Congress Closes 1957 Session With Civil Rights Milestone
Washington reports the Democratic led Congress adjourned with over 100 bills left for Eisenhower to consider. The 1957 session, marked by civil rights passage after 92 years, faces GOP criticism on the budget foreign aid and school programs while issues like civil rights inflation and public power define the era. Lyndon Johnson steered Democrats to unity on civil rights, giving them a political edge.
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Box Score On How She Made Out
Washington report on Eisenhower’s year with Congress shows outcomes by policy area. Civil rights voting rights bill limited. school construction aid killed in House. Hungarian refugees not aided. budget around 68 of 73 billion approved. foreign aid 2.7 of 3.8 billion allocated. defense budget about 34 billion. Eisenhower doctrine delayed. postal rate hike enacted as 527 million increase but Senate delayed further action. natural gas and statehood items stall.
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Alaska
Filibuster Boomerangs Fueled By Thurmond Speech
Washington drift toward curbing Senate debate grows as five Democratic senators circulate a plan to allow debate to be limited by majority vote. They cite Strom Thurmond's 24 hour filibuster as proof that extended talks can obstruct or exhibit, not inform. The push targets ending the two thirds vote to close a filibuster and control obstruction.
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Richard Weuberges
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Joseph Clark
Sterile Vets in Connecticut Press Claims of Wartime Light Tests
Bridgeport CT four World War II veterans claim a secret Army project using high powered carbon arc light blinded enemy troops and left them sterile. Attorney Raymond Lyddy said he would press the charges while the Army cites no evidence the tests affected procreative powers despite congressional demand and an Army inquiry.
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Raymond Lyddy
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Tourists to Spend $2 Billion Abroad
Americans, hailed as the world’s best spenders, will pay about two billion dollars abroad this year per the Chicago Motor Club travel department. Since 1945 U.S. expenditures overseas have more than doubled prior totals, with 1.275 billion dollars in foreign country bills and 540 million dollars on travel fares.
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Chandler Aims For Presidency
Kentucky Governor Happy Chandler announced on arrival from Europe that he will seek the U S presidency in 1960 health permitting His recall of losing the 1956 Democratic nomination and his remark that Democrats can win with strong candidates frames his bid as a serious candidacy amid Wisconsin election results and party dynamics
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Happy) Chandler
Ken Ps
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William Proxmire
Wisconsin
U S to Pay $900 In Woman s Death
TOKYO The U S Air Force agreed to pay 900 compensation to the family of a Japanese woman killed Aug 2 by a low flying American plane. The Japanese government fixed total compensation at 1200 for Mrs Haru Roja. Mrs Hojo was killed when a light plane piloted by 1st Lt John L Gordon of Evie Pa suddenly lost altitude and struck her as she rode a bicycle. Under the U S Japan administrative agreement the U S pays 75 percent of compensation fixed by Japan.
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Temperatures Far ’n’ Wide Weather Bureau San Francisco Table
A 24 hour temperature table prepared by the Weather Bureau in San Francisco shows hourly readings across distant locations. The document outlines temperature values for various cities and regions over a full day, reflecting climate data collection by the JS unit.
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Stocks End August With Strong Rally In Industrials
The market closed August with a burst of strength led by industrials lifting the Dow and sending weekly gains the first since July. Rails fell to their lowest since 1954 while utilities and other sectors showed mixed results amid thin volume and postholiday selling.
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Stamp to Honor Philippine Chief
President Eisenhower and other U.S. leaders paid tribute to Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines at a ceremony marking an eight cent stamp. Nixon Dulles and Summerfield led the remarks praising Magsaysay as a champion of democracy and fighter against Communism. The stamp goes on sale tomorrow as the first in a series honoring freedom fighters from other countries.
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Speeding Denied By Woman Racer
Mrs. Friedal Herrmann, national stock car driving champion, challenged a speeding charge in Detroit claiming she could not have reached 69 miles per hour on a residential street. With her husband and a race track timer she argued the top speed, reached in 1,987 feet, was an impossible acceleration.
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Shipping schedule and departures from San Francisco
A long list of ships due to sail from San Francisco including Siaiama Maru from Yokohama and Leilani from Honolulu with destinations such as Burena Seattle and Yokohama. Also notes arrivals and daily reviews with ship names like Philippine Maru and Galile Ferraris and ports including Valparaiso Sydney Manila and Genoa.
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Aunt Josie to mark 111th birthday in Manchester Ky
Aunt Josie Jackson Sizemore a midwife who delivered about 5000 babies in 60 years plans a large 111th birthday party in Manchester Kentucky. She sent telegrams to Governors Chandler and Clement inviting them to attend. Speakers include Senator John Sherman Cooper U S Senator, Rep Eugene E Siler and former Governor Flemon D Sampson. The event will host many of the children she helped bring into the world and their families.
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Josie Jackson Sizemora
Kentucky
Tennessee
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A. B
Happy) Chandler
Frank G. Clement
Chandler
U.S
John Sherman Cooper
Eugene E. Siler
Flemon D. Sampson
Eden Township Japanese American Citizens League Barbecue
The Eden Township Japanese American Citizens League will hold its annual fall barbecue at Hayward Memorial Park at 3 30 p m Friday. After a steak barbecue a game period will be held for youngsters.
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Mrs Eisenhower Leaves Walter Reed After Hysterectomy
Mrs. Eisenhower, discharged from Walter Reed Hospital after a hysterectomy on August 6, walked from the entrance with her husband to the White House limousine. The First Lady, dressed in blue, said she felt pretty good as she posed for photos. President Eisenhower, arriving at 2:55 p.m., joined her outside the hospital with aides and security. Heaton welcomed the President to the presidential suite and accompanied both to the car. On the porch they greeted Col Humbert L. Riva and August Sharkham who were present at the operation.
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V Hospital
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Leonard D. Heaton
Walter Reed
Heaton
Widows Aid Bill Signed by President Eisenhower
Washington reports Representative B F Sisk says a signed widows benefits bill liberalizes eligibility rules for veterans widows, correcting injustices without large pension costs. It bases eligibility on marriage duration and child birth, covering marriages before death and good faith marriages lasting five years.
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B. F Sisk
D-Calif
Eisenhower
Sisk
ExSpy Names Identify Soviet Espionage Couple
House un American Activities Committee Chairman Franis E Walter announced that counterspy Boris Moros identified a New York and an Albuquerque couple as Soviet spies. The Spi ts were naturalized Americans now living in Vienna using the name Dr P Low Beer.
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Francis E. Walter
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Boris Moros
Vienna
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