Ironies Of Budget Fight From The Eisenhower Era
THOMAS L. STOKES notes the budget clash between President Eisenhower and powerful business interests. He highlights tax writeoffs and depletion allowances seen as government bounties, and the AEC reactor push where politics and industry clash over federal backing and private sector cooperation.
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Thomas L. Stokes
Washington
Eisenhower
Executive Branch
Congress
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
Treasury Department
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Great Britain
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Chet Holifield
Calif
House
Admiral Strauss
Budget Bureau
Congress Budget Tug of War Spurs 7.6 Percent Cut Target
Rep. Clarence Cannon notes the House aimed to trim at least 7.6 percent from the 1957 58 budget, while the administration seeks deficiency and supplemental funds. The Senate and House clash over 1956 57 appropriations, including a third supplemental bill and postal funding disputes. Sen. Dirksen warns more funds will be needed, and Cannon touts compliance with the Anti deficiency Act while noting past deficiencies.
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Congress
Clarence Cannon
D Mo
House Appropriations Committee
House
Cannon
Eisenhower
Senate
Post Office Department
Everett M. Dirksen
Washington
June Job Bonanza and Rising Salaries for 1957 Graduates
A June job hunt shows heavy demand for graduates with engineers commanding starting salaries from 400 to 525 dollars a month as campuses report more recruiters than grads. Johns Hopkins and Georgia Tech illustrate intense recruitment while the U S government and IRS line up dozens of legal and civil service hires with competitive pay scales.
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Johns Hopkins
Georgia Tech
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Conrad A. Elvehjem
University of Wisconsin Graduate School
Elvehjem
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
U. S
West Coast surgeon predicts repairs for human anatomy possible soon
An Oswego Kansas Independent item notes a leading West Coast surgeon forecasting a near future when ready repairs and spare parts for the human body will be available. A local main street venture is seen as having promising potential thanks to this outlook.
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Oswego
Kan
There is squawking over the huge Federal budget
In Pikeville Tennessee the Banner notes a national debate on federal spending with readers voicing opposition to cuts in favored projects, claiming the need to protect personal programs and funding even as others demand economy.
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Pikeville, Tenn
Tax Attitude Sparks Call for Self-Rare Governance
In Roseburg Oregon a News-Review opinion argues against confiscatory taxes urging residents to take initiative and rely less on a paternalist socialist government.
Rise of Anti American Riots Triggers Review of Foreign Aid
In Formosa and beyond, anti American riots spur talk of withdrawing troops and reassessing foreign aid. Dulles notes global tension as nations push to end embargoes with Communist China and Soviet ties amid unrest.
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Formosa
John Foster Dulles
U. S
China
Taipei
Britain
Hungary
Just Folks by Edgar A GUEST and Lincoln Grant Mention
Just Folks reflects a fatherly rule to work honestly and steadily while acknowledging change and replacement in every job. The piece counsels humility and lifelong diligence. A separate note states Congress awarded the Lincoln widows a $3,000 annual grant.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Bible Thought on Diligence and Peace
A devotional note cites II Peter 3 14 urging believers to be steady in faith so they are found in peace without spot or blame. The quotation emphasizes readiness and moral steadiness for divine inspection.
Do You Believe Skid Road Originated in Seattle
In Seattle and surrounding areas people dispute the term and insist the proper name is Skid Road. They claim the expression began on the lumber highway where logs moved on greased skids to water front sawmills. Dives along this road drew lumberjacks and a habitue was said to have hit the bottom of the moral and social scale on Skid Road.
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Seattle
Clara Barton Birthplace Highlight in Oxford Mass
Clara Barton founder of the American Red Cross was born in Oxford Massachusetts. The note underscores her origins and connects her civic legacy to the New England town.
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Clara Barton
The
American Red Cross
Oxford, Mass
Voice of Broadway Highlights rumors and celebrity moves
Porfirio Rubirosa will deed his Parish house to his bride Odile Rodin to shield it from a French government grab as a rental housing solution. Mara Austin pitches a Dodgers stadium plan amid talks with authorities. Tony Perkins seeks film rights to George Shearing bio. Notable mentions include Marlon Brando scripts, a Knishburger dish, and off Broadway scrutiny.
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Porfirio Rubirosa
Doris Duke
Odile Rodin
France
Brooklyn
Mara Austin
Powers That Be
John Huston
NBC
Sammy Kaye
Sandi Summers
Loring Jast
West Point
Robert Russell Bennett
RKO
Tony Perkins
Miss Kilgallen
George Shearing
Tony
Shearing
Eisenhower
Washington
Ike
Eli Wallash
Steve Allen
Jose
Sidney Woods
Suzy Mulligan
David Tucker
Kim Novak
Morris Stoloff
Sonny
Eleanor Whitney
Eleanor
C. V
Chuck Henderson
9Th Ave
23Rd St
Chuck
Leopold & Loeb
Sarah Marshall
Marlon Brando
New York
Manhattan
Jessica Tandy
Hume Cronyn
Uncle Sam
Communist Party
Feds
51St St
Jerome Robbins
Blossom Dearie
Lynn Garber
Lance Reventlow
Peter Singer
Montreal
Chateau Madrid
Barbara Hutton
Lillian Roth
Princess Margaret
Greenwich Village
Harry Belafonte
Not All Modern Gadgets Pan Out in Wartime America
The author surveys postwar gadget hype from olive drab nail polish to liquid lead pencils and radar ovens, noting many promising ideas failed. He recalls liquid pencils, butane lighter issues, sun powered radios, radar cookery, ultrasonic cleaners, and flat TV screens as unfulfilled promises of the era.
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Washington
Hollywood
France
Avention
U.S.A
Chicago
Auto Boys
Telling Me Headlines Satirize Royalty and Random Notes
In a light column William Ritt pokes fun at shifting European royalty with more marriageable princesses than princes. The piece mixes stray observations from American river water complaints to Irish dialect and a note on a fragile dental chair trend. It also mentions Illinois corn output versus Iowa, a Turkish magazine schedule, a British inflatable wing plane, and Rostock students seeking sanctuary in West Germany.
Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
A humorous vignette recounts a business school teacher prompting a student to describe handling dictation. A bright Miss Hastings impresses early but is gently reminded to focus on the typewriter. A quick quip about selling and climbing a tree concludes the piece.
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Bennett Cerf
Faubus Birth and Career Highlights
Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas, born January 7, 1910 in Combs, began as a rural teacher then held local offices. He served as circuit clerk, county recorder, acting postmaster at Huntsville, and postmaster before becoming editor and owner of a newspaper and later governor since 1955. Verdi’s Aida was commissioned for Suez Canal opening celebrations.
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Orval Faubus
Combs
Ark
Huntsville
Arkansas
Washington in a swing toward Ike over budget and leadership
The piece argues growing public and congressional support for President Eisenhower as he defends his budget and leadership in defense and finance. It notes opponents misread patience as cowardice, praises his calm style, and highlights the aim of a lasting disarmament peace with Russia to curb waste and taxes while uniting a diverse nation.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Emmet Hughes
White House
Hughes
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Tommy” Corcoran
Hugh Johnson
Benjamin Cohen
Robert Sherwood
Russia
United States
Byrd
Three Minutes A Day By James Keller
A piece arguing that youth in Russia and the United States suffer from moral decline when religious values are rejected. It warns that atheistic indoctrination erodes respect for divine law and undermines moral standards, urging stronger faith as cure.
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James Keller
Mall
God
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J. Fred Rents
George W. Conway James W. Trevitt
Bell Telephone
Private Exchange
BV Wiremiss Opewer
Oliver
T. L. Stokes
Job Bonanza
John H. Martin
INS
U. S. Informa
Tion
Okinawa
Germany
Bible Thought
Manna
the Voice of
Broadway
Dorothy Kilgallen
F. C. Othman
William Ritt
Central Press
Europe
Penobscot River
Maine
Agriculture Department of
Illinois
State
Iowa
Turkey
Rostock
East Germany
West Germany
Folks OF
Verdi
Suez Canal
Adlai Stevenson
State Dulles
Defense
Wilson
the Treasury
Hothouse
Soviet Youth Communist League
Red Organization
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