Byrd attacks administration claims of high prosperity
Senator Byrd of Virginia blasted the administration for claiming high national prosperity and warned that inflation threatens the nation's life. Economist Edwin G. Nourse blamed labor unions, business, and farmers rather than the government for postwar inflation. They spoke at a National Citizens Committee to Curb Inflation meeting noting rising debt, high taxes, and insufficient fiscal reserves.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Edwin G. Nourse
National Citizens Committee
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Court Upholds Obscenity Laws Across States
The Supreme Court rules obscenity is outside First Amendment protection. It sustains federal and state measures banning mailing obscene literature, California’s ban on obscene books, New York injunctions against distribution, and Newark’s anti striptease law. Justice Brennan notes this is the first direct framing of the issue before the court.
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Supreme Court
California
New York
New Jersey Supreme Court
Newark
Brennan
High Court
Weather Summary for Jefferson City Missouri Today
Warm with high near 90 and increasing clouds tonight. Overnight low around 63 with variable readings through the evening. Record high 102 in 1953 and low 52 in 1940 noted in the 38 year history. Precipitation 0.00 in last 24 hours, total month 4.85 in. Relative humidity 79 percent, barometer 30.02 steady. River and canal readings listed for Missouri Rivers and nearby towns.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
News-Tribune Weather Bureau
Memorial Airport
Wheat Planting Law Eased by House Subcommittee
Washington June 24 A House Agriculture subcommittee approved legislation to ease wheat planting restrictions. It would allow farmers starting next year to plant up to 30 acres without penalty if all grain is used on the farm for feed seed or food, while the 15 acre exemption remains with county committee permission. The bill also exempts all wheat acreage from the penalty when the grain is given to charitable institutions.
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House
County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committees
Anfuso
Eisenhower to hold news conference Wednesday in Washington
The White House announced that President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 10 30 a m EDT Wednesday in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Orders Reconsider 3 More Cases in Supreme Court Term
The Supreme Court orders reconsideration of 13 defendants tied to recent Smith Act and contempt rulings. Reconsiders include three contempt of Congress convictions in Cincinnati and six Detroit Smith Act cases. Ohio and other state courts review four contempt convictions and Un American Activities Commission rulings.
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Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
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Detroit
Ohio Supreme Court
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John T. Watkins
Rock Island
House Committee On Un-American
California
New Hampshire
Paul H. Sweezey
Court Martial of Nickerson Opens Today
Army Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. faces 18 charges of espionage perjury and disobedience as his court martial opens. He claims he sought attention on the Jupiter missile program while denying intent to invite trial. The 41 year old West Point graduate could face 46 years in prison, a dishonorable discharge and a $10,000 fine if convicted.
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Huntsville
Ala
Army
John C. Nickerson Jr
Defense Wilson
Nickerson
West Point
Wilson
Redstone Arsenal
Prison Farm School Escapees Remain At Large
Three escapees from the prison sawmill Farm and one from the State Training School for Boys stayed at large last night according to the State Highway Patrol. The fugitives named are Liar Camp 55 from Moniteau County serving three years for grand larceny Fred Riley 56 serving life for assault with intent to kill from St Louis Leslie Bentley 34 serving three years from Gentry County for bogus checks and Donald Ray John 30 from Mountain Grove who left Boonville training school.
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State Training School
State Highway Patrol
Liar Camp
Moniteau County
Fred Riley
St. Louis
Leslie Bentley
Gentry County
Boonville
Donald Ray John
Mountain Grove
Threats from Korean Reds amid armistice meeting plan
Seoul reports North Korea issued threats to the United States and called a joint Military Armistice Commission meeting for tomorrow. An aerial show of force near the truce line followed U N decision to arm U N forces in South Korea with modern weapons. A Commission spokesman said Communists will challenge the Allied weapon expansion at the upcoming session.
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North Korea
United States
Joint Military Armistice Commission
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U.N
South Korea
U. N
Military Armistice Commission
Scientists claim 95 percent clean H-bomb progress
Washington reports three University of California physicists and AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss told President Eisenhower that fallout from H bombs is about 95 percent reduced since earlier claims. Drs Ernest Lawrence Mark Mills and Edward Teller offered cautious optimism while noting the topic remains restricted as to the nature of “clean” fusion weapons and testing moratoriums.
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White House
Lewis L. Strauss
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
Strauss
AEC
Ernest O. Lawrence
Mark M. Mills
Edward Teller
Lawrence
Radiation Laboratory
Haro
Teller
Postal Funds Voted With Understanding Of No Service Cuts
The House voted the Post Office Department an extra 133 million dollars with the understanding no curtailment of postal service will occur in the coming fiscal year. The action, by voice vote, now goes to the Senate. This money adds to 3,192,000,000 already provided for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
House Today
Post Office Department
Senate
Congress
Elsberry Man's Death Increases Area Toll To Forty Five
Central Missouri's highway death toll rose to 45 with the death of 69 year old Elsberry resident W H Van Matre in a collision on Route 19 north of Owensville at 9 50 a m. Otto Maggard of Salem 43 drove the truck involved. A passenger Carl Douglas 36 of Elsberry suffered minor injuries.
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Man J
Owensville
W. H. van Matre
Otto Maggard
Salem
van Matre
Carl Douglas
Daylight blast marks strongest Nevada test to date
The Atomic Energy Commission fired the summer’s most powerful nuclear device at 6 30 a m from a helium balloon 700 feet high. It produced a brilliant second sunrise like glow and was heard up to 300 miles away in Nevada and California. The blast size exceeded 20 megatons, dwarfing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The test supported 81 diagnostic and effects experiments and 33 major military tests, including biomedical work on over 900 pigs and other animals, plus shelters and food considerations.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
Desert
United States
Tonopah
Nev
Bishop
Calif
Reno
AEC
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Artillery Duel Rocks Quemoy
Formosa, June 24. Red China's artillerymen and Nationalist gunners on Quemoy Islands fought their biggest battle of the three year conflict. Mainland batteries lobbed shell after shell at Quemoy and nearby islets while veteran Nationalist troops returned fire from gun emplacements across Formosa Strait. The Nationalist Defense Ministry said Reds fired 9,395 shells from 10:30 a.m. to nightfall with no casualty figures released.
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Congress moves on central security office for loyalty reviews
Two House members Murray and Rees introduce a bill to establish an independent central security office to coordinate federal loyalty investigations and hearing procedures. The plan envisions advisory functions with final decisions by agency heads, aligning with the Wright commission’s core recommendations amid mixed reactions on punitive measures and secrecy provisions.
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House
Murray
D-Tenn
Rees
R-Kan
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Los Angeles
Loyd Wright
Wright Group
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McNamara
D-Mich
Wright
Hennings
D-Mo
Bills to curb access to FBI files introduced in Congress
Six senators and two House members introduced virtually identical measures aimed at limiting access to secret FBI reports after the Jencks decision. Sponsors cited White House approval while critics warned of broad probing rights. The bill would empower judges to determine which portions of reports witness statements may be shown for cross examination.
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Keating
R-Ny
Brownell
Sting
Justice Department
Clinton E. Jencks
Congress
J. Edgar Hoover Long
Farm Receipts Rise Slightly in First Five Months
The Agriculture Department reported that farm receipts from crops and livestock products totaled about 10.4 billion dollars for January through May, a 2 percent rise from a year earlier. Cash receipts from meat animals climbed 12 percent as cattle and hog prices rose, while crop receipts fell 3 percent due to reduced marketings and lower prices for potatoes.
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Agriculture Department
Flood Crop Loss Bills Proposed
Washington reports the House Agriculture Committee will hold hearings on bills to provide financial aid to farmers whose crops were damaged by floods and heavy rains this year. The measures, introduced by Reps. Albert Steed Jarman and Morris of Oklahoma, authorize cash payments for destroyed acreage under disaster-area and soil bank program terms for this year.
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House Agriculture Committee
Albert, Steed, Jarman
Morris
Oklahoma
Soil Bank
Blind Scholar Barred Guide Dog Training School Supports Quarantine Law
MORRISTOWN New Jersey June 24 The Seeing Eye Inc executive vice president said Britain faces a serious rabies risk and supports its six month dog quarantine rule so Fulbright scholar Davis Duty can study in England with his guide dog Binney Senator Fulbright has provided evidence to London authorities that Binney poses no rabies threat and may be allowed provisional quarantine with regular examinations Duty a Phi Beta Kappa University of Arkansas student earned a Fulbright for a year of graduate study starting in the fall
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Here
George Werntz
Seeing Eye Inc
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Davis Duty
Rogers, Ark
England
Duty
Binney
Fulbright Commission
London
Briain
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Washington
U. S
John Whitney
Benton County
Ark
University of Arkansas
Engand
Eisenhower calls for state tax shifts to spark federal cuts
President Eisenhower urged governors at their annual conference in Williamsburg to shoulder the costs of certain programs now funded by the federal government. He proposed a federal state task force to identify functions to be assumed by states, adjust revenues, and set future funding roles. He cited slum clearance and disaster relief as examples and warned that state power has drifted toward Washington.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Virginia
Hisenhower
Washington, D.C
Turnpike bond meeting set for July 8 in Topeka
Final plans for sale of bonds to extend the Kansas turnpike at Kansas City will be discussed at a joint meeting of pike directors and the Kansas State Highway Commission in Topeka on July 8. KTA directors approved removing the old Argentine bridge across the Kaw River and authorized about 125000 from ETA revolving funds for engineering and right of way. Funds to be reimbursed from bond sales in late July or before Aug 10. The move should speed the project by at least six weeks, and a prior disagreement with Wyandotte County commissioners has been resolved. KTA will not fund area street improvements tied to bridge removal. A new bridge across the Kaw River and rail lines is part of the extension.
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