Eisenhower denounces piecemeal budget cuts as fatuous
Washington United Press report on President Eisenhower sharply opposing Congress budget cuts. He rejects Byrd’s proposed 5 billion reduction to the 1958 718 billion budget, arguing defense welfare and security must remain, with only minor trims possible in Post Office, veterans benefits, school construction, and agricultural aid. He warns deep cuts threaten national defense and security programs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
United States
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Capitol Hill
Post Office Department
Byrd
House
Death Toll Rises From Four Day Blizzard Across Plains
United Press reports the western plains faced at least 43 storm deaths across 13 states with Illinois and Kansas hardest hit at 9 and 8 deaths respectively. The blizzard left drifts up to 30 feet, halted trains, and caused over $1 million in telecom losses while moisture aided crops worth about $1 million.
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United Press
Plains
Iinois
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
New Mexico
Ohio
Southwest Bell Telephone Co
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Ilinois
Gulf States
Kohler Signals Bid for Senate Amid Wisconsin GOP Meeting
Former Governor Kohler hinted he may run against Senator McCarthy next year at a Wisconsin Republican executive committee gathering. He said a final decision would likely come after January 1, 1958, and compared his possible return to politics to a fire horse sniffing smoke.
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Milwaukee
Waller
Kohler
U.S
McCarthy Tr Wist
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Pha Kuehn
GOP
Sen. McCarthy
Crash Kills 4 Near Sauk City Toll Reaches 170
Four people died in a Tuesday night collision four miles north of Sauk City when two autos and a semitrailer crash at Highway 12 and Sauk County PF. The truck driver Ben Grenwood 31 of East Grand Forks Minn. was injured and held for observation. Wisconsin highway toll for 1957 rises to 170, matching last year. Victims identified as Russell J. Seldal 30 Madison Milton Schroeder 44 and wife about 43 Reedsburg Mrs Paul Sparks about 50 Reedsburg. A Waukesha County girl Laura Ledger 5 of Okauchee was fatally injured earlier in the week. Coroner Dr James Tibbitts identified the dead. Scene described as autos hurled into truck path.
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Sauk City
Liitle
Paul Sparks
Reedsburg
Sark County
James Tibbitts
Seldal
Tibbitts
Sauk
Ben Grenwood
East Grand Forks
Minn
Sault Praire Hospita
Prairie du Lac
Green Bay
Allouez
Ocon- Lee
Rudy Small
Frederick Bear
Robert Rush
Frink
McGee
Arthur Way Sisk
Robert Cowles Jr
Otto Schroeder
Helmuth
State Senate Finance Committee Ends Debate On Controversial Bill
In Annapolis the State Senate Finance Committee votes a favorable report on a controversial measure. The debate prompts a quip about gendered metaphors with a murmur about bringing the bill to the floor that afternoon.
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Annapolis, Md
State Senate Finance Committee
Frederck C. Markus Jr
Fred
Middle East Tensions Rise as Syria and Gaza Attacks Escalate
Israel reports Syrian troops fired on Dardara near its settlement while Gaza militants ambushed a truck north of Eilat wounding one civilian. Saudi moves to block Gulf of Aqaba raise fears of renewed shipping disruption as Hammarskjold conducts talks on the Suez Canal.
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Gaza Strip
Egypt
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Aqaba
Amman
Gulf of Aqaba
Middle East
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Suez Canal
West
Hammarskjeld
Bermuda
U.S. Middle East
Nehemia Brosh
Syria
Dardara
Eilat
Beersheba
Gaza
Chamber Criticizes Bill Allowing Political Contributions
The Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce denounces Sen. Henry Maier's Milwaukee bill permitting unions and corporations to give up to 1000 dollars to political causes. It flags the measure as fundamentally flawed, arguing stockholders' votes and union members' job pressures could skew contributions.
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Madison
State Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Henry Majer
Milwaukee
Aetter
Maier
Frank Hauisheer
Chamber
Items From Nylon Hose To Loveseats In Beck Scandal
Chicago consultant Nathan W Shefferman testified he spent 850000 of Teamsters Union funds on items for Dave Beck and his son, including nylon hose and loveseats. He said the union reimbursed him and he acted as Beck's purchasing agent. Beck invoked the Fifth Amendment and faced ongoing tax and misuse questions as Senate investigators press charges.
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Senate
Dave Beck
Washington (Lp
Chicago
Teamsters
Nathan W . Shefferman
Shefferman
Beck
Teamsters Union
Robert F. Kennedy
William Green
AFL
She Herman
Becks
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Never Was Red Asserts Jop Educator
Tsuru Shigato a Japanese economist and former Lawrence College student, testified before a Senate subcommittee that he never joined the Communist Party. He said accusations about Communist ties relate to past critical views of Japan's government and limited associations in the 1930s. He arrived in the United States in 1931, studied at Lawrence and Harvard, and returned to Japan in 1942.
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Washington
Lawrence College
Appleton, Wis
Senate
Tsuru Shigato
Robert Morris
Subcommittee
Tsuru
Japan
China
Communist Party
United States
Harvard
Hirosubashi University
Tokyo
Harvard University
Oshkosh Sets Stage For First Council-Manager Election
Oshkosh registration stands at 20 638 as voters prepare for Tuesday’s general election. City Clerk Roger Eliss reports slight decline from 20 661 in the March primary, with new registrations offset by deletions. Voters will choose seven council candidates from 14, two school commissioners, and county superintendent Robert Fowler, who is unopposed, plus state superintendent and a Supreme Court justice. Two referendums include daylight saving time and Oaklawn district attachment. Ward-by-ward totals are listed. turnout昨 expected to be strong with high interest in the council race and school board seats.
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Oshkosh
Roger Eliss
School Board i Oshkosh
Council
Robert Fowler
State Superintendent of
Supreme Court
George R. Currie
Madison
Oaklawn
Wisconsin GOP Keeps Mandatory Endorsement Policy
Milwaukee The Wisconsin Republican Party Execu tive Committee voted to retain mandatory endorsements for state and federal candidates. Supporters cited past races while Kohler declined to discuss future plans. State chair Philip Kuehn praised the long range value of screening out weak candidates. The panel urged lawmakers to boost efforts to trim the federal budget.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Glenn Davis
Waukeshaw
Alexander Wiley
Kohler
Walter Kohler
McCarthy
Philip Kuehn
Kuehn
Missing two car garage hauled away in Birmingham
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Reynolds planned to move. After leaving for work, neighbors saw men dismantle the Reynolds garage piece by piece and load it onto a truck, with Reynolds returning home to begin packing.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hubert Reynolds
Reynolds
All Major Roads Clear in State Highway Update
The State Highway Department says all major highways are clear and in good shape as of today. No delays or closures reported on main routes.
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Madison
State Highway Department
U. S. Olympic Champ and Czech Bride Wed in Three Ceremonies
Harold Connolly the U S hammer champion and Olga Fikotova of Czechoslovakia were pronounced husband and wife in three wedding ceremonies at City Hall and churches in Prague The events included Catholic Protestant and Civil rites under Czech law and drew thousands to the square Secretary Dulles sent best wishes and President Zapolcky attended as guest of honor, aiding the romance amid Iron Curtain tensions.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Harold Connelly
Boston
Olga Fikoteva
Old Town Square
City Hall
Our Lacy
Lolza
St. Salvatore
Connolly
Connnollys
Ocs
John Foster Dulles
Mrs. Dulles
Antonin Zapolecky
Back to Prison For Theft of 50 Pennies
MILWAUKEE UP The theft of a row of three pennies sent Frank E. Robinson 62 Minneapolis to prison for the third time. He received four years in Waupun Prison for a break in at a Milwaukee home that netted him 30 cents.
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Milwaukee
Frank E. Robinson
Minneapolis
Waupun
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