Eisenhower defends budget cuts and outlines travel plans
President Eisenhower told reporters Congress must choose which programs to curb noting substantial reductions target defense security veterans benefits and the farm program. He announced plans to sail from Norfolk for Bermuda with Macmillan and spoke on Gaza Poland aid and accessibility to lawmakers.
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Florida
Hisenhower
Norfolk
Bermuda
Harold Macmillan
Gaza Strip
Gaza
United Nations
United States
Poland
Congress
Hall
House
Senate
Ike to Leave For Bermuda Late Thursday
President Eisenhower announced he will depart from Norfolk aboard a Navy cruiser late Thursday for a leisurely Bermuda cruise, arriving March 20 for talks with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. He has improved health and expects a slow voyage to recover his voice and strength.
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Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
Norfolk
Bermuda
Florida
Harold Macmillan
Sunshine
Macmillan
Waller Reed Army Medical Center
Walter Reed
Four Paratroopers Reach C47 Crash Site Amid Snow
Four medical specialists parachuted onto snow covered ridges of Aonsha Island to determine if four U S airmen survived the C47 Transport crash. Simultaneously Air Forces and Navy planes scoured the Pacific for a missing air refueling tanker with ten crew members on a Nokyo Wake Island flight.
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Tokyo
U.S
Pacific
Air Force
Nokyo
Wake Island
Beck Opens To Testify In Rackets Probe
In Washington Dave Beck head of the Teamsters offered to appear before the Senate rackets investigators with his lawyer hinting he may invoke the Fifth Amendment if advised. Beck arrived from Europe and said a Seattle home transaction was clean and above board as the committee plans to hear him after Portland hearings conclude.
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Washington
W.P
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Senate
Beck
Seattle
Teamsters
Europe
Lakeside
Portland
Ore
Vice
Clyde C. Crosby
Oregon
William M. Langley
Multnomah County
Langley
Teamster
Genial Gunman Robs Bank of 7500 in Brookfield
A dapper gunman robbed Pewaukee State Bank in Brookfield Wisconsin on a Tuesday afternoon taking 7500 after binding two people with wire. He ordered customers to lie on the floor and left when the vault time lock prevented entry. FBI and local police pursued leads and examined police photos to identify the suspect.
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Brookfield
Wis
RT. Larson
FBI
Waukesha County
Pewaukee State Bank
Irene Schmidt
Milwaukee
O.K. Sady
Bill to Revise Fish Licenses Heads to Senate
The Assembly approved a bill to issue fishing licenses for a calendar year from Jan 1 to Dec 31 starting in 1958. Current licenses would remain valid through Apr 30 1958. A separate measure would broaden the Conservation Commission’s power to remove detrimental fish from inland waters.
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Madison
Senate
Assembly
The
Conservation Commission
Commission
False Bomb Threats Disrupt Plane Flights
false bomb threats disrupted flights of four airlines across the East leading to searches at New York Philadelphia Newark and Jackson with several planes diverting to Baltimore Detroit and other cities no bombs were found the threats involved a teenage boy and a woman claiming explosives and had prompted grounding of American United and TWA aircraft the incidents follow a 1955 case linked to John Gilbert Graham
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New York
Trans- World
American
United
Delta Airlines
Philadelphia
Newark
N.J
Jackson Miss
TWA
Baltimore
Detroit
LaGuardia
Idlewild
New Jersey
Shirley Mayfield
American Airlines
Miss Mayfield
United Airlines
Denver
Portland
Ore
John Gilbert Graham
Dettroit
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Boston
Ben-Gurion warns of military action over Gaza crisis
Premier David Ben-Gurion told the Knesset Israel would take military measures if political steps fail to resolve the Gaza crisis. He attacked Egyptian threats and UN Bunche statements while defending Israel’s right to respond to Egypt’s return to Gaza. He noted a parliamentary vote of nonconfidence and said Israel would not abandon its pledges.
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Jerusalem
David Bee-Gurion
Isr
Ael
Gaza
Ang
Knesset
Egypt
Ben-Gurion
Israel
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mideast
Fedayeen
U.N
Ralph Bunche
Memers
Gaza Strip
Foreign Affairs Security Committee
Bunche
Cairo
Nasser
U.N. Security Council
Herut (Freedom
Genera Zionists
Ben- Gurion
Baiha
Addut
Avoda
SEATO Announces Three Plan Steps For Defense
Ministers of SEATO, including US Secretary John Foster Dulles, delivered a communique at a three day meeting in Canberra outlining a three point defense plan. The aims include maintaining defensive capacity, expanding subversion detection and response, and boosting regional economic resources among treaty members. Asian members cited are Thailand Pakistan and the Philippines with Britain France New Zealand the United States and Australia also part of SEATO.
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Canberra
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Southeast Asia
John Foster Junes
Seatoseato
Thailand
Pakistan
Phoeines
Britain
France
New Zealand
United States
Australia
Eisenhower outlines UN led Middle East proposals
President Eisenhower said the United States submitted new Middle East proposals to the United Nations and urged the UN to lead negotiations. He noted Hammarskjold plans to visit the region and that Egypt’s Gaza civil administration issue remains unsettled. He spoke with Herter and Dulles continues to monitor developments.
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U.S
Mid-East
United Nations
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Middle East
Detective Frost Foiled Theft in Columbus Java Dromat
In Columbus Ohio detective Jim Frost failed to investigate a theft of 170 dollars from a Java drammat owned by Harold Schneider. A torn floor revealed a four foot funnel leading to a rat's chest where the maner was hidden.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jim Frost
Harold Schneider
Nine Frostbitten Seamen Rescued From Open Boat
Coast Guard cutter Castle Rock rescued nine frostbitten seamen from a waterlogged open boat after a two day ordeal 175 miles at sea. The Nova Scotia crewmen from Yarmouth and Newfoundland faced near freezing temperatures and a sinking ship during a gale before reaching safety and hospital care in Boston.
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Boston
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Coast Guard
Castle ‘Rock
Jane B
Fred Rodenheiser
Lunenberg
N.S
Egypt to assume civil rule of Gaza Strip
UN assistant secretary general Ralph Bunche and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser agreed that Egypt will take over civil administration of the Gaza Strip. UNEF will hand over Gaza administration to Egypt, as it did Port Said, but a takeover date rests with Egyptian authorities. Demonstrations in Gaza urged return of Egyptian control with no violence reported. Bunche called talks with Nasser very helpful and constructive. Egypt appointed a civil administrator who would assume duties forthwith.
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U.N
Middle East
Eisenhower
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Cairo
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Vervil
Gaza
Ipresident
Christian A. Herter
United States
Israel
Florida
Abba Eban
State Department
White House
John Foster Dulles
Australia
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Bunche
Port Said
UNEF
Nasser
Strip
Police smash theft ring in Sears store
Milwaukee police in Wauwatosa announced the dismantling of a warehouse theft ring at Sears Roebuck & Co. with about 5000 dollars in suspected loss. Three men faced potential warrants and four other employees admitted complicity while five more faced questioning as the probe continued.
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Milwaukee
Wauwatosa
Sears Roebuck & Co
Alvin Basting
Peter Nemming
Offiers
Joots
Fher
Ting
Rabbit Catchers Save Planes in European Bases
At 22 European U.S. Air Force bases, fiber webbing dubbed rabbit catchers strand along ramways to halt overshot landings. They reportedly saved 43 pilots and $16 million in jet planes from scrap last year, according to the Air Force.
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Wyesbaden
Germany
Nilon
In Sary
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SEATO
Suez Canal
Sears’ Store
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