House panel trims 2 billion from 18 agency requests
Washington D C April 1958 The Appropriations Committee slashed about 2 billion from proposed budgets for 18 federal agencies including Veterans Administration Civil Defense and General Services. Major cuts targeted stockpiling disaster supplies and hospital construction while preserving VA hospital operation and outpatient care funding. The panel denied many new automobile stockpile and travel cost requests and trimmed miscellaneous grants as it moved toward fiscal year plans.
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Man Arrested Over Motorcycle Thefts In France
A laborer admits involvement in thefts as police report multiple motorcycle thefts. He cites calming nerves and frequent fights with his wife as context for his criminal activity. Police say 26 others linked to the case face charges.
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France
GPP
P T A Backs Employee Physical Tests In Schools
Los Angeles area reports that a bundle of bills would require physical exams for school employees within 600 feet of schools and for detained or neglected children. The California PTA backs these measures while the board of governors and agencies push related bills about juvenile facilities and adoptions.
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Senate
Eokas Offer to End Cyprus War Stirs Hope
Prospects for a Cyprus cease-fire improved after an Eokas cease-fire proposal. British Gov Sir John Harding neither accepted nor rejected, linking relief to Archbishop Markarios’s release from exile. Harding welcomed any move toward genuine and permanent cessation of violence and pledged imagination in handling the situation. Vias Markides called Harding’s reply encouraging as hopes for an end to the underground conflict rise across the island.
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British Troops Told to Stop Driving Rental Cars in Hawaii
About a thousand British soldiers and sailors on leave from the atomic test site at Christmas Island were asked to stop driving rental cars on the wrong side of highways in Honolulu. The request cited safety concerns and habit led to the unsafe driving behavior.
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