Economists Split Over 1958 Budget Outlook and Growth
The Presidents Council urges restraint on revenue estimates while 13 leading economists at the National Industrial Conference Forum predict robust growth. They foresee GNP reaching 720 to 735 billion this year, low unemployment near 4.3 percent, minimal inflation, and continued private investment despite Viet Nam spending and potential policy influences.
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Council of Economic Advisers
Forum
Viet- Nam
Best Dressed Women And The Budget Conscious
The world’s best dressed include not only the wealthy who can buy wardrobe dreams but also thrifty shopgirls secretaries and housewives who create stylish looks on ordinary budgets. The Dress Institute lists celebrate imagination and restraint as key to elegance.
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Paris
Official
Romney Nixon Hold Top Spot in 1968 GOP Prospects
Republicans focus on George Romney and Richard Nixon as likely 1968 nominees with limited space for others. If Percy wins Illinois or Reagan takes California, their names rise but experts doubt they have real chances. Romney faces a tough primary path and needs strong opposition. Nixon must balance conservative and moderate wings while courting delegates.
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Michigan
George Romney
Richard M Nixon
Charles Percy
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Ronald Reagan
California
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
John V. Lindsay
New York
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Senate
Romney
Nixon
Estes Kefauver
Hubert Humphrey
John F. Kennedy
Reagan
Old South
Robert A. Taft
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Lyndon B Johnson
Stuart Syminght
John Kennedy
Ho Chi Minh relies on national fronts to intensify South Viet Nam war
Cromley analyzes Ho Chi Minh's strategy of building national fronts to unite nationalist leaders and administrators. He notes the Front for the Liberation of South Viet Nam operates abroad with missions in Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and other states, while local Front organizations in South Viet Nam lack strong, openly allied leaders to broaden support, hindering the war effort.
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Ho Chi Minh
South Viet Nam
National Front For the Liberation
North Viet Nam
France
Africa
Asia
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Algeria
Red
Hos
National Front For the Liberation of
Severe cold wave and weather shift in Frederick
Fifty years ago reports from January 7 1916 note Chicago's deep freeze spreading toward Frederick with temperatures plunging to seven degrees below zero. Earlier mild days give way to snow sleet and colder winds as residents brace for winter’s bite. Police investigate a West Patrick Street robbery recovering tobacco loot from Mrs Hinks home. The 1916 Girls High School class held a Twelfth Night celebration in the auditorium with a full assembly in costume.
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Chicago
Frederick
William Hinks
West Patrick Street
Fraley
Harry Deeter
Girls’ High School
Unseasonably Warm Weather Dominates Early January 1946
Frederick records one of the warmest January nights with a 55 degree low after spring like weekend temps. The Weather Bureau expects the warm spell to persist for several days. Federal farm officials estimate urgent rural development needs at about 30 billion dollars, to be addressed as labor and materials become available. A Merck report urges continuing Camp Detrick as part of a national peace guarantee, noting work in biological warfare cannot be ignored in peacetime.
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Frederick
Weather Bureau
Camp Detrick
George W Merck
Secretary of War
Peace moves in Vietnam risk misreading US aims
Washington observers note that high level diplomacy seeks peace in Vietnam but could appear as American surrender. Arthur Goldberg visits Rome and Harriman talks with Poland and Yugoslavia while Moscow pressures Hanoi. The piece weighs risks and possible Soviet intrusions affecting peacemaking.
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Washington
Vietnam
America
United States
North Vietnam
Arthur Goldberg
United Nations
Rome
W. Averell Harriman
Poland
Yugoslavia
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
Moscow
Harriman
Warsaw
Belgrade
Red China
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