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January 17, 1957

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PRESIDENT ASKS 71.8 BILLION BUDGET, A PEACETIME HIGH; TAX CUT OPPOSED; HUMPHREY IS CRITICAL OF SPENDING; MESSAGE IS SENT Receipts Are Estimated at $73,620,000,000 --Arms Costs Rise Highlights of Budget Special Trust Funds Aid to Small Business Budget Provides Record Spending for Many Projects EISENHOWER ASKS FOR 71.8 BILLION Budget Based on Estimates $200,000,000 for Mideast

By Edwin L. Dale Jr. Special To the New York Times.the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Jan.16--President Eisenhower sent to Congress today a record peacetime budget. It estimated that the expenditures of the Federal Government would be $71,807,000,000 for the 1958 fiscal year, which begins next July 1.

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Toscanini,89,Dies at Home In Riverdale After a Stroke; Arturo Toscanini Is Dead at 89; Suffered Stroke New Year's Day Bursting With Energy Was a Conductor at 19 Directed Opera Premieres Here Relished the Journey

By Unknown Author

Arturo Toscanini died yesterday morning in his sleep at his home in Riverdale, the Bronx. He would have been 90 years old March 25.

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Secretary Warns Outlays And Taxes Must Decrease; Defends Budget but Believes It Can Be Trimmed--Says He Opposes Several Programs--Fears Incurring Deficits Humphrey Fears Spending Rise; Warns Taxes Must Be Reduced Comment by Johnson

By Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16--The Secretary of the Treasury is dissatisfied with the rising trend of Federal spending as reflected in the budget.

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INQUIRY IS SOUGHT BY STATE SENATOR ON 'TRANSIT MESS'; Mitchell Wants Spending of Half-Billion Subway Bonds and Other Issues Sifted Mitchell Discusses Project Director Already Chosen INQUIRY IS SLATED ON 'TRANSIT MESS' Authority to Cooperate

By Leo Egan Special To the New York Times

ALBANY, Jan. 16--State Senator MacNeil Mitchell, Manhattan Republican, proposed today a legislative inquiry into the New York City transit system.

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6 NEW ATOM UNITS TO AID U.S. ALLIES; A Record 38 Billion Defense Figure Set--Eisenhower Lists Strategy Changes 6 NEW ATOM UNITS TO AID U.S. ALLIES 100 More B-52's Four Basic Missions Appropriations Asked THE ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE Reaction by Twining Lo, Still the Wild Indian

By Jack Raymond Special To the New York Times

Pres Eisenhower pledges continued expansion of arsenal, Budget Message

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1957Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, television personality and game show host^[†]

Broderick Stephen Harvey Sr. is an American comedian, television host, actor, writer, and producer. He hosts The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud, Family Feud Africa, and the arbitration-based court comedy Judge Steve Harvey, and formerly hosted the Miss Universe competition. His accomplishments include seven Daytime Emmy Awards, two Marconi Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image Awards.

1957Ann Nocenti, American journalist and author^[†]

Ann "Annie" Nocenti is an American journalist, filmmaker, teacher, comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work at Marvel in the late 1980s, particularly a four-year stint as the editor of Uncanny X-Men and The New Mutants as well as her run as a writer of Daredevil, illustrated primarily by John Romita Jr. Nocenti has created such Marvel characters as Longshot, Mojo, Spiral, Blackheart, and Typhoid Mary.

Historical Context for January 17, 1957

In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people^[†]

Headlines from January 17, 1957

Toscanini,89,Dies at Home In Riverdale After a Stroke; Arturo Toscanini Is Dead at 89; Suffered Stroke New Year's Day Bursting With Energy Was a Conductor at 19 Directed Opera Premieres Here Relished the Journey

Secretary Warns Outlays And Taxes Must Decrease; Defends Budget but Believes It Can Be Trimmed--Says He Opposes Several Programs--Fears Incurring Deficits Humphrey Fears Spending Rise; Warns Taxes Must Be Reduced Comment by Johnson

INQUIRY IS SOUGHT BY STATE SENATOR ON 'TRANSIT MESS'; Mitchell Wants Spending of Half-Billion Subway Bonds and Other Issues Sifted Mitchell Discusses Project Director Already Chosen INQUIRY IS SLATED ON 'TRANSIT MESS' Authority to Cooperate

6 NEW ATOM UNITS TO AID U.S. ALLIES; A Record 38 Billion Defense Figure Set--Eisenhower Lists Strategy Changes 6 NEW ATOM UNITS TO AID U.S. ALLIES 100 More B-52's Four Basic Missions Appropriations Asked THE ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE Reaction by Twining Lo, Still the Wild Indian

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