Nixon Says Eisenhower Years Were The Best In US History
Vice President Nixon told a Portland Maine Republican convention that the five years of the Eisenhower administration were the best years of our lives. A 2000-strong crowd cheered as he touted improving economic prospects and said the recession had bottomed out. He noted it is early to judge the Adams Goldfine matter as an election issue and defended officials influencing federal agencies for constituents as proper.
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Portland
Maine
Nixon Richard M. Nixon
Republcan
Eisenhower
Nixon
Solons Slash 757 Million From Aid Bill
Washington House Appropriations Committee cut 757 million dollars from President Eisenhower’s foreign aid request for fiscal 1959. The action leaves new money at 3.19 billion, with total program funding reduced by 242.7 million from this year. The panel targeted military aid and defense support along with development and special assistance funds.
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Solons
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
House
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Passman
Free World
Spain
Greece
Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
Cambodia
South Korea
Laos
Philippines
Formosa
Thailand
Viet Nam
Claude Pepper Eyes Florida Senate Seat
Claude Pepper announced he would oppose U S Sen Spessard Hofland in the September Democratic primary. He spoke at his mother’s Tallahassee home and planned a county by county campaign after the July 4 weekend, urging vigorous leadership in Washington and rejecting petty politics.
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Tallahasshs
Fla
Claude Pepper
U.S
Spessard Hofland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Talahassee
Florida
Washington
United States
Kip van Winkle
Pitched Battles Rage in Beirut
Beir ut and Tripoli faced sporadic fighting as government forces and rebels clashed through the night. In Tripoli heavy shelling targeted rebel positions with casualties reported and a rebel leader's brother among the wounded. The Moslem holiday paused violence briefly as leaders warned of future offensives without warning.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Gov
Saeb Salam
Republica
Abraham Amon
Navy Vanguard program review confirmed in brief statement
A Defense Department official says the Navy Vanguard program will be reviewed. Only one of six launch attempts has succeeded. Deputy Secretary Donald A. Quarles noted the review does not imply abandoning Vanguard and that Air Force and Army satellite efforts will proceed.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Defense Department
Navy
Donald A. Quarles
Defense
Air Force
Army
Jet tanker record flight ends in fatal crash
In England at Brize Norton Oxfordshire a KC–135 Stratotanker set a New York to London time of 2 minutes 29.68 seconds for a record run. A second tanker beat old times, but a third plane crashed on takeoff from Westover MA, killing 15 people. The Pentagon reported the New York arrival at 12:20:37.3 EDT and London overflight at 17:32:7.8 BDT.
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Norton Air Base
England
Air Force
Oxfordshire
New York
London
Westoverr Force Base
Massachusetts
Pentagon
Washington
Rinway
Westover
Brize Norton
KC135 transatlantic speed record flight crashes at takeoff
Westover Air Force Base reports a KC135 Stratotanker crashed minutes after takeoff during a transatlantic speed trial. Ten people were killed including victims and journalists. Brig. Gen Donald W. Saunders aboard. The aircraft hit high tension wires near the runway and exploded, wreckage scattered across Massachusetts Turnpike. A second plane's launch was canceled. The event aimed to showcase strategic airlift capability with four aircraft attempting New York London routes.
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Mass
Takoff
Tenha Awd
Mong
Air Force
Atlantic
Westover Air Force
New York
London
Royal Air Force
J. W. Hackett
Vast SAGE Air Defense Net In Operation At McGuire AFB
General LeMay hailed the Semi Automatic Ground Environment as the largest step in a decade for air defense. The system links North American command centers from Colorado Springs to the New York Philadelphia region and parts of New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island and Delaware. It features 50 foot radomes weighing 2300 pounds, gap filling radar, and giant computers occupying two acres at the center to track aircraft and defense positions.
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Mcguire Air Force Base
N. J
SAGE
Curtis FE. LeMay
Air Force
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
New York- Philadelphia
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
White House Aide Denies Accusation In House Session
President Eisenhower's aide Sherman Adams denied Fox allegations linking him to Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine and a Textile Mills deal. White House press secretary Hagerty called Fox testimony a fabric of falsehoods and said Adams may testify again if invited.
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Hisenhower
House
Rep
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Fox
Boston
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Joseph P. Kennedy
U.S
Great Britain
Kennedy
John
Senate
Boston Post
Henry Cabot
Lodge
United Nations
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Goldfine
White House
James C. Hagery
Hagerty
Explorer III Faces Fiery Plunge After Transmitting Vital Data
The Army reports Explorer III, launched March 2% at Cape Canaveral, will descend into the atmosphere and burn up late today after transmitting extensive data on cosmic rays. The 31 pound satellite traveled over 23 million miles, with an orbit ranging from 117 to 1,700 miles, and helped scientists study meteorites and cosmic rays despite battery failure.
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Huntsville
Ala
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Army
Farm bill defeat spurs urgent extension demand
Washington AP report notes Rep l ands press for emergency extension of farm laws after the House rejected a Democratic backed omnibus farm bill. The 214 to 171 vote killed the measure. critics labeled it a bread tax while farm bloc members seek new price support and programs for wheat cotton feed grains and milk.
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Livingston
Washington
Cleny
House
Transportation Tax Levies Cut
The House prepared to pass a bill slashing half a billion dollars a year in freight transportation surcharges while preserving the 10 percent federal tax on rail, bus, and air tickets. Senate and House agreed to repeal the World War II freight excise tax effective Aug 1, with other tax cuts held for the year. The compromise preserves existing tax rates to cover a projected budget gap, avoiding larger revenue losses next year.
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House
Eisenhower
Senate
Treasury
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