Ike Seeks Budget Cuts and Unified Middle East Aid
President Eisenhower urged Congress to cut the 72 billion dollar budget if possible while resisting division of the Middle East program into separate military and economic aid. He backed Humphrey’s call for restraint, warned that splitting aid would hinder anti Soviet efforts, and said no cabinet changes are planned beyond possible ambassadorial shifts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Middle East
Soviet Union
Humphey
Leonard W. Hail
Republican National Committee
Drunkometer Trial Tests Whisky Claim In Miami Court
In Miami City Court William C. Rose challenged a .246 blood alcohol reading linking him to drunk driving. The 238-pound apartment manager planned to prove he can still drive after consuming whisky, with a before and after driving test ordered by Judge Francis A. Sobieski in a roped-off area.
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William C. Rose
Rose
Francis A. Sobieski
Eisenhower warns against tax cuts as inflation risks loom
President Eisenhower told Congress the 1956 prosperity could continue but warned inflation may rise. He urged restraint in wage boosts and listed 38 requested laws for the 85th Congress, including school construction aid and stronger anti monopoly measures. He urged business and labor to reach fair wage agreements while avoiding government overreach.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sean
Grimes Murders Linked To Schoolboys Debacle
Investigators traced the Grimes sisters case as police widened a search near Santa Fe Park and a concession booth for clues. A size 32 yellow sweater matching one victim was found. Walter Kranz was questioned and held for further interrogation amid snowfall and a large, multi-agency manhunt.
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Chicago
Grimes
Santa Fe Park
Barbara
Patricia
Walter Kranz
South Side
Loop
Walter Krantz
Elvis Presley
Nashville
Presley
Floods and Tornadoes Sweep East as Thaw Spreads
Severe storms kill at least 11 in Tennessee and the lower Mississippi Valley. Flood waters push into western and central New York while a warm southerly flow brings springlike weather along the Atlantic coast. Tornadoes strike Gans Oklahoma and nearby towns, with multiple deaths and extensive damage.
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Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Mid-Continent
Appalachians
Atlantic Coast
New York
Utica
Ilion
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Gans
Okla
Princeton
Bellvue
Nashville
Rockies
Ieee
Illinois
Texas
Midwest
Chuckle About The Hypocrites Anecdote
A comic line jokes that a man avoids church for hypocrites yet still visits other places where hypocrites stand end to end. The remark plays on hypocrisy as a punchline about selective scrutiny.
Mad Bomber Metesky Ordered to Bellevue Hospital
George Metesky known as the Mad Bomber was committed to Bellevue Hospital after arrest in Waterbury Connecticut. He admitted planting 32 bombs since 1940 with 22 explosions injuring 15 people and faces multiple felony charges. The court ordered psychiatric commitment as doctors describe him as mentally ill and unable to distinguish right from wrong.
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George Metesky
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Metesky
Waterbury
New York City
Thene
Bed World
Eestaal
Connecticut
Benjamin Schmier
Asst. Dist
Karl Grebow
Schmier
Bellevue
Reuben Levy
Gaza Strip Proposal Is Studied By U N
Israel outlined to U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold the conditions for withdrawing troops from the Gaza Strip. The plan would place Gaza under U N administration with Egypt and Arab states opposing it.
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United Nations, N.Y
Israel Today
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Gaza Strip
U. N
Hammarskjold
Abba Eban
Hammarskjol1
Egypt
Gaza
United States
Isral
General Assembly
UNEF
Sinai Desert
Gulf of Aqaba
Israel
Marshjold
Sharm el Sheikh
Aqaba
Gulf
Golda Meir
Britain
Grace Kelly Gives Birth to Princess Caroline Heir to Monaco
Grace Kelly delivered a daughter named Caroline Louise Marguerite at 9:27 a.m. in Monte Carlo. Crowds cheered as 21 gun salutes echoed, with notable observers including Aristotle Onassis and Sir Bernard Docker. Prince Rainier III and Grace welcomed a girl, with Caroline now first in line to Monaco's throne under a male heir rule.
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Grace
Caroline
Monacan
Caroline Louise Marguerite
Prince Rainier III
Riviera
Aristotle Onassis
Sir Bernard Docker
Prince Rainier
Prince
Philadelphia
French Riviera
Rainier
United States
The
Gregoire
Gregory
Georges Pierre Richard
Monaco
Grimaldi
Louise de Marillac
Order of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
Arctic Cold Front Brings Snow Flurries and Low Temps
A cold arctic air mass moves through the Miami Valley causing snow flurries and dangerously cold conditions. Forecasts warn of a cold wave with cloudy windy weather and subzero lows. Middletown reports a high of 59 degrees and a 24 degree low, while rainfall and snowfall total 1.63 inches yesterday and last night.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
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U.S. Army Engineers Research and Development Laboratory
Fort Belvoir
Hess
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Crane
Miami
Fla
By Sterling F. Green
Nothiot
Loretta Grimes
Joseph
Joseph Lohman
German Church Road
Willow Springs
9-10
Associated Press
Atlantic
Mississippi River
Pompano Beach
Wayne Collier
Conn
By Tom Hoge
Monte Carlow
Grace Kelly
Paris
Emile Hervet
Charles Bernasconi
John B. Kelly
Princess Grace
Kelly
Margaret
Margaret Kelly
Graces
Monte Carlo
France
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