Tornado Toll Rises in Missouri with Dozen More Dead
Dozens killed and hundreds injured as multiple tornadoes sweep southern and eastern Missouri and nearby Illinois. Towns like Fremont Desloge Van Buren and Kennett suffer widespread destruction, while survivors recount near misses and rescue efforts after the storms.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Fremont
van Buren
Desloge
Fredericktown
Illinois
Alto Pass
Columbia
Claremont
Herrod
Monticello
Squires
Ozark
Centerville
Kennett
Eisenhower Pushes Aid Cut Fight Amid Budget Clash
President Eisenhower urged Congress to back the administration’s 1.865 billion mutual security program while lawmakers pressed for deep foreign aid cuts. He warned that opponents gamble with the cost of peace and warned against pursuing a path to “disaster.” The speech framed the budget debate and sought support from both chambers for restraint.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
House Cuts 2.59 Billion From New Defense Funds
House appropriations officials report a 2.586 billion dollar reduction in new defense funding as part of a broader bid to trim federal outlays for fiscal 1958. Committee members debate the real size and impact while White House studies proceed.
Youths Steal Three High Speed Motorcycles
Police request Dallas officers watch for three juveniles aged 14 to 15 believed to be vacationing in Dallas. They stole three high speed motorcycles. one is white with red police lights a siren and a Houston police radio.
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Dallas
Houston
Dulles Seeks Broad Mutual Security Plan Support
Secretary Dulles faced praise from Senators Capehart Humphrey and Fulbright as he outlined a new mutual security program. The $3.8 billion plan would separate military and economic aid and favor loans over grants to developing nations while linking success to Soviet arms reductions.
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Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Army Seizes Control in Haiti General Strike Threat
Haiti’s new military regime faced a general strike in Port au Prince as Army Chief Cantave dissolved the Executive Council and took provisional control to avert anarchy. A nightly curfew and press censorship were imposed while a convention to name a provisional chief was planned.
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Haiti
Port Au, Prince
Negro Repubc
Briv. Ten
Peting
Cantave
Cantara
Iir
Executive Council
Sen
Louis Dejoie
Daniel Fignole
St. Marc
Nort
Chers
Twisters Bounce Along Mississippi River Below St. Louis
Tornadoes moved along the Mississippi River region near St. Louis with debris and damage reported on both sides of the river. No injuries are yet confirmed, and emergency crews urge residents to seek shelter during aftershocks and potential further twisters.
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Mississipi River
St. Louis
Weather Update and River Levels Near Flood Stage
The Miami River stood at 12.75 feet at 8 a.m. but remains far below flood stage. Forecasts predict partly cloudy, warm weather with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. Highs near 85 today, 80 on Thursday. Middletown reached 73 at 5:15 p.m. with 2.04 inches of rain overnight.
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Miami
Middletown
Eisenhower warns defense cuts hit missile and aircraft programs
President Eisenhower argued that about half of a 2.5 billion defense cut proposed by the House Appropriations Committee would directly affect guided missiles and aircraft, urging the Senate to restore the 1.2 billion in cuts. He defended the rest as bookkeeping and pressed for a strong national budget and disarmament talks with Russia.
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Eisenhower
House 1
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Sen
Knowland
California
GOP
Congress
White House
Legislative Branch
Majority Determined Teamsters Set To Oust Beck
The AFL CIO postponed an ethics meeting on Teamsters corruption charges against Dave Beck. John F English, a new AFL CIO vice president, leads a push to oust Beck and force a Teamsters board session or resignation.
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Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
Santa EM Ae
Dave Beck
Beck
John F. English
English
Teamsters Executive Board
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Teamsters
Union
George Meany
France faces new political crisis as Mollet resigns
President Rene Coty grapples with instability after Guy Mollet’s austerity plan fails in the National Assembly, triggering Mollet’s resignation. Pompe-like jockeying shows Pierre Pflimlin or Rene Pleven as possible successors amid coalition tensions that could topple the government before Coty’s planned June visit to the United States. Coty plans to proceed with his trip to affirm French friendship.
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Rene Coty
National Assembly
Guy Mollet
Center
France
Coty
United States
New York
Andre le Troquer
Gonhead
S. de France
America
Mollet
Pierre Pflimlin
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Rene Pleven
Affilally
Assembly
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
Chuckle Wife Wit Spars Over Ex Travagance
A comic panel features a speaker quipping about admitting enjoyment of spending, challenging with a single other extravagance to name. The line captures lighthearted banter on vanity and spending.
Wreckage Cleared After Kansas City Tornado Toll
Kansas City area tornado toll totals 37 dead with 156 in hospital and 418 homes destroyed 470 damaged 44 business houses wrecked 75 damaged. Gov Blair requests 25 million dollars federal relief and disaster designation for Martin City Grandview Hickman Mills Ruskin Heights. Red Cross seeks one million for 1 000 families as curfew limits access and reunions emerge amid relief efforts.
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James T. Blair
Eisenhower
Martin City
Grandview
Hickman Mills
Ruskin Heights
Red Cross
Hickman Mills-Ruskin Heights
Hickman Mills- Ruskin Heights
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Kan
Spring Hill
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