Senate Debates Housing Bill on GI Loan Rates
Senate considers an $1,850,000 housing bill as Democrats push a plan to extend VA and FNMA programs to July 1960. A key fight centers on raising the GI loan interest rate from 4 to 4.5 percent while Sen Monroney vows a floor battle to keep the rate.
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Washington
Capitol
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Banking Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Monroney
D-Okla
Congress
Federal National Mortgage Assn
FHA
FNMA
Gland Surgery Could Alter Personality Says Surgeon
Los Angeles report quotes Dr. Francisco Grana of San Marcos University Lima during the 11th biennial Congress of the International College of Surgeons. He suggests endocrine gland stimulation might improve traits and could someday cure cancer by addressing the body's hormone system.
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Los Angeles
Francisco Grana
Grana
San Marcos University
Lima
Peru
Western
Sanitizing Hospitals and Souls For Clean Living
The article stresses sterility in operating rooms and asks for full germ eradication in sheets, towels, beds, floors, air ducts, and air. It urges safeguarding spiritual well being by cleansing souls of hatred criticism gossip and demeaning thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Sheriff Testifies in Trial of Cole and Martin Near Maxton
Lumbee Indian raid interrupted a Ku Klux Klan rally near Maxton on January 18. Sheriff Malcolm McLeod testified he urged crowd to dispersal and described Martin as Klan leader in charge of membership exams. State Patrol Capt. Williams also testified as the trial of James W. Cole and James Garland Martin continues. No serious injuries were reported.
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James W. Cole
Marion
S.C
Lumberton
Maxa
Cole
N.C
Malcolm McLeod
James Garland Martin
Maxton
Martin
Klan
State Highway Patrol
C. R. Williams
McLeod
Superior Court
Reidsville
Aellow
Atomic bomb drop near Florence without warhead causes blast
An air force B47 dropped an atomic bomb without its warhead near Florence South Carolina five miles north of Mars Bluff. The blast caused six injuries and property damage but no radiation was detected. Officials recovered bomb fragments and pledged a full investigation with area guards to be reassessed.
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Florence
S.C
Air Force
Jack Wilt
Hunter Air Force Base
Savannah
Mile Square
Here
Mars Bluff
Walter Bill Gregg
Gregg
Charles B. Dougher
38Th Air Division
Hunter Afb
Automatic Factory Arrival Signals Labor Saving Push Button Production
Los Angeles reports a Hughes Aircraft Co and Kearney & Trecker Corp system that uses perforated tapes and electronic controls to run three machine tools for aircraft components. One operator can oversee the automated milling drilling and boring process, promising labor and time savings of three to five times, though exact manpower figures are not disclosed.
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Los Angeles
Hughes Aircraft Co
West
Hughes and Kearney & Trecker Corp
Milwaukee
Atom Bomb Sounded Like Explosion in Mars Bluff
In Florence South Caroline residents claimed an atom bomb fell near Mars Bluff yesterday though authorities say it was a TNT blast. Witness L E Kirby described a mushroom cloud and black smoke while schoolchildren wondered if classes would close.
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Florence
S.C
L. E. Kirby
Kirby
Mars Bluff
Air Force
Katherine M. Beasley
Bomb Stirs Up Black Headlines In Britain
London reports an accidental drop of an unarmed atomic bomb near Florence, South Carolina. The event raises controversy in Britain as Labour MPs push to halt H-bomb patrols by U S Air Force planes. Prime Minister Macmillan defends the safety and necessity of the nuclear deterrent.
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London
Florence
D.C
Britain
Laborite
House of Commons
U.S. Air Force
Macmillan
U.S
South Carolina
Odds Against Accidental Atomic Blast Near Florence
A Pentagon official cites odds better than two billion to one against an unarmed nuclear weapon causing an explosion after accidental drop or heat exposure. The Florence incident produced TNT detonation but no nuclear blast, underscoring claims that accidental nuclear explosions are negligible despite aircraft, ship, and vehicle movements with armed devices.
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Washington
Florence
D.C
Pentagon
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
Defense Department
Indonesian forces push rebel stronghold in Central Sumatra
Paratroopers and Jakarta troops landed across Sumatra in the Central Sumatra heartland near Caltex oil installations. A navy corvette threatened rebel ports at Padang while Dumai saw skirmishes as forces moved toward the Duri oil field. Rebel Interior Minister Djambeak claimed heavy casualties for the invaders.
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Pakanbaru
Sumatra
U.S. Caltex Oil Co
Jakarta
Dumai
Padang
Duri
Djambeak
Housing Body Member Declines To Attend Meet
Sam H. Hocutt Wayne County's representative on the Eastern Carolina Housing Authority declined to attend a secret gathering said to precede an authority meeting at 3 p.m. He reported receiving a call from a woman who claimed to be Mrs Ann Rook secretary to the authority, a claim she denied today.
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Goldsboro
N.C
Eastern Carolina Housing Authority
Rook
450 Killed In Dam Break 30 Years Ago
Santa Paula Calif marked the 30th anniversary of the St Francis Dam collapse on March 12 1928 a disaster that killed 450 people in Santa Clara Valley The 188 foot high dam stored 12 billion gallons for Los Angeles 35 miles away and its rupture swept through Saugus Newhall Piru Fillmore and Santa Paula destroying hundreds of homes and leaving a lasting monument to tragedy
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St. Francis Dam
California
Santa Clara Valley
Ually
Los Angeles
Santa Paula
Calif
Santa Clara
Santa Clara River
Chester Smith
San Franciscquito Canyon
Saugus
Newhall
George McIntyre
George
Piru
Ed Locke
Southern California Edison Co
Fillmore
Congress To Get Proposal On Economy Stimulus
President Eisenhower met with economic advisers amid debate over tax cuts versus spending to bolster growth. White House plans an additional 96 million dollars for reclamation and flood control as a new recommendation to Congress. Weeks called the next 60 days an acid test for production and employment, with politics set aside to create jobs despite a growing deficit.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Nixon
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
Mitchell
GOP
Wetzel prosecution nears end in Brown slaying case
Sanford North Carolina final details loom as state seeks death penalty for Frank Edward Wetzel in the November 5 1960 murder of Patrolman J T Brown. Ninth day of testimony has featured FBI ballistics and fingerprints with over 110 pieces of evidence and more than 50 witnesses presented.
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Sanford
N.C
Frank Edward Wetzel
W. Jack Hooks
Lee County Superior Court
North Carolina
J. T. Brown
George Fountain
Fountain
W. L. Reece
Hamlet
FBI
Wetzel
Brown
Margaret I. Kelly
R. A. Dazier
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