Tax Issue Splits Rural Urban Forces in Iowa Senate
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers stall action on a 44 million per year property tax relief bill after a rural urban split. Senate leaders Vance and Rigler seek time for consensus while House critics pushed a 65 million per year omnibus package. Democrats caucused with Gov Hughes backing income tax and sales tax expansions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Nab Suspect In Killing of Rights Hiker
In Attalla Alabama a civil rights pilgrimage ended in the death of William Moore 35 as anti segregation activists plan to continue the walk. FBI offered help but the Justice Department saw no federal crime. Moore carried pro integration signs and faced threats as he walked from Chattanooga to Jackson Mississippi.
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Attalla
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Baltimore
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Atlanta
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Jackson
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Justice Department
Noble Yocum
Mississippi
Ailing Truman Leaves Hotel Luncheon
Former President Truman, near 79, excused himself from a Kansas City hotel luncheon saying he did not feel well. He walked unassisted from the dining room and departed for home after noting he felt ill and would not eat.
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Kansas City
Truman
Mr. Truman
Harriman Seeks Khrushchev Help to Stabilize Laos Crisis
Under secretary of State W. Averell Harriman arrived in Moscow carrying a White House message for Premier Khrushchev. He aims to secure Soviet backing to quiet the Laos flare up and reaffirm Laos neutrality, disputing U.S. responsibility for the crisis.
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Associated Press
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
London
Kennedy
Laos
Khrushchev
Harriman
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Viktor Karyagin
Foreign Ministry
Gromyko
Woman Regains Sight After Decades Blind
Miss Bessie Sikes, 60, who has lived with near total blindness since nine weeks old due to chronic retina inflammation, unexpectedly regained sight. An ophthalmologist explained a dislocated cataract allowed light to reach the eye, producing temporary, uncertain vision after 60 years of darkness.
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Miami
Bessie Sikes
Living Costs Edge Up to Record High in March
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in March pushing the index to 106.2 percent of the 1957 59 average. Higher costs for used cars clothing and home ownership items including real estate taxes and water rates contributed to the gain.
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Washington
Labor Department
Russia Delivers 10 Mig Fighters to Finnish Air Force
In a surprise delivery, Russia supplied the Finnish air force with ten Mig fighter aircraft. The move impacts regional defense dynamics and Finland's air capabilities amid ongoing Cold War tensions.
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Kuopio
Finland
UPI
Russia
Kennedy warns Alabama on desegregation after Wallace talks
Attorney General Kennedy told Governor Wallace he would let Alabama handle integration but warned that federal court rulings will be enforced. A protest by white demonstrators led to arrests as Kennedy visited the Capitol.
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Ala
Robert Kennedy
George Wallace
Alabama
Kennedy
Wallace
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Air Force
Justice Department
Department
University of Mississippi
Clayton County
H. K. Roggensack
The
Gazette
Credit Union Convention Heads to Cedar Rapids
The 33rd Iowa Credit Union League convention draws about 1,300 attendees from 175 unions to Cedar Rapids over two days. Events include hotel registrations at Roosevelt, Friday meetings and a noon Miller talk, with a Saturday banquet by R C Morgan at the memorial coliseum.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Credit Union League
Roosevelt Hotel
League Board
First Iowa Credit Union
Memorial Coliseum
U. S
Jack Miller
Iowa
P.m
Capitol
C. Morgan
el Paso
Texas
Credit Union National Assn
Strawberry Point Liquor Store Seized for Shortage
Iowa liquor commission auditors took control of the Strawberry Point state liquor store after finding 88 missing whisky cases valued around 5000 dollars. The audit showed wage discrepancies and an ongoing investigation. Burnell W Dunn, the store manager, was hospitalized with a leg infection.
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Liquor Commission
New York
Iowa Liquor Commission
Des Moines
Baum
Burnell W. Dunn
Manchester
State Auditor’s Office
Liquor Control Commission
Spymaker's Formula Blackmail By Arthur Garshon
In Moscow Sigmund Mikhailski a Pole who despised Russians became a spy maker. The British tribunal linked him to turning embassy staff into traitors using sex money and theatre tickets. He befriended Sigmund won over embassies staff including William Vasall. blackmail and coercion led to espionage and arrests.
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London
Moscow
Sigmund Mikhailski
Sigmund
Mikhailski
William John Vassall
Foreign Ministry
Vassall
Vassal
Satellite Corp. Bloc Confirmed by Senate Vote
The Senate confirmed by voice vote Kennedy's nominations of 14 incorporators of Satellite Communications Corp., a private for profit company, despite a point of order arguing private officers need no Senate confirmation. The motion passed 75 to 15.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Satellite Communications Corp
Congress
Kaiser Bonuses Eighty Dollars Per Capita
About 3,930 Kaiser Steel workers will receive roughly $80 each in the first monthly distribution under Kaiser’s labor plan. The payout, based on March cost savings of $962,000, commits about $312,000 to workers and aims to protect jobs amid automation. The move could influence wider steel industry discussions on similar plans.
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Washington
Kaiser Steel Corp
Kaiser
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