Senate Bill To Restrict High Court Draws Fire
A Senate bill to limit the Supreme Court's jurisdiction prompts debate on federalism and civil rights. Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. argues it targets state power, while opponents call it anti civil rights legislation. The discussion follows Kohler and Taft Hartley implications and wider concerns about judicial experience and restraint.
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Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Basic
North Carolina
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Congress
High Court
Wisconsin
Kohler
Stanley Reed
United States urged to speed up atomic energy program
A Western official warns Washington has lagged in developing civilian atomic power while Britain races ahead with reactors and the Soviet Union touts disarmament rhetoric. The Gore bill is urged as a spur to action, and Khrushchev is quoted on demobilization boosting Soviet industry and propaganda impact.
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Washington
Britain
Congress
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
United States
Newsweek
Moscow
Nikita A. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Europe
NATO
Road aid slow to take hold
The 13 year 37 billion dollar federal highway program will begin soon with 90 percent federal funding but full operation may take two to five years. States must submit project lists, obtain federal approval, then bid, contract, and hire before earth moving starts.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Eisenhower
State Highway Commission
U. S
American Association of State
BPR
Farewell tribute for Rabbi William Gold at B’nai Israel
Rabbi William B. Gold departs B’nai Israel after eight years to lead Beth Sholom in Rogers Park Chicago. The congregation has grown from 63 to 112 families as Gold balanced teaching, pastoral duties, Hebrew instruction, and community service.
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William B. Gold
Beth Sholom
Rogers Park
Chicago
B'nai Israel Synagogue
Rabbi Gold
Golds
Family Service Bureau
Gold
North Cardinfi Association of Rabbis
Three Gates of Gold and Teen Code of Conduct
Clayton Rand reports on optical wholesalers seeking profit paths and a joke about sweater girls. Teen delegates at a religious conference propose a ten point code urging thought before drinking, obedience, modest thoughts, safe driving, mindful dating, church attendance, careful companions, individuality, and keeping the Ten Commandments.
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Clayton Rand
Association of Independent Optical Wholesalers
Rand
Indianapolis
Editorial Research Longevity In Congress
The 88 year old Senate veteran Theodore Francis Green becomes the oldest U S senator in history this week surpassing previous records. The Rhode Islander, a bachelor and social regular, travels widely when not in session and remains active in sports and trolley rides between University Club and Capitol Hill.
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U. S
Theodore Francis Green
Senate
Justin Smith Morgan
Vermont
Carter Glass
Virginia
Sen. Green
Washington
University Club
Capitol Hill
Rhode Islander
Longevity and Youth in the Senate Highlight 1956 Outlook
The piece notes aging senators across parties as the 1956 session nears, with end of tenure for Walter F. George and a rising crop of younger leaders. It cites ages of key figures like Byrd, Robertson, and Kennedy, and remarks on the trend toward older lawmakers along with several young stars in both parties.
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Webster
Senate
Washington
Russell B. Long
Dla
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Charles W. Potter
R-Mich
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
William F. Knowland
R-Calif
North Carolina governance study questions hodgepodge system
Legislators study commissions report astonishment at state government organization amid a patchwork 1868 constitution and decades of tinkering. Education and highway controls show centralization then shifts after 1954 desegregation, with funding swelling to over 150 million and local control gaining ground.
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North Carolina
General Assembly
State higher education moves toward coordination over consolidation
Notes on the News reports a push in higher education toward centralization and coordination rather than full consolidation. The State Board of Higher Education studies curricula salary scales and capital investment to reduce duplications and guide expansion while preparing broader reform for the next General Assembly.
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State Board of Higher Education
Board of Higher Education
General Assembly
Sokolsky Questions Voting and a Chicago Cartoon Pamphlet
A Chicago pamphlet by National Precinct Workers in support of Eisenhower prompts Sokolsky to question its influence. He notes the left wing brain washing charge and ponders the pamphlet cartoon showing a rich man with a money bag. He wonders about the pamphlet’s logic and timing before the next conventions.
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Iself
National Precinct Workers, Inc
Chicago
Eisenhower
California
Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Lyndon Johnson
Stuart Symington
Wendell Ilikie
Abe
Wiliam Z. Foster
National Prec'nct Workers, Inc
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Masure
Holt McPherson
High Point Enterprise
A. Rawley
X B. Terry
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Green
Matthew M. Neely
W. Va
James E. Murray
Mont
Carl Hayden
Ariz
George
Herbert H. Lehman
N.Y
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Alexander Wiley
Wis
William Langer
N.D
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Census Bureau
Brent Spence
D-Ky
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
U. S. Supreme Court
Julius
Hurry the New School
Charles Pearson
George Sokolsky
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