Filibuster Fees Bare Proposals
A bipartisan Senate group argues rules from dead or retired lawmakers should not bind the modern Senate. They filed a brief with Vice President Nixon outlining legal grounds to curb filibusters and to challenge Rule 22 requiring a two thirds vote to end debate. Senators Douglas Humphrey Favite and Pase submitted the brief to aid Nixon's ruling.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Paul Douglas
D-Il
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Jacob K. Favite
R-Ny
Clifford P. ‘Ase
R-Nj
Ships Ready to Evacuate Americans
The Waite House said U.S. naval vessels can evacuate Americans from Cuba if necessary, but intelligence reports indicate no danger to citizens amid the Batista regime overthrow. Press secretary James C. Hagerty noted no comment on the AP staff detentions in Havana.
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Gettysburg
Waite House
U.S
Cuba
James C. Hagerty
Batista
Hagerty
Associated Press
Havana
Weather Report From The Herald Weather Site
Readings from the Herald Weather Site show a windy snowing pattern with a high of 9 and a low of 4 in the last 24 hours. Observations at 8 30 a m report 4 degrees at the Herald Building.
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U. S
Herald
Eisenhower calls on Russians to apply peace pledge to Berlin crisis
President Eisenhower told Soviet leaders their peace hopes should guide their Berlin policy. He warned that Moscow’s plan to make Berlin a free city conflicts with peaceful coexistence. He reiterated U.S., British, and French notes proposing a conference on German problems within a non coercive framework.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Klimenti E. Voroshilov
Here
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Russia
Weather Man Ornery Sets Stage for 1959 Storms
A blustery squalling 1959 era forecast arrives with a stubborn weather man predicting unsettled conditions. The piece frames the season as ornery and bold, signaling notable storms ahead and a spirited approach to meteorology.
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Weather Man Ornery
Sugar Futures Fall on Cuban Crisis and Weather Note
World sugar futures declined as Cuba’s Batista government collapsed prompting expectations of increased Cuban sugar exports. March futures ranged 3.19 to 3.30 cents per pound, down 0.36 to 0.47. January at 2.99 bid, down 0.67. Separate weather brief notes snow flurries and a strong wind across Minnesota creating icy driving conditions.
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New York
Batista
Cuba
Brownsdale Petition Set for Hearing on District Dissolution
The Mower County Board will set a hearing on dissolving Brownsdale Dist. 493 and attaching it to Hayfield Dist. 203. Petition, signed by 318 Brownsdale residents, seeks school facilities, debt terms, and shared Hayfield debt until 1974 with possible retention of Brownsdale bonds if approved.
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Brownsdale
Hayfield
Mower County
Ernoon
Graham Uzick
County Board
Peti
Brownsdale Dis
Mower County Board
Debt Reaches Highest Point in State History
Minnesota's 1958 books closed showing state debt at 4153,785,543.16 with expectations of higher in 1959. Treasurer Val Johnson cited a $33 million rise in six months, and $28 million more to borrow for 1955 and 1957 building programs, while permanent trust funds grew to 297,683,953.70 amid iron ore royalties decline.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Val ‘Johnson
Bjjornson
First New Year baby born at St Olaf Hospital
Thomas Vroman born to Larry and family at St Olaf Hospital as 1959 began. He is the first baby at the hospital for the year with no New Year Eve or Day births. He is the Vroman family’s third child and 13th grandchild. The Herald will announce the winner of the First Baby Contest for the Austin Trade Area if entries postmarked by Saturday midnight include a doctor certificate.
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Thomas
Larry Vroman
Lansing
Effort to curb GOP move stirs House rules clash
Washington AP reports a surge of liberal Democrats seeks to curb the Rules Committee power with rule changes or a liberal member addition. Speaker Sam Rayburn is returning from Texas to rally support for a showdown at the Democratic caucus.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
Edgar Chenoweth
R-Cole
Carroll Reece
Rtenn
House
Chicago Leader backs Symington for 1960 nomination
St. Louis report quotes Chicago Democratic figure Jack Arvey rooting for Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri for the 1960 presidential race. Arvey says he will actively work for Symington once given the signal to do so.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Chicago
Jack Arvey
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Washington
Arvey
Cuba Rebel Seizure as AP Correspondents Detained
Cuban rebels opened fire on the Havana Post building during post revolt unrest and arrested three Associated Press staffers. Larry Allen George Kaufman and Harold Valentine were detained briefly at a police station before release, as rebels with machineguns struck at the second floor editorial offices.
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Havana
Associated Press
Larry Allen
George Kaufman
Harold Valentine
Miami
Post
Spring Valley Man Dies in New Year Traffic Crash
Harold Drinkall, 24, of Spring Valley dies at St Marys Hospital Rochester after a New Year’s Eve crash on Highway 40 near Fountain. He was a passenger in a car driven by Marvin Lee. Mrs Lee injured with a broken leg and severed finger. Lee in good condition. Drinkall survived by wife Dorothy Hurd and a one year old son, plus extended family. Minnesota’s holiday weekend toll rises to seven fatalities nationwide.
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Spring Valley
Minnesota
Harold Drinkall
St. Marys Hospital
Rochester
Drinkall
Marvin Lee
Lee
Mrs. Lee
Fountain
Dorothy Hurd
Austin
Douglas
Ole Anderson
George
Lyle
Whalan
Lewis Baier
Chatfield
Erwin Frake
Cresco
Iowa
Associated Press
August Ostendorf
Melrose
Glenn French
Anoka
Minneapolis
Brooklyn Center
Canby
Raymond DeJong
Roger
DeJong
Ernest B. Erickson
Dawson
Erickson
Ezra Knowles
Canby Hospital
John Brandt
Windom
New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Soars Amid Poor Weather
Traffic deaths during the four day New Year holiday rise sharply with snow sleet and rain hampering travel. The National Safety Council estimates a toll near 390, threatening the 409 deaths set in 1956-57. A La Porte Indiana family perished in a single engine plane crash en route home from California.
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National Safety Council
Midwest
la Porte
Ind
Pontiac
Ill
California
Castro declares Santiago provisional capital as Havana to follow
Fidel Castro proclaims Santiago the provisional capital and names Manuel Urrutia provisional president. A mass demonstration is ordered in Havana Central Park at 4 p.m. as Castro plans to move Urrutia to the capital and end the decades of paralysis. Former President Prio Socarras arrives in Havana supporting the revolt.
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Larry Allen
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Santiago
Manuel Urrutia
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Urrutia
Oriente
Carlos Prio Socarras
Miami
Batista
Prio
New York
AP Photofax
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Rose Creek High School
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Hayfield School Board
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American Legion
Pasadena
Larry Vromans
St. Olaf Hospital
Vroman
Jerry
Frank Vro
Dale Alford
Arkansas
Alford
Little Rock
Brooks Hays
Hays
Symington
Victor Castro
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