Filibuster Battle Sees Johnson Backers Win Senate Test Vote
In Washington, Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson forces won a 60 to 36 Senate vote on a rule change to curb filibusters. Douglas and antiJohnson factions push a 50 vote limit after 15 days, while Johnson holds that two thirds of those present can end debate. Debate limits set for Monday with two hours per amendment and four hours more for general debate.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
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Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
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Beating Kills 12 Year Old in South Minneapolis Home
A 12 year old girl Patricia Gross died after a home invasion in south Minneapolis. Her sisters Colleen eight and Beulah seven were hospitalized in critical condition with skull fractures. A 25 year old man Glenn R Holscher was detained without charge. Police quoted a 15 year old babysitter and the surviving teen as identifying the attacker. Investigators say the assailant bound and beat the children and the babysitter before fleeing. The case prompted a police response and hospital treatment for the victims.
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Federal Judge Orders Little Rock to Proceed with Integration Plan
U S District Judge John E Moller ordered the Little Rock School Board to move forward within its powers to implement an integration plan for the citys closed high schools and to report within 30 days on affirmative steps. The ruling enforces a December 1958 mandate from the Eighth Circuit and bars leasing public facilities to private segregated schools. Governor Faubus, who closed four high schools last September displacing about 3700 students, has not commented pending advice.
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Little Rock
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John E. Moller
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Horace Mann
Faubus
Castro says sympathy for U S people but condemns arms to Batista
Fidel Castro told reporters he sympathizes with the American people yet accuses the U S government of arming Batista’s dictatorship. He noted U S arms had been supplied to Batista and later halted, and he welcomed U S recognition of Provisional President Manuel Urrutia after Castro installed him.
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Democrats push for bold plan despite Eisenhower request
Democratic leaders vow to push their own legislative program, criticizing Eisenhower's State of the Union as lacking urgency. Senators Murray Monroney and others push bills for school aid and airport funding while Republicans defend the President and press for steady defense.
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John F. Kennedy
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D. Okla
Senate
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PTA Notice Leaves Quite an Impression
Toledo news reports Elmhurst Elementary uses rubber stamped hand notices for PTA meetings. On meeting days teachers stamp students’ hands with the notice as they leave school, signaling PTA events in a simple economical method.
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Freeman Tax Plan Dominates Minnesota Assembly Session Start
Gov Freeman’s tax program remains the defining issue as Minnesota’s 1959 Legislature opens. Possible increases in taxes from cigarettes to insurance premiums are discussed while details to be unveiled next Wednesday. The governor says 84 million dollars in new revenue are needed and both parties expect higher income taxes though no general sales tax is planned. The opening week featured the governor’s inaugural message and liberal support for his stated goals in education and reform, with House liberals backing E J Chilgren for speaker in a 72 to 59 vote over Lloyd Duxbury.
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Littlefork
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Caledonia
Prague and Warsaw Suggested as Sites for German Peace Conference
Moscow proposed to the Western Big Three and 24 nations a German peace conference in Prague or Warsaw within two months. A 25 page draft would make West Berlin an unmarked free city until Germanys unification. It mirrors Molotovs plan from five years ago and calls for Germany to stay out of military blocs and for all foreign troops to withdraw within a year.
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Republicans Name State Chairman Hopefuls Clash in Minneapolis
Republicans meet in Minneapolis to name a state chairman with Walter Fricke of St. Paul and Ed Viehman of Owatonna claiming sufficient votes. Evelyn Heberling of Winona is favored for chairwoman, while Betty Grindley and Sally Plank are also mentioned. John Mooty withdraws from first vice chairman race as Fimner Anderson backs Fricke.
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Republican State Central Committee
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Owatonna
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Winona
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Rochester
Sally Plank
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John Mooty
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Man Draws Life Term for $90 Holdup
Little Falls Minnesota AP reports James R. Anderson, a man with five prior felonies, received a life term in Stillwater Prison for the $9 holdup of Brown service station near Pierz last September. Accomplice Thomas D. Winter, 25, Hallock, got 5 to 40 years. In a separate case, DeWayne E. Gath, 19, was sentenced to five years with Youth Conservation Commission. suspended on condition of jail days and probation for criminal negligence in a June traffic death near Camp Ripley.
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Hallock
Walter F. Rogosheske
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Morison County
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Harsher penalties urged at Lutheran meeting in Sandstone
North Central District delegates urged harsher penalties for drunken drivers at the annual meeting in Sandstone Minnesota. The resolution called for impounding cars and licenses when liquor or drunken driving is clearly involved in an accident and urged stronger penalties where minors are involved with liquor violations.
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GOP Plans No More Change in House Leadership
Washington AP reports Republicans intend no further changes in House leadership this session. Rep. Leslie C. Arends of Illinois appears likely to be re-elected GOP whip, backing Joseph W. Martin’s ouster as minority leader this week. Indiana Rep. Charles A. Halleck says no demand to topple Arends. Richard M. Simpson of Pennsylvania was re-elected chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee.
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Arends
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Charles A. Halleck
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Halleck
Flight Won't Get Off Ground Amid Threat to Plane
An anonymous caller telephoned a bomb threat as Russian Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan prepared to depart Chicago for San Francisco. Mikoyan, visiting the United States, had booked passage on the flight.
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Auto Deaths Raise Minnesota Toll In Weekend Toll
A Rochester man, John Murphy Jr., 21, died when an auto rolled over on Highway 14 about 10 miles west of Winona. The crash at 1:40 a.m. killed Murphy, a passenger in a car driven by Raymond Knutson of rural Rochester, who was uninjured. The toll for Minnesota highway deaths rose to 13 with Friday’s fatalities including William Foldoe, 36, and his 5 year old son Billy, plus Steven Beyer, 6, and James Jensen, 74.
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Raymond Knutson
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Bagley
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Weather Readings From Herald Site On Fire Station Roof
Official U 8 readings report overcast conditions. 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. temps indicate a higher 24 hour high and a lower 24 hour low. Readings taken at The Herald building.
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