House Approves Ike's Rights Bill After House Vote
The House approved the civil rights bill 286 to 126 after defeating a Southern bloc attempt to add a jury trial amendment 251 to 158. The bill moves to the Senate where Knowland aims to bypass committee and place it on the calendar for debate. The measure would authorize the attorney general to seek federal court relief for violations or threats to civil rights. Liberty and labor impacts included wage boosts and price adjustments related to a Sinclair refinery agreement with AFL-CIO unions.
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Eisenhower
Repub
New. York
Sinclair
Aining Co
Republica
Afl-Cio
Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union
Shell Oil Co
Esso-Standard Oil Co
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Socony-Mobil Oil Co. Inc
Senate
Snowland
California
U. S
Personel
Knowland
Senate Judiciary Committee
Italian Leaders Fail To Patch a Coalition
In Rome Senate President Cesare Merzagora said he could not form a government. President Giovanni Gronchi had asked Merzagora to explore possibilities of a coalition. Gronchi must now seek another political leader to end Italy's 45 day old government crisis.
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Italy
Senate
Cesare] Merzagora
Giovanni Gronchi
Metzagora
Poliideal
Gronchi
Atomic Test Fourth Shot Explodes At Site
Atomic scientists detonated the fourth shot in the current test-series at dawn using a balloon lift. Evacuation of the control point followed light fallout, described as a drill and not health-threatening by AEC and AIBC. Over 50 diagnostic tests ran as live pigs and mice carried instruments.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
AIBC
Desert
Ground Zero
AIC
Due East
Due West
Angeles
Las Vegas
Thieves Bind Watchman and Steal Razor Blade Haul
In Sydney Australia thieves bound and gagged night watchman Brian Healy and stole nearly three tons of razor blades from a local razor company. The haul is estimated at 244 million blades and is the subject of an ongoing police investigation.
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Sydney
Australia
Brian Healy
City Ready but Unassigned for Alert in Garden City
Garden City prepares for the fourth annual operation alert civil defense drill on July 12 to 14 under city manager Deane P. Wiley who also serves as civil defense director. Ham radio operators have previously connected with other stations, but Garden City has not actively participated in past operations.
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Garden City
Deane P. Wiley
Wiley
Spurned Boy Slashes Girlfriend in Houston Romance Tragedy
In Houston a university student, 17, killed his girlfriend Sandra Maynald, 17, slashing her throat after their romance ended. Police say Robert Freeman, also 17, a UH science student, called police and asked for help declaring he had just killed his girlfriend and fearing the neighbors.
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Houston
Tex
Sandra Jean Maynald
W. C. Doss
Robert Edward Freeman
University of Houston
Sandy
Boy Murder Case Ties To Foster Father Probe
Garden Sass Doss and Detective John Thornton found a boy dead on a living room couch wearing bloodstained clothes. Freeman admitted the slaying in a written statement and was jailed for murder. Dr. L E Freeman and his wife, who adopted Robert, dispute the boy’s identity and say the youth seemed unlike their son. Police detail installation ceremonies and list local officers and directors amid the investigation, with medical examiner noting the girl involved was not sexually molested.
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John Thornton
Freeman
Dr. L. E. Freeman
Dr. Freeman
University of Houston
Robert
Dale Saffels
W. C. Williams
Sandra
Pearce
Ricker
Maynard Knief
A. H. Elland
Richard Bortz
Dents
E. L. Droegemueller
Jarred Clark
Harris Coun
Gene Holloway
Tax Deadline Near for Personal Property and Real Estate
County treasurer Mrs Donna Bradford warns taxes for last year must be paid by Thursday to avoid a 10 percent penalty on late payments. A rush of last minute taxpayers filled the office, about 85 percent of due taxes already collected. A new law requires listing delinquent taxes by name and amount for publication.
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Donna Bradford
Bradford
Pearce Installed as Garden City Lions President
Reverend James Otis Pearce was installed as the new president of the Garden City Lions, succeeding Floyd Ricker who led the club for the past year. Pearce was named as a delegate to the Lions International convention in San Francisco next week and will depart Garden City Sunday evening.
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James Otis Pearce
Garden City Lions Solit
Pearce
Floyd Ricker
Ricker
Lion Jamer
San Francisco
Garden City
Cain Rejects Reinstatement of Parole Agent Swanson
Democrat Chairman Dan C. Cain of the State Penal Board rejected an effort to reinstate Dr. Carl A. B. Swanson, a longtime parole agent from Topeka, who refused a transfer to Wichita. Swanson plans to appeal to the State Civil Service Board.
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PEKAP
Carl A. B. Swanson
Page City
Dan C. Cain
State Penal Board
Swanson
State Civil Service Board
Cain
Robert Turney
Wichita
George Docking
William Townsend
Topeka
A Home for Gertrude at Garden City Zoo
Gertrude the grounded sea gull has a new home in the Garden City zoo lagoon. Gifted by Mr and Mrs David T Getter of Hutchinson after six weeks of care for a broken wing and recovery. Getter found Gertrude while delivering mail on a Hutchinson rural route. Also welcomed are a Rhesus monkey born yesterday and a white fallow deer born Sunday.
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Gertrude
Garden City Zoo
David T. Getter
Hutchinson
Getter
Claude Owens
Getters
Garden City
Seven Naturalization Petitions Filed by Local Residents
Petitions for naturalization were filed yesterday with the district court clerk by seven people. The petitioners are Modesto Yturriaga of 210 S. 5th, Francisca Avila Gonzalez of 611 E. Santa Fe, Florencio Bribiesca of Holcomb, Pedro Hernandez of Leoti, Geronimo Diaz Rocha of RFD 1, Ana Chavez Perales of 101 N. Taylor, and Salome Sandoval of Deerfield. All were born in Mexico.
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Modesto Yturriaga
S. 5Th
Francisca Avila Gonzalez
E. Santa Fe
Florencio Bribiesca
Holcomb
Pedro Hernandez
Leoti
Geronimo Diaz Rocha
RFD
Ana Chavez Perales
Taylor
Salome Sandoval
Deerfield
Mexico
Federal judge blocks Japan trial of GI in death case
U S District Judge Joseph S McGarraghy barred delivering Army specialist William 5 Girard to Japan for trial in the death of a Japanese woman. He ruled Girard, still in US military service in Japan, may be court martialed here and refused habeas relief, while treating the filing as an injunction request. The State Department signaled an appeal, and Girard’s lawyers denounced the move as political pressure.
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GI William 5. Girard
Japan
U. S
Joseph S. McGarraghy
Girard
McGarraghy
Ottawa
Dulles
United States
State Department
Department
Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
Defense Wilson
New York
Joseph S. Robinson
Earl J. Carroll
Japanese Cabinet approves yen sympathy payment for U S killed man’s family
Tokyo's cabinet plans to pay 629000 yen to the family of William S. Girard killed, with U S Army confirming a consideration of the claim though denying a formal commitment. Weather notes add continued cool, scattered thunder possible, and regional readings show varied maxima and minima across cities.
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United States
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U. S
U.S
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Gmiddie
Garden City
Dodge City
Trace Goodland
Great Bend
Liberal
Russell
Trace Pratt
Amazing
Denver
Guymon
la Junta
Lamar
Siren
Agrees Not to Take the Fifth in Senate Hearing
Bakers Union leader Cross agreed not to invoke the Fifth Amendment on questions from the Senate while agreeing to cross-examine a witness. The hearing followed testimony by Gilbert Mann who said he was forced to resign as Bakers Union Local 100 president in Chicago in 1955 after 25 years of service. Abraham Harris proposed questions to be asked to Mann to keep the process fair, triggering sharp exchanges with Chairman McClellan. Nehru arrives in Helsinki for a two day neutral visit as Finland welcomes the Indian prime minister.
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James G. ‘Cross
Bakers Union
Senate
Cross
Gilbert Mann
Bakers Union Local 100
Chicago
Abraham Harris
Mann
McClellan
D-Ark
Harris
Lenators
Satanta Woman Continues Search for Missing Mate
Mrs Maynard Cook seeks her husband missing since August 31 when he left to check drill equipment near their Kansas farm. The 41 year old farmer drove a farm truck later found abandoned near Liberal police station. He is believed missing with no clear cause and Mrs Cook plans widespread newspaper circulation of his photo to spur clues.
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Satanta
Cook
Liberal
Maynard
Three Dead as Flood Recedes In Hays Area
Flood waters receded in north central Kansas after evacuations hit about 3,000 in Hays and nearby Munjor. Three died from an explosion linked to the flood and drowning. one victim critically injured. Priests, a janitor, and two nuns evacuated. several buildings damaged. rail lines blocked. 9 inches of rain fell. National Guardsmen deployed to assist.
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Kansas
Eilis
Munjor
Cornelius Heim
Brice Schratz
St. Joseph’s Military Academy
Ted Pfannenstiel
Father Anselm Martin
St. Joseph's
Father Martin
Solomon River
Phillipsburg
Kensington
Kirwin
George Docking
Fixed Budget Tough on Army Chief Warns Limits Will Strain Forces
Maxwell D. Taylor, Army chief of staff, told the Command and General Staff College class that living within a fixed annual budget around 914 billion dollars will be very difficult. He warned that current ceilings cap all services at about 38 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1 and cited inflation and pay needs as factors that complicate meeting requirements.
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Kanu
Igen
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Command and General Staff College
Taylor
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