Eisenhower Faces Budget Strain as Cold War Escalates
President Eisenhower nears six years of Cold War leadership with a growing deficit risk. He cut taxes and balanced the budget in 1956 and 1957 but now faces rising government spending as Soviet advances in weapons and economic aid widen the gap. He weighs deficit spending against tax increases, warning that tax hikes could curb consumer spending and slow the economy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Korea
Russia
State of the Union
Eisenhohwer
America
White House
Budget debate eyes Ike plan amid calls for restraint
The piece argues Congress must decide the budget amid Democratic control and public pressure. It notes non defense spending steady since 1939 while defense outlays rise from 44.9 to 46.3 billion, and stresses security as top priority with needed foreign aid and military spending to deter threats. It warns against adding non defense items by special groups and urges consensus before November elections.
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Washington
Ike
Congress
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Middletown fan Herbert Hobbs dies before big game
Obituary notes Herbert Hobbs a 57 year old sign painter and Aeronca employee who followed the Middies by radio or TV. He died Sunday before the anticipated clash with Hamilton, leaving a family in mourning as the community reflects on sportsmanship and adult influence in high school athletics.
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Herbert Hobbs
Aeronca
Hamilton
Clarifying secondary boycotts and hot cargo in Taft Hartley
Secretary Mitchell seeks congressional amendments to Taft Hartley to define and limit secondary boycotts and hot cargo contracts. He argues unions should not be barred from extending strikes to second employers and urges courts to better enforce unfair labor practice rulings.
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James P. Mitchell
Congress
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Teamsters’ Union
Afl-Cio
Atlantic City
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Teamsters
Pittsfield
Mass
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma Truckers
Texas
Lc.c
Oklahoma
Taft-Hartley
Supreme Court
Estrellita Horoscope for 1958 Calendars and Guidance
Sunday guidance warns caution with strangers and glib talkers especially when money is involved. Travel plans and home improvements look favorable while personal finances require a conservative approach for the year. If your birthday falls on Monday or within projected dates expect a restrained but steady year with careful risk management and realistic goals.
Bridging East and West via the Bosporus bridge plan
The piece notes that a Bosporus suspension project would link Asia and Europe, prompting reflections on bridging international rifts. It contrasts this with the difficulty of uniting nations, while offering an aside on London subway noise before trains depart.
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Asia
Europe
Bosporus
LeMay hunting trip ends with a kitchen effort
Gen Curtis LeMay and guests including Sir Harold Caccia and Don Mariano Puga attend a hunting and fishing gala at Warm Springs. Upon return to Fort Myers, LeMay claims he bagged twelve quail four pheasants three trout and a bear with a smoked ham. His wife helps pluck clean and gut the game, and the task wraps up by 1 15 a.m.
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Washington
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Warm Springs
LeMay
Clinton Hester
Blue Ridge
Harold Caccia
Don Mariano Puga
Chile
Don Maurice L. Yadarolo
Argentina
Africa
Arthur Godfrey
Richard S. Boutelle
Harold
South America
Gen. LeMay
Vicente Baroja
Strategic Air Command
Baroja
Fort Myers
Kilgallen Bits Rail Through Broadway and TV Circles
Betty Field steps into Waltz of the Toreadors replacing Paulette Goddard amid Sugar Ray Robinson talks. Look magazine balked at $75,000 for an exclusive retirement story. Sugar plans a Miami Beach golf break then Greenwood Lake training for a Basilio rematch in March.
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Betty Field
Paulette Goddard
Sugar Ray Robinson
Look
Story
Ray
Jacobs’ Beach
Sugar
Miami Beach
Greenwood Lake
Basilio
Wardrow-Thomas Paper Co names new general manager
Edgar Turnbull of Knowlton Brothers in New York is named general manager of Wardrow-Thomas Paper Co in Middletown. American Legion commander Martin V. Coffey reports executive committee approval of a second letter attacking communism and urging removal of communistic agents from Middletown. Prime Minister de Valera seeks UK approval for Ireland unification talks with Neville Chamberlain. Girl Scout Troop 12 leader Mrs Earl Coddington announces assistants Delma Coddington and Mrs Ralph Grimes. Porpoises are air breathing mammals that surface for breath every 45 seconds and swim faster than most fish.
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Keith Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Mr. Funston
Edgar Turnbull
Knowlton Brothers, Inc
New York
Wardrow-Thomas Paper Co
Martin V. Coffey
The
American Legion
Middletown
Legion
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Earl Coddington
Ralph Grimes
Delma Coddington
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