Eisenhower ties tax cut to debt payoff in news conference
President Eisenhower said a tax reduction must wait until the national debt is reduced. He projected higher debt interest next year and expressed doubt about a summit with the Russians, while hoping for progress at Geneva talks despite dimming prospects.
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Eisenhower
Geneva
William McGuffin
Chicago Daily News
McGaffin
McGuffin
Eisenhowe
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Russia
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Eisenhower lists must pass items for Congress
President Eisenhower outlined top policy aims for Congress including labor control, interstate road funding, and a farm bill. He said no formal must list exists, but aims to curb labor abuses, provide highway revenue, and push a farm program amid Senate House divisions. He also addressed wheat policy choices for farmers and veto standards on future bills.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Senate Labor Management Committee
Senate
Special Investigating Committee
John McClellan
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Licensing Rule Urged By Police Chief
Chief of Police J Thomas Boyd reminded that all small type motor vehicles must be licensed and operated only by licensed drivers on streets and highways. They may run unchecked only on private property.
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J. Thomas Boyd
Winchester Days Opens with Citywide Sales Event
Winchester merchants launch the annual Winchester Days sales event with forty two stores participating under the Retail Merchants Association. Free bus rides and parking aid shoppers from 10 am to 2 pm daily through Saturday in Winchester and nearby towns including Charles Town and Front Royal.
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Winchester
Charles Town
Berkeley Springs
Romney
Wardnesville
West Virginia
Middleburg
Leesburg
Front Royal
Strasburg
Woodstock
Retail Merchants Association
E. Rhodes Huntsperry, Jr
Merchants’ Groups
Labor Secretary Mitchell Enters The Steel Strike
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell acts as fact finder for President Eisenhower in the steel strike dispute. White House weighing Taft Hartley action as unions claim a 15 cent hourly raise while industry warns of inflation. Thousands idled and defense projects spared. Carol Pappas Tregoff questioned in West Covina slaying of Barbara Finch.
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New York
James P. Mitchell
Eisenhower
Mitchell
Labor
White House
United Steelworkers Union
Carol Pappas Tregoff
West Covina
Calif
Barbara Jean Finch
Miss Tregoff
Bernard Finch
Washington
Virginia apple crop outlook tops 10.5 million bushels
The Virginia Crop Reporting Service projects an 10,800,000 bushel Virginia crop this year, slightly below 11,100,000 last year but above the 10 year average. The four state belt may produce 26 to 27 million bushels, with national prospects at 119,122,000. Frederick county leads Virginia with about 1.85 million, Clarke near 1.65 million, while Piedmont counties face poorer prospects.
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Doug O'Connell
Virginia
Appalachian Apple Service
Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service
U. S
North Valley
Frederick
Clarke County
Clarke
Piedmont
Roanoke
H. A. Rollins, Jr
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Frederick County
Near Record WV Apple Crop Expected in 1959
West Virginia farmers project a near record apple harvest of about 5.8 million bushels based on July 1 forecasts, with 1954’s output the only year higher. Peach crops in the Eastern Panhandle are seen down, while prior price drop experiences dominated by processors are recalled, with prices as low as 1.75 dollars per hundredweight noted.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Eastern Panhandle
Federal
Appalachian
Carroll Miller
Appalachian Apple Service
Martinsburg
All Summer Hats Slashed to One Ninety Five
Hat and Dress Shop advertises hats and dress items reduced to 1.95. Denny's Commercial Auction invites tonight at 7 p.m. featuring furniture appliances and tools. Anderson's Meat Market lists shoulder wear chops at 52 cents a pound this week.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Denny’s
Anderson’s
Cost of Living Hits Record High
Washington reports the cost of living rose four tenths of a percent in June to a record index of 124.5 percent of the 1947-49 average, with all major items up. Food prices led the rise, while take home pay for factory workers grew about 8 percent year over year due to higher wages and more hours.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Power Bay
Ches
Geeling
Herter Hurls Ransom Charge At Russians
Geneva report says United States accuses Russia of trying to keep West Berlin hostage and refuses to be an unwitting participant. Christian Herter calls Moscow’s bargaining tactic a ransom aimed at future German settlement. Gromyko rejects Western insistence on guarantees for West Berlin during a Berlin truce and future talks.
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Geneva
United States
Russia
West Berlin
West
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Gromyko
Germany
McKay Dies After Long Civic Career in Oregon
Douglas McKay 66 longtime Oregon political figure and former secretary of the interior under President Eisenhower died today from a heart ailment in Salem Oregon. He served as interior secretary from 1953 to 1956 and remained active in state politics.
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Salem, Ore
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Eisenhower
Interior
Mueller Nominated by Eisenhower for Secretary of Commerce
Frederick H. Mueller of Grand Rapids Michigan has been nominated by President Eisenhower to serve as Secretary of Commerce. Indications point to a smooth Senate confirmation with less controversy than the prior nominee Lewis L. Strauss.
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Frederick H. Mueller
Grand Rapids, Mich
Eisenhower
Commerce
Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
Seven Air Force crewmen killed in Andover crash
An Air Force KC97 tanker crashed near a saw mill on Bud Keyser farm south of Andover New Hampshire during a routine training flight. All seven crewmen aboard died and their identities were withheld pending next of kin notification. A companion plane saw the crash through overcast and a state trooper reported the fire at about 2 a.m. with crews arriving to confirm seven fatalities.
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Andover
N.H
Pease Air Force Base
Bud Keyser
Southcentral
New Hampshire
Joseph Humphrey
Khrushchev Cancels Scandinavia Visit Over Spiteful Atmosphere
Khrushchev explained he canceled a three week August trip to Sweden Norway and Denmark because of an unfavorable atmosphere and said the visit would not have aided peace. He told reporters at a Soviet Embassy reception he might go later and praised some Swedes while blaming government editors and politicians for the tensions.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Scandinavia
Khrushchev
Poland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Peter (the Great
Poltava
Tage) Erlander
H. C. Hansen
U S May Be Going Through Worst Polio Year Since ’55
The United States faces a potential polio surge unseen since 1955 with weekly increases and 940 cases by July 11, including 604 paralytic. Des Moines leads in Iowa while states from New York to California report rising totals. Surgeon General Burney calls for mass vaccination under 40.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
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Iowa
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Missouri
Nebraska
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Virginia
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Mississippi
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Oklahoma
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California
Leroy E. Burney
House Passes Compromise Foreign Aid Bill
The House approved a $3,556,200,000 foreign aid bill by 253 to 153 and sent it to the Senate for quick action. The measure trails Eisenhower’s request by about 300 million, with 179 Democrats and 74 Republicans in support and 86 Democrats and 67 Republicans opposing.
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House
Senate
Eisenhower
Leanel Distributors
Cork St
Winchester
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