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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1957
Page
3
The Senate approved 5.5786 billion dollars for Veterans Administration and about 24 independent agencies amid savings claims. Passage was 72 to 60, sent to the House which had allowed slightly more. Senator Magnuson said the total is 612 million below last year and 346 million under Eisenhower budget requests. Senator Williams challenged the claimed savings as false.
Sherman Billingsley, owner of the Stork Club, surrendered to police after a painting crew alleged he pulled a gun and threatened them on his doorstep. He appeared in night court with Roy Cohn, released after handing over three guns, and will face felony court. Pickets outside the club reflect ongoing labor disputes among staff.
The United States considers trimming its Hungary mission up to 30 percent in response to Budapest pressure. The State Department says the cut targets the 34 member U S diplomatic staff, with officials citing harassment of visitors and arrests of Hungarian legation employees. Hungary rejects U S claims of mission control and notes the reciprocal option of reducing personnel in Washington.
At the Moral Re-Armament Assembly of Nations in Mackinac Island delegates from 39 nations heard Maj. Jerry Talaytay, aide to Philippine President Garcia, warn that Communists aim to split free nations. Manila Times editor Vicente Buhain apologized to Japanese delegates for wartime grievances.
Judge McGarraghy weighed whether William Girard, a 21 year old specialist, has constitutional rights to be tried by a U S Army court martial or by a Japanese court amid a dispute involving Dulles Wilson and the State Department. The proceeding raised questions of foreign government involvement and the United States commitment to international obligations as aides argued over the proper forum for the alleged offense.
General Vito Alessio Robles, 78, a veteran revolutionary who fought with Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa, died Tuesday. An engineer, teacher and newspaper writer, Robles lived a storied life spanning half a century in Mexican politics and journalism.
The Senate approved a farm money bill 78 to 0, funding the soil bank with 3.668 billion dollars and setting aside provisions for 20 miscellaneous agencies. The House had cut the liberal acreage reserve, while the Senate extended to 1958 crops. Strong support suggests final passage will favor the soil bank.
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