Senate Takes Up $613 Million Commerce Bill Debate
The Senate opened discussion on a 613.6 million Commerce Department bill for fiscal 1958. The panel trimmed 29 percent from the House total and revised several subsections, with adjustments across airways modernization, the Weather Bureau and other agencies. The Treasury Post Office and State Justice bills were completed and sent to the White House.
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Treas
Treasury Post Office
White House
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Civil Aeronautics Administration
National Bureau of Standards
The
Weather Bureau
Panama Canal Zone
Gessert Refuses Answers in Senate Inquiry
Norman Gessert, cousin of Dave Beck’s wife, invoked the Fifth Amendment 40 times in 10 minutes while facing questions from the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee. Kennedy said Gessert drew over $50,000 in salary and expenses from April 1954 to March 1957 and about $51,000 in profits from the Union Merchandising Co.
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Washington
Norman Gessert
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Gessert
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Union Merchandising Co
Teamsters
Senators
Beck
Seven Deaths Reported Flooding Hits Oklahoma Cimarron River
Very serious floods are forecast along the Cimarron in northwest Oklahoma with seven deaths already attributed. Bridges washed away near Erick and Nor north of Watonga while a bridge collapse swept two children from a crossing. About 100 people are homeless in Dover as relief centers open and typhoid serum is flown in.
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Oklahoma
Erick
Santa Fe
Selman
Wade
Watonga
Dover
Cimarron
Quiet time with God amid city noise
The author urges daily quiet moments with God to cope with city clamor. Some people become numb to racket, while others suffer mental turmoil from modern life. He stresses recognizing limits and seeking spiritual solace despite bustle.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
God
Stassen Sates Serious Arms Talks Ahead
Washington dispatch reports Harold Stassen returning from London says Russia and Western powers are seriously seeking cuts in arms manpower and defense costs with an inspection system. He aims to report to Dulles midafternoon and push for decisions on U.S. policy in the next NSC week. London talks paused until May 27 among five nations.
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Harold E. Stassen
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Stassen
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Dulles
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Canada
France
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Alaska
Siberia
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Eisenhower
National Security Council
United Nations
North Carolina considers teacher pay raise and state employee hike
A North Carolina Joint Appropriations subcommittee defeated a 19.31 percent teacher raise proposal and approved an 11 percent raise for state employees using a pay formula. The Senate postpones reapportionment action while House Roads considers mandatory vehicle inspections and raises driver license fees.
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Joint Appropriations Subcommittee
Gov. Hodges
State Personnel Department
Hodges
Carroll
General Assembly
Assembly
House Roads Committee
House Vote May Help Benson
The House move to kill much of the soil bank program signals a shift toward Benson's cheaper farm policy goals. It places emphasis on limited public aid for research education and conservation while cutting price supports and production controls. The action reflects pressure from fiscally minded congressmen and suggests ongoing fights over farm program costs and influence.
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House
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Soil Bank
Congress
Legislature May Adjourn By June 1
W W e Raleigh Lt Gov Luther Earnhardt told the Senate after a conference with Gov Hodges that adjournment may occur by June 1 depending on factors. Speaker J K Coughton echoed the statement in the House. A new 10 million dollar state bond issue for permanent state institution improvements would be pr wall to be considered by the Finance Committee first to show appropriations limits.
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Luther Earnhardt
Senate Today
Gov. Hodges
General Assembly
J. K. Coughton
House
Earnhardt
Finance Committee
Committee On Appropriations
Senator Urges Teamsters Probe Into Beck
Sen McClellan calls for an immediate Teamsters inquiry to determine if Dave Beck should remain president amid weeks of testimony alleging union embezzlement and Beck’s refusals to discuss it. AFL CIO probes already underway. Beck invokes Fifth Amendment.
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Sen. McClellan
Union
Beck
Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Senate
Teamsters
Afl-Cio
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Restoration of Soil Bank Plan Seen
Senators Aiken and Young said they expect the Senate to reject the House move to kill the soil bank plan. They anticipate a continuation of the acreage reserve and a modified conservation reserve, with funding left intact but reduced, to curb surplus production and support long term conservation.
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Washington
Aiken
Young
Senate
House
Sen
Russell
Administration
Benson
Soil Bank
Congress
Boy Trapped 7 Hours in Sanded Well Sighting Hope Dims
Benjamin Hooper Jr. 7, trapped 18 hours in a dry well at Manorville Long Island. Rescue teams tunneled from a parallel shaft to reach him as landslides slowed progress. Doctors pumped oxygen while rescuers faced a shaft too narrow for descent. The boy reportedly spoke with family until 2 AM and then fell silent.
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Benjamin Hooper Jr
Manorville
Long Island
N.Y
Edward Bridge
Brookham
Cever
J. H. Warner
Eastport
Benjamin Hooper
J. H. Kris
Brookhaven Town
Boys Ready For Marbles Tournament in Concord
In Concord North Carolina 45 boys aged 12 to 15 prepared for the seventh annual State Veterans of Foreign Wars marbles tournament. Preliminary rounds included rule briefings and pairings for a double elimination format. Play starts tonight and runs through tomorrow with the winner receiving a bicycle and a trophy. W R Murr of the Concord VFW post serves as general chairman.
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Concord
N.C
W. R. Murr
The
Concord Vfw Post
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