Both Parties Bid For Negro Vote At NAACP Event
At the NAACP convention in San Francisco Republican Rep. Hugh Scott of Philadelphia and Democrat Rep. Sidney R. Yates of Chicago each claimed stronger civil rights records for their parties. Scott linked a Democratic vote to Eastland and accused Stevenson of evading school segregation. Yates defended his party’s equal rights stance and accused Eisenhower of inaction on civil rights.
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San Francisco
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Hugh Scott
Philadelphia
Eastland
James Eastland
D-Miss
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sidney R. Yates
Chicago
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Scott
NAACP
Adlai Stevenson
Yates
Texas Firm Wins Fort Riley Barracks Contract
Army engineers awarded a $3,483,826 contract for construction of six barracks at Fort Riley to Allen M. Campbell, general contractor, Tyler, Texas. A separate $1,526,591 contract to build a 30-bed hospital at Grandview Air Force Base went to KSarp Brothers Construction Co. of Johnson County, Kansas.
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Kansas City
KTA Approves Equipment Contracts for Turnpike Work
The Kansas Turnpike Authority approved contracts totaling 691000 dollars for maintenance and operation equipment. Seventy eight bidders were successful, with gear to be used as the turnpike project progresses toward completion.
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KTA
Topeka
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Marilyn To Altar Again
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller wed quietly at City Hall in White Plains New York. They returned to Miller's Roxbury Connecticut home for a brief ceremony and planned a England honeymoon contingent on getting a passport. The couple witnessed a fatal crash near the farm affecting their mood and commitment to privacy as they prepared to depart to parts unknown.
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White Plains
N. Y
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
City Hall
Miller
Roxbury
Conn
England
Morton A
Florence J. Milller
Princess Mara Sherbatoff
New York
Paris Match
Miss Sherbatoff
Ira Slade
United States calls for freedom after Poznan shootings
The United States voiced shock over the Poznan shootings that killed and wounded many Polish workers. President Eisenhower’s plea for full political freedom in Eastern Europe was reaffirmed by the State Department after talks with Dulles and others. Officials said the outbreak shows that people under police oppression reach a breaking point and deserve to choose their government.
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Washington
United States
Poznan
Eisenhower
Europe
State Department
Dulles
Soviet Union
Eisenhow
Geneva
Harriman Campaigns in Corn Belt for Democratic Votes
Harriman opened a Midwest swing in Oxford Iowa promising to rally farmers upset with Eisenhower. He accused the Republican administration of betraying farmers by cutting price supports and letting farm incomes fall. The New Yorker tours Iowa North Dakota Minnesota mark his first Midwest visit since announcing his candidacy. He urged delegates to shake every hand and invoked the Tru man style with a fiery speech.
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Oxford
Iowa
Averell Harriman
Eisenhower
New Yorker
North Dakota
Minnesota
Midwest
Harriman
Truman
The
American Legion
Benson
Another Rip in the Iron Curtain
Berlin reports William P. Lear, aircraft equipment maker, denied any talk of selling his products to Russia during a Moscow visit. Lear arrived in Moscow in a private Cessna 310 claiming the trip was for fun, noting a warm welcome and free gasoline from Soviet officials who cited efforts to tear down the curtain.
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Berlin
William P. Lear
U.S
Moscow
Lear
Couple admits fraud on pension payments case
In Leavenworth Kansas a married couple Settimo Trapani Jr. 32 and Donna Jean 29 pleaded guilty in U S District Court to conspiring to defraud the government of pension payments totaling 6636 50 dollars.
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Kansas City
Kas
Young
Leavenworth, Kas
Settimo Trapani Jr
Donna Jean
U.S
Eisenhower Leaves Walter Reed for Farm Rest
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived at their Gettysburg farm at 11 08 am after an 85 mile drive from Walter Reed Army Hospital. He plans at least two weeks of convalescence and may reveal his political plans during the Gettysburg visit.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Howard M. Snyder
Leonard D. Heaton
Walter Reed
Mrs. Eisenhower
Heaton
Pital
Strength Can Also Be Great Danger
Secretary of Defense Wilson warned critical senators against insisting on excessive U S military strength. He said the objective is to deter war by honorable means not to overarm. Wilson called U S power dynamic and substantial, urging not to flaunt it yet avoid underarming. He outlined testimony for a Senate Armed Services subcommittee reviewing U S and Russian air power.
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Washington
Wilson
Rane
U. S
Free World
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Senate
Air Force
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
James C. Hagerty
Secretary of Defense
Agriculture Department Panel Nears Site Tour For Lab
The site committee led by Don Collins will finish a lengthy hearing on an 18 million dollar government animal disease research lab. About 70 delegations argued for different locations across the country as the panel plans to inspect five to eight top sites in a post hearing tour.
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Louis W
Agriculture Department
Don Collins
Kit Carson
Colo
American National Cattlemen’s Assn
St. Louis
Hospital Admittances And Birth At St Catherine
Garden City today notes admit tions for K T Brandt and Mrs Curtis Yardley of 705 Pennsylvania along with Leona Sturgeon 605 East Maple. Birth at St Catherine to Curtis Yardley and wife a 7 lb 2 oz boy born 4 57 a m. Police briefs report bond forfeiture for Paul E Long 1911 Safford and license suspension for Mrs George Jess Rees Holcomb.
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K. T. Brandt
Curtis Yardley
Pennsylvania
Leona Sturgeon
East Maple
Aurelio R. Guerrero
North 43Rd
Gene Venters
Dighton
Romulo Garza
Holcomb
Melvin Dale Murphy
John H. Doyle
Scott City
St. Catherine
Paul E. Long
Safford
George Jess Rees
Buyer Guilty Of Kickbacks In Jet Engine Plant
A federal jury in Kansas City convicted James E. Hanis 26 a buyer for the Westinghouse jet engine plant of taking kickbacks on government contracts. He was found guilty on five counts of conspiracy to defraud the government with a maximum penalty of 13 years in prison and a 10000 dollar fine. Edward R. McCabe 35 president of a firm doing business with the plant was acquitted. Robert Ward Graddy 30 Tulsa pleaded guilty and testified for the government saying he gave gifts to Hanis for bidding help.
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Kansas City Wi
James E. Hanis
Hanis
Westinghouse
Edward R. McCabe
Robert Ward Graddy
Tulsa
Okla
Hanis and McCabe
Graddy
Hais
Nixon says Polish riots show Soviet colonial imperialism
In Miami Nixon declares Poland uprisings illustrate a modern colonial imperialism by the Communists. He urges a deeds not words approach and prepares to leave for a 10 day world trip including the Philippines and Vietnam.
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Miami
Fla
Nixon
Poland
Lions
U. S
Philippines
Viet Nam
Lenin Will Supposedly Called for Stalin Ouster
Moscow dispatch reports the Soviet government published Lenin s will demanding Stalin be expelled as secretary of the Communist party. The document, suppressed for three years, portrays Stalin as rude and capricious and unfit for a high party post.
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Lenin
Stalin
Moscow
V. I. Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Kommunist
Bachelor in Need of Help From Court
Jozef Cohen an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Illinois appealed to the court for help against Dawn Wolfe a 22 year old former coed. Wolfe allegedly wrote daily notes made long phone calls and showered gifts prompting a police warrant for disturbing the peace. Cohen said Wolfe was in his Spring 1955 class and he refused to meet her at his apartment due to an improper student professor relationship.
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Champaign
Ill
Jozef Cohen
University of Illinois
Dawn Wolfe
Miss Wolfe
Cohen
Farm Prices Rise 2 Percent in Mid June Report
The Agriculture Department said farm prices increased 2 percent for the month ended June 15. The index stood at 247 percent of the 1910-14 base, up from 242 in mid May and 241 a year ago. Livestock and products fell less than 0.5 percent, 3 percent below last June.
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Washington
Agriculture Department Today
Benson
Public Health Director Quits to Lead Warner-Chilcott Labs
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele resigns as surgeon general of the U S Public Health Service to become president of a Warner-Chilcott Laboratories subsidiary in Morris Plains New Jersey. Eisenhower accepts the resignation with regret. Farmers gain more time to join the soil bank as farm prices rise for the sixth straight month and the July 15 deadline is set for land removals to qualify for payments.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
U.S. Public Health Service
Eisenhower
Scheele
Warner- Lambert Pharmaceutical Co
New York
Warner-Chilcott Laboratories, Inc
Morris Plains
N. J
Benson’s Department
Soil Bank
3,170 Traffic Deaths Set May Record
The National Safety Council reported a record 3,170 traffic fatalities in May. The toll for the first five months of 1956 reached 14,720, a 9 percent rise from the same period last year, while Wichita Kansas showed a 50 percent drop in deaths for the five months.
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Chicago i
National Safety Council
Wichita
Kas
St Louis Woman Is No Match for Brown Bear
Laura Murphy was attacked by a 450 pound Syrian brown bear in downtown St. Louis outside the Post-Dispatch Building where the animal had been tethered for a TV show. The bear knocked her down and scratched her before trainer Walter Klarsner pulled it away. She was treated by a physician and returned home.
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Louis
Laura Murphy
St. Louis
Pike’s Peak
Post-Dispatch
Walter Klarsner
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