House Appropriations Committee Cuts Defense Funds
The House Appropriations Committee voted a 2.587 billion dollar reduction in new defense department funds for the upcoming year while approving 53.541 billion for the Army Navy and Air Force. The panel warned against complacency noting the threat may have abated but urged economy and tighter control over procurement and spending.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Congress
Republic of Germany
United States
House
Rep
Mahon
D-Tex
Eight Injured When Auto And Bus Collide Near Petersburg
A Greyhound bus carrying 14 passengers skidded on a curve west of Petersburg and hit a car then rammed an underpass. Eight people were injured. the car’s driver and lone passenger plus five bus passengers were admitted to Petersburg hospital. Anna Matthews of Victoria, age 60, was released after treatment. A court hearing is set for June 14 in Dinwiddie County. The driver, Willard Edward Duke of Raleigh, is charged with reckless driving.
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Petersburg
Greyhound
Here
Anna Matthews
Victoria
Virginia
Colonial Heights
E. F. Mayes
Willard Edward Duke
Raleigh
N. C
Dinwiddie County Court
Mayes
Duke
Eisenhower seeks approval for trimmed foreign aid program
President Eisenhower formally submitted a reduced 3.865 billion dollar foreign aid request and, in a radio television address to the nation, argued that tax cuts depend on succeeding in waging peace. He urged Congress to maintain aid levels to preserve security and world peace, citing Greece and Turkey Yugoslavia South Vietnam Korea and the Middle East as beneficiaries.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Isenhower
Greece
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Viet Nam
Korea
Free China
Middle East
Virginia Governor Announces Pay Raises for 1000 State Employees
Gov. Stanley said about one thousand state workers in the lower pay brackets will receive a ten percent raise on July 1, boosting the payroll by 400000 to 500000. half the cost covered by agencies, the rest from a 1600000 salary-adjustment fund. The raises target those earning under 5000 annually to align pay with private sector levels. He expects no new state taxes recently, notes an economic-minded General Assembly, and discusses potential tax reforms including a possible state sales tax amid budget-cutting debates.
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Richmond
Stanley
Washington
General Assembly
Virginia
Congress
Britain builds glass cage to channel hydrogen bomb power
Britain’s Atomic Energy Authority plans a giant glass cage at Harwell to harness hydrogen bomb fusion for electricity. The device uses electro magnets to contain fusion gases, aiming for experiments by year end, with temperatures reaching hundreds of millions of degrees in theory.
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Britain
London
Atomic Energy Authority
Harwell
News Chronicle
P. C. Thoneman
Winchester Star
Seven Hurt in North Virginia Traffic Crash Near Winchester
Four vehicle crash on U S Route 522 left seven injured and cars as total losses. Two Navy men hospitalized from a 1952 Oldsmobile collision with a 1953 Ford and a 1950 GMC tractor trailer. Kenneth Conklin and Alfred Bond, both 17 and 18, sustained arm and head injuries with possible fractures. John Evans of Quantico treated and released. Driver Merrill Hunt stated the truck knifed and blocked the road.
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U.S. Navy
Winchester
U.S. Rt
Kenneth Conklin
Aberdeen
Alfred Bond
Cleveland
Ohio
C. D. Taylor
Roy E. Bittner
Davidsville
John Evans
U. S. Naval Hospital
Quantico
Roy Merril Hunt
U.S. Army
Merrill Herbert Klein
Columbia
S. C
Schoolgirl Hangs From 11th Floor At New York Hotel
In Manhattan a 14 year old Virgin Islands girl Olga Cassanova plunged from an 11th floor hotel ledge as police and onlookers watched. After quarrel with her aunt Marie Monell a lab technician, she refused to come inside and slipped away. Police tried to dissuade her for 20 minutes before the fall. The incident drew a crowd of about 2000 at the Walton Hotel on the Upper West Side.
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New York
Virgin Islands
Olga Cassanova
Walton
Manhattan
Upper West Side
Marie Monell
Tornado Roars Through Kansas City Area Killing Dozens
A massive twister struck Ruskin Heights and Hickman Mills near Kansas City causing extensive damage across Kansas and Missouri. Rescue teams reported 34 dead and more than 200 hospitalizations with widespread destruction including a shopping center and a high school. Governor Blair mobilized the Missouri National Guard as crews searched for victims and aided displaced families.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Ruskin Heights
Hickman Mills
Kansas-Missouri Line
James T. Blair
110Th Engineers
Missouri National Guard
Ottawa
Spring Hill
Martin City
Lees Summit
Red Cross
Harry
Adolph Angotti
Jennifer
Angotti
Independence
Richards- Gebaur Air Force Base
Gandview
Kan
J. A Marsh
Norfolk and Western Main Line Blocked After Derailment
A Norfolk and Western freight derailment near Wytheville, Virginia blocked the main line and siding. Twelve cars derailed from a 67 car train traveling from Bristol to Hagerstown, Maryland, with no injuries reported and an estimated 6 to 24 hours to clear the tracks. A broken journal in the first car sparked the incident, crews began repairs, and about 18 cars were backed up.
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Wytheville
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bristol
Hagerstown
Roanoke
Faulkner urges red families visit America to see life here
In Charlottesville Virginia William Faulkner argues communist families should be invited to the United States for two years to disprove anti American portrayals. He discusses leadership for Virginia and recalls a recent dinner incident involving unwanted Negro invitations.
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Faulkner
America
Charlottesville
Williams Faulkner
University of Virginia
New York
John Dos Passos
Dos Passos
American Academy of Arts and Letters
South
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvanians Hold Primary Election Today
Voters in Pennsylvania participate in a low turnout primary as no statewide offices or major questions are on the ballot. Eight thousand eight hundred eighty three polling places open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. under fair weather and moderate temperatures.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Employes in Lower-Pay Brackets to Receive 10% Raise
The Defense Department 1958 appropriation report notes cautious optimism about the U S and Soviet military balance. It cites intelligence limits and urges continued defense readiness amid signs of reduced Soviet threat in some areas while warning against complacency. The committee reports shifts in bomber production and emphasizes ongoing arms race dynamics.
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Washington
Russia
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
United States
U.S.S.R
Army takes over Haiti rule under Brig. Gen. Cantave
Brig. Gen. Leon Cantave and loyal officers seized control of Haiti in a bloodless move. He dissolved the seven member Executive Council, imposed a nightly curfew, censor ship of press and radio. Cantave pledged free, honest elections and to convene a provincial delegates convention to choose a provisional president while military rule continues.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Leon Cantave
Caribbean
Cantave
Catholics Barred From Participation in Commencement
In Moundsville West Virginia twenty two Catholic graduates were forbidden to participate in the commencement exercises and watched from the audience. They later received their diplomas in the principal's office. The issue arose after their priest barred them from the Sunday baccalaureate service at Simpson Methodist Church claiming a violation of religious freedom.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Moundsville High School
Wilson Oldaker
Simpson Methodist Church
Louis R. Potts
Marshall County
L. D. Wiant
B. F. Farrell
Wiant
R. W. Caldwell
United Presbyterian Church
Egypt
Family Survives Destructive Bethel Church Fire
A Berryville family of five escaped a fast spreading two story log and frame home fire in the Bethel Church area, with firefighters arriving at 1 15 am and finding the dwelling fully involved. Owner T B Byrd noted partial insurance coverage. the cause is undetermined though suspected to be faulty wiring. The Huff family, including Thomas and his three children, lost all belongings. Huff works for John McIntosh lumber.
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Millwood
Bethel Church
Here
Thomas Huff
Berryville
Huff
T. B. Byrd
John McIntosh Lumber Firm
County Battles Harrisonburg Annexation Bid
Rockingham County has hired chief counsel Archibald G. Robertson and associate counsel Russell M. Weaver to fight Harrisonburgs proposed annexation of about 4.12 miles of the county. The plan covers property valued at roughly $1.75 million and includes 600 residents and several businesses.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
Rockingham
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