House Committee Opens Civil Rights Bill Debate
The House Judiciary Committee begins work on a civil rights bill amid party clashes and southern opposition. Chairman Emanuel Celler predicts committee approval next week, paving a long fight in both chambers. The measure blends Eisenhower administration proposals with northern Democrat ideas, including a voting rights injunction and federal prosecutions in racial bombing cases.
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House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Emanuel Celler
PDNY
House
Senate
Edly
Judiciary
Johnson
Paul M. Butler
Butler
House Committee
Eisenhower
Celler
O Ae
Flood Devastates Korea Leaving Dozens Dead and Thousands Homeless
Forty two Koreans are dead and about four thousand are homeless after days of heavy rains and floods across South Korea this week. Officials warn of continuing danger as rescue teams search for missing residents and assess affected areas including Seoul and surrounding provinces.
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Seoul, Korea
South Korea
Altrincham Urges U S to Join Commonwealth
Lord Altrincham proposed the United States join the British Commonwealth, arguing American republicanism lacks strength after Chicago’s reception of the Queen. He noted the need to drop Briton from the name and said some Americans favor the idea, citing the long-ago Revolution. He edits the National and English Review and has twice contested Parliament.
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Queen Elizabeth
Altrincham
United States
Commonwealth
National and English Review
Governors Attend Red Circus
Governors arrived in the Soviet Union on June 24 to study regional and local government operations. They previously visited Leningrad Kiev and Tiflis and are set to depart July 10 for Tashkent Alma Ata and Kustanai.
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Leningrad
Kiev
Tiflis
Tashkent
Alma Ata
Kustanai
North Carolina Gas Firms End Prices War With Pact
Four major oil companies Gulf Esso American and Sinclair sign fair trade agreements in North Carolina to stabilize gasoline prices set at 29.9 cents for regular 32.9 for premium and 35.9 for super under a 22 year old law. Violations bring prosecution while stations cannot offer value items. Some firms like Shell Pure Atlantic and Texaco have not joined yet. No gas war has occurred since Gulf activated the pact.
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Esso
American
Sinclair
North Carolina
Shell
Pure
Atlantic
Texaco
Missing raft rescue reaches Milwaukee hospital
A third teen, Paul Polansky, 16, of Mason City Iowa, survived after a raft went missing during a violent lake storm. Polansky was air lifted to a Milwaukee hospital while two others remained missing as the raft drifted about 10 miles offshore.
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Mason City
Iowa
Milwaukee
U.S. Marine Corps
Lake Michigan
Daniel S. Casper
Tony Phipps
Dallas
Tex
Bomb attack kills Americans at Saigon training center
A terrorist bomb at a South Viet Nam army training center in Bienhoa north of Saigon killed two U S advisers and the bomber, with three South Vietnamese killed and two Americans wounded. The MAAG unit faced gunfire as terrorists fled toward a nearby river amid a brief exchange with guards.
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Viet Nam
Durne
U.S
Clark Field
Manila
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Bienhoa
South Viet Nam
U.S. Information Agency
France
Viet Minh
Geneva
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
Danish Boat Explodes Killing Dozens at Danish Park Lake
At Haderslev a 45 foot pleasure boat named Damende exploded and burned. Officials say the vessel carried 94 passengers and only 37 lifebelts, with panic increasing deaths to at least 53. Survivors report a makeshift fuel hookup caused the blaze and Captain Rustofte attempted to calm travelers as many victims were children and elderly women.
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Haderslev
Denmark
Danish Shipping Inspection Board
RCNCY
Outine
Waler
Park Lake
South
Little Hope To Avert Steel Strike
New York AP report says hopes fade for averting a nationwide steel strike by midnight Tuesday. The United Steelworkers rejected President Eisenhower's plea for a two week truce extension. David J. McDonald criticized the idea of indefinite negotiation while reaffirming the July 14 strike deadline. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey commented on Eisenhower’s stance in the steel dispute.
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New York
Steelworkers
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Harriman urges Khrushchev summit in New York
Former New York Governor Harriman back from a six week Soviet visit urges Premier Khrushchev to meet Western leaders in New York. He describes Khrushchev as determined and self confident and says a summit would let him see the United States firsthand.
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Khrushchev
West
New York
W. Arrell Harriman
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
New Idlewild
United States
Atlanta Integration Plan Ordered
Federal Judge Frank Hooper ordered the Atlanta Board of Education to submit a desegregation plan by December 1. The order blocks racial segregation in schools and allows time to implement a system not operated on race while retaining jurisdiction for further relief as needed. Governor Vandiver reacts by convening attorneys to discuss developments.
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Frank Hooper
Atlanta Board of Education
Hooper
J. B. D. Murphy
Education Board
Ernest Vandiver
Senators Pass Aid Measure With 3.54 Billion Ceiling
The Senate approved a foreign aid authorization setting a 3.543 billion ceiling. The final amount to be spent will be decided by a later appropriation bill. Attempts to further cut Eisenhower’s requested total failed during the last day of debate.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Weakening Cindy Brings Storm to Virginia Coast Tonight
The Carolinas endured Cindy as it weakened from hurricane force to a tropical storm moving north at about 8 mph. Gusts reached 70 mph near landfall with 40 mph winds more widely. evacuation advisories were lifted and seas remained rough from Georgetown to Cape Fear as rain drenched central North Carolina.
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Cindy
Carolinas
Ateashore
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Columbia
Higgins Jr
Georgetown
U. S. 17
Here
Poop
Atlantic
Bull Bay
Charleston Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Appalachians
Cape Hatteras
Cape Fear
Folly Beach
Sullivan's Island
Isle of Palms
Cave
Weather report notes rain and crop stress on coast and piedmont
Moderate to heavy rain seen over tobacco drier parts of the coastal plain and northern piedmont. Other areas listed as good. Corn deteriorated rapidly during the hot dry weather earlier in the week. Other crops suffered due to lack of normal moisture, the service reported.
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Coastal
Piedmont
Charges Denounced by Bender in Senate Probe Exchange
Former Ohio Teamsters officials faced denials in 1954 after Senate racket inquiry chair John L McClellan said a witness claimed charges were dropped for money. Bender called the accusation a damnable lie and demanded retreat of the claim.
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Washington
Ohio
Governor Long’s Health Deterioration Stirs Concern
Baton Rouge reports Gov. Earl K. Long shows grave fatigue amid heart ailment and calls for rest. Doctors warned his activity should be curtailed as nursed by a five‑doctor team and relatives. A long West Canada vacation plan looms while medical bulletins caution slower recovery.
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Earl K. Long
Ashington
Lloyd Teekell
Long
Spencer Myrick
West
Canada
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