Eisenhower Budget Push Seeks 1957 Growth and Tax Hikes
President Eisenhower unveiled a $71.8 billion 1957 budget with demand for higher taxes and loan costs, plus a strong push for federal aid to schools highways and homes. He proposed a new natural gas bill to curb price regulation and urged faster atoms-for-peace energy—while Treasury Secretary Humphrey warned costs must be pruned. The plan repeats many 1956 items, including a four year federal matching grant program for classrooms and higher VA loan limits. Immigration expansion was also proposed without details.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Treasury
U.S
Veterans Administration
Middletown Cleaners Sale On Suits And Dresses
Special for Thursday and Friday suits and dresses at Middletown Cleaners 75 cents. High quality work promised. Also Louise's Beauty Salon advertises open evenings with four hairdressers and guaranteed work.
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Middletown
Louise
Piccadilly
Byrd warns 1958 budget hinges on inflation rise
Senator Byrd says a balanced 1958 budget will require higher inflation. Republicans critique the $71.8 billion request while Senator Wigglesworth touts a $1.8 billion surplus and a third balanced budget in three years following 1954 tax cuts. Byrd doubts the forecast, citing postal rate hikes and rising income taxes as shaky revenue sources. He notes current-year revenue trends and postal income boosts as potential risks.
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Sen. Schoeppel
R-Kan
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
Rep
Wigglesworth
Rmass
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
U.S. Spending per Person Rises to 416 in 1958 Budget
President Eisenhower's budget calls for 71.8 billion dollars in spending and 73.6 billion in revenue for FY1958, yielding an average per capita spend of 416 and per capita revenue of 427. Population is pegged at 172.5 million for midyear calculations, marking the third straight year of per person increases.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
Census Bureau
Bliss Not Candidate To Succeed Hall
Ray Bliss Ohio State GOP chairman said he is not a candidate for Republican national chairman to succeed Leonard W. Hall. The statement aims to quell a revolt against White House choice H Meade Alcorn Jr of Connecticut amid GOP fears Eisenhower programs may sideline Senate or House candidates in 1958. Bliss chairs the Midwest and Rocky Mountain State Chairmen's Assn.
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Washington
Ray Bliss
Ohio
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Bliss
White House
H. Meade Alcorn, Jr
Connecticut
Alcorn
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
S Assn
Wanted Pressers Apply in Person at Pingley and Carper Cleaners
Advertisement offers in person jobs for pressers at Pingley and Carper Cleaners. Also promotes an NRA approved archery course by Shawnee Bowmen with membership available at Johnny's Sport Shop Winchester News Stand and Young Men's Sport Shop. Meeting set at War Memorial Building on January 17 at 7 30 p m.
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Presser
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Johnny's
Winchester
War Memorial
House Burned In County Fire Neighbors Misread Alarm
Confusion over a false alarm led a neighbor to contact the wrong person. Martin Peters lost his five room house on Mountain Inn Road Cedar Grove to a blaze reported around 1 p m. Firemen found the building flat to the ground with no salvage. Peters, wife hospitalized, is staying at 710 S Loudoun St. A second fire across the road in the same area caused damage to a home owned by Mr and Mrs Kelly McDaniel.
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Martin Peters
Mr. Peters
Mountain Inn
Apple Pie Ridge
Cedar Grove
Peters
Stephens City
Jerry Bennett
Novick Transfer
Jack Zimmerman
Zimmerman
City Fire Department
Reuss
Sarah Zane
N. Loudoun St
Novick
S. Loudoun St
Kelly McDaniel
Frederick and Clarke Counties Close Schools After Snowfall
Frederick and Clarke Counties closed all schools today due to fresh snowfall with Winchester schools open. Snow measurements ranged up to four inches in northern areas, while roads remained slippery prompting continued bus-route work and chains on secondary roads. Weather forecasters expect continued cold with a low of 10 and ongoing below normal temperatures through the five day outlook. An auto was damaged by a parked De Soto after a truck slipped on icy streets at N Kent and Philpot streets in Winchester. damage estimated at 160 dollars.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
Winchester
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Highway Department
R. E. Ayler
Clarke County
Associated Press
Virginia
Kent
Philpot Sts
Holmes McFarland
Ambulance Drivers and Doctors Clash After City Bus Crash
In Mexico City rival ambulance crews and doctors fought while racing to assist bus crash victims. A would be rescuer broke his hand and several others were injured. The bus driver died and about 20 people were injured as the bus collided with a car and was struck by a streetcar.
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Mexico City
Snow blanketed Virginia with up to eight inches
Virginia faced a heavy snowfall moving across the state with up to eight inches in the Blue Ridge foothills near Gordonsville and six inches in some Northern Neck areas. Schools closed in over half of the counties, highways opened with chains advised, and drivers faced hazardous conditions as crews cleared roads and forecasters warned of more snow and continued cold.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
State Highway Department
Blue Ridge Mountain
Gordonsville
Mideast Resolution Seen Reducing War Risk, Radford Says
Adm Arthur W Radford testifying on the Eisenhower Middle East resolution said Congress action would practically eliminate the chances of war in the region. He noted U S military superiority over Russia and rapid mobilization potential, amid ongoing debates before the Senate and House committees.
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Mideast
Adm
Radford
Washington
Arthur W. Radford
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Russia
Middle East
Armed Services Group
Eisenhower
Toscanini Dies at 89 After Long Conducting Career
Renowned conductor Arturo Toscanini died in his sleep at 89 in Riverdale Bronx after suffering a stroke on New Year’s Day. Born poor in Parma, he soared to fame with the Met in New York and NBC Symphony, ending his career with a farewell concert on April 4, 1954.
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New York
Arturo Toscanini
Riverdale
Bronx
Walter
Toscanini
United States
Metropolitan Opera
Caruso
Melba
Scotti
Met
New York Philharmonic Symphony
National Broadcasting Co. Symphony
Parma
Italy
Heavy Snowstorm Strands Northeast Travelers
A dangerous intensifying snowstorm blanketed the Northeast from New England to near the Chesapeake Bay. Snow depths reached three to eight inches while trains buses and planes faced delays. Temperatures stayed below zero in parts of New York and New England as speeds slowed on major highways and transit hubs reported widespread lateness.
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New York
New York Weather Bureau
New England
Chesapeake Bay
Weather Bureau
State Milk Commission wary of federal controls
Richmond, Virgil P. Randolph Jr., chairman and consumer’s representative on the three member State Milk Commission, warns the somber shadow of federal milk control is spreading across the Old Dominion and says he dislikes controls of any sort.
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Richmond
State Milk Commission
Old Dominion
Virgil P. Randolph Jr
Lacy Elected Clerk of Virginia Senate
Ben D. Lacy of Halifax County was chosen clerk of the Virginia Senate to fill the vacancy from E. R. Combs. The $10 000 a year post was confirmed after oath before Senate president pro tempore Charles T. Moses. Lacy, previously Gov. Stanley’s administrative assistant and deputy clerk in the Senate, pledged the job as a challenge.
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Lacy
Virginia
Senate
Richmond
Ben D. Lacy
Halifax County
Virginia Senate
E. R. Combs
Gov. Stanley
General Assembly
Privileges and Elections Committee
Charles T. Moses
Appomattox
Eisenhower asks Congress for over two billion military boost
President Eisenhower proposes a 1958 budget with a record peacetime outlay of 71.8 billion dollars and a balanced budget with a small surplus. He vows no broad tax cuts, cites defense needs, and outlines defense and security allocations while predicting revenue near 73.6 billion and debt modestly rising.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
U. S. Information Agency
Hisenhower
Virginia Five Day Forecast for January 17 to 21
The Virginia forecast shows below normal temperatures with a cold start and moderating by Friday. Some snow is likely Friday and again near the period end with total melted precipitation around 4 to 5 inches. Temperatures run highs near 22 and lows around 10 in Winchester with early sunrise and late moonrise noted.
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Virginia
Winchester
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