Dirksen Battles Pay Hike and Medical Research Boost
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen fought a Friday night battle against bills to raise federal workers pay and to boost medical research funding. The medical research increase passed 63 to 6, while the pay raise measure cleared 62 to 17, with Dirksen vowing to seek vetoes.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Fisenhower
Eisenhower
House
Air hero Gibbs blamed as $47,000 insurance stake looms
Los Angeles police allege James Gibbs plotted the 1957 De Havilland Mosquito crash to obtain a $47,000 insurance payout. Richard Loomis is charged with murder after allegedly sabotaging the plane’s hydraulic system. Loomis had insured the craft for $50,000 and paid Gibbs 10 percent for a crash. Gibbs was honored posthumously for staying with the burning aircraft.
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Los Angeles
James Gibbs
Gibbs
Richard F. Loomis
Probers
Loomis
Lloyds of London
Kerber
San Diego
Calif
San Fernando Valley
Chamber of Commerce In
Resada
David
Chamber
Jester Arrested Over Fake Bomb On Plane
Stanley Carlson, 27, of Greenfield California, told a stewardess a case on an airliner held a bomb. He was arraigned and bound over to federal court for trial, facing up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine.
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Allen J. Ellender
Frank Church
Idaho
Los Angeles
Stanley Carlson
Airline
FBI
U.S
Carlson
Greenfield
Calif
Air Fares to Rise 2 Percent Plus $1 Surcharge
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved a 2 percent fare increase and a $1 surcharge on each one way ticket starting July 1. The 12 trunk airlines sought 5 to 12 percent hikes and the CAB expects about 84 million dollars in annual extra revenue. The $1 surcharge and jet surcharges may expire next year while the 2 percent rise stays indefinitely.
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The
Civil Aeronautics Board
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State Dept Defends Furniture Purchase Probe
Sen William Proxmire questions but says the Secretary of Commerce son did nothing improper in selling furniture to the State Department. He faults the lack of competitive bids and air shipping to Caracas, while Mueller defends the deal as proper and notes the commission no longer handles furniture buying.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Frederick H. Mueller
State Department
U.S
Caracas
Proxmire
Mueller
Grand Rapids, Mich
Democratic Party
Foreign Service Buildings Commission
Henry Perry's hen lays record egg in Tennessee
In Humboldt Tennessee Henry Perry reports his hen laid a record egg weighing a half pound and measuring ten inches around with an inner egg of a different color. The outer shell was brown and the inner one white.
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Humboldt, Tenn
Henry Perry
Porcupine Funeral Case Ends in Albuquerque Burial Fee
Judge approves Garcia Mortuary charge of 2055.50 for burying the porcupine believed to be Manuel Armijo Jr. after car wreck and dazed return. Embalmer Eloy Vigil testified the remains and other items were interred as Armijo. Armijo recounts wreck and delayed return. coroner’s inquest had occurred. Simultaneously in Somerville police report missing 10-year-old Paul Gulliver listed as missing since June 2, 19th time from home.
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Albuquerque
Manuel N. Armijo Jr
Eloy Vigil
Garcia Mortuary
Armijo
S. Armijo
New Mexico
Porcupine
Somerville
Mass
Paul Gulliver
Man Named YMCA Degrades Meaning
YMCA Perkins, 27, accused of assaulting his mother after drinking, defended his name and asked what it stands for. Judge Beverly Boushe admonished him for the act and released him with a warning. A note lists Oregon and California timber supplying wood for 300,000 pencils.
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Perkins
Oregon
California
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Rockefeller faults Democrats stall civil rights progress
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller leveled criticism at Democrats for civil rights delays before a Negro Baptist Congress in Buffalo. He praised Eisenhower era gains, urged a stronger federal push for desegregation, and outlined four proposals including federal suits to desegregate hard core states, ending federal facility discrimination, curbing housing discrimination, and aiding locales with desegregation costs.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Negro Baptist Congress
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Justice Department
Des Moines Patrol Arrests 201 Speeders and 36 Drunk Drivers
State Highway Patrol reported 201 motorists were arrested for speeding and 36 for drunken driving last week in Des Moines. Authorities noted enforcement focused on aggressive driving and impaired operation.
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Des Moines
State Highway Patrol
House passes $3.58 billion foreign aid bill in congressional clash
The House approved a $3.5845 billion foreign aid package after partial concessions to the President, with 258 Republicans and Democrats voting yes. Ellender warned of further battles in the Senate Appropriations Committee while vowing to cut spending.
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Labor Department
Eisenhower
House
Washington
Appropriations Committee
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Gross
Keating cites Japan rioter pay as 1.65 daily
Senator Keating says he has heard Communist demonstrators in Japan were paid 1.65 dollars a day. He cites a highly reliable source and accuses foreign forces of sabotaging the Eisenhower visit, calling critics to face reality.
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Washington
Kenneth B. Keating
R-Ny
Japan
Keating
Senate
State Department
Eisenhower
Christian Herter
United States of America
Santa Fe 350th Birthday Festival Honors Ancient Capital
Santa Fe New Mexico marks 350 years since its 1610 founding with a 10 day anniversary festival. The city, oldest U S capital, preserves its adobe charm amid religious rites De Vargas procession and the La Fiesta de Santa Fe. La Conquistadora receives a coronation crown. Palace of Governors appears on a new U S postage stamp.
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la Conquistadora
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Palace of Governors
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