Eisenhower proposes peacetime budget and tax hikes
President Eisenhower unveiled a peacetime budget of 80.9 billion dollars for the next fiscal year, urging higher postal rates and gasoline taxes to lift revenues toward 82.3 billion. He emphasized restraint on spending and warned against financing by credit. The plan boosts defense outlays and space, agriculture, and foreign aid programs, with a projected 1.5 billion dollar surplus if revenues rise.
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Harold Morrison Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
John Kennedy
Hisenhower
Kennedy
de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada
Toronto
U.S. Army
Radar Tower Vanishes Off Atlantic Coast Trapping 28
A storm wreck of a U.S. Air Force radar tower vanishes 70 miles offshore in the Atlantic. The destroyer McCaffery heard tapping noises on sonar and radioed that human voices may be involved. Coast Guard crews prepare divers as wreckage and signs of life are pursued amid improving weather and dwindling survival chances.
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New York
U.S. Air Force
Atlantic
McCaffery
Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard
Norris
Berry
Polish Art Treasures Return To Poland From Canada
Elite troops guard the cargo as 16th century tapestries and armor travel by train from the Baltic port of Gdynia to Warsaw. The Wawel treasures arrive after years of diplomatic notes and delays tied to Quebec holdings and Maurice Duplessis’s government.
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Gdynia
Szymeca
Canada
Poland
Quebec
Maurice Duplessis
Power Treaty Signing Recommenced by Ike
President Eisenhower urged prompt Senate ratification of the Canada United States Columbia River pact. The accord would give the United States a five year option to build Libby Dam in Montana and directs pre construction planning by the corps of engineers. Prime Minister Diefenbaker to attend a White House ceremony with Canadian officials.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States Senate
Canada-U.s. Columbia River
Libby
Corps of Engineers
Tasenhower
Tts
Columbia
White House
Senate
Diefenbaker
Canada
Juustice
Davie Fulton
Arnold Tleeney
Herter
Elmer Bennett
United States
Libby Dam
Mont
Kootenay
Canadian
Montana
Seaway Project Losing Money
Washington AP reports the St. Lawrence Seaway, toll funded since 1959, is projected to lose about 1.2 million dollars in the next fiscal year. Eisenhower’s budget shows operating costs at 5.9 million vs revenues of 4.7 million.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
U.S
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S. Seaway
West Coast Flood Toll Deepens Across Vancouver Area
Unseasonably warm rainstorms cause two confirmed deaths in British Columbia with a missing pair feared drowned on Vancouver Island. A bridge master crushed by a slide and a boat capsizing near Ladysmith mark the day as dozens of homes evacuate and critical transport links suffer amid rising floods and mountain slides.
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Vancouver Iland
Wewkend
Fraser Valley
Canada
Vancouver
Interior
Looe
Vancouver Island
R. J. McMillan
Kamlonps
Canadian National Railways
Fraser Canyon
Fraser River
CNR
Ladysmith
Richard Baker Elliot
Campbell River
Cowichan Bay
Norman Morton
Lewis Morton
Denny Kirby
Ronald Kirby
Trains May Be Stopped At Calgary
A CPR spokesman said consideration is given to flying Coast bound passengers from Calgary while the Dominion may wait to carry passengers to intermediate points. The westbound Canadian left Medicine Hat at 10 16 am and may stop at Calgary. The eastbound Canadian and Dominion passed through as scheduled.
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Calgary
Medicine Hat
CPR
Dominion
Manning and Douglas campaign in Medicine Hat Redcliff byelection
Premier E C Manning speaks for Social Credit at Towne Theatre tonight backing Harry Leinweber while NDP leader T C Douglas visits Medicine Hat High School Auditorium Tuesday to back Milt Reinhardt. Voter turnout shows 63 advance ballots with final counts expected over 14 800 as polls open Thursday at 9 pm.
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E. C. Manning
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Social Credit
Towne Theatre
Edmonton
Harry Leinweber
Saskatchewan
T. C. Douglas
Medicine Hat High School
Douglas
Milt Reinhardt
Progressive Conservative
Alberta
Irnest’ Watkins
Calgary
Glenmore
Jack Cocks
Assiniboia
Ralph Walker
Marl Ailings
Alberta Liberal Association
Pam
Totel
Dave Broadfoot
James Paulson
Ieven
Medicine Hat Jaycees
CMA endorses negotiating medical plan with government
The Canadian Medical Association reports that 93 percent of 10,000 replying doctors support the association negotiating an acceptable medical care plan with any government announcing such a scheme. The questionnaire was sent to 20,000 members last year in Toronto.
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Toronto
The
Canadian Medical Association
U S Bans Travel to Cuba for Americans
Washington reports the United States has banned travel by Americans to Cuba stating the government can no longer provide protection for citizens there.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Three Bodies Found In Fireswept Carson Hotel
TORONTO CP reports three bodies were found in the fireswept Carson hotel in downtown Toronto with firemen fearing more deaths. Roof collapse trapped rescuers as guests leaped to nets and fled down ropes, ladders, and ledges. The hotel owner Charles Hemstead had bought the property last year. a restaurant on CN Exhibition grounds burned recently, and the CN expo plans a new $4.2 million replacement building.
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Toronto
Carson
Charles — Hemstead
CNE
Election Campaign Trails Build To Polling Day
Reporters tour four committee rooms as elections loom, noting crowded offices, busy volunteers, and intense campaign activity. Voter estimates show 14 800 eligible with 60 to 70 percent expected to vote. Door knocking, media coverage, and fundraising pace rise while polling day nears.
Cuban Rebels Surrounded By Militia In Cuba Mountains
Reports say 10 000 to 15 000 militiamen besieged rebel bands in the Mscambray Mountains of south central Cuba. Civilians evacuated said mortars and artillery shelling targeted suspected rebel concentrations as Havana staged a government crackdown on counter revolutions. One North American, Robert John Gentle, received 30 years for plotting to kidnap President Dorticos.
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Havana
Mscambray
Cuba
Mourtains
Las Villas
Robert John Gentile
Osvaldo Dorticos
Fire destroys three Brantford business blocks
A Sunday night blaze in Brantford Ont. caused about 500000 in damage, destroying Buehler Brothers meat market Arn Black shoe store and Georges Electric Limited along with upstairs apartments. Seven families were left homeless in freezing weather.
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Brantford, Ont
Buehler Brothers’ Meat Market
Arn Black Shoe
George’s Electric Limited
Parliament Inquest Date Set
Edmonton CP reports an inquest into the Chipman Alberta school bus train crash that killed 17 high school students is set for February 1 in Edmonton. Chief provincial coroner Dr M M Cantor expects the inquest to last two or three days.
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Edmonton
Chipman, Alta
Sedmonton
M. M. Cantor
Five People Escape From Sinking Car on Ice
In Barrie Ontario on Kempenfeldt Bay a car broke through ice and sank while five passengers escaped through the windows. The group included Douglas Murray 20 Barbara MacLimond 18 Keith Martin 18 Verna Bathe 17 from Oshawa and a two year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Luck of Barrie. Calvin Cripps rushed to assist and freed the occupants.
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Keith Martin
Verna Bathe
Oshawa
Kenneth Luck
Barrie
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