Magicians In Annual Conclave In Niles Michigan
Percy Abbott hosts his 24th annual magic gathering in Niles with stars like Neil Foster and Max Terhune. Acts include D Leta the escape artist and Dr U No Me W of Lafayette performing sleight of hand to amuse crowds and aid dental patients with tricks.
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Niles
Percy Abbott
Abbott
Abbott Magic Co
Colon
Mich
D'Leta
St. Joseph
Neil Foster
Elizabeth
Max Terhune
U-No- Me
W. A Lafayette
Ind
Charles Toepke
San Francisco
Plans Made To Battle Filibuster
Washington lawmakers announced plans to curb filibusters after Thurmond's 24 hour 18 minute record. Five Democrats led by Douglas Humphrey Neuberger McNamara and Clark joined by six Republicans Case Ives Javits Rachel Potter Thye pledged to back Senate rules changes to ease ending talkathons.
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Iilneis
Humphrey
Minnesota
Neuberger
Oregon
McNamara
Michigan
Clark
Pennsylvania
Case
New Jersey
Ives
Javits
New York
Rachel
California
Potter
Thye
Diamonds Returned to North Carolina Couple in Beach Find
Marine Sgt Orren Bell and his wife found a leather purse with $3,000 worth of diamonds on a Cherry Point beach. After tracing the owner via Morehead City police, Sheriff Hugh Salter, and Mrs. Alice Dale Fay of Kinston, the gems were returned along with a sterling silver plate presented to the Bells.
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Cherry Point
N.C
Orren Bell
Bell
Bill Condi
Morehead City
Condi
Hugh Salter
Carteret County
Alice Dale Fay
Kinston
House Passes Foreign Aid Bill To Eisenhower For Signature
The House approved and sent to President Eisenhower a foreign aid measure totaling 3,435,810,000 dollars, about one billion less than the initial request. The Senate backed the compromise 58 to 19 after a brief, late-night session. The bill contains 2,768,760,000 new funds and 667,050,000 in reappropriated money.
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House
Eisenhower
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Senate
Rayburn
Dtex
Senate Passes Civil Rights Bill on Way to Eisenhower
The Senate completed action late last night on a civil rights compromise sending the measure to President Eisenhower. The bill broadens federal enforcement of voting rights with a Department of Justice power to seek federal court injunctions while preserving jury trials in limited cases.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Thurmond
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Morse
D-Ore
Justice Department
Russians Fire Four Missiles
Intelligence reports indicate Russia fired at least four long-range missiles since June and tested many shorter ones. The Kremlin timing of Monday's announcement appears aimed at boosting a diplomatic offensive against the West, while U S officials question whether a 5000 mile operational model exists. Military and intelligence agencies reviewed the data through the Technical Intelligence Review Committee.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
Kremlin
U. S
Atanas Goan
Siberia
Technical Intelligence Review Committee
Military
Central Intelligence
State Department
Stassen rushes to Washington for urgent disarmament talks
Harold E. Stassen flies from London to Washington for quick meetings with Secretary of State Dulles and President Eisenhower as Western powers press for disarmament talks with the Soviet Union. He aims to return to London for a UN disarmament subcommittee session, while Zorin rejects the Western package.
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Harold E. Stassen
London
Russia
Stassen
Dulles
United States
Eisenhower
United Nations Disarmament Subcommittee
Britain
France
Canada
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
FBI Bill Passes House Amid Jencks Compromise
The House backed a compromise Jencks bill to safeguard FBI files while still protecting defendants rights after the Supreme Court Jencks decision. Sen O Mahoney and Rep Keating favored rival approaches. Hoover urged action citing an enforcement emergency. The measure lets defense inspect statements linked to witnesses and allows in camera review to exclude irrelevant material.
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D-Wye
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D-Ny
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R-Ny
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Labor
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
O’mahoney
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House
Army Has Answer To Missile Claims
The Army claims a proven counter to Soviet missile ambitions with the Jupiter, an intermediate range ballistic missile tested from Cape Canaveral. Secretary Brucker calls the Jupiter a spectacular success and says production could begin within 30 days, while Jackson warns U S missiles face delays and budget cuts beyond Jupiter.
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Washington
Russia
Atlantic
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Brucker
Pentagon
Florida
U.S
United States
United
America
Sen
Jackson
D-Wash
Defense Quarles
Senate House Atomic Energy Weapons
Boston strike ends as presses roll again for daily papers
Six Boston daily newspapers return to publication after a three week strike by 300 mailers ends. The settlement sets a $10.50 two year wage package with arbitration and final decisions by arbitrators. The Boston Globe Herald Record and other papers resume with first day editions summarizing three weeks of news.
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Boston
State House
Mailers’ Union
International Typographical Union
Max Milstein
Mailers
Foster Furcolo
Globe, Traveler
American
Morning Herald
Record and Globe
Newspaper Guild
The
Christian Science Monitor
Timmerman Declares He Will Run If He Chooses
Governor Timmerman today said he will speak for himself if he seeks public office. He addressed reporters after a network interview raised questions about Timmerman challenging Senator Strom Thurmond, noting Thurmond would not discuss any such plan. Timmerman stressed he has not announced a campaign and his term ends in 1958.
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Dave Garroway
NBC
Strom Thurmond
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Thurmond
Garroway
Deve Garroway
Mile
Atomic test near Nevada desert marks 14th in series
Scientists detonated a subnominal 20 kiloton device 750 feet above Yucca Flat at 5:40 am for a pure science test. The orange pink flash lasted about twelve seconds and was visible from Las Vegas. Eleven other experiments accompanied the shot code Franklin Prime. no maneuvers were conducted. Newsmen watched from a distant peak while the ballooned detonation occurred.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Yucca Flat
Las Vegas
Labor Camp Testimony Welcomed In New York Probe
Albany Harriman aides welcomed testimony by James H. Brunson who accused migrant labor camp workers of beatings peonage and sexual coercion. The State Labor Department began an Oswego County camp probe while press secretary Van Devander noted funding and access issues for Brunson to testify. Brunson, a Georgia writer, claimed 72 hour weeks paid as little as 5.49 dollars and cramped 8 by 10 foot rooms shared by men and women.
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N.Y
Averell Harriman
Dete Egmeies
New York
Charles Vanie
Harriman
James H. Brunson
New York State
van Devander
Brunson
Augusta
Hannibal
Oswego County
State Labor Department
Augusta Chronicle
Daniel A. Daley
Labor Department
Daley
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