Congress Sights Ike's Program For 85th Session
The 85th Congress adjourned with much of President Eisenhower's program dead or dormant. It passed a toned down civil rights bill and limited actions on pay raises, but rejected or postponed key proposals including school aid, corn price support, and broad immigration changes. Leaders praised select actions while noting missed goals and internal party tensions.
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House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Congress
Senate
Middle East
International Atomic Energy Agency
Alaska
Hawaii
International Organization For Trade Cooperation
District of Columbia
White House
Rep
Frelinghuysen
RNJ
Martin
McCormack
Stop Talking Is Problem In Congress
Washington report notes lawmakers from both houses rushing to adjourn amid long speeches and haste to quit for the year. The piece highlights the urge to end sessions as Representative Christopher of Missouri leads a chorus urging an early adjournment.
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Congress
Washington
June Business Sets a Record For Kansas
Lawrence Kansas reports a June sales tax record amounting to 3,872,351 dollars, up 976 dollars from 1956 but 9.4 percent below May. The KU Bureau notes January-June retail sales up 1.2 percent, while the 12 month total declines 0.3 percent. Eighty counties rise, 25 fall. southwestern areas lead gains.
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Lawrence
Kas
Kansas
University of Kansas Bureau of Business Research
Humboldt House Guests and Visitors From Across States
Humboldt House hosted guests including Mrs A Page and Mrs Ollie Lee of Nowata Oklahoma. A fishing trip to Farlington Lake followed by visits from Mrs E P Smith of Huntington Indiana and Sister Mary Trinity of the Mercy Sisters. George Isaac of Moran and travelers from Whittier California also stayed with local families. Other visits included Dr E E Long and family, Arthur Fahrmier, and Harold Streitelmier from Columbus Ohio.
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Jack Rath
Martin Igel
Elmer Redfield
Bridgette Club
Joe Heenan
Robert Harrison
San Diego
William Scott
M. B. Tinkler
Emerson Lynn Jr
C. C. van Nice
Johnnie
Fred
Debbie
Chanute
Fred Bartholomew
M. A. Scott
Bartholomew
Colorado Springs
Merle Mueller
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
W. E. Laetsch
Mascoutah
Ill
Columbus
Todd Cannon
Loveland
Colo
Paul Adams
Harold Williams
Harold Isaac
Iola
Una van Nice
Bartholomew Home
Lonnie Brown
A. Page
Ollie Lee
Nowata
Okla
Farlington Lake
E. P. Smith
Huntington
Jack Sinclair
Agnes Nickey
Earlham
Iowa
Darrel Daggett
Arthur Jackson
Mary Trinity
Order of Sisters of Mercy
Mary Jemma
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Hutchinson
Mercy Hospital
Ft. Scott
George Isaac
Moran
G. J. Momsoor
Whittier
Calif
Bennett Herder
E. E. Long
Western Hills Lodge
Oklahoma
William Feeney
Arthur Fahrmier
Maurice Kincaid
Higginsville
William Rensick
State Seizes K C Utilities In Strike Crisis
The state seized Kansas City Power and Light Co to force 2000 striking workers back. Two IBEW locals refused immediate picket removal while a third could not comment. Twenty employees reported to a generating plant then left as lines stayed. Governor Long invoked the King Thompson Act, now used six times, to operate the utility for public welfare.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Power and Light Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Power
Edward V. Long
Missouri
King Thompson
Long
Strikers Demand 744 Percent Pay Rise Amid Stalemate
Workers demand a massive wage increase as wages currently range from 1.60 to 3.00 per hour. Officers face fines of up to 1000 per day under the law, while negotiations stall over offers. The company recently proposed a 54 percent rise.
Withdrawals Hit Poland Communist Party Ranks
Global briefs report mass expulsions in Poland as authorities tighten party control with thousands dropped. Manila marks Ramon Magsaysay birthday as country observes a holiday and masses for the late president and 25 others killed in the March plane crash. WHO notes wider Asian flu spread but not more severe. Tokyo report cites US legal adviser on remarks about the Girard case being remarkable and a former judge suggesting a guilty plea.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Party
Manila
Philippines
Ramon Magsaysay
Carlos P. Garcia
Magsaysay
Malaya Prime Minister vows sovereign democratic state
In Kuala Lumpur the prime minister of the newly independent Malaya pledged that the southeast Asian peninsula nation shall be forever a sovereign and democratic state founded on liberty and justice.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malayah
Independent
Malaya
Great Plains administration bill introduced in Senate
Sen. Carroll introduces a bill to create a Great Plains administration led by a five member board. The agency would direct conservation and development of resources in the region, with authority to oversee land and water use and coordinate federal programs.
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Washington
Great Plains
Carroll
D-Cole
Development authority to aid drought regions across plains
The authority would engage in development projects offer loans and cooperate with state and local agencies to address drought related problems. Its operation area spans parts of Colorado Kansas Montana Wyoming Oklahoma Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota and New Mexico.
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Great Plains
Colorado
Kansas
Montana
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
New Mexico
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