Drought Aid Urgency Pressed by Northwest Missouri Farmers
Farmers in northwest Missouri urged federal and state officials to declare their counties a federal disaster area and provide emergency loans and supplies. Clifford Craven described dire shortages of hay and corn, while Carl Akers warned the drought impacts were not self inflicted. Senator Symington and NFO leaders urged immediate action, amid ongoing touring and a Donnelly recommendation for aid.
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Albany
Missouri
Clifford Craven
Carl Akers
Gentry County
Northwest
Phil M. Donnelly
Eisenhower
Senate
Washington
Sen
Symington
West in Move to Counter Red Loan Bid
Cairo reports West offers to finance Egypts Nile dam as Soviet loan of 1.12 billion dollars looms. Premier Nasser weighs Western grants and World Bank loan against Soviet terms amid independence celebrations. Black arrives after Jidda swing. talks likely limited before bank ratification of a 200 to 250 million dollar lending plan with Egypt.
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WEST
Cairo
Egypt
Eugene L. Black
World Bank
Great Nile Dam
Aswan Dam
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Dmitri Shepilov
Nasser
U. S
Black
Jidda
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
UN to Debate Algeria Crisis
United Nations Security Council weighing Thursday a request by 13 Asian and African nations for a debate on the French Algerian conflict. France resists, confident the move cannot reach the council agenda. Dispatches report Algerian executions. votes uncertain with Russia Iran Nationalist China and Yugoslavia named as possible supporters.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
France
E. Ronald Walker
Australia
Council
Algeria
Russia
Iran
China
Yugoslavia
Weather forecast for Jefferson City and central Missouri
Jefferson City and central Missouri remain generally fair with hot and humid conditions. A high near 95 degrees is expected, with continued sultry heat and the possibility of afternoon humidity spikes.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Man Confesses To Slaying Of Minister In Tulsa Car Theft
Edward Leon Williams, 27, admits fatally shooting Tommie Robert Cooke, 124, assistant pastor, after forcing his car at a Tulsa traffic light. Williams, held in Poteau on armed robbery charges, led officers to river bottoms where he described the killing. Authorities weigh murder charges while seeking Williams on multiple robberies and a deadly shooting.
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Taft
Okla
River Bottoms
Edward Leon
Pete) Williams
Poteau
Tommie Robert Cooke
Tulsa
Cooke
Muskogee County
Page
Williams
Oklahoma City Times
Bob McMillan
Dale Proctor
Proctor
Talihina
Fort Smith
Ark
Kiamichi
Herman Couzzens
Oklahoma
Harry Stege
Muskogee
Riesel to Testify at Senate Security Hearing in NYC
Victor Riesel, the New York labor columnist blinded by an acid attack, will be the lead-off witness at the Senate Internal Security subcommittee hearings in New York City on Thursday. He is set to testify about threats against labor activists and the broader climate of intimidation in 1950s America.
Head of FHA resigns amid probe into conduct
Washington June 19 The head of the Farmers Home Administration Robert B McLeaish quit claiming hypertension while Congress opened charges of free wheeling whisky drinking and girl kissing among top agency officials McLeaish named in 1953 said resignation voluntary and that the situation did not help Benson left uncertain about any secretary role Others testified that contract cancellations raised rates and that high officials sought to oust Democratic holdovers Witnesses described McLeaish drinking heavily and even finishing nearly a fifth of whisky after a meeting with Eisenhower
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Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Congress
Federal
James C. Hagerty
Robert B. McLeaish
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Benson
McLeaish
Senate
Kathryn Carter
Bozeman, Mont
Farmless
Senate Committee
Floyd Higbee
Colorado
Dulles bids for foreign aid as Senate hearings begin
Secretary of State Dulles urged steady pursuit of the 4.9 billion dollar foreign aid program before the Senate Appropriations Committee. He warned that cutting the program would weaken free world alliances, despite Soviet signs of change. The four day hearing follows a Foreign Relations panel report of a 4.502 billion authorization, about 708 million above House funding but 400 million below the President.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Senate Appropriations Committee
Soviet Bloc
Appropriations Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Appropriations Group
Senate
Hannah Named To Hennings Staff In Missouri Campaign
J Howard Hannah a Springfield Missouri lawyer has accepted the post of treasurer for the Missouri Hennings for Senator campaign committee according to an official announcement by Senator Thomas C Hennings Jr Hannah a veteran Democrat party worker and ex chair of the 1950 Hennings campaign also active in the American Legion and Elks served twice on the Democratic State Committee from the Sixth Congressional District
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Washington, D. C
J. Howard Hannah
Springfield
Missouri Hennings-for-Senator
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
Democratic Party
American Legion and Elks
Democratic State Committee
Sixth
Hennings
New Trial Sought In St. Joseph Annexation Case
Judge Ray Weightman of Maryville will hear arguments on a new trial in the St. Joseph annexation suit tomorrow. The previous ruling granted St. Joseph the right to annex 14 square miles, nearly doubling its area. Residents of the annexed area plan an appeal.
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ST. Joseph
Ray Weightman
Maryville
City of
St.Joseph
Onoe
Deficient Charged With Bad Check Gets Weekend Jail Plan
Louis Jaegers of 716 West McCarty Street was sentenced in Magistrate Court to 30 days in jail for issuing a bad check. Magistrate Foster S Wheatly ruled the defendant may serve the sentence on weekends while remaining employed during the week.
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Louis Jaegers
W. McCarty St
Foster S. Wheatly
Jaegers
President Eisenhower's hospital stay extended again
President Eisenhower will remain hospitalized longer than first forecast with no discharge before the middle of next week. Doctors say his condition remains satisfactory with normal vitals and he rests well. an 8 year old grandson visited and he sat up for meals, while plans to recuperate at Gettysburg, if feasible, are uncertain.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
James C. Hagerty
White House
David Eisenhower
Snyder
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Gettysburg
Rural Library Bill Signed for Rural Area Services
President Eisenhower signed a bill granting 744 million dollars annually for five years to develop public library services in rural areas. Funds will go to states based on rural population, with a minimum of 40,000 dollars per year per state, and may not pay buildings or land purchases but likely will fund portable library service for communities of 10,000 population or less.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Debt limit set by House at 278 billion dollars
The House Ways and Means Committee voted for a temporary debt ceiling of 278 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year, three billion above the 275 billion statutory limit but three below the current 281 billion ceiling. Secretary Humphrey urged careful management to stay within the new cap.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Treasury
Nationalists Gain Majority in Missouri Boys State
Warrensburg Mo June 19 Nationalist party won 17 of 200 county race elections taking majorities in both House and Senate with 45 House seats and 25 Senate seats Federalists held 35 and 15 respectively Elected to county courts across 10 counties were listed from Joplin Warrensburg Sedalia St Louis Grandview Sikeston Affton Kansas City Fulton Kirksville St Joseph and Edina Boys added to their government training by organizing the mock legislature and there are 14 candidates for governor in tomorrow’s primary elections
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Warrensburg
Missouri Boys State
House
Senate
Jack Chapman
John Musgrave
Joplin
Ken Allen
Bob Loewen
James Goodrich
Sedalia
Terre Cook
St. Louis
Thomas Glenn
Grandview
Lawrence Limbaugh
Sikeston
Tom Koetting
St. Genevieve
Jim Stoveland
Affton
Bob Copaken
Kansas City
Joseph L. Walcott
Fulton
John Leroy Moore
Kirksville
Ellis Thomas
St. Joseph
Hal McKay
Edina
Short Balloting Hoped Nomination on Third Day
National Chairman Paul M. Butler outlined a convention schedule aiming to nominate a Democratic candidate on the third day in Chicago. Adlai Stevenson boasted a first ballot lead, Kefauver disputed with a claimed 200 votes, while balloting could extend to August as needed.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Chicago
Butler
Mittee
Stevenson
Adlai Sk. Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Dairy Month Gift Sent To Bermuda
Missouri agriculture commissioner sent a 10 pound cheddar cheese to Bermuda Governor Sir John Woodall. William Wyss, a naval reserve pilot, delivered the cheese on an over water training flight from Olathe with Charles Linder Brown. They met the governor's family and a guest from Ireland. The governor was told to savor the cheese slowly.
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Missouri
L. C. Carpenter
Bermuda
John Woodall
William L. Wyss
Moreau Dr
Department of Agriculture
Wyss
Olathe
Kan
Charles Linder Brown
Springheld
Woodall
Ireland
England
Crash Injuries Fatal To St. Louis Painter
Floyd Hill Jr. a Florissant painter died at St. Louis County Hospital from injuries after a collision between his car and a pickup towing a farm wagon in St Louis County. Edgar E Blake driver of the pickup escaped injury and heads Missouri Baptist Children's Home at Pattonville.
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ST. Louis
Floyd Hill Jr
Baby Found Alive In Trash Can In St Louis
A newborn boy, found alive in a trash can in west St. Louis, survived due to the naval cord clot. Doctor at Homer G. Phil lips Hospital said the infant was in good shape. Police identified 22 year old Amelia Gukiesm as the mother, found nearby and hospitalized.
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ST. Louis
West St. Louis
Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Amelia Gukiesm
Train wreck near Meta halts Rock Island rail traffic
A Rock Island freight derailed two miles east of Meta injuring no one but destroying 33 cars and damaging 800 feet of track. Rail service halted while cleanup by St Louis and Kansas City crews cleared the line, with restoration expected within hours though full clearance may take days. Witness William Wansing reported gravel and thunder like noises as heavy cars toppled and oil seeped from damaged cars. Cause undetermined.
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Rock Island Freight Noe. 73
Eldon
Meta
Rock Island
St. Louis
Kansas City
RK S
Monroe
William Wansing
LeMay Says Red Air Superiority Ahead Despite US Push
June 19 LeMay asserts the Soviet Union will have twice as many heavy bombers in three years. The remark follows a Senate Appropriations vote approving a 1.3 billion dollar Air Force funding increase. General Putt testifies the US keeps pace on ICBM development though he fears only a small cushion of US edge in missiles engines and radar.
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Washington
Air Force
Curtis LeMay
Soviet
Russia
LeMay
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Strategic Air Command
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Donald L. Putt
Air Force Development
United States
Putt
Oklahoma Man 82 Marries 16 Year Old Bride
In Poteau Oklahoma on June 19 an 82 year old man William Barnes married 16 year old Jean Hayes both residents of Hartford Arkansas Justice of the Peace Lewis C Peck officiated with the bride’s mother Della Jones present and approving The groom kept his energy with a spry gait and a handlebar mustache reminiscent of the gay 90s
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Poteau, Okla
William Barnes
Jean Hayes
Hartford
Ark
Justice of the Peace
Lewis C. Peck
Della Jones
Spry
Baseball scores from major leagues today
National League results show St. Louis defeating Brooklyn 6 to 0, New York 2 over Chicago 0, Philadelphia 4 over Cincinnati 2, Milwaukee 5 over Pittsburgh 3. American League games include New York 5 over Detroit 3, Washington 10 over Kansas City 5, Cleveland 9 over Boston 7, and Chicago 5 over Baltimore 1.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Washington
Kansas City
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
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Sam Rayburn
Texas
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