Eisenhower Says Recession Largely Spent Its Force
President Eisenhower stated the recession has largely spent its force and the economy is weathering it well. He opposed broad tax cuts, citing no current deficit spending justification and uncertainty about a quick business upturn. He noted only proposed relief for small business and avoided predicting timing for full employment.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Eiisenhower
America
France
Lebanon
de Gaulle
Statehood
Republican Party
De Gaulle Called to Form New Government as Paris Protests
Paris faced mass protests as 30,000 demonstrators filled the streets against De Gaulle's anticipated return. President Coty summoned him after talks with Mollet, Pinay, and Teitgen, amid a political crisis sparked by Pflimlin's resignation and Algeria's ongoing junta confrontation.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Rene Coty
de Gaulle
Coty
Guy Mollet
Antoine Pinay
Pierre-Henri Teitgen
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
Pierre Pflimlin
France
National Assembly
Pflimlin
de Gaule
Pfimlin
Jules Moch
Presiden
Pflimlir
Mollet
Algiers
Cclisis
Algeria
Corsica
Unknowns of World War II and Korea Arrive in Immortal Glory
The Unknowns from World War II and the Korean War were brought to Washington aboard the Brandy and lie in state in twin bronze caskets at the Capitol Rotunda. Vice President Nixon, Speaker Rayburn, and Defense Secretary McElroy attended as wreaths were laid and a detailed two-day schedule of public viewings and 15-minute wreath-laying ceremonies was arranged.
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Washington
America
Korea
Nixon
Capitol
Blandy
Neil McElroy
Sam Rayburn
Eisenhower
Arlington National Cemetery
Veteran’s Organizations
Veteran’auxiliary Societies
Military District of
Defense committee orders missile and antisubmarine program speedup
The House Appropriations Committee urges faster missile and antisubmarine warfare programs, proposing 38.31 billion dollars in new defense cash for the next fiscal year, 113.6 million more than the Defense Department asked, and funds nine new missile launching nuclear submarines instead of five. The panel also supports 2.73 billion for research and development including 510 million for space research, with overall totals and allocations to be reviewed by the full House.
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House Appropriations Committee
Defense
Defense Department
National Guard
Army Reserves
Marine Corps
Eisenhower
House
Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Air
Secretary of Defense
New
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Congress
Department
GW Education Dean to Address Clarke Graduates
Clarke County High School will host George Washington University education dean Dr. James H. Fox at the June 9 graduation ceremony on campus. Fox, a 20 year university veteran, previously taught at Colgate University and worked in public schools from 1918 to 1935. Baccalaureate services are set for June 8 with Rev. Julian Orrell delivering the address.
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Berryville
James H. Fox
School of Education
George Washington University
Clarke County
Julian Orrell
Berryville Baptist Church
Powier Box
Memorial Day Service Sponsored by Legion and VFW
Legion Post 21 and Post 2123 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars join for a Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday in National Cemetery. Rev. Coleman Games will speak. Holmes Grimm will place a wreath, a volley will be fired and taps sounded. Procession forms at 10:45 at the cemetery north gate.
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Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Cemetery
Coleman Games
Legion Post 21
Cork Street Christian Church
Holmes Grimm
Post 21
Vanguard Satellite Falls Back to Earth
The Navy's basketball sized Vanguard satellite fell back to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean after being launched near midnight from Cape Canaveral. The second Vanguard satellite ended up like the first in the sea.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Soviet Union Withholds Yugoslav Credit for Five Years
Belgrade AP report says Moscow postponed a 250 million dollar credit agreement intended for Yugoslavia’s Montenegro aluminum plant and other projects. The move widens East Bloc tensions and Hinders Yugoslavia’s foreign trade balance amid deteriorating relations.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Tanjug
Montenegro
Soviet Bloc
House votes to admit Alaska as 49th state
The U S House passed the Alaska statehood bill for the second time with a 208 to 166 vote. The chamber refused to send the measure back to committee twice, and a later recommit motion failed 201 to 172 after an earlier defeat 199 to 174.
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Washington
House
Alaska
Senate
Insular Affairs Committee
23 Students' Wives to Get PhT Degrees Tonight
East Lansing Mich AP 23 students wives tonight will be awarded PhT degrees for Putting Hubby Through at Michigan State University as cap and gown ceremonies approach in 10 days.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
CAB Creates 3 Transcontinental Super Skyways
The Civil Aeronautics Board announced the creation of three transcontinental super skyways to reduce collision risk. Effective June 15, flights between 17 000 and 22 000 feet will be ground controlled across the corridors, 40 miles wide, with vertical separation of at least 1000 feet and 10 minutes horizontal spacing. The plan covers both military and commercial aircraft, with airlines already pledging voluntary compliance above 10 000 feet, and the Department of Defense endorsing the skyways.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Department of Defense
Central High Awards First Negro Diploma
Central High School awarded a diploma to a Negro for the first time in an orderly ceremony protected by city police and National Guardsmen. Ernest Green received his diploma on the football field as about 5,000 spectators watched amidst security.
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Little Rock
Ark
API— Central High School
Ernest Green
New York
Green
Abou
Orval Faubus
Central High
Stamp increase boosts mail and pay for postal workers
President Eisenhower signed a bill raising letter stamps from 3 to 4 cents effective August 1 and lifting air mail to 7 cents and post cards to 3. The measure also grants a 10 percent wage hike retroactive to January 1 for about 520,000 postal workers and signals further civil service raises, with higher rates for newspapers magazines and advertising matter in stages through 196? with projected annual revenue gains of around 550 million dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Air Mail
Community Chest to Hold Appreciation Assembly Tonight
The Winchester Frederick Community Chest announces an Appreciation Assembly at the George Washington Hotel at 7 30 p m to honor the 1957 fall campaign. Rev John C Livingston will give the invocation and Lemuel Brown will preside. Reports by campaign heads follow with thanks from eight service heads including Girl Scouts and USO.
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Winchester- Frederick
Lemuel. Brown
Charles S. Toan
A. Garland Williams
Girl Scouts
George D. Jackson
Children’s Home Society
C. Ridgely White
Negro Day Nursery
H. P. Maccubbin
Northwestern Child Guidance Center
Philip N. Hunter
Boy Scouts
Robert E. Smith
Salvation Army
George F. Nixon
USO
Edward W. Barr
Winchester Day Nursery
Brown
Red Cross and Cancer Society
Winchester - Frederick
Paul Terretta
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