Senators Test Power on Jury Trial Clause
In the Senate a power struggle over a jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill unfolds with Democratic Leader Johnson pushing support from 12 railway union presidents while Republican Leader Knowland cites AFL-CIO opposition. The effort aims to guarantee jury trials for criminal contempt cases tied to enforcing black voting rights, with a revised version ensuring Black citizens can serve as jurors.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
William F. Knowland
Afl-Cio
Defense
House
Eisenhower
Parole Seen For Gangster Touhy Freed In Two Years
Springfield reports attorney for Roger The Terrible Touhy said Governor Stratton cleared the way for his release within two years. Meanwhile Nathan Leopold, serving a long sentence at Stateville, filed for parole reconsideration at the Illinois Prison and Parole Board as Stratton rejected clemency. Touhy’s 299 year sentence was commuted to three years for a 1942 Stateville escape.
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Roger
Leopold
Joliet
Stratton
Pardon and Parole Board
Touhy
Stateville
Man Kills Self In Quake Aftermath
Mexico City report says Roberto Vasquez Hernandez aged 30 shot and killed himself after learning the movie House where he worked had been condemned following Sunday’s earthquake. Authorities cited quake aftermath and public safety concerns.
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Mexico City
INS
Mexico
Tartoquake
Vies
Tim
Roberto Vasquez Hernandez
GI Re-Enacts Slaying Of Japanese Woman At Camp Weir
Army Specialist William Girard directed a staged reenactment at Camp Weir near Tokyo to support his defense in an upcoming Japanese trial for accidental manslaughter. The reconstruction tracked the shooting of Mrs. Sakai by Girard and included six U.S. soldiers acting out positions on a steep hill above the firing range.
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William
Naka Weir
U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
Tisuro Hayashi
Tokyo
Stanley F. Levin
Army
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Victor Nichal
Sakai
Hidetsugu Onozela
Missing California children found safe near Carlsbad
Two young siblings Cynthia Gibbs age 2 and Richie Gibbs age 3 from Alhambra California were found safe in an adjacent motel cabin in Carlsbad Eddy County. Authorities launched a search for a possible sex deviate and a doctor planned to examine the children for molestation. A several hundred strong effort including volunteers police and Boy Scouts scoured the area and Pecos River nearby.
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Cynthia Gibbs
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John Gibbs
Alhambra
Calif
Eddy County
Ed Brooks
Brooks
Gibbs
Pecos
Dethroned Beauty Apologizes for Misrepresentation
Leona Gage Ennis, former Miss USA and Miss Universe contender, apologizes in a letter to Oscar Meinhardt, admitting she posed as Miss when she was really Mrs. Leona. She cites inexperience and seeks forgiveness while preparing for a network television role.
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Ins
Leona Gage Ennis
Leona
Oscar Meinhardt
Speed Pilot Sets Four Hour Race Record
Syracuse major Peter R. Phillips of Hicks Memorial Trophy fame backtracked through a high speed crash country race with an unpressurized cockpit. He reported the pressurizing equipment smoked and roared. Despite heat and sweat he completed the route with a new Ricks Trophy record of four hours 13 minutes and 40 seconds at Andrews Air Force Base after stops in Tucson Aziz and McKee s Rock.
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N.Y
Peter R. Phillips
112Th
Pennsylvania Air National Guard
Tucson
Aziz
MsKees Rock
Andrews Air Force East
Washington
Israel approves wartime treason death penalty law
The Knesset in Jerusalem approved a law restoring the death penalty for treason committed during wartime just as it ended its current session. The measure, suspended since 1952, passed after a one week recess began and reflects a tightening of wartime security provisions.
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Jerusalem II
Israel
Knesset
Alcorn Defends Ike Envoy Appointment
Republican National Chairman Meade Alcorn says large party contributions should not automatically disqualify a person from ambassadorial or other federal posts. He defended Maxwell Gluck, tied to controversy over his Ceylon ambassadorship, while noting the GOP committee largely stays out of diplomatic and judicial picks.
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Ins
Meade Alcorn
Alcorn
White House
Hisenhower
Sac
Maxwell Gluck
New York
Ceylon
Gluck
GOP
Liseenhower
Republican National Committee
Canada Population Tops 16 1/2 Million
Ottawa report notes Canada's population reached 14,589,000 on June 1, a 3.2 percent rise in a year. Immigrant grants totaled about 250,000 in the past 12 months as the government tightens rules for arrivals without job assurances or sponsors.
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Ont
INS
Canada
Air Force's Growth Power Told at Rites
United States Air Force marks its 50th anniversary with a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery. Gen Thomas D White lauds the air arm as a symbol of strength and righteousness in liberty, honoring airmen who died in World War I, World War II, and Korea. Delegates at the Air Force Association convention pay tribute to Billy Mitchell and Hap Arnold as pioneers of air power.
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Arlington National Cemetery
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White
Libery Daveing
Korea
Billy Mitchisis
Hap Arnolds
Air ‘Service
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