Relief Bill In House Faces Voting On Unemployment Aid
The House begins votes on emergency unemployment relief as Southern Democrats rally behind the Eisenhower plan. Republicans and conservative Democrats form a coalition against a broader Democratic relief grant bill, while Democrats predict passage on a roll call. The Democratic bill proposes 16 weeks of benefits for insured and uninsured workers at about 1.2 billion dollars, versus the Eisenhower plan limiting to insured workers and a 600 million cost to states.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Convicts Sponsor Chester Cubs Little League Team
Chester Illinois residents learn 350 inmates at Menard State Prison funded a summer Little League team for the Chester Cubs. Inmates diverted $200 from the prison commissary and pulled from an inmate benefit fund to cover sponsorship after sponsors failed. Enthusiasm began with last season's prison exhibition game.
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Chester
Ill
Chester Cubs
Menard State
Cubs
Space experts explain path to moon landing to Oklahoma students
About six thousand Oklahoma high school students attended a space briefing in Oklahoma City. Maj. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever led Air Force space flight experts. The event featured a Thor missile exhibit and displays on space development, supported by Frontiers of Science and top students from 400 schools.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Air Force
Ballistic Missiles and
Bernard A. Schriever
Frontiers of Science
Sign in a liquor store reads Wine Not Buy Now
In Monrovia California a liquor store displays a playful sign reading Wine Not Buy Now prompting customers to consider an immediate purchase. The humorous slogan highlights local retail nightlife and shopper interest in spirits.
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Monrovia
Calif
Weather West Virginia and nearby regions outlook
West Virginia shows showers tonight with a low in the 40s and Friday cloudy skies with scattered showers and possible thundershowers. somewhat warmer. Ohio Valley shows cloudy with light showers and little temperature change tonight and Friday. low tonight 46 to 50, high 60 to 64. Elsewhere: Albany and Chicago cloudy with showers. Des Moines light precipitation. Worth Worth and Indianapolis variable. Los Angeles cloudy. Miami sunny intervals. New Orleans cloudy. Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh cloudy. Portland clear. St Louis clear. Tampa partly cloudy with showers.
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West Virginia
Bis
Albany
Cloat
Heston
Chicago
Cleay
Csscee
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Miami
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
St. Louis
St. Louis, Clear .E
Tampa
Texas Plagued By High Water
Persistent rain swelled rivers across north and east Texas with the Trinity at Dallas at 33.7 feet and rising slowly though below major flood levels. City evacuations were ordered for about 2 500 residents, east Texas schools closed, and a small tornado damaged Henderson while Arkansas and Louisiana faced widespread flooding and evacuations.
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Dallas
Texas
Trinity
East Texas
Atlanta
Tex
M. P. Ellis
Henderson
Arkansas
Louisiana
Garland
Texarkana
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Marine Corps Opposes Eisenhower Defense Plan Wording
General Randolph Pate, commandant of the Marine Corps, warned that if Congress enacts the defense reorganization as written a future secretary of defense could force the Marines out. Secretary McElroy assured the House Armed Services Committee there will be no sweeping merger or reallocation of the services. He stated Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps retain their identities and any merger would be forbidden by the proposed law.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Congress
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
House Armed Services Committee
McElroy
Army
Navy
Air Force
Fire Forces Plane Return to Idlewild With Members of Congress
A Europe-bound airliner returning to Idlewild Airport after an engine fire, extinguished by on-board carbon dioxide and a controlled dive, landed safely with 28 passengers and eight crew. Among them were Rep. Francis E. Walter and Rep. William M. McCulloch, en route to Geneva for an Intergovernmental Committee on European Migration meeting.
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New York
Idlewild
Francis E. Walter
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Geneva
Switzerland
Intergovernmental Committee On European Migration
Melvin Piatt Among Injured Paratroopers
Point Pleasant youth Pvt. Melvin Lee Sonny Piatt was among 137 paratroopers hurt at Fort Campbell Kentucky on April 25. He sustained a head injury a dislocated shoulder and severe bruises and is with the First Airborne Division. Five were killed in the jump. He told his grandmother that high winds dragged him 100 feet after landing.
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Point Pleasant
Melvin Lee
Sonny) Piatt
Fort Campbell
Piatt
First
Airborne Division
Fannie Pratt
Fatality-Free Era Ends in Monterey Tenn
In Monterey Tennessee population 2043 the town records its first traffic fatality in 41 years when Mrs. Willie Thomson aged 53 was struck crossing U S Route 70 N. The incident marks a historic end to a long period without a fatal crash.
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Monterey
Tenn
Willie Thomson
U. S
Asbestos Workers Union Members Strike in Cleveland
The 200 member Asbestos Workers Union, the smallest building trades craft group, walked out today for higher wages and the strike may halt a large portion of local construction.
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Cleveland
Asbesto Workers Union
Official Says Steel Merger Is Necessary
George McCuskey vice president of finance for Youngstown Sheet and Tube testified in the government anti trust suit over a Youngstown Bethlehem merger. He said expanding midwest facilities without Bethlehem's aid would be financially imprudent noting Youngstown lacks experience in heavy structural shapes and plates to be produced at a expanded Chicago plant. The government argues a monopoly would form while the defense claims the merger would spur competition. The trial continued before Judge Edward Weinfeld without a jury.
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New York
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Midwest
Bethlehem Steel Corp
George McCuskey
Youngstown
Bethlehem
Edward Weinfeld
McCuskey
Chicago
Man Reaches River to Recover Third Child Body
Prestonburg Ky James Goble a storekeeper whose three children drowned in the nation s worst school bus accident personally recovered the body of his 12 year old son James Edward from the Big Sandy River near the fatal scene. He has helped search daily except for burial duties. One body remains missing.
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Prestonsburg
James Goble
Goble
James Edward
Big Sandy
Sweet motor reveals theft sugar gag on farm vehicle
Ralph Hale, angered by repeated thefts from his farm, dumped 20 pounds of sugar into a gasoline tank. Days later his vehicle required major motor work because sugar had gummed the engine, leading Hale to quip that his thief had a sweet running motor.
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Charleston
S. C
Ralph Hale
Hale
Bombs Spur Southern Mayors Meet in Jacksonville
A conference of southern mayors and a mass meeting of Jacksonville Negroes are planned after bomb explosions at a Negro school and a Jewish center. Mayor Hayden Burns said mayors of Birmingham Nashville and Miami will attend with police chiefs. He invited other southern cities. The Sunday Negro gathering was called by Glenn D. Washington head of the Jacksonville NAACP chapter.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Hayden Burns
Birmingham
Nashville
Miami
Burns
Glenn D. Washington
The
National Assn. For
Prisoner With Loaded Revolver In Baltimore Jail
A federal prisoner entered the Baltimore city jail wearing a loaded .38 caliber revolver strapped to his leg. Warden Charles P. Price blamed U S deputy marshals and said the incident could have killed two or three of his men.
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Baltimore
Charles P. Price
U. S
Bliss Denies Favoritism In District Race
Ohio GOP Chairman Ray C Bliss denies backing any candidate in the 10th Congressional District race after Rep Thomas A Jenkins withdrew for health reasons. Jenkins supporters pace a campaign, while opponents include Homer E Abele and John Harvey Weis. If Jenkins withdraws the nomination the general election nominee will be chosen by district county chairmen.
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Columbus—State
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Rep
Thomas A. Jenkins
Threeway
Jenkins
Ohio
Oakley Collins
Ironton
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Ellis Markin
Jenkins For Congress
Homer Edwards
Lawrence County
Mabel Jenkins
Washington
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Markin
Fairfield
Hocking
Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Vinton
Lawrence
Jackson Counties
Silky Sullivan Leads 16 Run Kentucky Derby Entrants
Sixteen three year olds named for the 84th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Silky Sullivan Tim Tam and Jewel's Reward head the field as Nadir is scratched and Belleau Chief is sidelined by a splint. The race offers a gross value of 163000 with 118900 to the winner.
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Louisville
Silky Sullivan
Tim Tam
Jewel
A. B. Hancock
Claiborne Farm
Nadir
Lie Detector Clears Husband in Bellefontaine Fire
Logan County sheriff said Jesse L. Jenkins 45 of Bellefontaine is cleared after a lie detector test in connection with the death of his wife Elleanor 41 who was found mysteriously burned. The complete report is not released but the sheriff indicated Jenkins appears not responsible.
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Bellefontaine
Logan County
Fred Foerster
Jesse L. Jenkins
Jenkins
Elleanor
Space Plan Debated as Military Seeks Freedom in Space
Washington AP The Pentagon space bureau chief urged Congress to ensure military uses of outer space remain free from civilian control. Roy W. Johnson ARPA director pressed a clear provision in Eisenhower's civilian space bill. He warned disputes could pit military needs against civilian authority and urged prompt action.
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Washington
Pentagon
Special Space Bureau
Roy W. Johnson
Defense Department
Advanced Research Project
Congress
Eisenhower
Mili
Johnson
ARPA
Frondizi Sworn In as Argentina President in Democratic Era
Arturo Frondizi took the oath before a joint Congress to become Argentina’s president, ending 24 years of military rule. Vice President Alejandro Gomez was sworn in with him, as Nixon and other dignitaries watched. Frondizi vowed amnesty and broad political freedom. Provisional leaders Aramburu and Rojas stepped down to hand over power. Frondizi’s Intransigente Radical party won big on Feb 23.
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Buenos Aires
Arturo Frondizi
Argentina
Congress
Juan D. Peron
U.S
Nixon
Alejandro Gomez
Frondizi
Radical Party
Radical
Wallet found and returned with $786 inside
Mrs. H. H. Hamlin misplaced her wallet in Asheville. Miss Helen Donald found the wallet lying on a sidewalk and promptly returned it, noting it contained 786 dollars in cash.
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Asheville
N. C
H. H. Hamlin
Helen Donald
Last appeals as Ohio governors race enters final stretch
Taft supporters led by Dale W. Stump mount last minute appeals in Columbus and Dayton as campaigning tightens. Governor O'Neill touts road building hospitals and no tax hikes during 1957 58 while Democrats Gorman Suarez Sensenbrenner and DiSalle push opposition to right to work legislation in Dayton gathering.
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Charles P. Taft
Dale W. Stump
Taft-for-Governor Volunteers
Robert Gorman
Taft
Vivienne Suarez
Maynard Sensenbrenner
Michael DiSalle
Aiken Seeks Study Of Four Day Work Week Option
Senator Aiken urges Congress to study a four-day work week for some industries as a potential relief to recessions. He cites automation and future labor needs, linking it with a guaranteed annual wage and profit sharing ideas. He warns against quick changes but says the topic should be considered now. The Agriculture Department notes rising farm prices and a Commerce report shows slight gains in factory orders. Adlai Stevenson joins calls for tax cuts to stimulate the economy.
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Washington
Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
Agriculture Department
Commerce Department
Adlai E. Stevenson
NAB President Urges Government Pay Travel Costs for FCC
In Los Angeles NAB head Harold E Fellows argues the government should cover travel for FCC commissioners to attend industry meetings. He says officials must stay informed to administer the law and should not bear travel costs for observing and learning.
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Los Angeles
National Association of Broadcasters
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
NAB
Harold E. Fellows
Teamsters Can Tie Up State Highway Plans
Ohio construction officials warn a Teamsters strike could halt highway projects. Representatives of the Ohio Contractors Association and the Teamsters Union failed to reach a contract by Wednesday midnight though no strike was ordered. Don Pfeiffer said decisions would be day by day.
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Columbus
Ohio Contractors Association
Teamsters Union
Don Pfeiffer
Ohio Conference of Teamsters
Ohio
Tri State Officials Hold Talks On Interstate Plans
Huntington hosts a talk between West Virginia Kentucky and Ohio road chiefs on prioritizing an interstate program in the Huntington area. Proposals include linking WV 2 with U S 21 and a route paralleling US 60, relocating US 33, improving US 35, and building a Logan West Virginia to Logan Ohio highway with a Y bridge between Catlettsburg Kentucky and Kenova West Virginia.
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Huntington
Middle
Ohio River Valley
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Inerstate
Central Ohio Valley Industrial Council
COVIC
Patrick Graney
Charles M. Noble
W. T. Rye
Kentucky Highway Dept
COVID
W. Va. 2
U. S. 21
Parkersburg
Athens
Ravenswood
Gallipolis
W. Va
Point Pleasant
Logan
Great Lakes
Catlettsburg
Kenova
South Point
Greenup
World May Day Rallies Highlight Global Labor Observances
May Day demonstrations marked by worker parades and speeches around the world. In Moscow a brief military display and Red Square march drew residents before Soviet leaders including U A R President Nasser and Defense Minister Malinovsky who warned against the West and pledged peace through strength.
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United States
Moscow
U. S
Red Square
Nasser
Rodion Malinovsky
Electronics indicator shown to warn pilots of near planes
In Sacramento California engineers demonstrated an electronics indicator designed to alert pilots when other aircraft are dangerously close. The device aims to improve air safety by providing immediate proximity warnings during flight operations.
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Sacramento
Calif
More Than We Needed in Athens Office Supply Ad
The Athens Messenger reports that more than 20 applied for an office girl position, and the employer says they found the right candidate. The paper notes abundance of replies to help wanted ads and invites more readers to call 31242 to place Want Ad notices.
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Athens
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