School Construction Bill Before House Today
Drought grips the eastern United States with tens of millions in crop losses. From the Carolinas to Maine the dry spell devastates fields, hits fruits and vegetables, raises garden prices, and leaves peach and apple trees stunted while Long Island potatoes wilt.
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Virginia
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Drought Ravages Mid Atlantic Crops and Livestock
Losses mount across New Jersey Maryland and Virginia with corn tasseling knee high and tobacco leaves burning. Farmers report multi million damages in several regions while Dorchester County agent Harry Beggs notes cows in dry lots. Rhode Island and Connecticut seek federal major disaster classification for aid.
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Maryland
Virginia
Harry Beggs
Dorchester
Jury Trial Debate Flares Over Civil Rights Bill
The Senate backed an Anderson Aiken amendment stripping enforcement powers from the civil rights bill to protect voting rights only. A jury trial proposal by Senator O Mahoney faced likely defeat as Knowland warned the measure may not reach a vote before next week.
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Supreme Court
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John W. Bricker
Frank J. Lausche
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
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D-Wye
Knowland
California
Rebel Fort in Oman Bombed by British Jets
Royal Air Force jets carried out 12 sorties against rebel-held Nizwa fort and Ft Izki in Oman's interior as Britain presses to subdue an uprising against Sultan Said bin Taimur. Reports say the fort was gutted and walls severely damaged. ground troops were not planned.
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London
Said bin Taimur
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Kenya
RAF
Cairo
Imam Ghaleb Ben Ali
Sharja
Ft. Izka
Californian Quizzed About Desert Killings
A statewide search continued for a madman killer in New Mexico as Carlsbad police questioned 48 year old California man Jack Smith of San Diego. He may be held on a vagrancy charge while authorities evaluate him as a suspect in the truck driver and two women slayings.
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N.M
Carlsbad
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Kier
Hartsill Martin
Jack Smith
San Diego
Smith
San Bernardino
Calif
Martin
Hog Prices Improve Signal Strong Market for Farmers
Washington reports farm officials say hog sellers are benefiting from higher prices. Last week Chicago prices averaged 21.07 dollars per hundredweight, up from 16.38 a year ago. With current rates, 100 pounds of hog can buy about 15.8 bushels of corn, versus 10.3 previously, though hog herds remain limited as market supplies hit a seasonal low and sales were the smallest for a full marketing week in a year.
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Federal
Chicago
Humphrey to Leave Post Next Monday
The White House announced that Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey will depart next Monday. Robert B. Anderson will be sworn in that morning as his successor, and Anderson is a former deputy secretary of defense.
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Airman Cleared in Haircut Disobedience Case
Air Force commander annulled a four month hard labor sentence for Donald Wheeler of Cortez Colorado who refused a white sidewall haircut. Wheeler’s conviction for disobeying an order was voided due to procedural errors and the unit was disbanded. He was restored to airman third class and released from stockade.
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Donald Wheeler
Cortez
Colo
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Charles W. John. Stone
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Nev
Johnstone
Haneda Air Force Base
Clark Diary Dispute Goes to U S Court of Appeals
Minnesota Historical Society seeks journal notes from the Lewis and Clark expedition arguing federal ownership due to William Clark serving as an Army officer. Attorney George E. Mackinnon urged reversal of a district court ruling that the 67 pages are Clark's personal records, not official documents. The papers were previously given to the state society by a St Paul resident.
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Minnesota Historical Society
U. S. Court of Appeals
William Clark
U. S. Atty
George E. MacKinnon
St. Paul
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Minneapolis
Clark
State Society
Letter From President to Go With Passports
President Eisenhower will enclose a copy of a letter with every passport starting after August 1 urging Americans to be ambassadors of a friendly United States dedicated to world peace. A similar message will be given to armed forces overseas.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Columbus man dies from collision injuries
Injuries from a Tuesday auto crash at a Columbus intersection proved fatal Wednesday for Donald L. Householder a 30 year old Columbus resident and a policeman who retired in 1950 after injuries from a motorcycle chase.
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Donald L. Householder
Bus Auto Collision Near Cambridge Injures Ten
A Greyhound bus carrying 38 passengers collided head on with a car on U S 40 about two miles east of Cambridge early today. Ten people were injured, none seriously.
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Greyhound
U.S. 40
Hidden Gunman Fires At Huntington Mayor
Huntington West Virginia AP reports a gunman fired from a passing car at Mayor Eugene Willis as he drove home at about 10 40 p m The shot narrowly missed his head entering the open window and shattering the opposite pane Police expanded the night long search for the unknown assailant Willis a funeral director and seven month mayor had begun carrying a pistol after a series of death threats.
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W.va
Eugene Willis
Willis
Ohio River
God’s Green Earth
Wagon Driver Hurt In Freak Accident At Frontier Days
Cheyenne Wyoming Hank Willard of Milo Alberta Canada suffered critical injuries at the 61st Frontier Days Rodeo after his chuck wagon broke in half during a figure eight around steel barrels. He was trapped under the rear section as the horses bolted with the front portion.
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Hank Willard
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Waverly Union Rejects Company Wage Offer
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Local 10-689 rejected Goodyear Atomic Corp. wage terms at its Waverly plant. The offer proposed 1 cent an hour retroactive to April 30 and 8 cents more next April 30. Current average wages are $2.78 per hour.
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Waverly
Goodyear Atomic Corp
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers, Local 10
U S Seaway Portion Over Half Finished
The 114 mile U S portion of the St Lawrence Seaway is more than half completed after 39 months of work. The 27 foot deep international waterway is a joint project of the United States and Canada and is slated for completion in early 1959 with limited shipping possible next July.
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U.S
St. Lawrence Seaway
United States
Canada
Suspects Charged in Amish Farmer Murder
Two men in Holmes County jail face first degree murder charges for the death of an Amish farmer in Millersburg Ohio.
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Ohio
Holmes County
Bulganin Accuses West of Stalling Disarmament Talks
Moscow AP reports Premier Bulganin charges Western nations including Britain stall disarmament talks to aid Adenauer’s election bid. He urges US and European powers to pledge mutual aid withholding from aggressors and links the Sept 15 German election to the accord. Bulganin calls for real disarmament steps in London talks.
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Bulganin
Konrad Adenauer
Macmillan
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Europe
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Germany
London
West
Britain
Engineer Sues Union Over Job Interference
A former New York Central engineer sues the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for 290 000 in Common Pleas Court claiming the union falsely said he was unqualified to work. He says the BLF blocked his employment and reduced his earning power after he applied for BLF membership in 1952.
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New York Central
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Common Pleas Court
Matthew J. Brandon
BLF
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
United Railroad Operating Crafts
Brandon
Elderly Ohio Woman Dies. Mother Survives
Mrs Ellen Louise Gross 83 of Alliance died Wednesday. She left her mother Mrs Annie Wheat as a survivor. Wheat, who claims she was born a slave on a Alabama farm, says she was born February 2 1840.
Hungary Arrests New Revolutionary Group
In Budapest the Hungarian Communist government announced the arrest of a counter revolutionary group led by a count and including former large landowners and factory owners. The Interior Ministry said leaders seized include Count Karoly Khuen Hedervary, a royalist and former industrial owner, who allegedly consulted Cardinal Mindszenty.
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Budapest
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Interior Ministry
Karoly Khuen-Hedervary
Opinions Differing On Chances Of School Bill Vote
The House votes on a 11 billion dollar school construction bill amid warnings it will fail. Supporters say federal aid is needed to build classrooms for growing numbers of students, while opponents cite cost and fears of federal school control. Debate touched on segregation with amendments to deny aid to districts not complying with Supreme Court rulings.
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House
Rep. McConnell
Rpa
Rep
Wainwright
R-Ny
Supreme Court
Lanham
D-Ga
Scrivner
R-Kan
Congress
Blast Blows Hole in Plane Over California Desert
An explosion ripped a 7 by 4 foot hole in the side of a Western Air Lines Convair during a daytime flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas. One passenger is missing and presumed dead. The plane made an emergency landing at George Air Force Base with 3 crewmen and 12 passengers unharmed. The FBI is investigating the cause.
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California
Western Air Lines
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George Air Force Base
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Las Vegas
Ney
Tobacco Leader Dies in Paris Ky After Heart Attack
Paris Kentucky. John William Jones 72 longtime president of the Burley Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Association died Wednesday night of an apparent heart attack. He led the cooperative for 16 years and was a prominent figure in area agriculture.
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Paris
John William Jones
Burley Tobacco Growers Co - Operative Association
Arizona farmers build unlawful bridge to Colorado River
Farmers in Cibola Arizona built a 410 foot bridge over the Colorado River at a cost of $50 000 and collected tolls. The Army Corps of Engineers demanded the bridge be modified to ensure proper navigation clearance or be removed. Federal and state agencies were not consulted and boat owners complained the bridge obstructed river movement.
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