Military Report Approved by Baghdad Pact Council
Ankara reports the Baghdad Pact Council approved long term plans for roads ports airfields and radio systems costing billions over years. Dulles attended as observer as group weighs turning planning body into a unified command. The report suggests military lines to defend northern approaches and modernization of regional forces with US UK support.
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Ankara
Turkey
Baghdad Pact Council of Ministers
Dulles
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Russia
Iraq
Pakistan
United States
Britain
U.S
State Dulles
Senate splits over debt limit increase in Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee splits on raising the national debt limit. Some back Eisenhower’s five billion proposal to lift the ceiling to 275 billion, while Sen. Byrd argues for a three billion increase. Both plans are temporary through June 30, 1959, with Byrd eyeing support from several colleagues. Secretary Anderson warns of tight cash balances and the need for more room.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
House
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
New Market Man May Own City's Wandering Bears
Ace Duolvo, operator of Fur Parade in New Market, may reclaim bears found behind Strickler & Wagner on W Amherst St. Police said the Hawthorne Drive family reported neighbors saw the animals Sunday. Duolvo is to arrive to determine if the bears are among those he lost weeks ago.
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Strickler & Wagner
W. Amherst St
Ace Duolvo
New Market
Hawwthorne Drive
Police Department
Stephens City Middletown Citizens Association plans June election slate
The Stephens City Middletown Citizens Association votes to prepare a slate of town officers for the June 3 elections. Willis Fisk chairs. Mrs. Charles E Layman is secretary. Committees form to select candidates and study permanent organization as a citizen forum.
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Stephens City
Middletown
Fisk
Citizens Association
Assembly at a Glance Moves to End Two Installments
Gov. Almond asked the General Assembly to require full payment of state income taxes by May 1 1959 effective next year. Senate bill would end the two installment plan and enforce one lump sum. House bill proposes moving meat inspection from Health to Agriculture and bars local bans on sale of uninspected meat to households.
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Associated Press
Almond
General Assembly
Senate
House
State Health Department
Department of Agriculture
Exchange Pact Promises U S Soviet Visitor Swap
The United States and the Soviet Union signed a broad exchange accord allowing 500 to 2,000 Soviet visitors to come to the United States over two years and vice versa. The deal covers scientists, artists, athletes, and tourists with plans for 35 delegations and thousands of exchanges across multiple fields.
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Washington
United States
U. S
State Department
Georgi Zarubin
Zarubin
Moscow
Capitol Hill
Green
D-Ri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
D-Mont
Humphrey
D-Minn
Soviet Union
Voice of America
New York-Moscow
American Congress
Supreme Soviet
United Nations
Spe
Russia
U.S.S.R
Bolshoi Ballet Theater
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
McElroy Defends U S Military Position and Seeks Funds
Secretary of Defense McElroy testified that the U S military position is sound and urged swift approval of more than 1 billion dollars for ballistic missiles and defenses. He spoke at a closed Senate Appropriations hearing on an emergency bill backing the 1959 program and new funds, with House approval already secured.
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Washington
McElroy
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Fisenhower
Congress
Reuther urges preapproval of automobile price boosts
Walter Reuther asks Congress to require large corporations to justify price increases in advance via a public, independent consumer counsel. He testifies at Kefauver hearings on administered prices, arguing unions and profits, not labor costs, drive postwar auto price hikes.
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Washington
Walter Reuther
Congress
United Automobile Workers
Reuther
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Subcommittee
UAW
Zero Hour Believed Near for Jupiter C Satellite
Mothers March on Polio aims to raise funds tonight with 200 participants visiting every house with a lit porch in Frederick County. Mrs Clarence H Hill chairing door to door calls for missed donors to arrange pickups. Contributions will be collected at the Farmers and Merchants Branch Bank on Cameron Street after the drive.
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Clarence H. Hill
Frederick County
William A. LaRue
Five Indicted by Corporation Court Grand Jury
Six indictments were returned by a Corpora tion Court grand jury yesterday against five defendants. Robert M. Allison faced a bad check charge and pled guilty. Thomas W. McCall was indicted for writing an $85 check. Kenneth Elliott has two indictments for breaking and entering two sites. Elizabeth Gant Butler was charged with assault and stabbing. Virgil J. Stewart faces removal of a 1950 Cadillac from the state.
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Corporation Court
Robert M. Allison
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Allison
Thomas W. McCall
Commercial & Savings Bank
Hovens
Kenneth Elliott
B & S Poultry Co
Virginia Livestock Market
Elizabeth Gant Butler
Mitchell Burks
Virgil J. Stewart
Army Poised To Launch Moon Satellite On Jupiter C
At Cape Canaveral the Army prepares a Jupiter C to loft a 29.7 pound American moon satellite, aiming for orbit after Vanguard failures and earlier Navy delays. Maj. Gen. Medaris notes Army could have done this in 1955 if not for Navy exclusion. Weather favorable for launch.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Niks
Navy
Army
Wernher von Braun
John B. Medaris
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Senate
No Appeal Denied in Virginia Seating Law Ruling
Richmond The attorney general Albertis S. Harrison announced that the state has no right to appeal the Arlington County Circuit Court decision declaring Virginia's segregated seating law unconstitutional. The ruling bars future state challenges.
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Richmond
Arlington County
Virginia
Albertis S. Harrison
Slain Lincoln Family Found Behind Home In Flu Warning
In Lincoln Nebraska a father Marion Bartlett 57 mother Velda 36 and their 2 year old daughter were found murdered in shabby outbuildings behind a small house. A sign on the door warned visitors to stay away. Carol Fugate 15 and Charles Starkweather 19 are sought after as missing. authorities believe they fled toward the south in a black car. Betty Jean was found stuffed in a box among cartons in the building. no time of death is given.
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Lincoln
Neb
Marion Bartlett
Velda
Carol Fugate
von Busch
Bartlett
Mrs. Bartlett
Betty Jean
Pansy Street
Carol
Street
Northern Virginia Power Company Granted Franchise
The Common Council granted the Northern Virginia Power Company a power franchise from August 14 1965 to August 14 1987. The vote was unanimous after committees reported favorably on the measure to erect operate and maintain electric lines. Also approved were zoning and holiday parking meter ordinance readings, and the mayor was authorized to urge Virginia legislators on a two day waiting period for marriages.
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Northern Virginia Power Company
Common Council
Street, Water and Sewer and Light
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Virginia General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
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Winchester
West Va
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Traditio
John Handley
Penn Sylvanian
Mt. Hebron
Scranton
Handley School
Ireland
Charles Rinker
Virginia Athey
Tommy Glass
William Ss. B. Lacy
Strategic Air Command
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
SAC
Strategic Air Force
Defense McElroy
Defense
Donald A. Quarles
Department
Quarles
Air Force
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
War Memorial
James Wood
Joan Larrick
Charles Gossard
Latin Club
JWHS
Frederick County School
Handley High
Slain
Robert von Busch
Rodney Starkweather
Charles
Howard Johnson
George Washington
Hatel
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