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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1956
Page
3
Louis Don Davis, 18, a soda pop truck helper, was fatally shot while playing Russian roulette in Dallas. Prev calf Devt, riding in the backseat with his wife-to-be, recounted loading one shell then two, spinning the cylinder, and firing at himself before the fatal shot.
Washington report notes House prospects for a showdown vote on veterans pensions. Rep. W. J. Bryan Dorn promotes a trimmed $90 monthly rate, while Chairman Olin Teague hints at a possible surprise. White House opposes the main bill forecasting costs over $1.8 billion in a decade.
Mrs. Lo Chin-mei, 42, delivered yesterday of five stillborn girls at Chaochu in southern Formosa. She was reported to be doing well.
Thurgood Marshall outlined a five point program at the NAACP convention to pursue desegregation through federal action, legal suits in eight states, community education, evaluating party commitments, and strong civil rights planks. He noted 30 cases under study and urged action as NAACP membership rose to 309,000 with record revenue after Emmett Till’s slaying.
Indiana Democratic convention nominating Wickard former agriculture secretary to run for U S Senate. National Chairman Paul Butler survives a factional contest as McKinney fails to wrest control. Dark horse Ralph Tucker defeats favored gubernatorial candidates after nine ballots at the Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum.
Rome police filed narcotics charges against 21 persons including four titled men and a leading actor. Named defendants include Prince Giuseppe Pignatelli, Duke Lodovico Sante della Rovere, Marquis Emanuele de Seta, Duke Augusto Torlonia, and Carlo Croccolo along with others and three women.
Britain's second largest labor group the Amalgamated Engineering Union rejected a Communist bid to win its presidency.
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