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8 A The Statesman, Salem, Tuesday, April 23, 1833 State Revenue Tops Costs Across Nation WASHINGTON CJI The census bureai' said Sunday the 48 states spent more in fiscal 1952 than ever before, but even so they collected! 981 million dollare more than they S$onsidering only general state revenues and expenses, however, ! they had a budget deficit of 288 million dollars, the bureau's fig ures show. The difference lay in receipts and expenditures for such things as unemployment compen sation, retirement and other state insurance trusts, and operating costs and profits shown by the 16 states who operate their own liquor stores. The census bureau said the states overall budget surplus of nearly one billion dollars com pared with a federal government deficit of four billion dollars in about the same period. The report on the states covered the period from July 1, 1951 to June 30. 1952, except for six states which have different fiscal year periods. Arab Demands Heard Anew CAIRO, Egypt UP) Arab de mands for control of Middle East defenses against Communist ag gression were raised anew Sun day on the eve of renewed British Egrptian negotiations over with drawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone. Lt. CoL Gamal Abdel Nasser, right hand man of Premier Mo hammed Naguib and a key figure in the negotiations, asserted the British must go, leaving defense of the strategic area to Arab states, supported by Western mili tary equipment He rejected as "another form of occupation" a Western proposal to substitute for British withdrawal a Middle East Defense Organiza tion in which Egypt would be aligned with the forces of the Unit ed States, Britain, France and Turkey. A-Test Held in Kansas Gty KANSAS CITY LR Theoretical ly, all buildings in 600 square blocks were destroyed in the heart of Kansas City Sunday by two atomic bombs, providing a major problem for a civil defense test. Actually, there was little out ward excitement for the city, ex cept for sirens of emergency equip ment that moved to designated spots. C. O. Thrasher, civil defense di rector for the city, said the test was a gratifying success as a whole. He said it emphasized the need for a great many more vol unteer defense workers and for more communications facilities. Slavs Return r Greek Kiddies LONDON m Fifty Greek chil dren, taken to Yugoslavia by Com munist guerrillas many months ago, left Yugoslavia for Greece Sunday to rejoin their parents. -elgrade Radio said the children wul be delivered in Salonika Mon day in the presence of Red Cross authorities. It added that Yugosla via thus far has repatriated 538 Greek children in compliance with "a United Nations resolution. The repatriation began after Yugosla via broke with the Kremlin in 1948. Reds Keep Up Peace Talk In Izvestia LONDON UR Following up Saturday's Soviet reply to Presi dent Eisenhower's peace challenge. the Soviet government newspaper Izvestia said Sunday Russia's main objective is to "prevent an other war and to live in peace with ar ccuntries." Moscow Radio quoted an Izvestia editorial as saying Russia's Com munist Party and government are "guided by the Leninist - Stalinist principles regarding the possibili ty of a prolonged co-existence and peaceful competition between the capitalist and socialist systems. The broadcast was beamed to Germany in the German language, In Saturday's Soviet reply to Ei ' enhower, the Kremlin's new rul ers offered to negotiate cold war Problems with the West, but re- -. seated most of the old Soviet terms. Russ Of f icials Add Power MOSCOW UR Pravda disclosed Sunday that the powers of minis- ters in the soviet government nave Kon mihstantiallv increased. ' Ttut riffiHal newsnaner of the So viet Qmmwmist Party said that the mintsterrnow nave been given ' v1pninotintiarv cowers within the bounds established by the Soviet government to dispose of material and mane resources on the scale of their (respective) ministries and . to decide all basic questions on r. the activity of enterprises and in- -fj HB .TOE tfiiyfe! -4tf r f o. M M. ff coI fell . . . " s7 14 v I H 1 f 1 ' Ck -atf . . . oif . M- Ht -T. Xffct M . -'r i.r- f . i n 1 Jt L'"' 1 11 ,m39 v S2l- J? 7 ; . I w f to 4 m'JTI M re " u sT T at . sT ! M ', - 7 Cw. 7- ; 1 f I X " -n ) I I Jlf.l r k j scs. a v. n . . , c-V WfiSfcl V 234 H. Lihszty b Sslen -A "65'. I rotations subordinate to mem. -