House Panel Cuts Defense Budget Amid Interservice Debate
The House Appropriations Committee trims about 400 million from the defense bill, targetting Air Force cuts of over 500 million while Army gains rise by roughly 222 million to fund about 870 000 troops. Navy focuses on anti-submarine work and Marines move to 175 000 active duty.
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Competitive farming urged to shift to free competition
John H. MacMillan Jr. of Cargill calls for moving from subsidized to nonsubsidized agriculture. He argues surpluses in core crops mask broader needs, promotes higher production to lower costs, expand the free market, and widen access to affordable foods while warning resistance from protected farmers and emphasizing efficiency.
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Former Governor Harriman May Visit China as Correspondent
The text notes Av erell Harriman of New York could be seen as a cub in VIPs clothing if allowed to visit Communist China as a newspaper correspondent. It adds that Outer Mongolia's writers are urged by the Communist Writers' Union to produce works of high ideological and artistic level.
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Soviet Union
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Realistic Western bid keeps Berlin status quo at Geneva
Western proposal at Geneva would preserve the current Berlin split while Four Powers discuss friction points. The move aims to break deadlock, reduce Soviet pressure, and possibly wind down West Berlin radio operations. Soviet concessions appear limited to maintaining the status quo for an extended settlement period.
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Gettysburg Battle Novel by Don Robertson Review
A Cleveland News staff writer reviews The Three Days by Don Robertson set around Gettysburg. The book blends fiction with historical battle scenes and follows Whitfield Johnson and Leora Bagley amid prefaces distinguishing history from fiction.
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Don Robertson
Prentice-Hall
Gettysburg
Robertson
Cleveland News
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Leora
Whitfield Johnson
Mattoon
Ill
Pickett
Object Lesson For World Democracy
Harper's Magazine essay by Don Cook surveys ten years of the British National Health Service, noting broad public support, doctor salaries, capitation payments, and the shift to group practice. It highlights patient access, waiting times, costs under 3.5 percent of GNP, and gains in doctor numbers and hospital beds as a democratic social program.
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Health Service
Britain
National Health Service
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University of Pennsylvania
Paul F. Gemmill
Ministry of Health
National Treasury
United Kingdom
Ups And Downs In Nation s Economy Since 1900 Chart
The Century Press chart displays major U S economic factors from 1900 onward including industrial production, government expenditures, wholesale prices, family income, stock averages, and census figures. It emphasizes industrial production with peaks and lows, notably the 1930s Great Depression, drawn from federal sources and historical statistics.
Mrs. Truman to Leave Hospital This Week
Mrs. Harry S Truman will be released from Research Hospital to return to Independence. Public relations official Tom Faulkner said her condition is very good after surgery on May 18 to remove a breast tumor, which was not malignant.
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