Senate OKs 5.2 Billion Space Bill Amid Amendments
The Senate approved a 5.195 billion space authorization by 79 votes to 4 to fund manned moon landing goals before 1970. A Long patent rights amendment was tabled 3426 as lawmakers move the measure to a House compromise over differing totals and separate funding.
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Washington
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ili
JW. Fulbright
D-Ark
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate action targets Sargent Shriver in Peace Corps
The Senate voted to prohibit Sargent Shriver from doubling as director of the Peace Corps and the antipoverty program and approved a $115 million authorization to place about 15 110 volunteers by August 1956. An amendment barring the director from holding another federal office passed by voice vote, and Sen. Fulbright agreed to take the measure to conference with the House.
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Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
House
Cambridge Policeman Wins Seat in Massachusetts House
Michael J. Lombardi a 47 year old Cambridge policeman and Democrat won a special election to fill the late Rep Thomas F Coadys seat He defied Chief Daniel J Brennan who said he must resign after entering the race Lombardi pledged to remain on the force and was sworn in by Governor John A Volne as he balanced duties between Harvard and MIT and the beat
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Boston
Cambridge
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Michael J. Lombardi
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lombardi
Thomas F. Coady
Force
Daniel J. Brennan
Iguardi
John A. Volne
Brennan
Costs Of Cleaning Industry Rises In Postwar Contract Service
The contract cleaning industry, which totaled a large sum last year, is expected to rise about 29 percent. Roughly half of the operating costs of commercial buildings and industrial plants go to dirt removal under contract cleaning, a postwar trend reflecting rising demand and labor costs.
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York
Iy Lion
Witch Doctors Can Rig MBs
Sidney two Australian psychiatrists from the University of New South Wales advocate closer cooperation between aboriginal witch doctors and white medicine men. They interviewed Walkuri doctors who said they can assist white practitioners in treating motives mental illness. They claim Western doctors are more governed by profit or power motives. In New York, annual losses from worthless checks may reach $300 million.
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Sidney
Eloser
University of New South Wales
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