Eisenhower prompts Wilson on defense line in hospital visit
President Eisenhower directed Secretary Wilson to be blunt about defense policy during a visit to Wilson in the hospital. Wilson heads to a Senate Armed Services subcommittee tomorrow to face critics Symington and Jackson as Congress funds a near billion dollar Air Force budget increase.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wilson
James C. Hagerty
Senate Armed Services
Congress
Sens. Symington
D-Mo
Jackson
D-Wash
Senate House
Senate
Russia
Capitol
Air Force
Armed Services
Symington
Army warns nuclear war could cause hundreds of millions of deaths
Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin told a Senate subcommittee that full scale U S nuclear assault could kill several hundred million people. Winds would spread fallout to the U S S R Europe and Asia depending on direction while the transcript notes no detailed source for the death estimate.
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Washington
United States
Red Zone
James M. Gavin
Army Research and Development
Senate
Sen. Duff
R-Pa
Gavin
Russia
U.S.S.R
Philippine
Europe
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Red China
Owensboro Jaycee Leader Ford Elected UJC President
Wendell H. Ford of Owensboro Kentucky was elected president of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce on the 10th ballot at the annual convention. An Illinois delegation switch gave Ford 159 votes and a slim margin over Michael F Maloney of Fayetteville Arkansas. Jack P Barnes and Robert E Cook withdrew after trailing.
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Kansas City
Wendell H. Ford
Owensboro
U. S
Weather outlook for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Considerable cloudy skies persist today and Saturday with scattered thunderstorms possible on Saturday. Warmest today and tonight with highs near the upper 80s.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Teachers Cite Rise in Student Insolence and Misbehavior
Washington reports from the National Education Association show teachers view student drinking and misbehavior as up in the last decade. They blame lax home conditions and crowded classes, noting assaults by pupils in large districts and variable behavior among students.
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Washington
National Education Assn
Postoffice Project Set at Marshfield
Budget Bureau approves a lease purchase postoffice building for Marshfield Missouri. Rep. Short says the Postoffice Department may seek approval from Senate and House Public Works Committees. The two story brick building would cost 329000 dollars and be air conditioned.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Postoffice
Marshfield
Short
R-Mo
Postoffice Department
Senate
House Public Works Committees
Hike Called Necessary Freeze of Southwest Power Rates
Washington June 28 House Reclamation Subcommittee was urged to approve a measure to freeze an 18 month rate increase for government preference customers of the Southwestern Power Administration. Oklahoma lawmakers urged action while Assistant Secretary Randahl opposed the move saying the rise is needed to repay SPA construction costs. He noted a 2.21 mills per kilowatt hour increase equates to a 40 percent wholesale rise but only six percent retail, about 40 cents monthly for the average rural user.
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Washington
House Reclamation Subcommittee
Southwestern Power Administration
Oklahoma
Asst
Fred G. Randahl
Randahl
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Albert
SPA
Southern Democrats clash over $1.6 billion school construction bill
House floor debate pits Rep Colmer against federal aid plan for education. Rep Smith calls for study before passage while Rep Kelley predicts victory. Discussion hints at integration issues and possible district eligibility tied to Supreme Court rulings. The House adjourned without action, with final vote due next week.
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Washington
Rep
Colmer
D-Miss
Howard Smith
D-Va
Smith
Committee On Education and Labor
Kelley
D-Pa
Madden
D-Ind
United States
Congress
Powell
D-Ny
Shivers Signals Support for Eisenhower if Democrats Nominate Poorly
Texas Gov Allan Shivers said he would back President Eisenhower for re election unless the Democrats nominate someone whose views are better as he spoke at the National Press Club after criticizing the party platform. He urged restoring the two thirds nominating rule and warned moderation in politics is hard to sustain.
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Washington
Allan Shivers
Texas
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Shivers
National Press Club
Johnson
Senate
Stevenson
House
Sam Ray‘burn
Air Force Needs $23.6 Billion Budget for 1957-58
Secretary of the Air Force Quarles floated a $23.6 billion request for fiscal 1957-58 as a provisional estimate from Gen. Nathan Twining. Democrats on the Senate subcommittee urged higher Air Force funding, while a conference committee adjusts the defense appropriation for Army Navy and Air Force for the coming year.
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Washington
Air Force
Quarles
Senate
U.s.-Russia
Nathan Twining
House
Senate Votes Down Sharp Slash in Aid
The Senate defeated a bid to cut $1.7 billion from the foreign aid program, voting 58 to 27. The night session also rejected a move to deny further aid to Yugoslavia, leaving policy to President Eisenhower. The administration seeks to fund a $44 billion aid package for friendly nations in the coming fiscal year.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
Dulles
Sen. Long
D-La
Long
Marshal Tito
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Thye
R-Minn
Bridges
Leavenworth man injured in Highway 50 crash near Otterville
Alfred Hart of Leavenworth in critical condition after being thrown from a vehicle driven by Albert Overfeld of Leavenworth on Highway 50 two miles east of Otterville. Overfeld also injured. his car hit the soft shoulder and rolled down an embankment. Overfeld held for careless and reckless driving. Additional collisions reported to the patrol caused about $850 damage.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Bothwell Hospital
Sedalia
Otterville
State Highway Patrol
Alfred Hart
Leavenworth
Albert Nelson Overfeld
Overfeld
Harold J. Bax
Koeltztown
Osage River
Bax
Donald Coleman
Jonesburg
George Rector
Ferguson
Kingdom City
Mistrial Declared In Bigamy Case In St Louis
Circuit Judge Sam C Blair declared a mistrial in a bigamy case after ruling that testimony admitted should not have been allowed The defendant Daniel L Cota of St Louis allegedly married Geneva Rucker of Webster Groves on June 15 1955 while still married to Nancy V Cota now of Indianapolis The case will be reheard before a new jury on September 21 with the same panel of jurors from yesterday attending
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Sam C. Blair
Blair
Daniel L. Cota
St. Louis
Geneva Rucker
Webster Groves
Nancy V. Cota
Indianapolis
Ind
Russell Steiner
Amos Ihler
Frank Bisges
Tom Johnson
T. E. Hobbs
Paul Etter
Silver Eiken
John Phelps
William Howard
Roger Hicks
Carl Osick
Don Riley Jr
Workers Stage Riot in Red Poland City
New York June 28 A steel wage contract setback threatens a 650000 man strike set for Saturday midnight Negotiators led by United Steelworkers Union president David J McDonald lament the lack of progress since May 28 When asked about the outlook he admitted realism but warned the deadline looms as mills warm up for action.
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New York
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Pittsburgh
McDonald
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel
Iron Age
Forest Ranger Killed as Fire Sweeps the West
Dry lightning sparked hundreds of fires across Arizona and New Mexico as firefighters battled blazes. Alan S. Wilson Jr., 28, of Rahway New Jersey, a forest ranger at Flagstaff, died when crushed by a falling snag while fighting 21 fires in the Coconino National Forest. Fire control was reported on several large blazes, with national guard help called in and dozens of fires burning in the Gila wilderness area near the Arizona New Mexico line.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Arizona
New Mexico
Alan S. Wilson Jr
Rahway
N. J
Flagstaff
Ariz
Coconino National Forest
Wilson
Mt. Graham
Safford
Forest Service
Latir Lakes
National Guard
Gila
Arizona-New Mexico
Clifton
Ham Breakfast and Ham Show Dates Set at Cole County Fair
Charles Mueller named general chairman announcing Royce Morrison as ham show Jaycee chairman. The ham show is set for 9 a.m. Thursday August 2 during the fair and the ham breakfast runs 7 to 10 a.m. August 4 with M Set Cleason Cox as event chairman. An auction of prize hams will follow in the new agriculture building at the fairgrounds.
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Charles Mueller
Royce Morrison
Mueller
Cleason Cox
Senators Bought Broadcaster Admits Mistake In Gas Lobbying
UAW radio voice Guy Nunn told a Senate committee he made a mistake when he said the oil and gas lobby was buying senators by the bushel. Walter Reuther confirmed the union lobbied against the gas bill and proposed tax funded campaign limits.
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Washington
Guy Nunn
United Automobile Workers
Detroit News
UAW
Senate
Eisenhower
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. Goldwater
Rarz
Nunn
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Sen. Case
R-Sd
John
M. Neff
Superior Oil Co
California
Case
Goldwater
Poznan Uprising Crushed as Polish Army Suppresses revolt
Warsaw radio reports a six hour Poznan uprising crushed by Polish tanks and troops. Workers demanded bread and a better life, attacked government buildings, and blocked traffic. Officials say the guilty will be punished, while Western visitors witnessed the clashes. The incident marks the biggest anti Communist demonstration in the Soviet bloc since 1953.
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Berlin
Poland
Poznan
Warsaw
Warsaw Radio
Communist Party
Roosevelt Street
Red
Joseph Cyrankiewicz
Airman Freed In Slaying Case At Warrensburg
Airman Richard Lee Harrell of Danville Iowa 19 was found not guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of Kansas City dealer William Allen Hill last November. The jury deliberated 1 hour 35 minutes and Harrell said to retain military status if acquitted. The trial moved from Cass county with Harrell testifying to a dispute over an auto purchase and a pistol discharge during a struggle.
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Warrensburg
Richard Lee Harrell
Danville
Iowa
William Allen Hill
Kansas City
Harrell
Grandview
Hill
Peculiar
Peggy
Gayles Rlaine
Everett E. Harrell
Pine
Grandview Air Force Base
Cass County
Detroit defeats Kansas City 4–0 in lone MLB game
In the American League matchup Detroit blanked Kansas City 4 to 0 as the only game on the schedule. In the National League New York beat Brooklyn 6–3 while Cincinnati topped Pittsburgh 4–3 in the other scheduled games.
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Detroit
Kansas City
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
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