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Fulbright backs U S Japan treaty ahead of Eisenhower trip
Senator Fulbright led support for Senate ratification of the U S Japan security pact as Secretary Herter urged swift approval. White House underscored no delay to Eisenhower’s trip to Tokyo, with Kisaki assurances of adequate Japanese security and hopes for ratification before June 19 amid Japan demonstrations.
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Red Probe Committee Large Hotel Bills Disclosed
Washington AP report says a member of the House Un American Activities Committee spent up to 108 dollars daily on hotel lodging during out of town hearings. The Knight papers note expense records show payment of 95 dollars at a night club and chauffeur driven limousines on three occasions at about 25 dollars a day.
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Pay Cut For Solons Proposed For Congress Members
Washington legislators debate reducing congressional pay from 22 500 a year to 33 cents hourly. Morse cites laundry workers earning as little as 33 cents an hour, while a Senate committee faces unpaid wage issues. The piece also covers expenses claimed by lawmakers, including hotel bills in St Louis New York and Los Angeles, restaurant charges and limousine use, with questions about the purpose of library purchases charged to committee funds.
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British Ship's Days Numbered
PORTSMOUTH England AP Britain's last battleship the 44000 ton Vanguard is headed for the scrap pile Completed in 1906 it cost 290 a week to keep her afloat and in top shape The government decided that was top price.
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Russian Replacement Predicted for Khrushchev
Boris Morros, a Russian born film producer and former FBI counterspy, predicts Nikita Khrushchev will be replaced by Mikhail Suslov of the Presidium. Morros says Suslov is the only one who could justify overthrowing Khrushchev by the Stalinists.
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Chuckles In The News Highlights Oddball Public Notes
San Francisco report notes an election deputy instructed an elderly voter to mark every Irishman for the straight Catholic ticket. In Durand, Wisconsin, Charles Pfeiffer resigned as police chief after pay dispute and job advertisement for a higher salary. In London, artist Marcelle Cahn remarks on a show of deceased painters, while in Hollywood Ward Woodinday says he will hire Mexicans to play Indians in a new series, sparking controversy.
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Violence Flares in South Africa Tribal Clash
Police intervened in a tribal clash near Port Elizabeth south of Natal, killing six Africans and arresting 21. Justice Minister Francois Erasmus said toll today.
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Baptists Condemn Gambling Legalization In New York
The American Baptist Convention, in its final session, denounces state legalization of gambling as deceitful and a symptom of economic and cultural decay. The 145 million member denomination also backs anti communism education, disarmament efforts, U S U S cultural and scientific exchanges, population control and intensified aid programs abroad.
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Man Drowns While Fishing Near Smith River
Crescent City AP Rich ard Murray aged 33 from Monterey died while fishing in a boat on the Smith River near Crescent City Tuesday evening. His wife remained at Jedediah Smith State Park where they were camping.
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Talks Deadlocked In Strike On Atlas Work
San Diego AP reports talks between Convair and the IAM deadlocked over union security and wage terms. Convair canceled union clauses and pledged not to penalize workers while continuing operations at three California divisions and offshore bases. The IAM seeks a 14 cent-an-hour raise plus fringes. Convair offers 1.5 cents wage increase and a 3 cent cost of living rise. About 2,785 Convair workers walked out. hundreds more were laid off, affecting facilities in California, Florida, Nebraska, and others.
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U S Firms in Cuba Refuse Russian Oil
In Havana, U S oil companies Standard of New Jersey and Mexico refuse Cuban orders for Soviet crude. Shell also wrote the regime, while Cuba contemplates seizure or shutdown if refineries lose dollars for imports. May 27 refinery allotments limit oil flow and dollar savings.
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Girl Given Probation After Prison Term Suspension
Donna Jean Dresskell Dickinson, 18, was arrested last December and sent to the women’s prison at Lowell. She completed high school there and was graduated with honors. Judge Ben C. Willard suspended her sentence on a day to day basis to allow marriage to her soldier husband.
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Man Snatched By Reds Dies in Soviet Jail
Berlin attorney Dr Walter Vinsch, kidnapped by Communists on an apex street eight years earlier, died in a Soviet jail. The West German Red Cross said he died December 5 1953 at age Ag. Linse, a leader in the Anti Communist League of Free Jurists, had exposed East German oppression. German Communist agents allegedly killed him in Berlin on July 8 1962.
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