Lewis Strauss Resigns from Secretary Post
Covinton AP reports Lewis Strauss resigns as secretary of commerce amid health struggles and cabinet shake up. President Eisenhower praises Strauss while noting his long service and the Senate rejection of his nomination prompts formal resignation to ensure department continuity.
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Lewis Strauss
Covington
Gary
Earl .K
Long
Tolay
Lew
Skene
Commerce
Imen
Ee Sarbvatied Te Cde
White House
Strauss
Eisenhower
Resadness
Senate
Congress
Department of Commerce
GOP Lets Go Budget Vo
Republican leaders emerge from a meeting with President Eisenhower railing against Democratic budget plans. They say no word on a veto of the 1.575 billion housing bill and predict a veto would be sustained in the House. They cite Budget Bureau figures showing the House has approved 553 million more in authorizations and appropriated 19 million more than the administration's request as the new fiscal year nears.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Wisenhower
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Wisenower
Halleck
Everett M
Clarinetist John Williams In Hyde Park Noise Complaint
Chicago police report multiple calls Sunday night about loud dissonant music from John Williams apartment. Three squads advised to reduce noise. Monday Williams claimed his clarinet was missing after the incident.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
John Williams
South Side
Williams
Walliains
Adenauer Visits West Berlin Amid Berlin Crisis
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived in West Berlin to attend the Electoral College meeting to choose a successor to President Theodor Heuss. East German threats to block West Berlin had earlier been issued, but the bloc has not persisted. The Electoral College includes 519 members of the lower house and 519 state representatives.
Supreme Court voids defense plant screening program
Government officials said changes are needed to continue screening three million private plant workers for defense secrets after a Supreme Court ruling found the program unauthorized. The decision affects workers in private plants with access to classified material but not government employees. The ruling centers on lack of opportunity for the accused to defend themselves.
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Washington
SupremeCourt
Intan
Supreme Court
New York
Lady Chatterly
William L. Greene
Engineering and Research Corp
Riverdale
Navy
Greene
Justice Warren
Congress
Green
Warren
Search for WWII bomber crew bodies in Libyan desert
An expanded U S Army team will search the Libyan desert next month for the bodies of nine crew members of a B24 Liberator that crashed in 1943 near Naples. They will use helicopters and vehicles and plan to spend at least 30 days in 130 degree heat, hoping to identify skeletal remains using markers found earlier by geologists and an oil crew.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Naples
Italy
U.S. Army
Myron D. Fuller
Wesley A. Neep
Neep
Seattle
Wash
Fragmentary Names and Notices From Local District Listings
A readable fragment lists numerous individuals and addresses including Mrs. Phil Stoufe, Kent George Voth, Keith L. Brady, Virginia L. Willey, Mrs. Adam Rupp, Kenneth Thomas, Mrs. Lorene Stalter, and others. It references a marriage license for David W. Fletcher and Ann Jean Keene, plus several address lines and a public court note mentioning Ina Mrs. Glen A. Seeds and forgery with a bond.
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Phil Stoufe
Eugene
Kent George Voth
Evans
Keith L. Brady
Virginia L. Willey
Leon
Adam Rupp
Kenneth Thomas
Lorene Stalter
Glen A.seeds
Rt. 1
Graves
Robert Heirigs
George
Leland Coulter
St. John
Paul Stewart
Harold Brungardt
Sampson Construction Co faces wage and hour order
The Salina firm Sampson Construction Co was ordered by a federal court to stop wage and hour violations. It allegedly failed to pay at least 13290 in overtime to workers who built 19 country grain elevators across Kansas Oklahoma Iowa South Dakota and Texas in 1955 and 1956. The overtime rule applies to firms engaged in interstate commerce.
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Sampson
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
South Dakota
Texas
Divorce Granted Case Involving Keiths and Sampson Claim
Legal notice summarizes Jack W. J. Keith versus Luetta R. Keith and related matters. It references a 1954 charge against Sampson’s mother and a contention over an alleged debt of 31,400 dollars and whether it involved interstate commerce. The record reflects divorce action and disputes over owed sums.
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Jack W. J .Keith
Luetta
R. Keith
Sampson
Writer Irked Over Statement By Chief Justice
AP report details Earl Mazo alleging Chief Justice Earl Warren called him a "damned liar" over Mazo's Nixon book. Warren reportedly disputed parts at a cocktail party, claiming the work misrepresents events and favors Nixon. Mazo says they later talked calmly and remained friends, with Warren inviting a visit. Warren allegedly complained the book shows Nixon as winner in the 1950 California contest involving Helen Gahagan Douglas and James Roosevelt. Warren declined comment when asked by reporters.
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Washington
Earl Mazo
Richard M. Nixon
Earl Warren
Warren
Mazo
Nixon
California
Helen Gahagan Douglas
James Roosevelt
Douglas
Supreme Court
Minneapolis Tribune
Des Moines Register
Traffic Deaths Rise Five Percent in First Five Months
CHICAGO AP reports national traffic deaths increased five per cent in the first five months of this year versus 1958. From January 1 to June 1, traffic accidents caused 13,940 deaths and likely led to about a half million disabling injuries, per the National Safety Council on Monday.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Miss Ardis Hartzell to represent Downing's July Fourth event
Ardis Hartzell, 18, will represent Downing's in the Miss Southwest Kansas contest on July 4. A Scott City resident, she stands six feet four inches tall and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R Hartzell.
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Ardis Hartzell
Downing’s
the R. Hartzell
Scott City
Marine Faces Death Sentence for Rape Conviction
A 19 year old white Marine, Pvt. Fred Davis of Atlanta, convicted of raping a 47 year old Negro woman near Beaufort, faces a mandatory death sentence after a jury of white men did not recommend mercy. If executed, it would be the first recorded U.S. execution of a white man for raping a Negro woman. He is an electrician at the Marine air station in Beaufort, South Carolina.
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5. C
Pvt
Fred Davis
Davis
United States
Atlanta
Marine Air Station
Castro Batista plot to sell planes to Castro group
Witness Earl T. Benjamin testified at a federal hearing that Akros Dynamics owned planes seized May 22 in Miami as part of an alleged scheme to smuggle guns and ammunition to Fidel Castro and anti-Batista forces. Benjamin linked Dominick Bartone and others to the plan and suggested Teamsters involvement.
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Sen- Akros Dynamics
Air Late
Potee
Anlice
Fidel Castro
Batista
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Earl T. Benjamin
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamsters Union
Benjamin
Welded Construction Corp
Altos Dynamics, Inc
Dominick &. Bartone
Bartone
Akros Dynamics
Barlone
Miami
Markets Woe and Kansas City Livestock Report
Cattle and hog markets show declines with cattle 3,000 head, calves 100, and hogs 3,000 head slow trading. Slaughter steers strong to 50 higher on choice, cows up to 25, vealers 29 to 91, stocker and feeder activity mixed. Sheep and lambs steady to higher with spring slaughter lambs 22 to 23.80 and feeder lambs 16 to 18.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
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