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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1959
Page
14
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Governor Rockefeller asked the Legislature to grant millions in tax relief for railroads and bus companies to revive faltering commuter service. The plan, part of a six point program, faced shelving in the Republican led Senate. The Purcell transportation report informed the proposal and met with industry support.
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover told a House committee that excessive Pentagon committees hindered research and development for the atomic submarine program. He called it the greatest interference, urging reform to stop needless panels and speed defense science.
New York May or Robert F Wagner charged the Republican state administration with a city be hanged tax policy after a 15 minute address to the people. He said Albany wrecked a sound long range financial program for New York City as the Legislature approved a tax plan allowing the city to levy 125 million dollars more in total taxes, 32 million short of the 137 million needed to balance the proposed budget.
The AP reports the 80-foot Thor powered sounding rocket launched at Cape Canaveral achieved a near perfect ascent on the sixth attempt of an ocean recovery test. The target nose cone was to descend 5000 miles to the Atlantic, with recovery ships and planes awaiting its fiery reentry off Ascension Island.
Admiral Hyman Rickover blasted Defense Department panels as useless and wasteful saying competent people lose time to fighting committees. He cited a Navy power plant study and questioned pay rates for panel members while noting military and civilian staff often lack accountability after recommendations. He distinguished Congressional from Pentagon committees as essential.
Western intelligence reports said Ukrainian partisans detonated explosives in three major southwestern cities last week to press for independence. Several people were injured as the explosions sparked general turmoil and prompted unusual restraint by Soviet Security Police.
A defendant in the federal narcotics conspiracy trial of Vito Genovese and 16 others was acquitted by Judge Alexander Bicks. The judge granted 2½ hours for summations. Joseph Vento, 45, of Whitestone Queens, was acquitted while free on $35,000 bail.
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan face split positions as the House Appropriations Committee blocks even a penny of an additional 225 million dollars for the Foreign Aid Development Loan Fund this year. The move signals trouble for the next year's 3.93 billion dollar Foreign Aid request, prompting Eisenhower to denounce the action as isolating the United States and weakening national security. The Development Loan Fund, a revolving fund under mutual security, funds aid to allies with flexible spending.
A small group of Iroquois and Western Indians, rebuffed at the White House, attempted a “citizens arrest” of Indian Affairs Commissioner Glenn L. Emmons in his Interior Department office. They accused him of malfeasance and nonfeasance for permitting crimes against North American Indians, denouncing his actions as fear and cowardice. Emmons, forewarned, did not come out amid a conference.
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell of New York said he and Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson were talking last night about the conditions under which the Harlem congressman would back the Texas president.
Harvard economist Sumner Slichter urged a three billion dollar deficit next fiscal year to spur employment while cutting trains to curb inflation. Testifying before the Senate House Economic Committee, he argued some inflation is inevitable for full employment, faulted wage demands by powerful unions, and proposed abolishing tariffs and import quotas over ten years.
Republican officials surveyed New York as a potential venue for next year’s presidential convention. Ray Bliss said no decision yet and any city can adjust offers until April 10. New York bid includes 500000 cash plus fringe benefits, higher than Philadelphia 375000 and Chicago 300000, with other bids from San Francisco Los Angeles and Miami Beach.
A night clash at West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co Mechanicville plant saw an air pistol and stones batter the main office entrance while massed pickets faced salaried workers. Police protected crews as the disturbance spread to the milling area. No injuries or arrests were reported.
In Ventura California a jury sentenced Mrs Elizabeth Duncan to die in the gas chamber for murdering two men during the attempt to kill a Canadian nurse who allegedly harmed her son. The verdict followed a first degree murder conviction and precedes a judge's final sentence.
Indian press banners say heavy fighting broke out in Tibet after China ordered the Dalai Lama to report to occupation authorities in Lhasa. Reports speculate he may have been spirited away from Potala Palace as demonstrations began last week and turned into revolt with confusion in the past days.
Washington AP report on William P Rogers outlining administration aims to curb force against court orders in school integration. Rogers told a Senate panel the goal is a federal crime for using force or threats to obstruct federal court orders. He cited past use of troops in Little Rock 1957 as precedent and argued troops only as last resort.
Iosif Kuzmin, once Khrushchev's choice to lead Soviet industrial planning, was dismissed and replaced by Alexei Kosygin, a textile minister turned consumer goods expert. Kuzmin moves to head the cabinet's new Scientific and Economic Council as a demotion in name, with duties described as retaining high importance. The reshuffle follows the February Congress and Khrushchev's seven year plan to outpace the United States in industrial growth.
President Eisenhower reportedly disagreed with Prime Minister Macmillan on a summertime summit with Khrushchev. Informants said any move hinges on a prior foreign ministers meeting easing east west tensions. The leaders met in Maryland and pledged to stand firm on Berlin while pursuing a compromise formula for the summit.
New York Republicans reject city statehood, saying New York City is not ready for independence while clashing with Democrats over tax plan changes. The dispute highlights ongoing tension between city finances and state lawmakers as cries of secession echo through the Capitol.
New York AP reports that all fire department officers are prohibited from any outside employment or occupation effective June 1. Commissioner Edward F. Cavanagh Jr. announced the decision yesterday, expanding limits on officers’ second jobs.
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