Byrd Urges 4 Percent Cut to Fund Foreign Aid Budget
Senator Byrd urged a 4 percent reduction in federal spending to balance the budget, targeting the proposed $4.7 million foreign aid outlay within Eisenhower's $62.4 billion requested budget for the year starting July 1. He called for trimming back foreign aid and warned Congress of persistent deficits while noting defense outlays and political disputes shaping the response.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Congress
Ate Finance Committee
Douglas
D-Ill
Ellender
D-La
Dworshak
Idaho
Senate Appropriations Committee
H. Alexander Smith
Foreign Relations Committee
Costa Rica quiets as U S planes land to bolster government
Four U S fighter jets arrived at El Coco to aid President Jose Figueres while rebels and their claimed victories fade. Nicaragua seized two rebel trainer aircraft in Rivas and Nicaragua denies involvement. The O AS probes the fighting with Somoza denying any role as Costa Rica plans a push toward Santa Rosa and Liberia.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
U.S
Jose Figueres
Nicaragua
Santa Rosa
Angel Calderon Guardia
Liberia
Figeres
el Coco
Organization of American States
OAS
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
ATG
Rivas
OAS Council
Calderon Guardia
Figueres
Mexico
Judge Dismisses Lattimore Indictment Over Formless Charge
U S District Judge Luther Youngdahl dismissed a new indictment accusing Owen Lattimore of swearing falsely about being a follower of the Communist line or promoter of Red interests. The ruling cited the Sixth Amendment requirement for specific charges and warned the case would be a sham without clear indictment.
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Washington
U. S
Luther Youngdahl
Owen Lattimore
Youmgdah
Lattimore
GOP Puts Bender On Probe Unit
Freshman Senator George H. Bender joins the senate investigations subcommittee as the third Republican member alongside McCarthy and Mundt. McCarthy announces the private selection process under the Government Operations Committee. Republican members for the government reorganization subcommittee are named, reducing GOP seats on each subcommittee from four to three as Democrats hold the majority. Dirksen and Potter exit the reorg group.
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Washington
George H. Bender
R-O
Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Bender
GOP
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
McCarthy
Senate Government Operations Committee
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa
Congress
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Charles Potter
R-Mich
Mass Prison Riot Ends After Guard Hostage Bargain
Four inmates at Massachusetts State Prison seized five guards at gunpoint seeking a car to escape a 10 year long siege. Ringleader Theodore Green assisted by Walter Balben negotiated with Deputy Warden Vance as guard Warren Harrington reported they were okay. Also involved were Fritz Swenson and Joseph Flaherty. guards named Harrington Ryan Kadlick Mulkerne and Wills.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Edward Hartigan
Perery S. Vance
Vance
Walter Balben
Balben
Warren L. Harrington
Harrington
Theodore
Teddy) Green
Green
Fritz Swenson
Joseph Flaherty
Flaherty
Surprise Guilty Plea Nets Petersen Life Sentence
Keith Petersen 26, son of a Dallas utility official, pled guilty to the 1949 slaying of Carolyn Schofield. A swap with prosecutors led to a life term with five years in mental hospitals counted toward the sentence. parole possible in seven to eight years. The case followed two trials on sanity, and his mother expressed belief in his insanity and innocence.
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Dallas
Keith Petersen
Petersen
Carolyn Schofield
Henry King
Texas
Dist. Atty
Henry Wade
Miss
Lewis F. Petersen
Carolyn
Sam Sheppard crime expert to study July 4 wife murder
West Coast criminologist Dr. Paul L. Kirk will arrive next weekend to review physical and factual evidence in the Marilyn Sheppard murder case. He says he has no opinion and will stay neutral. The bail hearing delayed a decision on bail while appeals progress.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn
Paul L. Kirk
University of California
Kirk
William J. Corrigan
Corrigan
United States
Berkeley
Calif
Senators split on Hammarskjold mission freeing imprisoned airmen
A majority of Senate Foreign Relations Committee members expressed hope that Dag Hammarskjold's trip to Red China may lead to freedom for 11 U.S. airmen jailed as spies. Several senators said it is too early to judge and none agreed with Sen Knowland that the mission is a failure.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
U.S
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
U.N
Humphrey
D-Minn
Secretary of State
Foreign Relations Committee
Morse
Indore
Tlam
Eisenhower
Hammarskjold
Bill Knowland
United Nations
Sen. George
D-Ga
Chicago
China
H. Alexander Smith
Far East
State Dulles
Korean Guard Seize Man After Gun Threat at Taegu Base
A Korean fanatic waved a pistol at General Maxwell TD Taylor at Taegu Air Base and was seized by guards. Taylor was in Korea from his headquarters in Japan for conferences. The informant confirmed the incident but requested anonymity.
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Seoul
Maxwell TD Taylor
U. S. Far East
Taegu
Italian Doctor Refuses Soviet Invitation To Work In Moscow
Dr. Marco Soncini of Rome, 37, who helps prepare Pope Pius XII's nourishing potion, says he rejected a Soviet offer. He described two men visiting his apartment on January 9 and pressing to contact a woman upstairs, then spoke with a foreign accent before leaving.
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Rome
Pius XII
Soviet
Russia
Marco Soncini
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Soviet Union
Bruno Pontecorvo
Soncini
Invasion Threat Reports Describe Yikiangshan Fall and Tachens Risk
Radio contacts with Yikiangshan were broken after a Communist assault backed by twenty warships, with claims of island's fall and ongoing resistance on Tachens. Peiping and Nationalist updates cite shelling and large-scale amphibious action amid U.S. patrols and questions about intervention.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan
Defense Ministry
Tachen Islands
Chiang Kai - Shek
Tachens
Peiping Radio
Tokyo
Radio Press Agency
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
United States
Roremosa
Pescadores
Toumen Island
UN Chief And Dulles To Confer Tomorrow In Washington
Secretary of State Dulles announced he will meet Dag Hammarskjold to hear first hand about the UN secretary general's mission to Red China seeking release of American airmen imprisoned as spies. He dismissed Sen Knowland’s claim the mission failed and outlined U.S. positions on Formosa, the Tachens, and Asian aid.
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Washington P
Dulles
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Red China
Sen. Knowland
Tachen Islands
Formosa
Tachens
Yikiangshan
United States
Asia
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