Southern Foes Prepare For Long Senate Fight On Civil Rights Program
The Senate opens a prolonged, partisan clash over President Eisenhower’s civil rights plan after the House passage. Southern opponents fear broad powers, with Senators Ervin and Watkins weighing the bill’s reach and implications. The core aim is federal court injunctions to prevent violations of voting and other civil rights.
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Eisenhower
House
Knowland
California
Congress
Sen
Ervin
D-Nc
Dixie Forces
Sen. Knowland
Sen. Watkins
Utah
Watkins
Clinton Test Trial Opens in Civil Rights Clash
The Clinton 15 case opens in Knoxville as John Kasper and others face criminal contempt charges over disturbances at Clinton high school last autumn and winter. The trial tests federal power to enforce school desegregation and may influence views on white juries convicting civil rights offenders.
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John Kasper
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U.S
Kasper
Clinton
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New Jersey
Robert L. Taylor
Negro pastor leads first mixed church in Los Angeles
In an interracial shift at Normandie Avenue Methodist Church in Los Angeles the new Negro pastor Rev Nelson Burlin Higgins Jr preached to about 1000 worshippers on his first day. The historically white congregation declined from 253 members in 1937 to 43 last month with two thirds resigning after his appointment.
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Los Angeles
Nelson Burlin Higgins, Jr
Normandie Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
The
Methodist Church
Hope wanes for missing girl along Clear Creek
LAWSON Colo Officers held out little hope today of finding honey blonde four year old Karen Kay Conway of Tulsa Okla alive as searchers enter the third day of a search along the banks of Clear Creek for the missing child.
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Okla
Clear Creek
Southerners Fear Nixon Threat to Civil Rights Stand
Southern opponents view Vice President Nixon as the greatest threat to their position on civil rights, believing he could push enforcement harder than Eisenhower if federal court rulings meet Dixie resistance. Nixon helped place the House bill on the Senate calendar, fueling fears he could become a strong 1960 Republican presidential nominee.
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Nixon
Senate
Truman
Eisenhower
Crooksville Woman with 145 Descendants Dies in Zanesville
A 90 year old Crooksville resident Mollie Jones died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville. She left 145 descendants including two sons three daughters 24 grandchildren 96 great grandchildren and 20 great great grandchildren. Her husband William Jones died about ten years ago.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Mollie Jones
Crooksville
William Jones
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge Dies in Massachusetts
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, 78, widow of the 30th president, died in Northampton Massachusetts. Long illness from a heart condition and kidney ailment limited her activity in recent years.
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Mass
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Scout Jamboree Opens In VALLEY FORGE City
Nearly 60 000 Boy Scouts and leaders move into Jamboree City a 3000 acre canvas town on rolling hills near Valley Forge Pa for the fourth National Jamboree program running from Tuesday to July 18. The city will host eight miles of water pipes and huge supply needs including 509 000 eggs and 559 252 quarts of milk daily. Scouts contribute 50 dollars each to cover the food bill.
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Valley Forge
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Intercamp
Holiday Traffic Toll Falls Short of Council Estimate
The Independence Day period saw at least 725 violent deaths nationwide with traffic crashes the largest portion though Ohio tolls were high. Motor vehicle deaths reached 422, drownings 205, and 98 in other accidents over 102 hours, amid a heavy enforcement push and mixed public warnings.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Ohio
Ohioans Injured In Michigan Plane Crash
Four Ohio residents were injured when their private plane crashed during takeoff at a resort airport near Manistique Michigan. The aircraft hit a cross wind just above the runway, bounced, broke a wheel and flipped over. They were in good condition at Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital.
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Manistique
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Here
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
Weather outlook scattered showers and cooling trend
A weather summary reports tonight and Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers and a cooler trend later in the day. Temperatures run near normal to slightly above with lows around 64 to 72 and highs from the mid 80s to near 90.
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Supreme Court Hears Girard Case Today
The Supreme Court considers the fate of GI William S. Girard who fatally wounded a Japanese woman and faces possible trial in a Japanese civil court. Government lawyers push for his surrender to ease international friction while Girard’s counsel argues the case is a political sacrifice and seeks immediate release from Army custody.
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William S. Girard
Supreme Court
Japan
Girard
U. S
Burleston
D-Tex
House Foreign Affairs
Murray Snyder
Brownell
Joseph C. McGarraghy
McGarraghy
Executive Branch
Eisenhower
Solons Differ In Opinions On Decisions
Washington lawmakers split over Supreme Court criticism. Sen. Hennings and Rep. Keating oppose periodic reconfirmation of justices. Sen. Thurmond calls the Court a menace and says some justices should be impeached. Sen. Cooper defends the Court as safeguarding individual rights and Congress powers.
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Hennings
D-Mo
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RNY
Senate
Strom Thurmond
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Sen. Cooper
R-Ky
Cooper
Truman Memorial Library closed until September 1
INDEPENDENCE Mo the Truman Memorial Library and museum reopened briefly after Saturday dedication but will be closed until Sept 1. Government archivist Wayne C Grover says cataloging Mr Truman's official papers continues with more exhibits finishing work and landscaping remaining in the Oval Room.
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Independence
Truman Memorial Library and Museum
Truman
Wayne C. Grover
Government Archiviss
Delaware Firm Merges With Philadelphia Air Conditioning Co
Hughes Keenan Corp of Delaware merges into United States Air Condition Corp of Philadelphia. Glen W. Way, president and chairman of the executive committee, announced Monday.
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Delaware
Hughes- Keenan Corp
United States Air Condition Corp
Philadelphia
Glen W. Way
Flight Delayed by Bomb Threat at Cleveland Airport
A Northwest Orient Airlines flight to Cleveland delayed two hours at Hopkins Airport after a telephone call claimed a bomb was aboard. Airport authorities and police evacuated the plane and investigated the threat.
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Northwest Orient Airlines
Cleveland Hopkins
Ruby Darrow Dies at 88 Widow of Clarence Darrow
OCONOMOWOC Wis Mrs Ruby Darrow 88 widow of Clarence Darrow noted trial lawyer of Chicago died Saturday in Milwaukee area funeral plans pending.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Ruby Darrow
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Amphibious Jeep Arrives After Six Day Pacific Crossing
Ben Carlin, 45, Australian, and Boyde De Mente, 28, from Phoenix, reached Shemya Island in the amphibious jeep Half Safe at 8:30 p.m. Sunday after a 1300 mile voyage from Japan. Northwest Airlines reported the pair, overdue by six days, are resting on Shemya in the outer Aleutians.
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Shemya Island
Japan
Northwest Airlines
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Aleutians
Ben Carlin
NWA
Carlin
de Mente
Hokkaido Island
More Charges Hurled At Deposed Communists
Moscow reports a rising wave of accusations against former Premier Georgi Malenkov and purge targets as Khrushchev and Bulganin travel to Czechoslovakia. Leningrad officials allege Malenkov pressured a party member to sign a forgery linked to 1949 purge cases.
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Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Czechoslovakia
Malenkov
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Stalin
Ivan A. Serov
Mikhail G. Pervukhin
Molotov
Lazar Kaganovich
Nikolai Shvernik
Khrushchev
Lavrentiy P. Beria
Victor Abakumovy
Beria
I. N. Turko
Shvernik
L. P. Beria
Kaylanovich
Weather Bureau Tracks Showery Gulf Area for Possible Hurricane
The U S Weather Bureau monitors a showery area in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. Officials say development into a hurricane is exceedingly remote with only a possibility, not a probability, noted by William McGehee.
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William McGehee
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Air Base Completed Despite Jap Opposition
Japanese surveyors finished work at Tachikawa air base as authorities kept back more than 1000 demonstrators protesting the expansion. Local landowners say compensation for leasing land is far from adequate.
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Japan
U. S
Tachikawa Air Base
Singer Pat Boone Honors Pioneer at Boone Grave
In Frankfort Kentucky Pat Boone the singer from the film April Love visited the grave of explorer Daniel Boone. About 1000 fans gathered as Boone spoke and a fan attempted to cut a souvenir with a razor, quickly stopped by a state police detective.
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Pat Boone
Sunday Boone
April Love
Lexington
Daniel Boone
Boone
Signs of Soviet Shift Eyed at London Talks
Western diplomats watch the London disarmament talks for signs of Soviet policy change after the Kremlin shakeup. Moscow radio warns against expecting concessions while Moscow emphasizes existing gains and Khrushchev's rise as non‑factor to negotiations.
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Kremlin
Moscow
U.S.R
U.S.S.R
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U.S.A
V. M. Molotov
Lazar M. Kaganovich
Georgi Malenkov
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Harold EK. Stassen
U.N
Valerian Zorin
Stassen
U. S
Argentina Venezuela shut bureaus over Peron activities
Argentina and Venezuela closed their embassies in each other's capitals amid a feud over Juan Perón's activities in Venezuela. The Argentine ambassador said Caracas began mass roundup of Argentines opposed to Perón, while Argentina called the relations interrupted rather than broken, signaling possible quick restoration if Perón leaves or is restricted.
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Argentina
Venezuela
Juan D. Perona
Caracas
Peron
Alfonso de Laferrere
Europe Heat Toll Rises Across Continent
Europe s heat wave killed at least 130 people with Italy worst hit by temperatures near 100 F. Venice home deaths numbered 15 among 38 Italian fatalities while Austria and Britain reported additional drownings and heat stroke deaths.
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Italy
Venice
Austria
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Britain
Wyatt Earp Tombstone Stolen From Colma Cemetery
Lawman Wyatt Earp’s 250 pound tombstone is reported stolen from Hills of Eternity Memorial Park Cemetery in Colma near San Francisco. Authorities say no ashes were unearthed and there were phone inquiries about moving the remains to Tombstone Arizona, where a restoration push recently halted.
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Wyatt Earp
U. S
Tombstone
Ariz
Earp
Arizona
Colma
Morris Colton
Hills of Eternity Memorial Park Cemetery
Tombstone Restoration Commission
Morgan
Policeman Beaten While Intervening in Bar Fight
Columbus patrolman Ray A. Price was reported in good condition at Grant Hospital after being beaten Saturday night as he attempted to break up a fight between two women in front of a bar. Five persons were held for investigation of assault to kill as a crowd of about 100 shouted threats.
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Columbus
Ray A. Price
Grant Hospital
Price
Students in China mobilize to topple communist regime
The Central News Agency reports university students across mainland China organizing a movement aimed at overthrowing the Chinese Communist regime. Observers note activity in several regions and heightened political tension amid calls for reform.
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Taipei
Central
Mainland China
Fireworks Explosion Threatens Boy’s Sight in Cleveland
Two boys were playing with a firecracker in a glass jar when it exploded. A Euclid Glenville Hospital doctor said one boy sustained serious eye injuries and could lose sight permanently. the other boy escaped with minor injuries.
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Cleveland
Euclid-Glenville Hospital
Netherlands relax poultry import restrictions
The Department of Agriculture reports Netherlands has eased some long standing poultry import restrictions. The move ends years of strict barriers affecting Dutch poultry entering the United States.
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Washington
The
Actor Jeffrey Hunter and Dusty Bartlett wed again in California
Hollywood sources report actor Jeffrey Hunter aged 29 and model Dusty Bartlett have married for a second time in California. The ceremony followed a private engagement, with guests noting a low-key celebration and plans for a formal public announcement.
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Jeffrey Hunter
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