Civil rights bill battles stall as Southerners resist
Two Southern lawmakers lost a tense fight to derail the civil rights bill in the House. The battle shifted to section by section debate as supporters led by Rep. Celler prepared to argue for passage while opponents highlighted the bill's jail without jury trial provisions.
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Edmond LE Breton
Washington
House
Howard Smith
D-Va
Rules Committee
Rayburn
D-Tex
Smith
Judiciary Committee
Rep
Celler
New York
Princial Democratic
Alabama
Eisenhower
Senate
Indiana Farmers Sign 33328 Soil Bank Deals on 420450 Acres
The Agriculture Department reports Indiana signed 33 828 soil bank agreements covering 420 450 acres. If carried out, participants may receive up to 18 781 148 in acreage reserve payments this year. Wheat led with 5 119 agreements for 62 679 acres.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Indiana
Soil Bank
Scientists Split Over Radiation Dangers Under Eisenhower
In Washington two atomic scientists gave opposite views on whether the 1956 National Academy findings remain current for radiation health. Dr. Walter Selove said no new facts change the academy report, while President Eisenhower cited it as authoritative amid a broader test-halt debate. Linus Pauling was subpoenaed by a separate panel over a 2000-scientist protest warning of radioactivity risks from hydrogen bomb tests.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter C. Selove
University of Pennsylvania
Senate House
National Academy
Lisenhower
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Joint Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Linus Pauling
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Pauling
California Institute of Technology Biochemistry Department
Hisenhower
Panting
State Excise Police Chief Signals Firings for Gambling Crackdown
Indiana State excise police Chief George Rinck warned he will fire some field agents if a crackdown on gambling and bootlegging does not succeed. He ordered a Monday meeting with all 62 agents to lay down the law and issue specific instructions to curb illegal liquor sales.
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Indianapolis
George Rinck
State Excise Police
Rinck
Innocent Plea by Nile Teverbaugh in Indiana Highway Scandal
Nile Teverbaugh of Monroe City pleaded innocent to embezzlement and conspiracy charges tied to Madison Avenue expressway land deals. He joins Virgil W. Smith and Robert A. Peak, former Highway Commission leaders, as the trio faces pending trial in Marion County Criminal Court.
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Nile Teverbaugh
Smith
Peak
Indianapolis
Indiana
Madison Avenue
Monroe City
Virgil W
Red) Smith
Robert A. Peak
Millan
Teverbaugh
State Highway Commission
George N. Craig
Craig
Highway Department
Mogilner
Crown Point
Floyd Vance
Lake County
Grand Jury
Vance
John Peters
Highway Commission
Peters
Metro Holovachka
Gov. Handley
Bell System Receives Fifth National Safety Council Award
Indiana Bell manager J E Flanagan announced that the Bell Telephone Companies earned the National Safety Council award of honor for 1956, the fifth such Bell System recognition for outstanding safety performance on and off the job. Mayflower sighting reported off Cape Cod as it nears Plymouth.
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Bell Telephone
National Safety Council
J.E. Flanagan
Indiana Bell
Bell System
Deaths in Madison and nearby counties
Funeral notices and obituaries list Harold E Rozelle Mrs Virginia Sorrell and George Richard Kelly dying in Indiana and Florida. Services at Russell and Hilch Funeral Home Lebanon Kempton Cemetery burial details. Survivors listed for Kelly including Nellie Cardwell Henning and others. Burial and memorial events scheduled across Madison County communities.
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George Kelly
Lebanon
George Richard Kelly
le Aebanon
Car
San Francisco
The
Nellie
Charlotte Cardwell
Hobart
Violet Henning
Anderson
Claude Kelly
Edward
Orville
Russiaville
Charles
Bringhurst
James
Kokomo
Russell and Hilch
Kempton Cemetery
Anderson Obituaries Highlights Multiple Local Losses
Obituaries note Emma A Ford 80 of 317 Milton Ave died after a week long illness at St John’s Hospital. Survived by Jefferson Ford husband four daughters two sons a sister and two brothers. Services Saturday 2 pm at Baker Brothers with Rev Francis Kienly. burial Memorial Park. Also listed are William Marshall Delawter 84 with services at Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home. interment Grove Lawn Cemetery Pendleton. Abigail McNairy 91 private services at Brown and Butz Funeral Home. Clyde R Coble 53 funeral 10 am Saturday at Baker Brothers. Additional notices include See E. Teter funeral rites.
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Hollis Jacksons
Harold E. Rozelle
Lee E. Teter
Anderson
Sarasota
Fla
Virginia Sorrell
Memorial Park
Ceme
Mr. Moriah
Sonic Lodge No. 77
Emma A. Ford
Emma A A. Ford
Milton Ave
St. John's Hospital
Ford
Indianapolis
Jefferson-Ford
Frances Maxwell
Clara Chism
Florence Maxwell
Dorothy Whichard
Detroit
Mich
Arthur Ford
Carrie Phiegar
Herman
Frank
Kull
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Francis Kienly
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
William M. Delawter
William Marshall Delawter
Myron C. Morford
First Church of the Nazarene
Grove Lawn
Pendleton
Robert Graves
Joseph Graves
Jack Graves
Owen Hammer
Chester Hammer
Floyd Davis
Abagail McNairy
Abargail H. McNairy
Brown and Butz
George Taggart
First Presbyterian
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Alexandria
Clyde R. Coble
Clyde R.coble
Baker Brothers Funeral
W. H. Bransford
First Methodist Church
E. Teter
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Gene Allison
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McDonald‘s
Fae Aitize
Meridian
Uptown
Marion Smith
Park Place
James Ray
Harry Warner
John Reeves
Rex Tanner
Frailey Brown
Oliver Brown
Herald Phoia
Otis Atr Force Base
Mass
Cape Cod
Air Force
Plymouth
Schick
Cousins, Inc
10Th
Meridian Streets
Madison
Main ST
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Cook
meeSarsye
Wic Wikle
Prospectus
Jean Polus Fdor
Woman's Investment Dept
Wikle Solding
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