Knowland Bets on More Amendments to Rights Bill
Senator Knowland of California says more amendments are likely to be offered to the administration civil rights bill. He has already proposed toning down the bill and expects clarifying changes as the Senate plans votes on Section 3 while the attorney general seeks federal court injunctions to enforce civil rights.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Sens. Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
R-Vi
Anderson-Aiken
Eisenhower
South
Eisenhower Eyes Zhukov Visit As Talks Mitigate Tensions
Washington reports suggest a Zhukov visit to the United States could be possible as Eisenhower indicated talks might ease Soviet American tensions. Soviet and US officials weighed timing while Moscow reactions and internal Communist politics influenced the potential meeting. In Congress, debate centered on amending Section 3 of a voting rights bill, with Knowland and others arguing over enforcement scope.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgi Zhukov
Zhukov
Moscow
State Department
Tass
Communist Party Presidium
Nikita Khrushchev
Helsinki
United States
Ike Pleas For Restraint Ignored In 1957 Wages Rise
Washington reports that both business and labor largely ignore President Eisenhower's pleas for self-restraint on wages and prices. Government and private data show wage settlements higher in early 1957 than 1956, while the Consumer Price Index reaches new record highs for nine straight months.
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Washington
Bng
Eisenhower
It It Over
A short devotional urging vigilance against disease and sin. The author notes that despite knowledge and tools, people neglect prevention and spiritual discipline, risking physical and spiritual death without continual reliance on God.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Three Men Die In Navy Craft TNT Blast Near New London
A misfired 2% pound TNT charge exploded aboard the U S S Somersworth off New London killing three and wounding four during routine maneuvers. Identified dead include Anthony Fozza and John R Turley. The ship headed to Newport Rhode Island after the incident.
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New London
Conn
U.S.S. Somersworth
Atlantic
Here
Anthony Fozza
Pipefitter
Groton
John R. Turley
Quartermaster
Navy
Harold E. Ruble
Underwater Sound Laboratory
Eines
Newport
R. 1
Naval Base
Ruble
Somersworth
Philippines
Tirante
Textiles Union Officials Questioned Over Union Funds Use
Washington testimony before the Senate Rackets Committee examines alleged improper use of union money to buy costly homes for two United Textile Workers leaders. Quigley testifies about $95,000 moving through his hands and into escrow for a union building that never closed, while deferring details on how funds were handled.
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Washington
United Textile Workers Union
McClellan
D-Ark
Klewert
Convention
International Executive Council
UTW
AFL
Afl-Cio
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Martin J. Quigley
The
Mutual Title Co
Testi Klenert
Artion
Valente
Klenert's
Quigley
Kennedy
Union Treasury
Adjutant General Pay Hike Ties To Waynick Appointment
North Carolina adjutant general salary rose from 9200 to 11000 per year retroactive to July 1 while Capus Waynick was announced for the post. Budget official L D Moore said the increase aimed to secure the governor’s choice and noted the 1957 raise had brought the pay to 9200. The move sparked political debate among retired officers who warned it could politicize the Guard and weaken standards.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Capus Waynick
Budget Bureau
L. D. Moore
Waynick
Moore
Hodges
Wiley Pickens
Wake County Veterans Service
Seave Pckens
North Carolina Guard
J. W. Jenkins
Henderson
Jenkins
Maj
Thad Stem Jr
Oxford
Opening Leaf Prices Rise in Georgia-Florida Tobacco Sale
The opening sale of Georgia-Florida flue-cured tobacco brought $55 to $57 per hundred pounds with top grades reaching $65. Averages ran $5 to $6 above last year’s opening day. The U S Department of Agriculture cited most sales from $50 to $65, with a $62 top in early rounds. Sample prices covered fair lemon leaf to good lemon primings, and Tifton market reported first baskets at 50 to 65 cents.
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Associated Press
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tifton
South Carolina Students Return From Hungary Prisons
Two University of South Carolina students Myron A. Gilbert and Warren Hair, both 20, returned to the United States after nearly two weeks in a Hungarian communist prison. They landed in New York on the Italian liner Saturnia and planned to seek hotel jobs in New York before resuming studies in the fall. They crossed from Austria into Hungary in May, were detained, then sent back to Austria before the U.S. State Department allowed their return.
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New York
South Carolina
United States
Myron A. Gilbert
Walterboro
S.C
Warren Hair
North Augusta
Saturnia
New York State
University of South Carolina
Austria
U.S. State Department
Europe
Myron Gilbert
Hungary
Hair
Gilbert
Policemen and Firemen Drift Into Better Paying Jobs
An Associated Press survey shows Carolinas police and fire forces losing manpower to higher paid outside work. Many stay with long hours and small pay, while larger cities offer slightly better wages. Patrolman Bob Phillips of Charlotte earns 332 dollars monthly and moonlights to support his family as his department loses staff. MORE ON PAGE TWO-A.
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U. S
Carolinas
Associated Press
Bob Phillips
Charlotte
Frank Littlejohn
Phillips
Union Plans New Hearings On Union Charges
The group chaired by Al G. Hayes announces hearings on July 31 for Bakers charges and August 1 for Teamsters accusations. They seek ouster from the federation as the ultimate penalty for alleged corrupt domination.
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Teamsters
Bakers
al G. Hayes
Federaton
Afl-Cio
Senate
Rain Returns Boost Parched Carolinas Amid Scattered Showers
Rain moved through parts of the Carolinas dropping over two inches in Charleston and Bailey and Kenly areas. Farm crops suffered damage from wind and hail. Isolated thundershowers were forecast for today with a cooling trend into the high 80s and low 90s across the region.
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Carolinas
Charleston
Balley
Kenly
N.C
Bailey
Weather Bureau
Mt. Greenville
Raleigh
Point
New Bern
Rocky Mount
Grandfather Mountain
Charlotte
Myrtle Beach
Wil
Blanket Denial Entered in Clinton Trial Contempt Charges
In Knoxville four defendants in the Clinton civil rights case had criminal contempt charges dismissed after their blanket denial of conspiracy to violate a federal injunction. U S Attorney John Crawford said evidence did not support conviction, and the defendants from the Clinton area, including Jon Foust and J L Coley, were freed.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Clinton
Clinton High
U. Dist. Atty
John C. Crawford
Jon Foust
J. L. Coley
Carpenter. Sc
Sertek’ Tetas Shail
W D. C
Barnett
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