Eisenhower Backs Public Support to Block Aid Cut
President Eisenhower urged Americans to back foreign aid to prevent a proposed more than one billion dollar reduction. He hailed Senate approval of an authorization bill trimming only about 49 million from a four billion, 175 million ceiling while warning the real spending will come in an ensuing appropriation. He warned against losses in security and world leadership if the cut proceeds.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Senate
Congress
Free World
Gown Crict Joins Northwest Passage Fest at Tri Angle Diner
Kayack lead dog of the sled team appears as a distinguished guest at the festival dining at Tri angle Diner. The event features locals like Miss Betty Jean Hollis and Miss Patricia Fagg amid races and beauty contests in Shenandoah and Loudoun counties.
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Triangle
Betty Jean Hollis
Robert F. Gaines
Shenandoah College
Miss
Applesom
Loudoun County
Europeans Denounce Chessman Execution
Europe reacts to Daryl Chessman execution with protests and editorial condemnations. British and Italian outlets slam the ruling as inhumane while Scandinavian papers call for ending capital punishment. Some leaders and papers note the lengthy legal route and question U.S. justice.
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Daryl Chessman
Latin America
Africa
Middle East
Asia
California
United States
Chessman
U.S
Lisbon
Paris
Lord Birkett
England
Raimondo
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
Car
Britain
Daily Telegraph
East Germany
ADN
Die Presse
Vienna
Australia
Sydney
Sydney Sun
State Department
Eisen
Pulitzer Prizes Award Drury Fiorello and Times Honors
Allen Drury wins 1960 Pulitzer for Advise and Consent as Fiorello! takes best musical in a rare theater victory. Los Angeles Times earns gold medal for meritorious service with narcotics reporting by Gene Sherman. A. M. Rosenthal of the New York Times also honored for reporting that led to his Poland expulsion.
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Pulitzer
Allen Drury
Los Angeles Times
A. M. Rosenthal
New York Times
Poland
Columbia University
Gene Sherman
the Times
Sherman
Mexico
Washington
Texas
San Francisco
Atlanta Constitution
Washington Evening Star
Scripps
Drury
Hoffa Granted Stay of Trial by Appeals Court
The U S Court of Appeals granted an indefinite stay of James R Hoffa s trial aimed at ousting him as Teamsters president. The stay delays proceedings while union monitor status and related appeals are reviewed. Judge Miller dissented urging continuation of the trial.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
U. S. Court of Appeals
Wilbur K.miller
Aires van Rial Fe Maes
Henry Edgerton
Charles Fahy
Eet
City Council Funds Aid Jackson Memorial Purchase
The City Council approved a 20 000 contribution toward a 25 000 purchase of Stonewall Jackson’s property at 45 N Braddock St. to be held by Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc of Lexington as a historical shrine. The plan includes 5 000 from the group and 15 000 for restoration. Jay W Johns of Charlottesville is president. The deal awaits July 1 option expiry and reverts to the city if not used as a shrine.
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Stonewall Jackson
N. Braddock St
Maybel Aikin
Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Inc
Lexington
Jay W. Johns
Charlottesville
Jackson Memorial Organization
Aikin
Allen
Jackson
Plane Crash Kills Three in Pennsylvania Test Flight
A CK23B Air Force twin-engine transport lost its stabilizer during a routine test flight from Olmstead AFB Middletown and crashed in a farm field near York. Killed were Capt. John H. Wrisberg of Elizabethtown, Capt. Kenneth L. Church of Middletown, and Walter Young of Lancaster.
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York, Pa
Pennsylvania
John H. Wrisberg
Elizabethtown
Kenneth L. Church
Middletown
Walter Young
Lancaster
Air Force
Olmstead Air Force Base
Billion Dollar Budget Boost Seen in 1962
Washington AP reports Budget Director Maurice H. Stans forecasts a one billion dollar increase in the Eisenhower era budget as Congress tackles what he calls compulsive spending. He cites built in increases across outer space civil aviation public works merchant shipping urban mass transit research public assistance veterans pensions and farm programs may grow unless faster policy actions curb costs.
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Washington
Congress
Maurice H. Stans
Stans
c.O.d.s
Stans Elk
Garry
Ing
ABC Denies Double Standard of Ethics
Washington AP summary states ABC president Leonard H. Goldenson rejected claims of a double standard in payola testing. Dick Clark testified denying payola involvement while fired J. Freed from WABC faced contrasting treatment amid ethics questions.
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ABC
Clark
Payola
Harris
Washington predicts apple crops in Wenatchee area
Reports indicate an average apple crop for the Washington region and a heavy crop for Wenatchee. Bloom conditions were generally good with pollination favorable though some frost damage noted. Experts forecast a good average yield pending final checks, as warm spells and late snows influence prospects.
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Wenatchee
Washington
L. P. Batjer
Phyentachee
Batjer
A. B. Groves
Saat Pathocrat
Byrd Objects to Nonessential Contract Fees
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr of Virginia deplores cost plus Defense contracts claiming nonessential fees inflate costs. The report notes disputed fees totaling dollars in recent reviews of defense procurement.
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Byrd
Harry F
D-Va
Irda Rayom
Eisenhower urges Congress to back foreign aid and farm bill
President Eisenhower urged enactment of his foreign aid and farm legislation with restraint on federal spending. He warned against overspending and centralizing powers, noted civil rights passage as a major achievement, and stressed balancing federal accounts while funding national security. He called for support of a 4.175 billion dollar foreign aid program and cautioned about expansion under farm policies.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Truman Named Delegate to Convention
Missouri Democrats named Harry S. Truman a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and instructed the Missouri delegation to cast its 39 votes as a unit for the party.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
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