Nixon Backed Medical Aid Rejected by Senate
The Senate rejected a GOP medical care plan backed by Nixon and moved toward a vote on a Kennedy supported Social Security linked health benefits proposal. The Javits plan advocates federal state grants to help seniors cover medical bills, with Eisenhower likely to back it.
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Washington
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
GOP
Eisenhower
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Javits
Jacob K. Javits
Republicans Happy With Campaign Going Very Well
Washington AP report says Senate GOP leader Dirksen and House leader Halleck told President Eisenhower the campaign is going very well. Democratic Sen. Henry M. Jackson predicts Nixon may affect electoral votes in Georgia and Alabama while Nixon plans stops in Birmingham and Atlanta after Detroit speech. Vandiver switches to Kennedy Johnson ticket as Georgia primary nears.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
M. Nixon
Deep South
Nixon
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Detroit
Mich
Jackson
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Georgia
Alabama
Ernest Vandiver
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Herbert G. Klein
Klein
Eastern North Carolina leaf sales open auctions mark slow start
Tobacco markets across the eastern belt opened with quality and prices below last year. Early hours showed $51 to $55 per 100 pounds with many sales between $38 and $69, some as low as $10 for substandard lots and up to $71 for better grades, with heavy volume and some farmer rejections.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Federal State Market News Service
Renowned Lyricist Hammerstein II Dies at 65
Doylestown Pa Os car Hammerstein II died of stomach cancer at Highland Farms at age 65. The lyricist of Ol Man River Some Enchanted Evening and many Rodgers and Hammerstein shows helped shape Broadway through Oklahoma The Sound of Music and more.
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Doylestown
Oscar Hammerstein II
Highland Farms
Paris
Boston Transit Strike Forces Massive Downtown Traffic Jam
A transit strike over overtime refusal halted the Metro Boston Authority, suspending service to 14 communities and pinching 700,000 commuters. Private cars clogged routes as railroads added cars and taxis thrived. Gov. Furcolo sought emergency powers to seize the system.
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Boston
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Foster Furcolo
MTA
Executive Council
Desalting filter developed speeds drinkable water production
Two UCLA engineers Sidney Loeb and Sourajan say a new desalting filter yields eight gallons per day per square foot of membrane. The film combines cellulose acetate with magnesium chlorate acetone and can run with minimal maintenance and no power. They claim potable water from brine at 5.25 percent salt.
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LOS Angelt3
Sidney Loeb
Srinivasa
Sour ‘Ajan
University of California At Los Angeles
US aims manned moon mission within three years
Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun said the United States hopes to send a manned spacecraft around the moon within three years. The remark was reported from Berlin by AP.
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Berlin
United States
Wernher von Braun
Cuban Pilots Defect to U S Asylum in Miami
Two Cuban airline pilots Guido Colli and Louis Cosme defect to the United States seeking political asylum in Miami protesting Fidel Castro's Communist leadership.
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Miami, Fla
United State
Guido Colli
Louis Cosme
Fidel Castro
Kennedy not expected to address VFW convention
Detroit AP report says the VFW starts day two with slim chance Senator John F. Kennedy will appear by telephone or in person amid a health bill vote. Vice President Nixon’s speaking slot remains firm, and Kennedy aides gave no clear plan for a later Detroit appearance as the 1.3 million member group meets.
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Detroit
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Allen W. Dulles
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
Free World
VFW
Kennedy
Washington
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Louis Feldmann
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Feldmann
Ted C. Connell
Killeen
Tex
Rober E. Hansen
St. Paul
Minn
Massachusetts
Latins Warned Of Red Menace
Secretary of State Christian Herter urged Latin American ministers at the OAS to condemn Communist threats from Cuba and China. He pressed for a hard line against Fidel Castro's regime and warned of Cuba training spies and guerrillas to spread revolution in the hemisphere.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Christian A. Herter
United States
Cuba
Herter
Fidel Castro
Foreign Ministers’ Conference of the Organization of American States
Argentina
U.S
Hemisphere
Fedel Castro
OAS Peace Committee
Oil search plan approved for North Carolina by state board
The State Board of Conservation and Development endorsed a lease for Ro derick A. Stamey of Houston to explore for oil gas and sulphur on state lands spanning New Bern to Beaufort and offshore to the three mile limit. Stamey said traces of oil were found in 1947 and drilling will start once the lease is signed. The board also backed a Southport group plan to build an artificial reef off Baldhead Island to attract game fish and anglers, encouraging similar reefs using discarded vehicles and appliances.
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Raleigh
State Board of Conservation and Development
Texas
North Carolina
Roderick A. Stamey
Houston
New Bern
Beaufort
South Carolina Line
Tabor City
Faison
Stamey
C&d Board
Mineral Resources Committee
Scropp W. Enloe
Spruce Pine
Southport Group
Baldhead Island
Bright Yellow Dress Highlights Powers Farewell in Moscow
Barbara Powers and family held a calm farewell with U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers before his transfer to a prison outside Moscow. Barbara wore a bright yellow dress as she sought clemency from Khrushchev, while plans for possible travel to Yalta if needed were discussed and a final grim hour with Powers’ parents preceded the departure.
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Moscow
Barbara Powers
Francis Gary Powers
Frank Rodgers
Roanoke
Barbara
Supreme Court
Oliver W
Ida Ford Powers
Manteen Brown
Milledgeville
Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Yalta
Black Sea
Alexander Piarker
Virginia
New York
Oliver Powers
Man Of The Hour Melvin Miller Sparks Nationwide Prank Star Tour
Laguna Beach California AP Melvin Miller a Peoria foreman became the man of the hour as joke planners from Camp Pendleton staged a coast to coast fanfare. Volunteers gathered nearly 300 for the gag and offers poured in from Hollywood and Florida as Miller prepared for a California visit while enjoying a seaside vacation.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Melvin Miller
Peoria
Mel
Hollywood
Joe Gestson
Melvin
Illinois City
Laguna Sun
Gestson
Camp Pendleton
el Toro Marine
Associated Press
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