Navy Plans $28,752,000 Newport Construction Program
The Navy outlined long range Newport base plans totaling 28.8 million dollars in construction work to Congress at a secret hearing. Details include a larger Destroyer Pier No. 2, 181 man barracks, naval hospital upgrades, bachelor officers housing, chapel, mess hall, and a Goat Island causeway proposal. The hearing discussed 11.7 million dollars for 1956-57 public works, with ongoing barracks expansion and completion planned for early 1957.
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Navy
Newport
Washington
Congress
Newport Naval Base
Nivey Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Naval Hospital
Coelchington Point
Tle Naval Net Depot
Goat Island Causeway
Coddington Point
Eugene RB
Shore Estates
Narragansett Bay
Admiral McKinney
Naval Station
Military Defense Spending Through 65 May Total Half A Trillion Dollars
Washington reports that military defense spending through May 1965 will exceed 500 billion dollars for the 15 year period ending 1965. The projection, based on current rates, covers Defense Department costs and does not include nuclear weapons. Officials warn costs will stay high unless disarmament or new war conditions alter world tension.
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Washington
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Eiponk
Ikig Han
Maccaver
Reverse
Why Does Boy Turtle Cross The Road
In Oklahoma City a lighthearted feature notes a spring turtle migration as dry spells end and rains return. The piece cites motorists swerving to avoid terrapins and quotes Frazier of Lincoln Park Zoo on factors driving a surge in turtle crossings including weather and mating behavior.
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Boy Turtle
Oklahoma City
Oulahome
Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Frazier
Lincoln Park Zoo
Herve
House Foreign Aid Battle Looms Over Funds To Tito
Eisenhower seeks Senate backing for foreign aid to Tito era Yugoslavia as House votes cut brought the program to near 1.1 billion dollars. President invites leaders to White House for talks while Tito visits seeking closer ties with Russia amid widespread fiscal scrutiny.
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Tito
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
White House
Nixon
Knowland
Calif
Millikin
Cole
Bridges
Sallowstall
Mass
Wiley Otis
Smith
Johnson
Tex
George
Gai
Clements
Hennings
Green
Yugoslavia
Edna F. Kelly
Soviet Leader Proposes Matching Arms Cuts to Ike
Russia plans to cut armed forces by 1.2 million and reduce armaments and payments. Bulganin urges the United States to follow suit in a letter delivered to Eisenhower. U.S. officials, led by Dulles, reject the plan as not in America’s interests.
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Russia
Bulganin
Ike
Washington
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Bulgaoin
United States
Dulles
Les
United Nations
Georgi N. Zacubin
State Department
Geneva
New York Times
Soviet Union
Wrest
Egypts new sane names complicate Cairo phone book
In Cairo a government order forces Egyptians to adopt family names, turning the telephone directory into a maze. Citizens searching for Mohamed Ahmed must scan many Mohameds with different middle names, clerks warn the system creates chaos, impractical for daily calls and letters.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Heyptians
Moustafa
Manmogd Amine Youssef
Moustafa Amine
Zaghlour Ali
Mohamed Wagdi
Zaghloul Ali
Ali Abdel Sayed
Ike
Eisenhower Hospitalized As Precautionary Measure
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was taken by ambulance from the White House to Walter Reed Army Hospital as a precaution after an illness described as ileitis. Doctors said there is no sign of heart trouble. a cardiogram would be performed at Walter Reed. The White House noted the condition is not believed to be critical and no heart involvement is indicated.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Walter Reed Hospital
James, Hagerty
Walter Reed
Hagerty
Janice
Eisenhower Cadiy
Maj
John Eisenhower
Maj. Eisenhower
Ft Belvvir
Walter R. Tkach
Robert Kulz
Howard M. Snyder
Waller Reed Hospital
Snyder
Francis Pruitt
Col. Pruitt
Hegedy
Harerty
Nixon
Bin
Hegerty
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Eiserhower
Higher Payments For Vets Win House Committee
The House Veterans Affairs Committee approved a multibillion dollar bill to boost pensions for veterans, including World War I and Korean War veterans. The measure would cost about 1.49 billion dollars in the first year and rise over a decade, with administration and Legion-backed plans clashing over scope and priority.
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Washington
Olin E. Teague
Dtex
Eisenhower
Legion
Christopher
D-Mo
House
Teague
Mits
Veterans of Foreign Wars
DAV
Niagara Gorge Rockfall Destroys Plant Killing Worker
A massive rockfall in the Niagara Gorge destroyed the Schoellkopf hydroelectric station, killing machinist Richard A. Draper and injuring others while wiping out about 300,000 kilowatts of capacity and causing potential multi‑million dollar damage. The event halted power to the regional chemical industry as crews evacuated and worked to shore up leaks.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara Gorge
Schoellkopf
Niagare Mohawk Power Corp
Richard A. Draper
Lewiston
Draper
Leak
American Falls
Prospect Point
Coun
Chris Nelson
Wiagara Mohawk System
Niagara Mohawk
Navy Raises Civilians Pay in Narragansett Bay Area
The Navy raises wages for about 3,000 civilians in Narragansett Bay, boosting laborers to $1.55, helpers to $1.68, and electricians and machinists to $2.08 per hour. Effective the first pay period after June 1, the increase averages 5.6 percent, following a February wage survey to align with private industry.
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Navy
Narragansett Bay
Naval Base
Office of Industrial Revisions
Washington
Indus
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