Costs Set At 79.8 Billion in Eisenhower Budget Plan
President Eisenhower sent Congress a pay our own way budget asserting a record tax take and a Treasury surplus since 1948. The plan includes 79.8 billion dollars in spending, a 4.184 billion dollar surplus aimed at eventual tax relief, tax enforcement, higher gasoline and postal rates, doubled space spending, and a 41 billion defense push focused on missiles.
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Eisenhower Seeks Tax Boosts and Revenue Cuts
President Eisenhower asked Congress to raise gasoline taxes by half a cent a gallon and add one cent to the cost of mailing a letter while delaying a scheduled July 1 cut in telephone and travel taxes. He favored limited immediate relief for underdeveloped nations and urged a comprehensive tax revision in 1961. The budget projects a four billion dollar surplus with defense the biggest expense and total taxes near a record 102 billion.
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Budget Near 41 Billion for Defense Expansion
Eisenhower submitted a defense plan of 40.995 billion to Congress for the year starting July 1, outlining a shift toward missile warfare with larger Atlas and Titan ICBM units, more Polaris submarines, new missile carrying bombers, and expanded spy satellites, while the Army gains new conventional weapons and first production runs of Little John missiles and Davy Crockett systems.
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Swift fires all 12 mattress makers for lying down on the job
Lionel Swift at his bedding factory dismissed all twelve workers after they were found to be lounging on the job. George Asling confessed they extended ten minute tea breaks to thirty minutes to avoid fatigue from sewing beds all day.
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London
UPI
Lionel Swift
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Northeast Ohio Weather Update With Snow and Freezing Rain
Light snow mixed with freezing rain today causes slippery driving in northeastern Ohio. Highs near 30 to 35 with lingering flurries tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures to dip to the 20s, with a half inch of precipitation expected through Tuesday and minimal changes afterward.
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President's 1961 Budget At A Glance
Washington UPS reports the fiscal 1961 budget. Taxes avoid broad cuts in 1960 with a possible future cut, a half-cent gasoline tax rise, and existing taxes kept. Postal rates rise five cents for letters and eight cents for air mail. Spending reaches 79.8 billion, up 1.4 billion, with higher space, farm price supports, veterans benefits and debt interest. Revenues total 38.4 billion, up 5.4 billion, and a 4.2 billion projected surplus.
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Eisenhower forecasts U S man in space in 1961
President Eisenhower forecast that the United States may put a man in space in 1961 as he proposed civilian and military space expenditures totaling 918 million dollars for fiscal 1961 starting July 1. NASA would receive 600 million, with military astronautics at 318 million.
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Snow and Ice Hit North Ohio Areas
Winter weather across Ohio brings snow sleet and freezing rain with hazardous driving conditions. A low pressure system from Illinois shifts toward Michigan, bringing about four inches of snow in the northwest as colder air spreads southeast and statewide roads stay slippery in spots north of Bryan to Cleveland and Akron areas.
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Longtime Lorain county lawyer Frank A. Stetson dies at 82
Former GOP leader and longtime Elyria attorney Frank A. Stetson, 82, of 427 West Ave., died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 10 a.m. today after a December heart attack. He practiced law since 1903 and remained active until illness. Stetson chaired the Lorain County Board of Elections for two decades and led the Lorain County Republican Executive Committee. He served as village solicitor for Sheffield and held similar posts in Grafton, LaGrange, Avon, and Vermilion-on-the-Lake. Survived by two daughters, a son, 43 grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and his sisters. Funeral details to follow.
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Neva) Thompson
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Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Democrats Unlikely On Ike's Russia Trip
President Eisenhower plans a June 1 19 visit to the Soviet Union with no invite for Democratic lawmakers. Senators Mansfield and Fulbright urge including Democrats and possibly Republican Wiley to ensure foreign policy continuity. Details will be announced later with Moscow as the only confirmed stop. Mrs Eisenhower's travel plans remain undecided.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
DiSalle Challenges Cuyahoga Chief To Delegate Fight
Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle challenged Cuyahoga County Democratic Chair Ray T. Miller to a delegate contest for the Democratic National Convention in Cleveland. DiSalle pledged a slate pledged to himself even if Miller runs one, arguing the leaders' authority is at stake amid Kennedy’s candidacy. Miller said he would not be bound by DiSalle if Kennedy exits the race, signaling a power struggle within Cleveland Democrats.
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Bus Train Crash Kills 4 Children in Alabama
A school bus and a freight train collided at a rural crossing near Stevenson Alabama killing four children and injuring at least eight. The driver Charle Beavers was hurt but not critically. Two dead and two injured were relatives of the driver.
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Tenn
Mystery passenger on doomed DC-7B flight sparks FBI hints
FBI and CAB investigate claims that Dr. Robert Spears duped William Allen Taylor into taking his place on the Tam pa to New Orleans hop before the DC-7B crash that killed 42. Mrs. Alice Taylor asserts her husband was substituted. Spears and Taylor were seen together days before the flight.
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Dallas
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City Protest Tax Fund Pleas and Education Board President
City spokesmen call for restoration of sales tax revenues to fund projects and park groups seek 381000 dollars from a 354000 allocation. Vermilion man elected county board of education president for 1960 at organization meeting. Lorain Harbor project priced at about 19 million pounds with fund recommendations by the president.
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Christmas Loot Boosted Kids Receipts By 1.5 Billion
A Chronicle-Telegram ad section notes children received about 1.5 billion in gifts last Christmas, a figure that is 10 percent higher than the prior year. Readers are urged to sell unused items via CT Classified Ads to replenish pocketbooks. Dial Elyria or Lorain numbers to place ads. Deluxe Kenmore gas range RI8-2593 offered through CT Want Ads.
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