Eisenhower to sign record highway bill after bipartisan vote
The 33 billion dollar highway bill passed Congress with an 89 to 1 Senate roll call, House approval by voice vote. It funds a 14,000 mile interstate system costing about 2714 billion dollars with 90 percent federal funding and a tax hike on highway users, including a 1 cent gas tax increase, to be effective July 1 if signed.
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Congress
Eisenhower
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Long
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Rep
Fallon
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Missouri Highway Bill Could Double State Road Spending
Rex Whitton chief engineer of the Missouri Highway Department said Congress's 33 billion highway bill would nearly double Missouri’s highway program. He projects state spending rising to about 1.25 billion over 13 years or about 100 million annually from 55 million now. Whitton spoke in Kansas City ahead of a meeting of the American Association of Highway Officials where the bill and its phases will be discussed.
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Rex Whitton
Missouri Highway Department
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American Assn. of
Knowland Says Ike Will Run for President Again
Washington reports Senate Republican Leader Knowland expressed strong belief that President Eisenhower will remain in the race. Press secretary Hagerty refused to elaborate while Ike recovers at Walter Reed Hospital and is expected to be discharged to Gettysburg for convalescence. The physicians said Ike is progressing satisfactorily and should regain weight after the June 9 abdominal operation.
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White House
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
James C. Hagerty
United States
Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
Ruling Bars New Entrance to Meramec Park Road
Attorney General John M. Dalton ruled that Meramec State Park cannot buy right of way for a new entrance from U S 66 under current law. The opinion came at the request of Joseph Jaeger Jr. state director of parks.
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Franklin County
U.S. 66
John M. Dalton
State Park Board
Joseph Jaeger Jr
Weather Summary for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Forecast shows fair today and tonight with moderate temperatures. High around 85 and low near 63 with trace precipitation, Kansas City and Boonville noted in 24 hour rainfall data, Osage River and Lake of the Ozarks listed in forecast figures.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Boonville
Lake Ozark drowning cases award total over fifty thousand
U S District Judge Richard M Duncan awarded 53 750 in damages from the 1954 Lake of the Ozarks tragedy in which six people drowned near Bagnel Dam. The Loc Wood Boat and Motor Co faced negligence findings and common carrier penalties with awards to multiple families including Rockwell Lamberty and Gump Buffalo.
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U. S
Richard M. Duncan
Lake of the Ozarks
Loc-Wood Boat and Motor Co
Bagnel Dam
Thomas Fahey
Chicago
Duncan
Missouri
Darwin Rockwell
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Letha
Rosalyne Ruth Rockwell
Richard Lamberty
Fremont
Neb
Alice Mae
Warren
Mose Gump
Buffalo
Patricia Gump
Darrell W. Hodges
Missouri Valley
Duane Wilbur Hodges
Vincent H. Allen Jr
Ft. Sill
Okla
Carole K. Allen
Fifth Play Area 10 Open Today
A new fifth summer recreation center opens today at the Community Center to serve 6 to 12 year olds in the city’s central area. Three centers for younger children opened yesterday at West, South and Immaculate Conception schools along with an older children’s sports center at Washington Park. Gene Williams will supervise the Community Center playground, operating 9 to 11:50 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m., the same hours as the others. Porter urged more girls to join Washington Park activities to support future softball and basketball leagues.
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Ben Porter
Park Board
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South
Immaculate Conception
Washington Park
Gene Williams
Porter
Seven Counties Plan First 4-H Feeder Pig Sale in May
Central Missouri 4-H clubs prepare for a May 1 feeder pig sale in Vienna. Cole County will handle publicity and scales while seven counties Gasconade Maries Pulaski Miller Moniteau and Osage contribute. About 200 meat type gilts are placed with youth, with 350 bred gilts and sons expected by fall. 1,500 to 2,000 pigs aimed for next spring to fetch premium prices over corn feed. University specialists assist, with two annual sales hoped after inaugural event.
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Pulaski
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Moniteau
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Hall
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University of Missouri
Vance Henry
University
Central Missouri
A P Green Will Includes Large Charity Bequest
The will of A P Green, long time chairman of A P Green Fire Brick Co, discloses a charity bequest valued around two million dollars to the Allen P and Josephine B Green Foundation. One half of the remainder goes to his five children and the other half in trust to grandchildren. Trustees include his children and relatives in Missouri and Seattle. Medical research grants totaling about 285 thousand dollars funded studies in Parkinsons and other CNS ailments.
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A. P.green
A P. Green Fire Brick Co
Audrain County
Allen P
Josephine B. Green
Green
Greens
Neal Wood
St. Louis
Arthur Bond
Walter Staley
Robert S. Green
Allen P. Green Jr
Seattle
Wash
Meeting Set Tonight To Complete Dairy Festival Plans
The Jefferson City Dairy Council will meet tonight to finalize the June Dairy Month Night festivities at High and Madison. The program begins around 6 p.m. and lasts about two hours with contests, dairy exhibits and a milk orinerary outlined by Hensley Hall the general chairman.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Girls State primary candidates listed by party
Eighteen girls filed as governor candidates for Missouri Girls State at Fulton on June 26. They campaigned ahead of the primary and the final slate included names across Nationalist and Federalist parties. County officials and state legislators were chosen locally.
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Fulton
Missouri
Nationalist Party
Carolyn Dulle
Jefferson City
Shirley Be- Vorld
Green City
Karen Messmer
Kansas City
Patricia Greck
St. Louis
Kay Younger
St. Joseph
Rita Gampher
Eldon
Betty Smith
Lee’s Summit
Dorothy McGlamory
Centralia
Federalist Party
Carol Ann Roadh
Living costs hit peak again as prices rise
Washington reports the consumer cost index reaches 115.4 in May, matching the October 1953 peak and up 1.1 percent from a year earlier. Factory take home pay declines modestly while food prices surge 13 percent in May, though still below last year's level. officials warn the trend may continue through the summer.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Rabb Declines to Testify on Secret Documents
Senate Investigations panel chairman McClellan demands White House clarification after Maxwell Rabb declines to testify. Rabb cites inability to add to denial that staff leaked documents to author Donovan. McCarthy calls Rabb's refusal inexcusably arrogant and seeks Brownell to address quoted remarks in Donovan’s coming book Inside Story.
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Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
White House
Congress
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Maxwell Rabb
Subcommittee
McCarthy
Wis
Rabb
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
McClellan
Robert J. Donovan
Donovan J
Inside Story
New York Herald Tribune
Brownell
Atty
Governors sign petition backing Ike amid Stevenson support
At Atlantic City June 26 Republican governors circulated a declaration of support for Eisenhower with 20 of 21 signing. Gov. Averell Harriman pursued Democratic backing for Stevenson while some governors noted Nixon’s omission from the pledge and debated its significance.
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Hunt Strong
Stevenson
Altantic City
Eisenhower
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Indiana
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Utah
White House
Nixon
Hall
United Action Emphasized At Missouri Chest Workshop
Lyman S. Ford urged united action on health and welfare at the second annual Community Chest and United Fund workshop in Jefferson City. About 60 attendees discussed problems and planning for action and supporting smaller communities. A survey committee to form a state Chest and United Funds conference was approved with J. Leo Hayeb named chairman.
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Missouri Hotel
Arthur W. Nebel
School of Social Work
University of Missouri
Lyman 8. Ford
United Community Funds and Councils of America
New York
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News-Tribune
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Council of America
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Missouri
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Marshall
Rudolph T. Danstedt
Social Planning Council of
St. Louis
St. Louis County
Danstedt
Chestland United Funds
Clemens W. Dulle
Jefferson City United Community Fund
Edward Parsons
Jefferson City
Missouri Association For Social Welfare
Dulle
W. D. Tetrick
E. W. Heinrich
Perry Hawes
Corinna Rice
L. E. Moody
Leonard Burridge
W. H. Tellman
Margaret Dallmeyer
Buel Baclesse
Luke Chase
J. E. Hagan
Robert Holliway
Mary Martha Johnson
C. H. Meyer
E. IL. Hockaday
E. A. Belden
Manslaughter charge filed in road death
David Clark 29 of 920 Broadway faces manslaughter charges after a head on crash two miles south of Jefferson City killed Miss Cora Salmons. Fort Leonard Wood soldier Davis Hawkins and others were injured. coroner inquest set for Friday at the Cole County courthouse.
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Broadway
Cora Salmons
Jefferson City
Cole County
James T. Riley
Clark
Miss Salmons
Riley
State Highway Patrol
Davis Hawkins
Fort Leonard Wood
Hawkins
Charles E. Still Hospital
Ben Markway
Markway
Missouri
Hospital Escapees Still At Large In Fulton
Two men identified as David R. Xander and Fred Mudgett escaped from State Hospital No 1 at Fulton after binding a psychologist. They left through an unlocked door and first floor window, then fled in Miss Mary Thompson office car keys stolen. The pair, 19 and 22, were last reported at large.
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Fulton
State Highway Patrol
David R. Xander
St. Louis
Fred Mudgett
Buchanan County
Mary Thompson
Bethany Water Shortage Eased by Heavy Rain
Rain in the West Big Creek watershed eased Bethany's water shortage as the creek flowed behind a temporary dam. The city pumped 500 gallons per minute from the new supply while East Big Creek remained dry. Tank trucks were halted as officials planned an 8 inch pipe to fill quarry pits for eight weeks storage and potential city reservoir use. J D Ramsey and Roy Wells arrived with pipe and a 1500 gpm pump, with 20 workers set to finish laying the line.
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East Big Creek
J. D. Ramsey
Battle Creek
Mich
Civil Defense Administration
Roy Wells
Ramsey
Region 4
Denver
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Raymond K. Wheeler
Senate boosts Air Force funds in 1957 defense bill
The Senate 48 to 40 approved nearly a billion more for the Air Force than the White House requested, part of a 35.6 billion defense measure. Critics assailed Secretary of Defense Wilson as inept while senators urged the U S to maintain air supremacy against the Soviet Union. The vote follows intense debate on funding, with House action pending and election-year implications noted.
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Senate
Eisenhower
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Russia
Portland Jaycee Awards Dominate National Competition
Portland Oregon Jaycee chapter swept the national awards, winning four firsts in 28 categories and six sweepstakes. The ceremony occurred during the national convention as 5,000 delegates and 2,500 wives attended at Municipal Auditorium. Billy Graham urged safe driving, with a Parade of States and recognitions for presidential and vice presidential candidates.
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Portland
Ore
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Billy Graham
Minnesota
Arkansas
Connecticut
Jaycee
Missouri delegates to eighth International Social Work Conf
Miss Lorena Scherer state child welfare supervisor and Miss Theresa Vaughn consultant on institutions and agencies will represent the Missouri Division of Welfare at the eighth International Conference on Social Work in Munich Germany. The conference will be held Aug 5 10.
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Lorena Scherer
Theresa Vaughn
Missouri Division of Welfare
Munich
Germany
Baseball scores across leagues with varied results
American League games include New York 8 Kansas City 4 and Cleveland 4 Baltimore 3 Chicago 4 Boston 1 Detroit 2 Washington 2 called in the fifth due to rain. National League action has New York 3 St. Louis 0 Brooklyn 10 Chicago 5 Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 2. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh postponed by rain.
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