Amendment Would Retire 28 Judges From The Supreme Court
Senate approved a constitutional amendment to set the Supreme Court size at nine and force retirement at 75 for 28 federal judges. The measure, which removes potential court expansion, passed 58 to 19 with Republican and some Democratic support. If House approval follows, state legislatures have seven years to ratify.
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Supreme Court
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Administrative Office
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D-Mo
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Rmd
Butler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Cheaper Shipping Rates Predicted In New System
At an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on a water land freight plan the McLean Trucking Co. would merge with S. C. Loveland Co. The ICC would authorize a system using four ships each designed to carry 240 trailers. Estimated ship cost is 49 million dollars each with six weekly round trips. Wilmington to New York travel time is 33 hours with four hours for loading.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
McLean Trucking Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
S. C. Loveland Co., Inc
Philadelphia
ICC
New England
South Atlantic
McLean
Wilmington
New York
Governors Umstead Addresses Bankers In Pinehurst
Gov. Umstead addressed the North Carolina Bankers Association in Pinehurst calling for scientific agricultural research and stronger soil and water conservation efforts. He predicted future state progress may outpace the last five decades. Four bankers with over 50 years of service were honored: Leinbach, McClintock, Bateman, and Spruill. Barbara Davis of Cornelius won a statewide oratorical contest. Dr. Carey H. Bostian, NC State College chancellor, participated in the program.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina
Gov. Umstead
North Carolina Bankers Assn
Gov
Umstead
Clarence T. Leinbach
Winston-Salem
William B. McClintock
Charlotte
H. D. Bateman
Wilson
Frank P. Spruill
Rocky Mount
Barbara Davis
Cornelius
Mecklenburg County
Association
Carey H. Bostian
North Carolina State College
U.S. Contractors Backed by Philippine Panel
A Philippine presidential committee returned from Guam to assert that American government contractors were not exploiting Filipino workers there. It said conditions were fairly satisfactory, despite a House team reporting room for improvement. The probes followed reports of about 15,000 Filipinos employed by U.S. Navy contractors facing poor pay housing and meals.
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Manila
Guam
House
U.S. Navy
General Practice Makes Comeback in Medical Field
Dr. J. S. DeTar of Milan Michigan, speaker for the Congress of Delegates of the American Academy of General Practice, says there is an amazing comeback in general practice with 17 000 family doctors in membership and a goal of a family physician for every family.
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Lincoln
Randolph Group Hears Local Editor on Foreign Relations
Holt McPherson editor of the High Point Enterprise addressed the Randolph Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs urging informed voting to uphold Anglo American unity. He warned against undermining allied interests and endorsed defense communities as a means to contain communism and keep America fit to live.
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Asheboro
Holt McPherson
High Point Enterprise
Randolph Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
McPherson
United States
Russia
Dulles
America
Lenin Award Granted to Latvian Premier Vilis Latsis
TASS reports the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet awarded Vilis T. Latsis the Order of Lenin on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Latsis serves as chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian Republic.
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Tass
Lenin
Supreme Soviet
Vilis T. Latsis
Council of Ministers
Ugly Word Describes McCarthy Army Hearings Looming
Washington sees the McCarthy army hearing as ugly with Stevens choosing full public cross examination over closed sessions. McCarthy clashed with Stevens as senators, aides, and counsel faced tough questions, risking his political fate and the Republican agenda ahead of fall elections.
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James Marlow
Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Pentagon
Stevens
McCarthy
Ro ‘ Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Army
John G. Adams
H. Struve Hensel
Defense
Ray H. Jenkins
Cohn
Symington
Missouri
Jackson
Enaileen
Boys Admit Setting Fire to Vacant House
Allentown Maryland police said two teenage boys and a man admitted starting a fire at a vacant one story house to keep a Negro family from moving in. Charged with arson were James L. Thorn of Allentown and two juveniles aged 16 and 17. The boys were released into their parents care pending a hearing.
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Allentown
Prince Georges County
Welling
James L. Thorn
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