Congress Faces Final Push as Session Near End
Congress braces for a potential Saturday adjournment after a hectic rush of bills. The Senate moved a $1.826 billion cleanup appropriations package and a war reserve bill toward Eisenhower, while the House pressed the road construction measure and a minimum wage hike to $1 and housing programs extension.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Price Supports Slow Farmers and Markets
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Ervin L. Peterson told editors that price supports have slowed farmers by overemphasizing high prices without market support. He urged aligning production with markets and improving merchandising to reduce surpluses under the flexible price support program.
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Omaha
Ervin L. Peterson
American Assn. of Agricultural College
Peterson
Blonde Included In Property Settlement
Muskegon Michigan circuit court revealed item 10 in a divorce property list naming the husband as recipient. The entry reads And the blonde that was the unknown spouse. Judge Beers reacted with astonishment at the phrasing and significance of the line.
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Muskegon, Mich
Henry L. Beers
Long Lines as Israelis Vote in Third Knesset Election
Long lines formed outside polling stations across Israel as citizens cast ballots for the third Knesset since 1948. Early turnout reached about 20 percent in the first three hours amid orderly voting, with a Jaffa station opening by force when key access lagged and an Arab shepherd bringing goats past a polling area.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Divorce suit reveals blame and large property split
The wife’s attorney attributes the separation to a blonde, asserting the claimant should receive compensation. Property division exceeds $25,000 with item 10 valued uncertain. Bystanders watched as the shepherd voted. Early partial results of the election were due after midnight and official results expected tomorrow morning.
Simple Service Held for Hull
Washington observes a simple funeral for Cordell Hull past secretary of state, with flags at half staff along embassy row. Diplomats and officials attend in National Cathedral as Bishop Angus Dun offers prayers thanking Hull for long service and efforts toward world peace.
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Cordell Hull
U.S
Washington
Embassy Row
U. S
U. N
National
Angus Dun
Family of Nations
Hull
Tennessee Mountains
Christmas in July Celebration at Camp Greentop
At Camp Greentop in TORMONT Maryland 101 handicapped youngsters aged 7 to 15 enjoyed a July Christmas. Carols filled the air soap flakes became snowflakes as Santa distributed gifts. Camp staffer perched on a cabin sprinkled snow while Miss Margaret M Huffington of the Baltimore League for Crippled Children and Adults explained the purpose of the event.
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Tormont
Camp Greentop
Santa Claus
Margaret M. Huffington
Baltimore League For Crippled Children and Adults
Safe Crackers Fail Burglars Miss 500 Pound Safe
Iowa City bulk oil plant co-owner Jim Herriott expresses disappointment that burglars could not open the 500 pound safe. He says the safe was jammed during a move two years ago and remains unopened. He adds nothing of value is believed to be inside.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Jim Herriott
Soviet Farm Delegation Visits Iowa Reported Broadly
The Soviet News Agency Tass and the Literary Gazette covered Russia’s farm delegation visit to Iowa with detail and a tone of cordial exchange. Tom Whitney, AP writer, accompanies the delegation, noting Russians staying with American farm families and answering hosts’ questions.
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Moscow
Iowa
Ukraine
Cedar Rapids
Mars
U.S.S.R
Iowa Falls
Tass
Literary Gazette
Soviet Writers’ League
Tom Whitney
Associated Press
Living Costs Edge Up To Highest Point in 55
The government reported in June that living costs rose slightly to the highest level of 1955, with small increases in food housing transportation personal care and medical expenditures. The BLS index climbed 0.2 percent May to June to 114.4 percent of the 1947-49 average.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Seasonal Stability in Government Price Index Range
The report notes that price levels remain stable and show limited movement within a narrow range, with the index reflecting largely seasonal factors.
SBA Fires George McDavitt as Security Director
Washington reports that George W. McDavitt was discharged from the Small Business Administration as security director. Administrator Wendell Barnes cited unauthorized statements to staff in the Office of Compliance and Security as the reason. The firing follows a Senate Civil Service subcommittee investigation into the security program.
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Washington
George W. McDavitt
Small Business Administration
Congressional Security
SBA
Wendell B. Barnes
McDavitt
of & P.m
Office of Compliance and Security
Senate Civil Service
Swiss Doll Purchase Triggers National Doll Makers Protest
In New York the National Association of Doll Manufacturers protests President Eisenhower's Geneva gift for his grandchildren. President Rosenstein vows to send 100 percent American dolls to remind the White House of domestic production. The lineup includes a drinker wets crying nosing doll a mink-haired walking doll a talking doll reciting now I Lay Me Down to Sleep and a remote controlled boy doll with light eyes.
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New York
Eisenhower
Geneva
National Assn
Association
David Rosenstein
White House
Rosenstein
Peronist Officers Quit as Deputies Elect New Lineup
In Buenos Aires the Peronist majority in the House of Deputies accepted resignations of current officers and named an almost entirely new slate. The moves follow Peron’s July 15 pacification plan and his earlier call for party officials to resign. La bor leaders faulted the shift amid a week of wrangling over who should run the chamber.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
House of Deputies
Peronista
Stocks of Old Wheat Greatest for Kansas
Kansas holdings of old wheat on July 1 were the largest for the date, a government survey shows. Federal and state agriculture departments report total stocks at 243,718,000 bushels, up from 169,462,000 a year earlier, with 102,215,000 bushels in interior plants, 15,165,000 in merchant mills and 4,405,000 on farms.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Prevent embarrassing plate slips with FASTEETH powder
Advertises FASTEETH alkaline powder to sprinkle on dentures to hold teeth more firmly, reduce odor, and improve comfort. Claims the product prevents plates from slipping at embarrassing moments and promotes mouth freshness. Sold at drug counters.
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