’s projection. The drop came despite lower receipts, while spending ran 3.4 billion below prior forecasts, moving the deficit toward balance two thirds of the way.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Feisenhower
Truman
Treasury
James Hagerty
Miss United States Miriam Stevenson Shines In Pageant
Miriam Stevenson, 21, Miss South Carolina, captured the Miss United States crown amid a field of 46 state queens, earning a $200 a week Universal-International contract, a new car, a gold trophy, a pearl necklace and a silver compact. Final judging set for Friday. prelims and events held in Municipal Auditorium with 4900 attendees.
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U.S. A
Wiriam Stevenson
South Carolina
Municipal Auditorium
Renee Roy
New York City
Karin Huitman
New York State
Miss Stevenson
Ellen Whitehead
Virginia
Betty Lee
Texas
United States
Miriam — Stevenson
Misa Stevenson
Mare Inicipal
Truegram
Iss
Long Beach Municipal Art Center
Universal-International Studios
Landers College
Greenwood
S.C
Winsharo
Stevenson
German Spy Foe Otto John Abducted in East Berlin
West German anti espionage chief Otto John and Dr Wolfgang Wohlgemuth were last seen leaving a West Berlin hotel for the Soviet zone. Police say a note indicated John would not return as authorities probe possible abduction or lure into East Berlin amid heightened Cold War tensions.
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Wolfgang Wohlgemuth
West Berlin
Ohn
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Bertin
Interior Ministry
J Eelin
Federal Office For the Protection of
Federal Bureau For Investigation
United
Drownings Claim Dad and Two Sons in Alaska Saga
In Tyonek near Anchorage a family tragedy unfolds as Mary Smith endures the deaths of her husband and two of her three sons, Roland and Byrne, with Gerard missing after a fishing accident at Three Mile Beach. The matriarch also faces near blindness amid the continuing losses in the longstanding family venture.
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Anchorage
Smith
Roland
Byrne
Olympic Peninsula
Washington
Gerard
Fent
Mary Smith
Woman Dies By Crawling Into Ice Box In Michigan
Hillsdale Michigan report says 59 year old farm wife Glyde Phetteplace took her life Wednesday night by crawling into an icebox and pulling the door shut behind her. Coroner Harley Brandon ruled death by own action after she removed food and shelves from the icebox before entering. Husband Earl found the body and offered no reason for the act.
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Mich
Harley Brandon
Glyde Phetteplace
Earl
Where to Find It Beach Combing Page One
A compact guide lists pages for lifestyle and listings within the newspaper. It names sections such as Beach Combing on Page 1, Boyle on Page A 15, and various departments including Classified on C 11 to 13 and Sports on A 17 to 19. The notice also references editorial, obituaries, radio and TV, and tides and temperatures pages.
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Boyle
Friday Weather Outlook Mostly Sunny With Evening Fog
Mostly sunny on Friday with late night and early morning low clouds and fog. It warms slightly in the afternoon.
Battle Rages in Senate on Ike's Atom Bill
Republican Leader Knowland began taking soundings on limiting debate and breaking the filibuster against the administration's atomic energy legislation. He sought a final vote, claiming enough signatures for a petition to limit debate as critics pressed Eisenhower's atomic plan amid a power plant dispute in the TWA area.
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Knowland
Calif
Senate
Eisenhower
TWA
Knowleng
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Macree
Gore
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Sen
Purtell
Conn
Sen. Magnuson
Dash
Paris Premier Mendes France ends nightmare with Senate calm
Premier Mendes France after Geneva said the end of a nightmare for France comes with the fighting in Indochina quieted and a calendar delay for Indochina talks. He spoke as the Senate eyed a possible cloture vote and measures to ease a looming political impasse.
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Pierre Mendes-France
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Parlamer
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France
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Ceage- Knowland
Hill
Indours
Idochina
Montes-Franca
Tribune
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Mendes- France
Zreet
Edgar Faure
Mendes-France
Andre Bettencourt
Mendeg-France
Geneve
United States
Russia
West Germany
Pair Accused in Tijuana Shakedown Arrests
Two Americans Joseph Irving, 28, of Fitchburg Massachusetts, and James Hanover, 23, of Mason City Iowa, are jailed in Tijuana on charges tied to an alleged shakedown of US servicemen parents. A Mexican man Henry Barba Chang, 40, was also arrested but released for lack of evidence. FBI San Diego may pursue more cases as investigators probe the Telegram ransom plot involving a Marine son. Federal Judge Langie Martines ordered the pair held for trial with no date set.
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United States
Joseph Richard Irving
Fitchburg
Mass
James E. Hanover
Mason City
Henry Barbachang
Patice Sail
Nicholas Foloky
Utica
N. Y
Langie Martines
Irving
Hanover
Meeting Set for August in Far East
Western powers plan an international conference to draft a Southeast Asia defensive alliance aimed at countering Communist expansion. Dulles Eden and officials at Geneva discussed including Asian nations such as India Burma and Pakistan, with attendance to be determined and potential participation by Indochina states under peace terms. The aim is to secure support and broaden cooperation across Asia while final membership is sorted.
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Britain
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Welter Bedell” Smith
Eden
Geneva
Indochina
Ree Ferter
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
France
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Philippines
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
India
Burma
Pakistan
London
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Zekista
Train Hold Up by 30 Gunmen Near Manila
Philippine news service reports 30 gunmen believed to be Huk insurgents stopped an express train 40 miles south of Manila at San Crispin. They robbed about 1,000 passengers of cash and jewelry, the exact amount unknown.
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Philippines
Bells stolen from church steeple case called off
San Francisco police have ended the search for the thief believed to stole the electro mechanically operated bells from the Church of Immaculate Conception. A priest said parishioners had previously sent the bells out for repairs and neglected to report details.
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SAN_ FRANCISCO
San Francisco
Church of Immaculate Conception
Chessman’s Redemption Plot Revealed In Prison Tale
In San Quentin, Charles Chessman shapes a plan to redeem himself and erase his criminal past, as his autobiography Cell 2455 Death Row unfolds in daily installments in the Press Telegram. Read today's chapter on Page A-2, noting the vivid account of his confinement and imagined reform.
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