Eisenhower Eyes Public Appeal as Aid Bill Faces Cuts
President Eisenhower plans a personal public appeal to defend his foreign aid program as House leaders debate restoring part of the cut, with Republicans and Democrats uneasy over a $1.109 billion reduction from a $4.9 billion request. The conference backed that the cut was too deep, while McCormack advocated restoring at least $60 million and Vorys floated $500 million as a possible compromise.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
McCormack
Test Pilot Talks Under Truth Serum in Jet Escape
Lockheed chief test pilot Herman Salmon recounts his dramatic bailout from an F104 Starfighter in a two hour drug induced session. Sodium pentothal used as truth serum with tape recorders capturing the vivid recall of the tense moments before bailout and arm injury.
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Burbank
Calif
Los Angeles Times
Herman (Fish) Salmon
Lockheed
Salmon
Research Underway to Improve Metals
Scientists, engineers, and technicians nationwide are working to improve the breed of metals. The effort includes pilot plant work and aims to develop stronger, more capable materials beyond traditional metals used in industry.
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Sam Dawson
Pittsburgh
Churchill Downs
Belmont
U.S. Steel
Monroeville
Allegheny-Ludium Steel
Air Force
Social Security for Women at 62? Senate Debate Heats Up
Sen Smathers predicts a Senate vote will allow all eligible women to draw Social Security at age 62, amid a House bill’s push for a broader disability program. Debate centers on extending early retirement to widows and single women, with final action possible next week or later.
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Sarasota
Washington
Smathers
D-Fla
House
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Finance Committee
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Connelly Held Above Reproach By Harry Truman
Former President Truman described Matthew J. Connelly as a public servant with a reputation above reproach in a deposition read at Connelly's tax fixing trial. The deposition was taken May 4 in Kansas City and read yesterday. Sachs was fined 40,000 in 1951.
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Truman
Matthew J. Connelly
White House
Connelly
Europe
Kansas City
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Irving Sachs
Sachs
Oscar Chapman
The
Intrior
Harry A. McDonald
SEC
RFC
Chapman
Washington
McDonald
Harry S. Schwimmer
Caudle
Schwimmer
Stalin Purges Exposed by Khrushchev Confessions
Khrushchev’s February speech and State Department summaries reveal thousands of Old Bolsheviks were beaten and tortured into false confessions in the 1930s purges. He cited that 98 of 139 Central Committee members were arrested and shot and described a chain reaction of coerced accusations across the party.
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Washington
Stalin
Communist Party
Arthur Koestler
Khrushchev
U.S. State Department
Central Committee
Omaha Beach D-Day Anniversary Remembrance
In France on the 12th D-Day anniversary crowds recall the 1944 invasion. Veterans and visitors visit Omaha Utah beaches as signs direct pilgrims to graves and memorials while ceremonies pay tribute with taps rifle salutes and wreaths. Downtown villages mark the liberation with church and civic observances.
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Omaha
Utah
Normandy
Channel Region
Duncan Sandys
Winston Churchill
Britain
Richard Partridge
U. S. Army
Germany
Utah Beach
Cancer Vaccine Trials Show Early Promise at Conference
Detroit reports doctors in Boston tested vaccines made from patients cancer tissue to boost immunity and possibly aid X ray therapy. Dr John B Graham and Ruth Graham described early signs of benefit and the role of healthy immune cells in cervical cancer outcomes.
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Boston
John B. Graham
Ruth
Vincent Memorial Hospital
Graham
Grahams
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