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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1959
Page
7
The coming Senate fight over President Eisenhower's pick of Lewis L. Strauss for commerce secretary is expected to dwarf earlier battles and may last several weeks. Strauss, a former banker and advisor to the Rockefellers, is the nominee.
In a heated fight over former AEC head Lewis Strauss becoming commerce secretary, Democrats fault his secrecy and devious testimony while Republicans call it politics. The Commerce Committee approved his nomination 9-8 after delays, leaving the Senate to decide, with Morse threatening a filibuster.
Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Spring Hill Baptist Church for Willie Eva Kennedy who died Saturday at 1 30 p m at 611 12th Ave NW. Rev J I McGahee to conduct with interment at the adjacent cemetery. Survivors include husband Charlie Kennedy two sons Lawrence and Theodore Kennedy a daughter Geneva Bryant mother Mrs Nancy Horton and sister Annie Maud Pickett.
The House debates a 1960 defense bill totaling about 38.85 billion dollars amid a clash over air defense missiles. The Nike Zeus Army system gains support while Bomarc production faces cuts. A ford-backed defense mix includes carrier and force level disputes.
Auburn graduates react with disfavor to proposed rename of Alabama Polytechnic Institute to Auburn University or Auburn Alabama Land Grant University. Trustees defend the move as modernizing toward full university status, with legislators weighing the change amid mixed local opinion and a century of naming history.
Martha Tyler 14 of Birmingham was killed when she ran in front of a car crossing U S Highway 78 near the Birmingham city limits. No charges were filed against the motorist, according to Highway Patrolman G W Sims.
Navy scientists at Pensacola remove three of four implanted electrodes from Baker after their Jupiter rocket flight. Able dies after heart failure during surgery. Autopsy finds no flight injuries. microscopic study will examine Able’s tissues for space-induced changes.
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